Dear Gurudev,
Nama Om Vishnu padaya Krsna presthaya bhutale
Srimate Jayapataka swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitai kripa pradayine
Gaura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine
Nama om vishnu Padaya krishna Presthaya Bhutale
srimate bhaktivedanta svamin iti namine
namaste sarasvate deve gaura vani pracharine
nirveshesh sunyavadi pashchatya desa tarine
Please accept my respectful obeisances
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All Glories unto you Gurudev!
A very happy "Vyasa puja" appearance day, Srila Gurudev!
Last year was very challenging for our family. Both me & my wife Sri Guru Sevanandi devi dasi were infected with COVID-19. Situation became quite critical for my wife & she had to be hospitalized for treatment. During that timeframe, we realized how we were so much protected by you. You took personal care of my wife, calling her personally while she was in the hospital & even followed us up via e-mail after my wife got discharged. Your protection gave us the strength to sail through that tough phase.
Gurudev, during the tough times, you mercifully connected with us all via zoom & your every day darshan & house visits gave us the much needed impetus to carry on with our services. Your undeterring commitment to serve Srila Prabhupad gave us the inspiration to reach out to many new souls. By your causeless mercy, we were able to expand our preaching in Tiruvallur. We were able to start new manjari programmes, Sunday Bhagavad Gita classes & Bhakti Vrikshas online. Eventually when the COVID situation got relaxed, by your causeless mercy, our regular members & new bhaktas became more committed; many devotees started chanting 16 rounds, following regulative principles & quite a few of them are now ready to take shelter unto your lotus feet. . Please bless us that we remain fixed up in our devotional services & continue to bring more souls into Krishna consciousness. We hope that this little endeavour of us, preaching in Tiruvallur, will be pleasing to you.
Me, my wife Sri Guru Sevanandi devi dasi and our little daughter Khishori are eternally indebted to you for all your causeless mercy. Please forgive me for all my offences & continue to shower your mercy, for that is my only hope in this life.
Your insignificant servant,
Gauranga Prasad Das
Chennai
