om ajnana timirandhashya jnananjana salakaya
cakshur unmilitam yena tasmai sri guruve namah
namo om vishnupadaya krsnapresthaya bhutale
srimate Jayapataka swamin iti namine
namo acaryapadaya nitai kripa pradayine
gaurakatha dhamodaya nagar gram tarine
Dear Gurudev!
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet!
All glories to your Divine Grace!! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!
"brahmanda bhramite kauno bhagyavan jiva guru krishna prasade paye bhakti latabija"
It's mercy of Your divine grace and Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead that I am with the devotees practicing Krishna consciousness. If you had not taken this responsibility to deliver the fallen souls like me, I would have no clue about Who Krishna is, What my real self interest is. I don't have any knowledge, nor do I have any real attachment to Holyname of Sri Krishna but somhow or other I have been brought under your shelter by the causeless endeavour of devotees. Now I don't want to go away from association of devotees at any cost hoping that some day I will develop some attachment to Holyname. I pray unto your lotus feet to kindly bless me so that I can develop some taste for reading, hearing and chanting about Krishna in the association of devotees. I am trying to avoid offences to the devotees, following four regulative principles, chanting at least 16 rounds daily on beads and assisting senior devotees in preaching. This is for your Divine Grace's pleasure. On the occasion of auspecious Vyaspuja, I repeatedly pray to Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Narsimhadev, Sri Pancatattva and Srila Prabhupada to keep you healthy for many years so that our spiritual heath is maintained by your inspirations.
Your insignificant servant
Deepak Kumar (Sheltered, Mayapur)