Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our respectful obeisances.
All glories to His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
We are delighted to write this offering to you on your Vyasapuja. All these words of glorification will really fall short to explain your magnanimity.
You are great fighter, Guru Maharaj. Last 13 years had been a great testing time for you (and for us too) with your varieties of health challenges - The stoke you had in 2008, the hepatitis, liver and kidney transplant and recent corona virus. Not to forget Madrid, Spain incident. You are simply dragging your body to continue your tireless service to Srila Prabhupada.
You never give-up, Guru Maharaj. When even many of the doctors are less hopeful, your strong will to continue on serving to fulfil Prabhupada’s instruction is pushing you to jump over all obstacles. There is no end to Lord Nityananda Prabhu’s mercy. You being a close associate of Mahaprabhu, you too never give up trying to preach.
You are determined, Guru Maharaj. Despite all reasons to retire for the day after so many meetings and strong push from care taking team of devotees to rest, you still do not miss to present yourself in front of devotees and speak about Lord Gauranga. Your great eagerness, enthusiasm, steadfast determination to preach has been a great inspiration to devotees worldwide.
You are focused, Guru Maharaj. Your only purpose of living is to fulfil the orders of Srila Prabhupada. We do not see anything else as the priority of your life. As Krishna says in Bhagavad-Gita 10.9, “The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enlightening one another and conversing about Me.” Similarly, your thoughts always dwell in fulfilling instructions of Srila Prabhupada.
You are compassionate, Guru Maharaj. With Zoom app, you have started entering into residence of many devotees and giving personal time to devotees; enquiring about their spiritual and material well-being. Without any personal considerations and regards, you have been simply stretching yourself beyond your limits to reach out to more and more devotees and extending the shelter of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda prabhu to many of us, unconditionally. With all these, you have occupied the hearts of many devotees.
You are very sensitive, Guru Maharaj. You always ensure that every devotee who reaches out to you, you give them your time, space and positive spiritual attitude. Your mood to patiently hear other devotee’s thoughts and feelings, is a sign that you are well composed with your words and thoughts, yet you present them with spiritual solutions in a very sensible manner.
You are easy to approach, Guru Maharaj. Devotees have no hesitation to approach you at all. You are our spiritual father. You are joyful, friendly, accommodating and yet grave; pegged to service of Guru and Gauranga always.
You are merciful, Guru Maharaj. Thoughts of you flashed me as I read this quote of HH Tamal Krishna Goswami maharaj - “We should try, as far as our capacity permits us, to give protection, to give shelter, to more and more devotees. This is very pleasing to Krishna.” You are a living example for this quote.
Thank you Guru maharaj for always leading and inspiring our life. Years are passing by and we have not done anything significant so far to please you. Seeking your blessings to empower us to extend your shelter and mercy to many more devotees. Longing to be your servant always.
Your servants,
Bandhu Madhava das
Sumati Jahnava devi dasi
Bhakta Baladeva