Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupāda, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Bhakti

siddhānta

Sarasvatī Gosvāmī. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanya

deva and
delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.
We find this verse in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 22.34, spoken by Lord Rāmacandra and
quoted from the Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha-kāṇḍa 18.33:
sakṛd eva prapanno yas
tavāsmīti ca yācate
abhayaṁ sarvadā tasmai
dadāmy etad vrataṁ mama
It is My vow that if one only once seriously surrenders unto Me, saying “My dear Lord,
from this day I am Yours,” and prays to Me for courage, I shall immediately award
courage to that person, and he will always remain safe from that time on.
When Vibhīṣaṇa comes to surrender to Lord Rāma, He promises complete shelter by quoting the
above śloka. Similarly, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you give anyone and everyone who joins ISKCON at
any level immediate shelter by connecting them to the guru-paramparā of thirty-two ācāryas and
the Supreme Lord Himself.
Lord Rāma declared Vibhīṣaṇa as Laṅkeśa, coronating him king of Laṅkā, while promising to
protect anyone who surrenders. And Lord Rāma declared that if Rāvaṇa surrenders, He would
make Rāvaṇa king of Ayodhyā. On being questioned about Bharata, Lord Rāma stated He would
give Him a Vaikuṇṭha planet to rule. When He was questioned where He would stay, Lord Rāma
very happily said He would stay in the heart of Hanumān.
Similarly, we see, Śrīla Prabhupāda, that Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
always stays in your heart. You have converted practically every city in every state in every country
in the world into an abode of the Lord and gifted Kṛṣṇa consciousness to unlimited souls.
All the qualities of Hanumān are found in Your Divine Grace.
Devotion: Hanumānjī represents the epitome of devotional service. Lord Rāma expresses His
indebtedness to Hanumān, stating, “I don’t know how it is possible to ever repay the debt to you.”
At that time Hanumānjī asked, “Let me also be affectionate toward You – that is all I want.” And
Lord Rāma reciprocated. Similarly, you are blessed with unalloyed devotional service.
Service: Lord Rāmacandra Himself on occasion says to Hanumān, “Even if I sell myself
completely, still I cannot, because your service makes me bankrupt.” This is the reciprocation of
the Lord with the devotee. Similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa is always indebted to Your Divine Grace.
Nonenvy: Hanumānjī crossed the ocean to find Sita, and on his way entered Surasā’s body and
came out again by shrinking himself. He escaped without being touched by her enviousness.
Similarly, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you crossed the ocean aboard the Jaladuta, facing various challenges
to fulfill your guru’s mission.
Self-control: Hanumānjī was not affected when he saw Rāvaṇa’s wives. Similarly, although you
possessed so much opulence, you were never attracted. Rather, you used everything for serving
the Lord.
Commitment: When Hanumānjī returned after his mission to find Sītādevī, the Lord said, “My
dear Hanumānjī, I am in exile and have nothing with which to reward you for what you have
accomplished. The only thing I can offer you is My embrace, dear Hanumānjī. Please accept it.”
Lord Rāma then offered Himself to Hanumānjī. Similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa has offered Himself to
Your Divine Grace.
Glorious moments: As Hanumān meeting Lord Rāma is glorious, so your first meeting in 1922
with Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura is glorious. At that very first meeting, he gave
you an instruction: “You are all educated young men. Why don’t you take up Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu’s cult and preach it all over to the English-speaking public? Why don’t you take up
this matter?”
Lord Rāma’s order to Hanumān to find Sītādevī was his life and soul. Similarly, Śrīla
Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s order, “If you have money, print books,” was your life and
soul.
When Mount Maināka offered Hanumānjī rest during his flying-journey to Laṅkā, Hanumānjī
said, “I am an arrow shot from Lord Rāma’s bow and can accept no rest until I reach my destina-
tion.” Saying this, Hanumānjī showed humility, giving importance to Lord Rāma’s bow. Similarly,
to fulfill your guru’s order, you never rested.
Although Hanumānjī could have accomplished the whole mission by himself, he gave all credit
to Lord Rāma. Similarly, whenever you were glorified, you gave all credit to your spiritual master.
Hanumānjī brought out the importance of Lord Rāma’s name by writing His name on each
and every stone while building the bridge to Laṅkā. In the same way, you glorified the mahā-
mantra throughout the universe.
On May 5, 2024, you called His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami back to you to join your
pastimes in the spiritual world. It has been a time of great separation for us here. On February
23, 2025, our temple president, His Grace Kamalalocana Prabhu received sannyāsa initiation and
became His Holiness Bhakti Padma Saurabha Pracharak Swami Mahārāja.
Here we share the offerings for the 150th appearance day of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī
Ṭhākura by devotees at ISKCON Mira Road:
• 150 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam sets were distributed for Bhadra Pūrṇimā.
• 65,000 Bhagavad-gītās were distributed for the Prabhupāda marathon.
• 150 summer camps were conducted, offering stories and descriptions of Śrīla Bhakti-
siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, along with a list of thirty-six qualities, with stories from chap-
ter 12 of the Bhagavad-gītā. These were shared with hundreds of children in residences and
schools.
• 1,500 bhoga offerings were made on Jagannātha Rath-yātrā.
• 150 devotees glorified Śrīla Prabhupāda on Vyāsa-pūjā day.
• 1,500 devotees joined in on a harināma kīrtana-mela.
• 150 devotees chanted sixty-four rounds on nirjala-ekādaśī.
• 150 students learned to sing the guru-paramparā bhajana written by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta
Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
• 150 students participated in stage performances, enacting the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa
through dramas and dance performances, opulently costumed, to celebrate Janmāṣṭamī
in an auditorium of ICSE board schools N. L. Dalmia, Kapol Vidyanidhi, and Shailender
School.
• 80 schools celebrated Diwali in their schools by doing deepdhan to Lord Dāmodara.
• Bhaktivedanta College has started short courses apart from the Journey of Self-Discovery
course and Bhakti-śastrī. These are Teachings of Lord Caitanya (TLC); Four Books Are
Enough; Teachings of Queen Kuntī; and Science of Self-Realization. This course announce-
ment was done on Nityānanda-trayodaśī, and His Holiness Bhakti Padma Swami began the
TLC course on March 3 this year.
• The Deity department has been functioning perfectly, with pūjārīs serving the Deities by
dressing in innovative ways, making the Deities flower outfits on festival days, and perform-
ing divine āratis at all times with great devotion. Mātājīs cook regular offerings, and on
festivals offer fifty-six types of bhoga. Mātājīs also make the flower garlands with great love
every day.
• Govinda’s is attracting huge crowds on weekends and holidays.
• On Ekādaśīs we hold twelve-hour kīrtanas.
• Upāsanā festivals for boys from our youth group attract numerous boys from different areas.
• Jagannātha Ratha-yātrā, Janmāṣṭamī, Rādhāṣṭamī, Brahmotsava, Nityānanda-trayodaśī,
Gaura-Pūrṇimā, Balarāma Jayantī – all these festivals attract huge crowds from in and
around the Mira Road area. The Deities are dressed opulently, and thousands attend and go
home happily after a grand feast.
• The Food-for-life department serves khicadi daily to visitors, and opulent prasādam on
Sundays.
• Harināma-saṅkīrtana is done daily for one hour in the streets around Mira Road.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, please protect us from the narrow-mindedness and divisiveness that pollute the
world today. Please empower us, your humble servants, to carry forward this great mission of love
and redemption. Let us remain fascinated and inspired by your boundless compassion, remem-
bering that all souls are the Lord’s servants and that there is “no bar for anyone in the world” to
go back home, back to Godhead. We pray to develop the determination you had for serving Śrīla
Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura and thus please Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.
Your insignificant servants,
The devotees at ISKCON Mira Road

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