Nama om Vishnu padaya Krsna preshtaya bhutale
Srimate Jayapataka samin iti namine
Nama acharya padaya Nitai krpa pradayine
Guara katha dama dayal nagara grama tarine
Nama om Vishnu padaya Krsna prethaya bhutale
Srimate Bhaktivedanta swamin iti namine
Namaste sarasvate deve Gaur vani prachanine
Nirvishesha shunya vadi pashcatya desha tarine
Jaya Sri Krsna Caitanya
Prabhu Nityananda
Sri Advaita Gadadhara
Srivas adi Gaur Bhakta Vrinda
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.
All glories to Sri Sri Radha Madhav, Sri Sri Panchatattva and Sri Sri Narasimhadeva!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Hare Krsna Dear Gurumaharaj!
Please accept my respectful obeisances unto to Your lotus feet.
On this auspicious day of Your Vyasa puja, the whole world has come together to glorify the presence of Your Holiness, on this earth. Even during these trying times of a scary pandemic hovering upon us and despite the restriction on assembling to celebrate this wonderful occasion, ISKCON world-wide has not failed to assemble, virtually, to take the opportunity to commemorate Your appearance.
Year after year, one can truly perceive the magnanimity of Your ubiquitous mercy, by the means of spreading the message of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Your daily Caitanya Bhagavata classes, fueling up the enthusiasm of devotees to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books and giving out instructions on many subjects so that we can practice devotional service properly. These are but a few to enlist.
i got to personally experience the extensive spread of Your benevolence and pure love when we had been to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura's bhajan kutir. The sanyasi Maharaj welcomed us with much love and sat down with us to sing Gauranga Karuna Koro, at the beautiful temple. Later, after we took darshan of the actual bhajan kutir, Maharaj began to speak of Jayapataka Swami Gurumaharaj. His eyes glittered and smile beamed as Maharaj spoke while standing at the veranda of the kutir. ------
“Jayapataka Maharaj, my best friend! I love him so much and he loves me so much! He comes with so many devotees during Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama. He gives me a big hug! After all, devotees go, he sits with me and we talk for many hours. I love him very much! “ – Maharaj spoke with eyes overflowing with love for You, Gurumaharaj, while he placed his hand on his chest.
Above is just one of the million examples of how You have touched and showered love upon so many lives. i am extremely grateful and fortunate to be one of those souls, Gurudev. This leads me to quote from Srimad Bhagavatam 6.16.6 , purport ---
Janame janame sabe pita mata paya
Krsna guru nahi mile bhaja hari ei
In transmigration of the soul through different bodies, everyone, in every form of life – be it human, animal, tree or demigod – gets a father and mother. This is not very difficult. The difficulty is to obtain a bona fide spiritual master and Krsna...
Srila Prabhupada has so sublimely expressed the difficulty in achieving the mercy of Krsna and the shelter of a bona fide Guru. This helps me realize how blessed i am to have been accepted by You as your daughter.
Stray dogs owner-less. They have no one to take care of them and nowhere to take shelter. They wander off to where their hunger is satisfied. Often such dogs are put into captivity because they become a menace. Troubled by hunger and disease, they turn out to be harmful to others and themselves too. i, too, used to be a stray dog. Not anymore. Now, i have a collar with the tag – ‘Property of JPS’. But, now, the problem is that i have the tendency to stray away. Gurumaharaj please kindly pull my leash and keep me under Your curb. i hope to become a loyal servant of Yours.
One of the most valuable aspects of any individual is to be accepted by the ones they love. Acceptance of who one is, where one stands in life, and what makes one who they are. But material nature pushes forth the harsh truth that, it being a hypocrite world, everyone wants to change the individual, mold him according to their wishes and requirements, to suit their tastes and comfort. Thus being forced to mold into so many shapes as others want, the exhausted individual loses his own identity. But there only two personalities in this whole universe who accept one as he is – Sri Krsna and one’s spiritual master. This is very true, because even after seeing how much of a fallen and conditionally shackled soul i am, You have continued to show mercy upon me, Gurudev. Not only did You accept me for the poor, ill-minded person i am , but You also saw the very minute speck of good in me that even i never could realize. This unconditional mercy of Yours has made me want to change myself , to be able to practice devotional service , in better capacity.
Gurumaharaj, it is in Your nature that Your show mercy to whoever comes in contact with You. But I would want to beg forgiveness at Your lotus feet; For the offenses that i have knowingly and unknowingly committed. Unless forgiven and glanced upon compassionately, i will not be able to carry myself forward in Krsna Consciousness.
Hoping to be of better use to You in Your seva to Srila Prabhupada.
Praying vehemently to Sri Narasimhadev for Your health. Offering 108 recitations of Sri Narasimha Kavacha and Sri Narayana Kavacha at the lotus feet of Narasimhadeva for Your protection.
Beseeching for Your Karuna and forgiveness.
Your insignificant and unworthy daughter,
Kamala Hemangi Devi dasi (Diksha),
Kerala, India.