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 Humble Obeisance unto your Lotus feet.
First of all I am not qualified to glorify you and second I don’t have even the capacity to juggle a few words to glorify you. However let me try to express a few words in the process of trying to glorify you.
It is not very easy to get a spiritual master like you who are always praying for our spiritual betterment. You have not spared any effort from your side, in spite of limitations to your health. You started the Lava matra by which we could get nourished hearing your sweet words from your lotus mouth. You are giving out nectar in the form of Caitanya Lila a book which I am eagerly looking for. In spite of all these efforts I feel I am not doing any service to you. It is true that a disciple can never repay the debt he owes to his spiritual master but will I at least have a thought process to repay you for all that you have done for us or are doing for us and will be doing for us. Such is the condition of a fallen disciple like me.
My sincere prayers are that you should recover fully and be dancing amongst us which will give us lot of inspiration. Your recovery has been beyond any ones imagination and on this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā day, My sincere prayers to Śrī Śrī Prahlad Narasiṁhadev to keep you protected under his shelter and keep you for a long long long time to come. We need your presence very badly amongst us.
I have been given the Seva of expanding the Bhakti sadans in Śrī Jagannāth mandir in Bangalore and also have been asked to oversee the deity department for the upcoming new project. Please bless me so that I may be able to render some service unto you.
I am enclosing herewith a picture taken along with Guru Mahārāja during my stay in Balaramdesh
Your Spiritual son,
Tīrtha Caitanya dāsa
ISKCON Śrī Jagannāth mandir, Bangalore