Our Most Beloved Spiritual Father Srila Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our respectful obeisances at the dust of Your divine lotus feet. All glories to You! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
Sri Sri Radha Madhava!!
Dearest Father, we wish You a very very Happy 71st Vyasa Puja!!
This year also marks the Glorious Completion of 50 Golden Years of Sannyasa!!
Krishna came in the mood of Srimati Radharani as Lord Caitanya to freely distribute pure love of God. Sri Nityananda Prabhu, without seeing any
qualification, is giving away that mercy to all fallen conditioned souls and You are the personification of Lord Nityananda Prabhu's mercy and You are freely distributing that mercy!!
You are rendering unlimited services to Srila Prabhupada and You are expertly training Your disciples to serve Srila Prabhupada, the entire
Guru Parampara and the human society at large. If we, Your disciples, simply render selfless service to You, for Your pleasure, we will be able to access the storehouse of Lord Nityananda Prabhu's mercy.
Sri Mayapur Dham is also known as the "Audarya Dham" which means magnanimity. As Sri Mayapur Dham is inseparable from You, You are truly displaying the potency of the Dham, Audarya - Magnanimity. Any living entity that has even a moments association with You, is blessed with Your unlimited magnanimity, mercy and compassion, which is unparalleled in this material world. All glories to You!!
For the past few months, we have been meditating and reading pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in depth..
The reason why the color of renunciation is saffron, always used to strike us....and we found this quotation, which completely made everything so crystal clear:
Sri Prema-vilasa (126-134) describes Lord Caitanya’s words to Lokanatha Gosvami:
‘amara lagiya radha adi sakhi-gana virahe vyakula haiya tejila jivana
‘amiha tejiba prana tanhara lagiya se dasa ha-ibe tumi sunibe thakiya
“‘Feeling separation from Me, Radha and the gopis have given up Their lives. Now I shall also give up My life for Her. You will see Me in that condition, O Lokanatha.
‘dhariba tahara kanti pariba aruna vasana ha-iba tanhara dasa anandita mana
“‘Adopting Radha’s complexion and the saffron-colored cloth of separation, I will become Her maidservant and get happiness.
‘ei lagi aruna vasana diba gaya japiba tanhara guna kahilu tomaya
“‘Wearing the saffron-colored dress of separation on My body, I will sing the glorious qualities of Radharani.
50 years ago, You received these saffron garments, on the most special day of the Appearance of Srimati Radha Thakurani.
We know that seeing the fallen condition of the people in this age, Srimati Radharani is having a headache and tears are rolling down Her lotus eyes. Krishna, in the mood of Srimati Radharani, as Gauranga Mahaprabhu, is displaying this very same thing - crying for the deliverance of the conditioned souls..
Witnessing the kinds of tribulations, difficulty, austerity, that You undertake to bring the message of Sri Gauranga to all of us, the fallen, conditioned souls - is proof to show us that You are Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu's Confidential Associate, Who has come to wipe the tears of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
All glories, All glories to You, Dearest Srila Guru Maharaj!!
You are the Confidential Associate of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu, Who is Krishna Himself, appearing in the mood of Mahabhava Swarupini Srimati Radha Thakurani. We can personally witness how You have completely imbibed the Audarya mood of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and so freely, You are distributing mercy! All glories to You, Dearest Srila Guru Maharaj!!
We know that in day to day services, we are faced with so many obstacles and challenges. Our realization is that if we simply try to imbibe Your mood and humbly follow Your footsteps of patience, tolerance, faith, then You Personally see to it that everything becomes alright. Let the entire world spit at us Guru Maharaj, we won't be bothered by that, as long as You know that we are existing to serve You, that is our only hope.
Our only desire is that we may never be the cause of anyone pointing a finger at You, rather our meditation, prayer and purpose of life is that we may be used as humble instruments to increase Your fame and glory all over the three worlds - ebe jasa ghusuk tribhuvana!!
We pray and beg You to allow us to participate in Your glorious mission, that You hold so dear to Your heart.
We pray that You may be fully rejuvenated and You be in the best of Your health, may You always be in the Transcendental Protection of Lord Nrsimhadev!!
Guru Maharaj, You are our life, You are everything for us, without You, we don't have any existence!
We beg for Your forgiveness, Dearly Beloved Father, for any offenses committed by us knowingly or unknowingly. Please allow us to remain as particles of dust at Your Lotus Feet. We humbly beg for Your blessings to be able to continue and increase our services for the pleasure of all Vaishnavas, Yourself, Srila Prabhupada and the entire Guru Parampara. Your personal association, some menial services rendered to You and Your causeless mercy upon us, allows us to sustain our lives.
On this most auspicious day of Your Appearance, we beg at Your lotus feet to mercifully allow us to remain engaged in Your service, for Your pleasure, eternally.
Your most unworthy siksa son and spiritual daughter,
Advaita Chandra Das and
Kalasudha Devi Dasi
