Namah om visnu padaya
krsna presthaya bhutale
srimate jayapataka svamin iti namine
namah acarya padaya
nitai krpa pradayine
gaura katha dhama daya
nagara grama tarine
Dear Gurumaharaj,
Please accept our respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
It is with great joy that we wait for the Vyasa puja homage opportunity that comes once in a year. Please accept this humble attempt to glorify your transcendental qualities and activities. We are eternally indebted to the causeless mercy you are showing to us. Whatever little spiritual services we do are bestowed upon us just by your mercy.
Recently, when we were learning Upadesamrta, we came across a portion where Srila Prabhupada was explaining the qualities of an Uttama Adhikari. An Uttama adhikari is always thinking of Krishna and devising ways to propagate the holy name of Krishna. And his only business is spreading Krishna consciousness all over the world. We are able to directly perceive all these qualities in you.
You are always thinking how to utilize any situation and make it favourable for spreading Krishna consciousness more and more. Today's COVID pandemic situation is much averse both to the material world and the devotees. But you are expert to use even that situation to spread Krishna consciousness. Srila Prabhupada has said in Upadesamrta that an advanced devotee is an expert (Daksha) in engaging everything in the service of Krishna.
We are really inspired the way you have increased your preaching manifold in this crisis period. You had started online preaching even before. But now, you have started daily home visits, daily temple visits, daily Caitanya lila classes, weekly Bhagavatam classes. In this way, you are reaching out to more disciples where your personal care is manifest.
In fact, the Corona period is a blessing in disguise whereby even people who may not have the opportunity to even see you once are able to see you, hear Gaura Katha & inquire from you and offer prasadam to you daily.
Generally, it is the duty of the disciple to pursue the spiritual master and take his association and serve him as much as possible. But your mercy has crossed all borders in the form of "JPS App" where you are approaching the disciples and bestowing your esteemed association to us. It is very inspiring and sets an example to us. Through JPS App, you are sharing your daily Sadhana, Srila Prabhupada books reading, taking care of health and your other services. This way, you guide devotees how to lead a life in Krishna consciousness.
Recently you said you will take Bhakti Vhaibav sastric study exams. That inspired everybody to learn Srila Prabhupada's books seriously.
Once, we desired to know all your day to day activities and now our dreams have come true through this App. It is not possible to express the magnitude of your mercy upon us disciples.
You have even started giving online initiation which is the peak of your mercy in this worst world situation. You set a role model to show how Bhakti is "ahaituki", causeless and "apratihata", cannot be checked by any material situation, by your personal life example showing mercy to all of us fallen souls.
We desire to remember two incidents which inspired us on your qualities.
1) After the disappearance of HH Bhakti Caru Swami Mahraj, you were extending your care and support to his disciples. You also included them in your daily prayers for your initiated, sheltered and aspiring disciples and well-wishers. This we saw how practically you were expressing care for devotees.
2) Recently, you and disciples personally serving you were found to be Covid - Positive. At that time, You mentioned in JPS App that you had asked your doctor if it is possible that Covid - Positive servants can serve you so that other disciples caring, who are negative will not be infected by you. We have heard from senior devotees in previous instances wherein you never give importance to your personal care over other devotee's care or your services. So, we practically were able to observe your care for the devotees here.
You had given a personal instruction (To Saranmukhi Radhika DD) to start online classes and preach in tamil when you came here to Chennai. Now we got an opportunity to preach in online Bhakti Vriksha classes from ISKCON Perambur under HG Jaya Gopinath Prabhu. So under your mercy, we beg you to get the mood of caring for devotees, at least imbibing a drop of it, we must be able to inspire everyone in Krishna Bhakti.
We pray to your lotus feet to always give us shelter and inspire us to pursue pure devotional service under your inspiration and guidance and give good service to you always despite our external situations.
Your insignificant servants,
Sripati Acyuta Dasa and Saranmukhi Radhika Devi Dasi
