nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate Jayapataka-svāminn iti nāmine
Namah acharyapadaya nitai krpa pradhayine
Gaurakatha dhama dhaya nagara grama tarine
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Dear Srila Gurudeva/ Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my respectful obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I consider this a great opportunity & great fortune in my life to glorify the whole parampara through Your Divine Grace on your auspicious appearance day!
We have been in association with HG Amani Gaurachandra Das Prabhu and Susevini Mataji(Minnesota, USA) for over a year now. Being in the association of these true devotees has greatly changed our lives. Because of your mercy, we, as a family, have greatly progressed on the spiritual path and towards our goal in this birth. We are following four regulative principles, chanting (my wife-16 rounds, myself-6-8 rounds, Tavish - 8 rounds, Tishya - 4 rounds, Tvishi -2 rounds everyday) and eating prasadam (offered to Krishna) everyday. My wife has been attending Bhaktivriska for almost 1 year now and my daughter and I started it recently (4-6 weeks). We also attend Bhagavad Gita sessions taken by Amani Prabhu and Susevini Mataji every Saturday morning CST. My wife joins Shastra reading classes every Thursday and Sunday in association with other devotees. We do small Mangal Aarti every morning with Guruashtakam, Narasimha Aarti and Tulasi Aarti. We also do Sandya Aarti with Tulasi Aarti and Narasimha Aarti. All these rituals were all new to us a year back, but we realised the inner peace and happiness that we get after following these activites on daily basis, we continued to do it. Now it has become our daily routine and our kids also offer everything to Krishna before eating. My elder daughter (Tishya) reads Bhagvad Gita with Dhanya (daughter of Amani prabhu) daily. By your mercy, she is very much interested in Shastra reading and knowing more and more about Smt. Radha Rani and Krishna. Recently we celebrated Gaura Purnima festival at Amani Prabhu’s home with other devotees and their families. In the past one year, we have attended several programs/Kirtans online that are conducted by them.We are thoroughly enjoying this journey and association of all the devotees around us.
By following the path of KC we have several realizations both materialistic and spiritual, that inspire us to continue this path further. We have also realised the importance of Human Birth and why we are here on this planet and going through all the sufferings. We all wish to reach Krishna, but because of all our materialistic desires, faults, sins and disqualifications we are not able to. I know we are no where close to the great great devotees that you have but please accept our humble obeisances and bless us so we can slowly and gradually progress in our spiritual path and continue to do whatever makes us a KC soul.
Please help not only us but all devotees and fallen souls (like us) to reach the ultimate goal of life. Forgive us for any sins we have committed and help us progress on the path of Krishna consciousness and go back Home, back to Godhead.
We also have a desire to meet with you in person if it's possible sometime. Kindly bless us with your association whenever possible and make the reason so we get an opportunity to come close to you and follow you. It is really very inspiring to have your Darshan online and getting notifications of your daily routine via Jayapataka Swami App. I remain surprise to see your daily activities despite your health conditions. We are so happy to see you overcoming Corona in the recent past. May you live very very long so you can uplift many more fallen souls from this planet and bring them on the path of Krishna Consciousness. If you desire so, may we can also follow your footsteps and use this life to serve Krishna and His devotees in any small way possible.
We understand that we don’t have any qualifications to be in your presence, but somehow a small desire within our heart is awakening and is highly drawn towards your lotus feet. Please shower your mercy on us because we don’t have any other hope!
Whether we are eligible or not, qualified or not, our only desire is to serve you till our last breath! Kindly bestow this benediction upon us and allow us to serve you better so that you can serve Krishna better!
Your aspiring servants,
Neeraj, Preeti, Tishya, Tavish & Tvishi.