oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya
jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena
tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
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
Most worshipable Gurudev,
On the most auspicious day of your 70th appearance day, we Mokshyada Bhagirathi devī dāsī and Khagvahan Viṣṇu Das, offering our most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
Gurudev, we are most sinful and fallen souls but out of your causeless mercy, you have accepted us as your disciples and trying to do little bit devotional services. In spite of your multiple health challenges, you are spreading the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness all over the world, ignoring your own health. While we are much more worried about our own family, sometimes you and Śrīla Prabhupāda also are coming to our mind as an example and inspiring us and guiding my family how to serve Kṛṣṇa and vaiṣṇavas to support the mission of Śrīla Prabhupad. Without your mercy, we are nowhere to do any devotional service in our day to day life. You are ocean of mercy and showering the same to deliver the fallen souls. We don’t know when such mercy will shower on the fallen souls like us. Really we are weak and devoid of intelligence. Please Gurudev, allow us to be always with you. If we will be made of your mercy then we can progress in our path of devotional service with our mind, word, body and all. We are Indians and specially being Bengali, it is our duty to support your mission directly and indirectly the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, so that we will be relived from three fold miseries and be successful and make others also to be successful.
I have heard that when you first time came to India, you did not put your feet on the holy land of Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, rather paid obeisances before putting your lotus feed and rolled on the ground. This is a lesson for all of us. Staying at Chennai, you were dreaming Māyāpur. Really Gurudev, we cannot glorify you. It will be just like somebody trying to count the sands of a beach.
We have three daughters. One is doing little bit devotional service in taking children classes. Finally, we will pray for the dust of your lotus feet, so that our entire family can be fully engaged in this path to taste the nectar of holy name in our life.
Here we remain by praying Lord Narasiṁha Dev for your speedy recovery to come to the previous stage, so that can give spiritual strength to all.
Yours spiritual son, daughter and granddaughters
Khāgavahāna Viṣṇu dāsa and Mokshyada Bhagirathi devī dāsī (dikshya)
Chandrima, Chandrani and Indrani
New Rājāpur Jagannātha Dham, Bangalore, India