“Behold the great fortune of the devotee Kholavecha. Lord Brahma and Shiva shed tears upon seeing his greatness. One cannot attain Lord Krishna by any amount of wealth, followers, or learning. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is controlled only by pure devotion.” Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had a very sincere devotee whose name was Kholavecha Sridhara and whose only business was to sell pots made of the skin of banana trees. Whatever income he had, he used fifty percent for the worship of mother Ganges, and with the other fifty percent he provided for his necessities. On the whole, he was so very poor that he lived in a cottage that had a broken roof with many holes in it. He could not afford brass utensils, and therefore he drank water from an iron pot. Nevertheless, he was a great devotee of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He is a typical example of how a poor man with no material possessions can become a most exalted devotee of the Lord. The conclusion is that one cannot attain shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Krishna or Sri Chaitanya Gosani through material opulence; that shelter is attainable only by pure devotional service. - Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 1, Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service “The cowherd boy known as Kusumasava in Krishna-lila later became Kholaveca Sridhara during Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s lila at Navadvipa.” - Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi 10.67
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