Dear Gurumaharaj, my Spiritual Father
Please accept my most respectful obeisances onto the dust of Your lotus feet, all glories to Srila Prabhupada, all glories to Your Divine Grace, all glories to the most auspicious day of Your Vyasa puja
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
On this most auspicious day of your appearance day i meditate on the prayers of Prahlad Maharaj to Lord Narsimha Dev given in the 7th canto of Srimad Bhagavatam chapter 9 text 43 and 44 when Prahlad Maharaj says
O best of the great personalities, I am not at all afraid of material existence, for wherever I stay I am fully absorbed in thoughts of Your glories and activities. My concern is only for the fools and rascals who are making elaborate plans for material happiness and maintaining their families, societies and countries. I am simply concerned with love for them.
My dear Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, I see that there are many saintly persons indeed, but they are interested only in their own deliverance. Not caring for the big cities and towns, they go to the Himālayas or the forest to meditate with vows of silence. They are not interested in delivering others.
As for me, however, I do not wish to be liberated alone, leaving aside all these poor fools and rascals. I know that without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, without taking shelter of Your lotus feet, one cannot be happy. Therefore I wish to bring them back to shelter at Your lotus feet.
Gurumaharaj You truly made the prayers of Prahlad Maharaj as the very mission of Your life therefore not withstanding all the discomfort and difficulties You have been experiencing, You still continue to spread Krishna consciousness relentlessly with shire humility, love and compassion for the fallen souls in every nook and corner of the world.
In one of the lectures of Srila Prabhupada in Vrindavan given on 3rd of September 1976 Prabhupada said that the order of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is you must preach, and in the end of the lecture Prabhupada says “So let us dedicate this life for preaching Krishna consciousness all over the world never mind we die by preaching. Still it will be glorious.”
Gurumaharaj, You never give up because You are the true embodiment of the mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, You have dedicated every cell of Your body for the preaching mission of ISKCON for the pleasure of His divine grace A C Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada even at the cost of Your own health.
You have transcended all the limitations of the body in acting on the spiritual platform and continue to march forward as a general in the army of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu carrying on the mission of spreading Krishna consciousness in every town and village and city of the world for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada.
Your indomitable spirit to preach is unparalleled, your truly carrying forward the legacy of Srila Prabhupada in the most pure and pristine manner.
Even during these difficult times of pandemic and COVID 19, You have taught us how we should be preaching and engaging ourselves in the service of the Lord. You have been preaching tirelessly in pursuit of giving Krishna Consciousness through social media and Zoom and other platform, giving every one of us so much time and love.
It’s always an inspiration to see You dear Acharyapada with such a medical condition, Your determination to serve Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON is very immense.
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, fuelling 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. Your mercy is causeless and we beg at your lotus feet to always keep us engaged in serving you Guru Maharaj.
This leads me to quote from Guruvastakam,
“Yasya Prasad Bhagavat Prasado, yasya Prasada nagati kutopi” – by the mercy of spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krishna, without the grace of the spiritual master one cannot make any advancement
Only through You Gurumaharaj we can make any advancement in Krishna consciousness, it is purely Your mercy that i am able to do any little service You mercifully allow me to do, begging for forgiveness to the dust of Your lotus feet, please forgive me for all my offences which I have made knowingly and unknowingly carrying out any services dear Gurumaharaj, please bless me that i can always remember your lotus feet and become more and more sincere to Yours and Srila Prabhupada’s instructions
On this auspicious day we seek your blessing and instructions to do whatever service that you deemed fit for us to be engaged in Krishna consciousness always, we pray to Lord Narsimha deva to protect you always, wishing you a very happy birthday and all glories on your appearance day
Lots of Love from
Your aspiring servants
Rasagopal Das and Dipadatri Gaurangi Dasi
