Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
You are the dearmost person in my life. You are the representative of Kṛṣṇa, and you saved me
from great calamity. Before I met you, I was a lost soul. But you came to me and pulled me out
of the well of material suffering. You turned me into a respectable person. Before I met you, I
had many sinful habits, like the four sinful activities – illicit sex, meat eating, intoxication, and
gambling. I was a lost cause. But the first night I attended your class in the storefront on Second
Avenue, I tasted bliss and felt I had been saved. Chanting in kīrtana with you brought me ecstasy.
I was able to give up all my sinful activities in one night, and from then on I have always tried to
be a faithful servitor to you. I became your servant. I became your disciple after one night. Just by
meeting you and joining you in kīrtana and listening to your lecture (although I couldn’t under-
stand your accent so well) I became sworn to serve you always.
I have sworn my life to you. I beg you to please always protect me and never kick me away. I
always want to be true and faithful to you.
Offering obeisances to you in your presence is a great thrill. One imbibes your holy spirit by
being close to you and bowing down with full hands and feet. To be near you and bow down with
hands and feet brings one the great pleasure of being a worshiper of the greatest spiritual master.
You convey your full blessings to one who sincerely bows down to you and offers you love from
the heart. For the devotees who truly surrender to you, you reciprocate with them and bless them,
accepting their worship when offered in all sincerity. It is truly bliss to worship you and pledge to
surrender to you with one’s life.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, I want to be a surrendered soul. Please forgive this fallen soul who
only wants to take shelter at your lotus feet and never commit any wrong acts again. You are my
only savior, and I take shelter in you.
Begging to remain your surrendered disciple,
Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswami