Our dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
My dear eternal spiritual grandfather, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your
Vyāsa-pūjā celebration.
As a person born in a Gujarati Hindu family I always knew Lord Kṛṣṇa, but you made me real-
ize that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and instead of simply worshiping
Him, you taught us to love Him unconditionally and spread His message so that everyone can
go back home, back to Godhead. Śrīla Prabhupāda, you went through many hardships to spread
Kṛṣṇa consciousness so we could enjoy the bliss of kṛṣṇa-bhakti. You are the savior of all, and
you came to preach the message of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and to distribute and spread the holy
names in this age so that everyone could have a chance to get out of this material world. Śrīla
Prabhupāda, please always keep me at the shelter of your lotus feet.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, we are about to complete our first year of serving in the new ISKCON
temple in Muskoka, Canada. It is your mercy that we are able to serve Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Muskoka
Īśvara in this Western world. I beg for your mercy so that we can follow in your footsteps and
make this little northern area fully Kṛṣṇa conscious. Please help me to progress in my sādhana and
services and protect me from anarthas.
I am always eternally indebted to you for showing me the way back to Godhead. Thank you,
Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Your humble servant,
Vyāsa Ācārya Dāsa
ISKCON Muskoka