Dear Guru Maharaj, please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupad. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauraṅga.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine gaura-kathā
dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
mukam karoti vachalam pangum langhayate girim yat-kripa tam aham vande shri-gurum dina-taranam
First and foremost, Happy Vyasa Puja Guru Maharaj!!
We can’t believe that already a year passed as your 70th Vyasa puja celebrations still stand in front of our eyes. We were fortunate to get your association and mercy while you visited Middle East in September last year.
Guru Maharaj, we can’t even begin to fathom how much you wanted to fulfil Srila Prabhupad’s wishes and guide the lost souls like us to go back to Godhead. How can you be so merciful, Guru Maharaj? For the past six months of our life moving into a new home, we have been through so many good and bad times and you have always been with us. Even though we are fallen souls and keep doing mistakes, every time we are faced with difficulties, we look up to you and all our problems just mysteriously disappear particularly when we see your smiling face. Thank you, Guru Maharaj, for naming our new home as Nitai Nilaya to serve Lord Nitya Nanda’s mission of spreading the holy name in our new community.
Guru Maharaj, we can see how you have unlimited divine qualities, but of all of them, your dedication to Srila Prabhupada shines as the main jewel of your bhakti bhusanas. The verse from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (SB 8.7.44) tapyante loka-tāpena sādhavah prāyaso janāh paramārādhanam tad dhi purusasyākhilātmanah clearly depicts your lila in serving Srila Prabhupad’s mission. You are the Supreme personality of Servitor Godhead and are also a Acaryadeva, a genuine representative of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. We are happy to be under you shelter.
Even though we are not able to serve you in person, we have been regularly reading the transcribed version of your daily Pravancans that are spiritually nourishing us and giving us a feeling that we are more connected with you than ever before. We are enjoying the Chaitnaya lila and feeling that lila is happening in front of us when you narrating, laughing, rearing, joking...all are blissful.
We pray to Sri Sri Radha Madhava & Ashta Sakhi, Sri Prahlada Nrsimhadeva and Sri Sri Pacha Tattva to continue to give you improved health. We thank you for inspiring us to be in your service and trying our best to up bring our children in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. This COVID-19 situation is helping us to introspect and focus on reading Srila Prabhupad’s books. This situation also helping us to participate in as many as classes and programs via internet. Anuradha started the Dhrida bhakti, Bhakti Vriksha and Bal Utsav classes for children virtually through zoom. With your mercy I am hoping to start the virtual Bhakti Vriksha classes for Ashram devotees.
We beg your mercy and empowerment to become a sincere and serious instrument in assisting you to please your spiritual master Srila Prabhupad always.
Dear Guru Maharaj, please once again accept humble obeisance of these fallen souls at your lotus feet and bless us to support your mission.
Your Insignificant Eternal Servitor,
Śyāma Vrajapati dāsa
Anupama Vrajagopī devī dāsī
Dāmodara Deśa, Middle East