Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
I offer my humble obeisances to Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakācārya 108 Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having fully taken shelter at the Lord’s lotus feet.
I offer my prostrated obeisances to Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, the dearest servant of His Divine Grace Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda. He is spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness throughout the Westernized capitalist world, soundly defeating atheists, Māyāvādīs, who claim that God does not have a form, and the adherents of the atheist doctrine that everything is ultimately void.
Religions failed to confront and defeat atheism
Which currently dominates most discourses in our secular democracies
Be it in the media
Or at universities
The line of demarcation between religion and science
Has been drawn since more than two centuries
Science is the religion of evolution
Sharing the belief in an unknown cause
While Abrahamic religions share the belief in an unknown creator
It is belief against belief, after all.
The science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness
On the other hand
Has nothing to do with religious belief
It is based on the teachings of Lord Kṛṣṇa in His Bhagavad-gītā
The science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Does not profess mental speculation
Nor does it preach dogma, manmade doctrines, or some magic
It teaches what the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva and Devakī, the darling of Vraja
Taught trillions of years ago to Lord Brahmā
Who taught it to the president of the sun planet, Vivasvān
Who taught it to Ikṣvāku, and then to the Manus
Progenitors of generations of women and men.
For this and many other reasons
Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Will prevail against atheism and flourish – for the next ten thousand years!
Thanks to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda,
For it is you who has singlehandedly
Delivered Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the world
In order to defeat the rule of demonic science and ruthless atheism
In all aspects of human civilization
You delivered Kṛṣṇa consciousness in a most selfless way
Acting strictly on the order of your Guru Mahārāja
The evangelic angel of the gospel of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
The Great Savior from the East
Your servants, and servants of your servants in Czech Republic,
Nitāi-Navadvīpa Candra Mandir
Kṛṣṇa’s Court
Śrī Hari Dhāma Saṅga
Chakra Lutotin
and all the friends and supporters of Kṛṣṇa consciousness
(written by Jayagurudeva Dāsa)