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Vyāsa-pūjā 2023

Padma Iyer (Sydney - Australia)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my respectful humble obeisances at Your lotus feet.

All glories to You, Guru Mahārāja!!! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!

In my last year’s Vyāsa-pūjā homage, I expressed my wish to have Your physical association and You fulfilled my wish. I cannot be more thankful and indebted to You for fulfilling my desires and bringing me and my family closer to Kṛṣṇa. The best part of the whole last year was to have Your physical association during our Māyāpur dhāma yātrā. It was the most fulfilling and cherished feeling for a fallen soul like me. Even a momentary association with You can ignite the light of Kṛṣṇa consciousness in anyone’s heart. Then we can just imagine the effect of getting the opportunity to take Your blessings face-to-face. It has made me more fixated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and energized to serve You and Gaurāṅga better. I pray and wish to have Your physical association every year and be more sincere and steady in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Thank you for being so kind in fulfilling my desires!!!! Thank you for being compassionate to me and my family!!!

In any difficult or challenging situation, the first thing I chant is nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe - and it gives me the energy and strength to go on and in the right Kṛṣṇa conscious way in those situations.

Thank you for guiding me in every situation!!! Thank you for giving me the strength in difficult situations!!!

Listening to Your voice through Your lectures is my regular dose of vitamins. Your “Gauurāṅgaaa!!!!” energizes and shakes off any inertia in me. You make even difficult concepts simple and easy to follow. And Your humor leaves a lasting memory in my mind associated with every story.

Thank You for energizing every now and then!!! Thank You for bringing humor in our life!!!

Congratulations to You, Guru Mahārāja for Your Bhakti-vaibhava degree. It is inspiring me to keep on studying Prabhupāda’s books and other prescribed Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava books. With that inspiration, I am planning to study for Bhakti-śāstrī under our Bhakti-vṛkṣa leaders – Śrī-guru Bhakti Mātājī and Ānandamaya Gopīnātha Prabhu in Sydney.

Thank you for inspiring us in so many ways!!! Thank you for showing the path to all of us!!!

I seek Your blessings to be more sincere in my service to You and very steady in my sādhana. I seek Your blessings for my family (my 2 daughters – Śrīnidhi and Saraṇyā, my parents and my husband) to grow in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I seek Your blessings for all of us to take dīkṣā from You soon and serve You as humble servants eternally. I request You to use all of us as a tool in Your mission. I seek Your blessings for our Bhakti-vṛkṣa leaders – Śrī-guru Bhakti Mātājī, Ānandamaya Gopīnātha Prabhu, Saṅkīrtana Narottama Prabhu, Abhinandinī Mātājī and their family.

Thank you for allowing us to serve You!!! Thank you for everything!!!

With this, I pray to Narasiṁhadeva and Rādhā Kṛṣṇa to protect you and pray for your good health. I pray to Gaurāṅga for Your long and healthy life so You can fulfill Your mission and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions. I pray that You can come to Sydney and inspire more souls with Your physical association.

Your sheltered daughter,

Padma Iyer