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 Mahendra Baba was advanced devotee of Sri Krsna, he lived in Vrindavan most of his life. He received title of Acarya (equal to PhD) for his philosophical studies. He was also a disciple of Sri Babaji.
One day he was bathing in the Ganges River and thinking of returning to Vrindaban after his bath:
"Reciting the mantra to my Guru whilst bathing, I prayed to the compassionate Lord, Sri Haidakhan:
"Prabhu, You are Isvara, the Refuge of all creation, the embodied Guardian and ever-existing compassionate Lord. It has been said - 'O Lord, Your supremely effulgent Form is complete form of God; O Changeless God, there is none equal to Thee in the universe'
Therefore, I pray for a vision of You at Vrindaban in the form of Sri Krsna".
"I made this prayer and then forgot it. There is no doubt of the fact that Sri Prabhu, Manmunindra Sri Haidakhan Baba, and the Great Lover, the happy Lord Syam of Vrindaban, are one and the same."
Back in Vrindaban, one morning Mahendra Baba came upon a place associated with Krsna, where a play was being presented under a banyan tree, with Krsna playing His flute to Radha. Mahendra Baba remembered his desire to see Krsna and prayed to Him for a vision.
Hardly had he completed the thought, he 'saw' the Yamuna River flowing near a banyan tree. Under it, surrounded by growing wild flowers, stood Sri Krsna,as a beautiful young boy, smiling gently, looking at Mahendra Baba form the corners of His eyes, and playing His flute, softly and sweetly, like Pan.
"I felt as my sight - reaching up to glance at His eyes, found their brilliance so great that it forgot its natural function and became fish, swimming in that ocean of pure love - became unconscious with joy."
After quite some time, he 'awoke' from this vision and saw again the play going on under another banyan tree, with the same actors as before, the same audience; and Mahendra Baba became his old self again.
But he was filled with wonder and joy and found himself repeating: "The Great Guru Sri Haidakhandi Himself is Krsna! It is Sri Krsna dressed in a gown and a cap appearing as Sri Haidakhan Baba!"
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