Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
We are very much delighted to glorify you on this occasion of your divine appearance in this world. We are not at all qualified to glorify you, because you are naturally glorious by your position as the senāpati-bhakta, the commander in chief. You are empowered to save humankind from perishing in the ocean of miseries in this material world. At a time when the world was in need of someone to awaken the sleeping souls, you appeared – just as Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura prayed.
You made the previous ācāryas proud by honoring and protecting the paramparā system as the thirty-second ācārya. No one else could have done this job better than you. You were chosen by Kṛṣṇa and blessed by the sādhus and your Guru Mahārāja to act like the perfect instrument to preserve and propagate sanātana-dharma all over the world – beyond all expectations.
The predictions for Kali-yuga state that this is an age of quarrel, hypocrisy, and irreligion. This can’t be changed. But just as the immune are unaffected during an outbreak of a disease, so the effects of Kali-yuga cannot touch the fortunate souls who take shelter at your lotus feet and strictly follow the principles of sanātana-dharma revealed in your books.
By constant remembrance of Kṛṣṇa, one is assured of returning to our eternal home, Goloka Vṛndāvana, under your expert guidance as you pilot the transcendental ISKCON Airlines beyond this material world – on a one-way journey, with no desire to return.
All glories to you again and again, O Śrīla Prabhupāda, savior of the whole world!
Your servants at ISKCON Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire