nama om vishnupadaya krisha presthaya bhu-tale
srimate Jayapataka swamin iti namine
nama acharyapadaya nitai kripa pradayine
gaura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine
Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my respectful obeisance unto the dust of your lotus feet.
On this most auspicious day, of your 71st Vyas Puja, I would humbly like to express my feelings of earnest gratitude to you for everything that I am.
Thank you Gurumaharaj for being such a wonderful role model and inspiration to many millions of insignificant souls like me. Thank you for all the love and care. We are fortunate to be able to listen to your daily lectures, gain spiritual strength and learn practical applications of spiritual knowledge directly from you.
By your sheer mercy, Bhakti Vrikshas, Collective Reading Circles and Bal Utsava classes are progressing smoothly. Few members have also taken up to regularly chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, reading Srila Prabhupada's books and fasting on ekadasi. I pray at your lotus feet for a drop of your mercy so that I may remain a useful instrument, in your hands, in spreading this most glorious movement of Gauranga Mahaprabhu.
Guru Maharaj, by your blessings my daughter Shri Suhasini gave birth to a baby boy, Ved Krishna, on Putrada Ekadasi this January. I seek your blessings so that he may become an instrument in the hands of your disciples/servants.
On this most auspicious day, together with my family, I pray to Sri Sri Gandharvika Vamsivihari and Sri Lakshmi Narasimhadev to give you a long and healthy life. Although not qualified, we are constantly praying to the Lord for your welfare as this life of Krishna consciousness is only by your mercy and we are indebted to you eternally.
Your eternal servant,
Kuladipika sundari devi dasi
(Gauranga Desh Yatra_DDY)