Dearest spiritual master, Śrīla Prabhupāda,
On September 1, 1896, in Calcutta, a child named Abhay Charan was born. An astrologer pre-
dicted: “When this child reaches the age of seventy, he will cross the ocean, become a great expo-
nent of religion, and open 108 temples.”
From the time in 1922 when your Guru Mahārāja, His Divine Grace Oṁ Viṣṇupāda
paramahaṁsa parivrajakācārya aṣṭotara śata Śrī Śrīmād Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī
Ṭhākura Prabhupāda, requested you to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness through the English lan-
guage, you became completely convinced and never wasted a moment. You demonstrated that a
gṛhastha can also perform great service for the saṅkīrtana movement.
In July 1935, when Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī visited the Bombay branch of the Gauḍīya Maṭha,
some of the leading disciples recommended that Abhay Caraṇaravinda Dāsa become the president
of the Bombay branch. Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī cryptically replied: “He will do. When the time
comes, he will do everything himself. You don’t have to recommend him.” As a perfect disciple,
you executed all of your spiritual master’s orders and beyond.
On this most auspicious day marking the anniversary of your divine appearance on earth, I
humbly pray that a tiny particle of your unlimited causeless mercy drown me eternally in devo-
tional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, under your blissful direction.
Your unworthy servant,
Dānavir Goswami