śrī haridās śāstrī established the gadādhara-gaura hari press. his purpose was to make the works of rupa goswami, jiva goswami and other gaudiya vaisnava acharyas, which were primarily in sanskrit, accessible to the public. he translated and published around 100 books. many of these books contained his own commentaries. he was the first to translate and comment on jiva goswami’s sat sandarbhas in hindi. he also established a library, śrī gaura-gadādhara granthāgāram, which is one of the largest libraries in vrindavan today. edelmann notes, "many academic scholars of the gauḍīya vaiṣṇava tradition have used haridāsa śāstrī published editions of the gosvāmin’s literature".