Dear HH Jayapataka Swami Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All Glories to Guru and Gauranga.
I wish you a very happy 71st birthday on this auspicious day. I have immense respect and love towards your holiness and you were the first person to lift me out of the ocean of darkness. Please find below my humble offering unto your lotus feet.
Hare Krishna.
71st Vyasa Puja offering following the footsteps of Jayadev Goswami's Ten Incarnations Prayer :
Ohh Krishna!
During flood of dissolution,
As a fish you became the solution
Taking the form of a boat
You protected the Vedic vision
Ohh Gurudev Jayaptaka Swami!
While struggling in this material ocean
You doled harinaam as a magic potion
Being the yoke of the fish for the boat
You revive drowned souls again to float
Ohh Krishna !
The demons and demigods churned for nectar
As a tortoise, you appeared there as a protector
Sporting the mountain Mandara on your bareback
You ensured Demons do not get nectar in their sack
Ohh Gurudev Jayaptaka Swami !
For the demons or the demigods
You have distributed the holy name against all odds
You have borne TOVP on your bareback
And against Maya, you have led the counter-attack
Ohh Krishna!
Earth, Drowned at the bottom of the ocean
As a boar, you lifted and brought her back to motion
Praised by all through multiple verses
Varaha dev glorious are your converses
Ohh Gurudev Jayapataka Swami!
While Varaha lifted Earth on his mighty tusks
You lift the fallen souls from dawn to dusk
Sowing seeds of devotion in the heart's garden
You have eliminated mother earth's burden
Ohh Krishna!
You killed the lust of the demon with your nails
As half-man and lion you made the demon wail
Such an incarnation was unprecedented
Seeing that Prahlad's devotion augmented
Ohh Gurudev Jayaptaka Swami!
You are a lion amidst the bhakti cult
Your roar in kirtan is liked by kids, babies and adult
You brought the handsome lion to Mayapur
We take great pleasure watching his grandeur
Ohh Krishna!
Making Ganges flow from your feet
As dwarf Vamana your appearance to Bali was discreet
Your mighty steps tamed Bali through deceit
Still, he glorified you for your wonderful feat
Ohh Gurudev Jayapataka Swami!
Through Parikramas, You brought the world to mother Ganges
Your efforts are none shorter than the seven Sages
You toiled hard for Prabhupada without any wages
Breaking our material bonds and freeing us from our cages
Ohh Krishna!
When the protectors of the world were lax
As Parashuram, you punished them with your axe
You bathed Kurukshetra with rivers of blood
Protected the citizens like a tender flower bud
Ohh Gurudev Jayapataka Swami!
Taking the message of the Kurukshetra far and wide
You wielded the harinam axe in your every stride
You conquered the hearts of enemies and friends
Gave them the love of Caitanya beyond dividends
Ohh Krishna!
The world wilted due to atrocities of Ravana the demon
You appeared as Ram and upheld your sermon
Severing Ravana's ten heads in ten directions
You brought to doorsteps of Lanka ultimate destruction
Ohh Gurudev Jayapataka Swami!
When our mind raced in all ten directions
You gave the names of Rama as the initiation instruction
Severing our desires for material enjoyment
You built a bridge of devotion to our heart's content
Ohh Krishna!
Appearing on this earth wielding your plough
As Balarama, you made the Yamuna not to flow
Adorned with bluish garments of various length
You looked handsome and gentle yet with immense strength
Ohh Gurudev Jayapataka Swami!
You took around the world Balram's shoe
You are stuck to Nitai like transcendental glue
Digging deep into our hearts with the harinam plough
You kneaded it with love making it soft like a dough
Ohh Krishna !
The animals cried their hearts out in Vedic sacrifice
As Buddha, you showed to such acts a deep despise
Uprooting the evils and all the vice
You made the men of this world again to rise
Ohh Gurudev Jayapataka Swami!
Taking a note from Lord Buddha's compassion
You too walked for 50 years under renunciation
Touching the lives of humans and animals alike
Through your Vani which for Maya is a painful spike
Ohh Krishna !
As the men become more barbarous in the world
As Kalki, you appear to bring the times of the old
You flash with your sword through them like a comet
Your final act for them will be hard to forget
Ohh Gurudev Jayapataka Swami!
You have taken a vow to stop the effect of evil
By bringing the message of Gita for an upheaval
You travel across the world in full speed
Delivering souls by chanting Hare Krishna on every Bead
Ohh Krishna!
As Jayadeva has sung the great song on ten incarnations
The readers of it are bestowed with happiness and devotion
You appeared beautifully in ten different forms
Breaking the shackles of time, breaking all the norms
Ohh Gurudev Jayapataka Swami!
When will this Haridas Varya get a drop of your merciful glance
Who has knowingly put his heart through Maya's lance
On this 71st Vyasa puja, I am taking a chance
For the cry of mine to be heard through the universe's expanse
Begging for Jayapataka Swami Thakura's mercy
Haridas Varya Das
(Disciple of HH Indradyumna Swami Maharaj)
04.04.2020, on the occasion of 71st Vyasa puja celebration of HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaj
