My dear loving father,
Please accept my humble obeisance to your lotus feet!
All glories to your auspicious appearance day!
All glories to Śrīla Prabupada, All glories to Śrī Guru and All glories to Śrī Gaurāṅga!
One or two, the sufferings you go through!
What do I do…..?! I have no clue!
When I think of your constant bodily pain,
The thought of my chronic sickness goes in vain!
Will I ever become your sincere disciple?
That will sustain my survival!
Pitamaha Bhisma preached on the bed of arrows
And you are preaching on the bed of bodily sorrows!
I once dreamed you are walking out of the wheelchair,
That dream to become true is my prayer!
If my sins make your sickness worse,
How can I reverse that curse?
Will I ever serve your lotus feet?
That will make my life complete!
Dear Guru Mahārāja, I wrote the above poem before I received diksha from your lotus hands on 19th of March 2019 at Śrīdhāma Māyāpur Dham. My husband (Vanamali Acyuta Das/Vinothkumar Jahanathan) and I can’t thank you enough for being so merciful to grant the diksha to both of us. Despite my awareness of being so unqualified to become your disciple, you still accepted me as your spiritual daughter. This is more than an ocean of mercy! I know how to repay you, only by serving the mission of Lord Gaurāṅga! But for that, I beg for your continuous mercy so we can preach and reach out.
Spreading the science of Kṛṣṇa in as many towns as possible had become one of my goals. And, I had been working on that. I do WhatsApp preaching every day, by recording one verse daily with simple explanation from Bhagavad Gita in Tamil and in English to around hundred WhatsApp members. By the mercy of Kṛṣṇa and you, we inaugurated first time ever preaching program in Dharapuram (my mother’s home town, in Tamilnadu). Also began a new ‘Mantra Meditation’ program at my workplace and in my new town called Melton, Victoria, Australia. Attached is the flyer and the pics from Dharapuram program. This Mantra Meditation program are first ever program in these areas, especially focusing on Western audience. In Melbourne, there has been only one Western Meditation group called ‘Urban Yoga’ (Paid), I wanted to have that to be multiplied (free sessions). Our Melbourne ISKCON Temple President HG Anirudha Prabu and other devotees guided me on this. Also, I am receiving support from my husband here and family members back in India. I am so grateful to all, especially to you my dear Guru Mahārāja. We are eternally indebted, please bless us so we can serve the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabu more sincerely, and assist you with fulfilling the instructions you received from Śrīla Prabupada.
Jai Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāj!
70th Vyāsa-pūjā Maho Utsav ki Jai!
I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Vallabha to have many more Vyaspūjās of yours we can celebrate and let me continue to bake Vyāsa-pūjā cake for you every year.
Thank you for everything,
Your eternal Spiritual daughter,
Īśvarī Lakṣmīpriyā devī dāsī