Most dear and beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Please accept our respectful and humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace! We revel in
the dust of your lotus feet, finding our hearts’ true delight.
You once recounted how a priest, acting on his own accord, approached you and said,
“Swamiji, I see a brightness in the faces of your students. How have you created this brightness?”
(Room conversation with Dr. Karan Singh, Delhi, November 25, 1971).
We know precisely why: because you dwell in our minds. Indeed, you own our minds. That is
why your devotees now possess such “bright faces.” It is your brightness that shines through!
Through the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, you bound our hearts to your divine
self, enveloping us within your all-embracing Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You reign supreme!
We cannot conceal our pride in having you as our lord and master. Through your transcenden-
tal bhāgavata books, saturated with pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness, you destroyed the lurking snares
of false rascal guides and ideas. You reversed our terrible and frightening descent into the darkest
regions of material existence, rescuing us from the most ruinous disaster.
When we hear your transcendental words – the only words we desire to hear – then we know
you are truly present. It is you speaking, not some mere imitation.
Your lotus feet are the sole shelter from all sorrows. By following in your footsteps, we become
free from Māyā’s torturous slavery.
We may desire to serve you, but we must ask ourselves: Do we deserve it? Are we truly sincere,
without ulterior motives, or are we merely pretending to be what we are not? The price to pay for
serving you is sincerity and the willingness to draw closer to Your Divine Grace, submitting to
your orders. Only then will your torch of enlightening knowledge dispel the darkness in which we
are sunk.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are truly divine and sublimely sweet. Please eradicate our deep illusion.
Merely being near Your Divine Grace and hearing your words ends our endless confusion. By
regularly serving Your Divine Grace and discarding any false conceptions of “I” and “mine” as
mere rubbish, we win the supreme prize: the realization that we are entirely your property, and
that without Your Divine Grace we are lost.
Most Beloved Śrīla Prabhupāda
Your mercy and grace brighten our face, since you dwell in our mind.
With Kṛṣṇa’s name, the sweet refrain, your love our hearts to bind.
We cannot hide that you’re our pride; you are our lord and master.
Cracking the crooks by your pure books, you saved us from disaster.
Your words profound, the only sound our ears desire to hear:
And then we know, not vainest show, our Prabhupāda is here.
Your lotus feet, Māyā’s defeat, sole shelter from all sorrow,
They grant us all freedom from thrall, if in their footprints we follow.
We long to serve. Do we deserve? This question we should ask.
Are we so real, with no conceal? Or do we wear a mask?
To be sincere and draw more near will be the price to pay.
Your torch of light, with knowledge bright, will chase the dark away.
You’re so divine, sweet, and sublime. Please smite our deep illusion.
To be near you, just hearing you, ends our endless confusion.
To serve with pace your Divine Grace, our all we count as dross,
And win the prize: just to realize that without you we are lost.
Beloved Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi, nothing occurs without Your supreme consent. Please allow us to
eternally remain inextricably absorbed in the remembrance of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please shelter us
from Māyā’s forceful power of forgetfulness. Please, if that is also Your Lordships’ desire, let serv-
ing His Divine Grace’s lotus feet be the only reason for our existence and our sole aspiration life
after life.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are our life and soul! Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Your menial and respectful servants at Radio Kṛṣṇa Centrale, Italy
(written by Narakantaka Dāsa)

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