My very very dear and respected Spiritual Father,
Please accept my respectful obeisance at Your Divine Lotus Feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Your Divine Grace!!
First and foremost, on this auspicious occasion of Your divine appearance I pray to Their Lordships Shri Shri Radha Madhav, Ashta Sakhis and Giriraj Maharaja,Shri Shri Prahlad Nrsimhadev and Anantadev, Sri Pancha Tattva and Shri Shri Jagannath, Baladev, Subhadra Mai and Sudarshan Dev and to Your glorious spiritual master Srila Prabhupada to shower all Their choicest blessings upon Your Divine Grace.
Thank You for allowing my husband HG Radhapati Gopinath Prabhu to engage in the service of TOVPE and thus giving us an opportunity to stay here in Sridham Mayapur!! Its Your mercy Gurudev that a completely unqualified and lazy person such as me has been staying here in Dham. I wish to share that i am enjoying every bit of my stay here. Life couldn’t be better than this ever. I truly feel ‘at home’ and with folded hands I pray to You that we can stay here forever. This is my eternal home but I can only stay here if Your blessings are there. So please bless my prabhu, me and my family to always reside here. My sentiments are very aptly captured in
Bhajan Lalasa, Sharanagati, Srila BhaktiVinod Thakura sings;
gurudev!
boḍo kṛpā kori’, gauḍa-vana mājhe, godrume diyācho sthāna
ājñā dila more, ei braje bosi’, hari-nāma koro gāna
Today, I pray to Lord Gauranga to keep Your body safe, strong and very very active. Life for me, my dear spiritual father, is Your Darshan in the morning when You come to take Darshan of the deities in the temple and Your Darshan again in the evening during Chaitanya Leela classes. I experience cent percent satisfaction whenever I can do these two things. Often in Your classes, You mention that Srila Prabhupada has given Your so many instructions and You need help from all of us. So many times, I have felt that I shall raise my hands and try to be of some service to You. Being unqualified and hesitant both, i oscillate back and forth as whether I should raise my hand or not. Pls empower this daughter of Yours to do some practical service at Your lotus feet and feel some worth.
Its my misfortune that I could never see You before stroke. I often hear from devotees and watch old videos as well and I feel pained that why did I get Your mercy so late, Why couldn’t i take shelter early and why could;t I witness Your pastimes when Your body was healthy. I have a dream my dear father. I wish to see You someday walking properly again with that big Danda in Your hand. I don’t know when but Lord Gauranga will certainly fulfil my wish.
Your quality of compassion is my biggest hope in spiritual life and i am Your child. So kindly protect me and take me home , back to G. On my own, it will never be possible for me.
Your spiritual daughter,
Rādhikā Līlārāṇī devī dāsī