My most merciful, patita pavana Srila Guru Maharaja
Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to your divine self!
On the most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja, dear Guru Maharaja, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for having shed gallons and gallons of blood in preaching and making so many devotees around the world. This time I was extremely fortunate to personally witness the astounding reception you had in Sri Mayapur dham after your return from Chennai post the transplant surgeries. It was a reflection of how much people love you. It was made even more obvious how you have touched the lives of so many people, how you have saved so many people. When I see the overwhelming love your disciples and well wishers pour upon you, it fills my heart with so much joy.
On the other side, you certainly have an insatiable desire to make more and more devotees. If all the devotees you have made were to take the form of flowers and then garlanded as an offering to Srila Prabhupada, it would cover him fully several times over. What determination and enthusiasm you have Guru Maharaja!
For the first time, I also had the good fortune to personally attend your daily classes at the roof top of the Lotus building. You certainly know the art of putting forward the most sublime knowledge in the most entertaining way. You make the audience laugh and at the same time also get them to chant the Holy names again and again. I also got to witness the interaction between your divine self and your disciples at the end of the classes. When I heard them reporting how they engage in so many devotional activities, some for your pleasure and some for the benefit of your health, it put me to shame.
How can I possible express my gratitude to you my dear spiritual father for having showered me with your unconditional mercy? Every time we are together in the same geographical location, you have very mercifully engaged me in your cooking seva and given me your personal association. Every time I have written to you, you have taken the time out to reply. You have invested so much of your precious time and energy in preaching to me and starting my good fortune in Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON. After having done so much, you still ask "what can i do for you?" My dear spiritual father, you are indeed the epitome of mercy, love and patience. If the administrators of the guinness book of world records could measure qualities like mercy, love, patience, enthusiasm, determination, sincerity, commitment, passion, purity, integrity, optimism, courage, respectability, charisma, humility, discipline, time management, social skills, authenticity, clarity, focus, resilience, problem solving capacity, your name would be on the top of every page! Thank you Guru Maharaja for being what you are. I am extremely grateful that you accepted me as your disciple.
Please forgive my offenses.
Please engage me in your services even life after life after life.
Your eternal servant,
Sri nama radha d.d.
