Dear and respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble and prostrated obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.
My sincere hearty prayers and soulful efforts in doing Tulasi Parikrama for your speedy recovery and long life to take many souls back home back to God Head.
I would like to share what i felt inspiring and absorbing my consciousness about the pure devotee of the Lord from Srimad Bhagavatam.
One particular position of a pure devotee has really moved my heart when i was reading Srimad Bhagavatam 3rd Canto 4th chapter 9 th and 10th sloka purport. Here Maitreya Rishi, a disciple of Maharishi Parasara and a friend well wisher of the great sage Krishna-Dvaipayana Vyasa reaching the spot of Lord Krishna where the Lord is taking rest against a young banyan tree, where He looked quite cheerful in that posture.
In the purport of SB.3.4.9 th sloka Srila Prabhupada mentions “To meet the Lord is not an ordinary incident. Maitreya was a great sage and a learned scholar-philosopher but not a pure devotee of the Lord, and therefore his meeting with the Lord at that time may have been due to ajnata-sukriti, or some unknown devotional service. Pure devotees always engage in pure devotional activities, and therefore their meeting with the Lord is natural. But when those who are not up to that standard meet the Lord, it is due to the unforeseen fortune of accidental devotional service.”
Although both Uddhava and Maitreya were great souls, the Lord's attention was more on Uddhava because he was a spotlessly pure devotee. Although Maitreya was a devotee, his devotion was mixed. The Lord reciprocates with His devotees on the basis of transcendental love and not on the basis of philosophical knowledge or fruitive activities. The gopis in vrindavana were neither highly learned scholars nor mystic yogis. They had spontaneous love for the Lord and thus He became their heart and soul and the gopis also became the heart and soul for the Lord . Lord chaitanya approved the relationship of the gopis with the Lord as supreme. Herein the Lord’s attitude towards Uddhava was more intimate than with maitreya muni”.
So Guru Maharaj you are a pure devotee and only you know what is pure devotional service to the Lord and the Lord is always more intimate with you and due to this I being an unqualified disciple of you also have the access of pure devotional service to the Lord through the causeless mercy of your humble self and become purified of all material contaminations.
Another one incident which made me shed tears of love is the translation of tamil of the Bengali Song ” Prabhupada na hoito”. One will surely melt after hearing this song. I cannot believe myself that Gurudeva you are extracting softness from my rock hard heart. This is your miracle of love to your spiritual master Srila prabhupada which makes me cry unknowingly from my heart.This love for your spiritual master makes me to introspect my heart to develop such unconditional love for you.
According to SB:3.25.21
titiksavah karunikah
suhrda sarva-dehinam
ajata-satravah santah
aadhavah sadhu-bhusanah
“the symptoms of a sadhu are that he is tolerant , merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime”.
Forgiveness and compassion are the qualities you have to me, so i humbly fall at the dust of your lotus feet to again purify my consciousness with pure Krishna prema.
Thank you Guru Maharaj for allowing me to serve in the temple for the diety seva like fruit cutting and washing pots which has purified my consciousness.
I am grateful for the wonderful association of devotees who are practicing pure devotion who are helping me to improve in my understanding and practice of devotional service. Association, temple, dieties are the wonderful gifts you have given to me to reciprocate through association and service.
I also pray to you personally to be free from demoniac qualities and develop divine qualities to please you and Krishna. I have a long way to go to get rid of my bad qualities and it is possible only by your causeless mercy. I again seek your blessings to improve my quality of sadhana to a pure state so that your humble self will be pleased.
I am not qualified to glorify but for my purification i am doing so.Please kindly forgive me for my childish offering, offenses, limitations while performing my services.
Thank you. Hare Krishna
Aspiring to serve,
Pūrṇa Prajña Keśava dāsa