2021 - Vyas Puja Offering
for
HH Jayapataka Swami GuruMaharaj
Respected Gurumaharaj !!
Please accept my most humble obeisance!!
All glories to your Divine Grace !!
All glories to Shrila Prabhupada !!
On the auspicious occasion of your 72nd birthday I pray to the Lord Narhimadeva to give you good health and long life.
Today while writing my offering at your lotus feet I feel very grateful to Shrila Prabhuapada who blessed us by giving you as our spiritual master. My life would have been just a waste and rotting in the material world without your mercy, personal association, guidance, love and care. I remember the days in Mathuradesh when I saw you first time, I was so inspired to see you and to see that how you were giving love and care to all the devotees by your personal association and guidance. You were always very personal to each devotee and this is very unique quality in you. We read in SB how Krsna has His personal association to each and every Jeeva. He demonstrated this also in His earthly pastime where each cowherd boys used to think that Krsna is personally with him and also each gopi’s used to see Krsna personally with her. You also have similar quality where you give your personal attention to each and every Jeeva and want to give the love of Godhead to them.
I used to think that spiritual life is very difficult where guru is very strict , but you are very special and I am so fortunate because you always try to give Krsna with your love and care to all of us. Under your love and care devotees advance on the spiritual path very easily.
I always feel how Lord Nityanand used to visit door to door to give love of Godhead, even to most sinful personality like Jagai and Madhai. But seeing your mood of giving Krsna to all in all ways and means I can get some glimpse of that pastime.
You have been always my role model and your mood of giving Krsna to all at every circumstance is always an inspiration for me. I have so many faults but seeing your determination, enthusiasm and commitment give me motivation to continue my devotional service with more commitment and faith. You are a true Acharya who preaches by his practice.
Whatever quality of pure devotee we see in the pages of SB like tolerance, compassion, dheera, mood of surrender, unconditioned love, and un interrupted service to Krsna and spiritual master “ ahaituki apratihita” and many more , you are the embodiment of those qualities . We don’t have to think that these qualities used to exist only in previous ages and their examples are in the pages of SB. We can see all those qualities in one person who is my respectable guru and dear father. You are a true and obedient son of your father Shrila Prabhupada and its my dream to imbibe the all good qualities of your in my life and become an obedient daughter of yours.
Last one year Covid has brought so many difficulty in world but one good thing is that we have an opportunity to see you everyday and hear Nectarian Chaitanya leela from you. Ofcourse some days I am not able to join because of some other BV classes. I am trying to do some regular classes on zoom everyday and some weekly. I have started several new program like youth 18 week overview of BG and adult 18 week overview of BG. Some daily classes as well. We have some whatsapp group where we are posting shloka on weekly basis and also encouraging them to attend chanting session and weekly classes.
Need your mercy to progress in my devotional life and follow in your footstep to be an instrument to spread the mission of Lord Chaitnya. Gurumahraj please use me as an instrument in your mission so I also get purified. Please bless me to continue my devotional service with more devotion and sincerity.
Sri Mad Bhagawat says
sādhavo hṛdayaṁ mahyaṁ
sādhūnāṁ hṛdayaṁ tv aham
mad-anyat te na jānanti
nāhaṁ tebhyo manāg api
The pure devotee is always within the core of My heart, and I am always in the heart of the pure devotee. My devotees do not know anything else but Me, and I do not know anyone else but them.
How do we get Krsna in our life, Bhakti Vinod Thakur sings and tells
kṛṣṇa se tomāra , kṛṣṇa dīte pāro,
tomāra śakati āche
āmi to' kāńgāla, 'kṛṣṇa' 'kṛṣṇa' boli',
dhāi tava pāche pāche
ohe! vaiṣṇaba ṭhākura, doyāra sāgara,
e dāse koruṇā kori'
Krsna is yours. You have the power to give Him to me. I am simply your servant running behind you shouting, "Krsna! Krsna!"
I know you have Krsna in your heart but I am so lazy that I miss the opportunity to get Krsna from you so please bless me that I can leave my lethargy and run behind you to get Krsna.
Please bless all our family members and BV members to progress in KC and take shelter at your lotus feet.
Yours insignificant daughter
Seva Padma dd
Diksha Disciple - Shyamdesh