nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
My dear spiritual father, Please accept my respectful obeisance! All glories to Śrīla Prabupada! All glories to you! I’ve no words to thank Nrsimhadeva , your personal servants, the doctors, and all your disciples and well-wishers around the world who are praying for you. Your servants are such wonderful souls who tirelessly looking after you 24/7 like a mother looks after her child. All glories to all your personal assistants. You are a living example of determination and sincerity who never give up. We are extremely happy to see you back in Māyāpur, a place which is very dear to your heart. Even in this condition, you attend many administrative meetings of Māyāpur, GBC meetings, giving Caitanya Bhagavata classes, meeting your disciples, I’m amazed to see your memory power while giving lectures. Guru Mahārāja, my son, Sachin is now studying in Canada, he’ll complete his course in 2021. My daughter, Suchitra is now completing her high school this year and Kṛṣṇa willing, we are planning to make her study for her graduation here in Dubai with a hope that we can help her in progressing in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. Although I have a very sincere desire to take your blessings personally, I’m not sure whether this is possible at this stage. I’m falling at your lotus feet again and again and begging with you to kindly bless my children to engage themselves in devotional service activities. In this Gaurāṅga Deśa yatra, by Kṛṣṇa, yours and vaishnava’s mercy, I’m doing some small sevas like looking after finance, kirtan committee seva, in charge of Bal Utsava classes, in charge of procuring and maintenance of cultural committee materials, a member of Cultural committee. I’m now teaching Bhagavat Gita and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam to ladies and children. I’ve 1 Bhakti Vrksha ladies’ class with regular 12 attendees and 2 Bal Utsava children classes with 25 children. I’ve completed Bhakti Sastri course conducted by MIHE and now I’m doing Bhakti Vaibhava courses with MIHE. Please bless me to do all these services and more for the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa, yourselves and Vaishnavas and not for any personal interest. Without your mercy, I won’t be able to even attempt to do any service. Guru Mahārāja, I’m very happy to share the good news that by Mahāprabhu’s mercy, we have purchased an apartment in Māyāpur in one of the upcoming property projects. At present we do not have any fixed plan of settling after retirement, we just left that decision to Caitanya Mahāprabhu. I’m also happy to share with you about my harmonium classes. Yes, I’m learning harmonium to sing kirtans for the pleasure of Kṛṣṇa. Please bless that I sincerely endeavor to learn and practice. Please pray to Kṛṣṇa for me also…. Let any health issues not become a stumbling block on my path of devotional service. Please accept my sincere apologies for any offence I have done to your lotus feet, to Kṛṣṇa and to Vaishnavas knowingly and unknowingly. I desire to get at least a fraction of the percentage of your determination in engaging in the Kṛṣṇa Conscious activities. yadi gaura na hoito…. yadi prabhupāda na hoito…. yadi jayapataka swamy guru mahārāja na hoito… I can’t even imagine how worst I would have been living! All glories to you Guru Mahārāja. Praying to Lord Narsimhadeva to give you long life without any pain and discomforts.
Your spiritual daughter,
Vṛnda Nandinī devī dāsī,
Gaurāṅga Deśa, Middle East