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
I pay my most humble obeisances at the dust of lotus feet, Gurudeva!
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you!
Today is the most auspicious day of your Vyas Pūjā what we have been longing for the whole year. This year’s Vyas-pūjā is even more auspicious as this one is 70th year of your appearance to this earth planet.
Whenever I look at you, hear from you, observe your activities – one word which comes to my mind is ‘Unstoppable’. The material energy has no control over you because you are ‘Gaur-dhan-jana’ – very dear associate of Lord Gaurāṅga. How you have engaged your body, mind and words in the service of the Supreme Lord is really exemplary for us as we make many excuses for not being able to serve the Lord.
The year 2018 was one of the most remarkable years in your life as well as ours. That year your health issues took the worst shape and it was announced that you urgently needed both kidney and liver transplantation. Such of your health condition created anxiety in many of our hearts as we could understand to an extent the severity of such operation considering your late age and physical disability. Like everyone, I was also praying hard for you but one thing really shattered me when in one of your tweets you wrote that your present health condition was such due to your disciples who were not following the vows properly. I could understand how much pain you were feeling mentally more than physically because of your ignorant disciples, so that so you expressed it publicly which I never heard you doing before. Even in a temple in South India devotees found the future prediction about you where it was mentioned that you have lost your 20 years of life duration because of your disciples. But the most amazing and glorious part is when we saw the great wave of your mercy took the highest pinnacle when you gave another chance to those of your disciples to restart their spiritual journey seriously.
Guru Mahārāja, you are an amazing person to be aspiring for. It’s surprising to see how you have come back to us once again to fulfil Śrīla Prabhupāda’s instructions given to you. I thank my dear Lord Nrisimhadev for giving you back to us. I pay my humble obeisances at the feet of your personal servants also as I see how wonderfully and carefully they are taking care of you.
Your daily Facebook class is another wonderful means of your precious association. No matter how busy you are, how tired and occupied your schedule is, you somehow manage time to come online and give us your association. I can say that I am really benefitted by these daily classes as I always feel your strong presence in my life.
I THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for being our EVER WELL-WISHER.
Aspiring to get more and more mercy,
Yours spiritual daughter,
Īśvarī Lalitā devī dāsī