To
Beloved Guru Maharaj
“nama om vishnu padaya krsna presthaya bhutale, srimate jayapataka swamin iti namine,
nama acharya padaya nitai kripa pradayine, gaur katha dhaam daya nagar gram tarine”.
My Dear Godfather,
Dandavat Pranam.
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All Glories to Your auspicious appearance day.
Guru Maharaj, You appeared on the most auspicious Kamada Ekadashi day in the year 1949 to serve and fulfil the orders of your spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada and dedicate your life to Krsna consciousness. You are the most compassionate vaishnava and are always eager to give your mercy to everyone, it doesn’t matter where you are – in temple, hospital, flight, ICU or on ventilator, and with whom you come in contact with – fellow vaishnava, disciple, doctor, nurse, physiotherapist, guard, fellow patients, passengers, or a dying man.
Looking at your body and the medical events that you have gone through for the sake of Krishna, which are not possible for a normal human being even in the hands of world’s best medical care, it is evident that you take these sufferings just for the sake of your disciples in order to get them involved into Krishna consciousness and thus give them important lessons from your pastimes. It appears sometimes that you accept the sufferings over your material body and thus authenticate the Prayers of Kunti Maharani.
vipadah santu tah sasvat
tatra tatra jagad-guro
bhavato darsanam yat syad
apunar bhava-darsanam (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.25)
“I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths”. Although such prayers have to be made by conditioned souls, but in fact your pastimes, which appear as material sufferings to the conditioned souls, are actually your Leelas to get yourself and your disciples closer and closer to Krishna. Your life sets an unmatched example to get into the roots of Krsna consciousness and get the most benevolent mercy of Lord Chaitanya.
Dear Guru Maharaj, you are the most merciful servitors of Lord Chaitanya, who has stepped down from the Goloka Vrindavan to deliver and sanctify conditioned souls. I feel myself very fortunate to have you as my spiritual master.
Hare Krishna.
Your insignificant servant
Rajeev Khanna
Sheltered Disciple
ISKCON East of Kailash, New Delhi – INDIA
