nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācārya-pādāya nitāi kṛpā pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma daya nagara grāma tārine
My Most Beloved Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please Accept My Respectful Obeisances
All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurānga
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda
All glories to You on the auspicious occasion of your appearance day
It gives me immense joy to get to celebrate your holy appearance day, in spite of all un-favouring situations. Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Lord have been very kind to me to have given me the chance to see you personally and hear from you, serve you in some small way.
I’m unable even to understand the numerous glories that you have, what to speak of knowing them deeply and being able to speak of them.
Your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda and love for Śrī Caitanya Mahaprabhu is unparalleled. You always think of how you can fulfil the instructions that Śrīla Prabhupāda gave you. When you take the name of Gauranga, chant the Panchtattva mantra, your ecstatic devotional mood just gets outpoured and everyone drowns within it.
You write in “Vaishnava Ke?”: there are many ways in which a practicing devotee's mind can subtly influence and bewilder the intelligence, entrapping even a seasoned devotee in the spider-like webs of illusion. Devotional service is easy to perform, but it is also easy to be diverted from the path of pure devotional service if one is not careful. Kindly make me understand the import of this statement, not just know it theoretically. At times, I really remain puzzled as to what should be done. When testing situations arise, I’m really put to test and I often fail miserably. My inner subtle desires for sense gratification, name, fame, glory all just gets burst open. Though I talk about and think that I’m practicing pure devotional service, in testing situations, the practice of pure devotional service just goes somewhere else only. I wish to become sincere in the practice of pure devotional service, without having any desire other than to please You, Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa. Please bless me that I always remain conscious of this and my acts, words be dedicated for this purpose. I feel if I’m able to do this, all other problems would vanish. Please bless me that I be able to perform devotional service without any ulterior motive, without any reservation for anything, with only desire to please the Lord.
Your insignificant disciple,
Sucāru Murārī dāsa
(Dikṣā disciple)