nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe
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
Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our most respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Caitanya Mahāprabhu. All glories to you and your services.
On this occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā we both pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Narasiṁhadeva to always bless you with good health and full protection.
Guru Mahārāja, we have no words to express our sincere thanks for giving us unconditional shelter at your lotus feet which we feel we don’t deserve. We are very grateful to Kṛṣṇa to have send you in this material World to deliver the conditional souls like us.
The Vyāsa-pūjā celebration on the spiritual master’s appearance day is a day to worship him as the representative of Kṛṣṇa. On this most auspicious of all days we remind ourselves of our duty to lovingly serve and faithfully surrender ourselves unto you Guru Mahārāja. So, when we surrender fully ourselves to your lotus feet so Kṛṣṇa can accept us as his devotees. So, when we celebrate the Vyāsa-pūjā it has a duel effect the supreme Lord is satisfied and also we get the mercy of the spiritual master. This makes us progress on the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Guru Mahārāja You take care of your disciples in spite of your own health condition which you transcend and teach us in an exemplary manner that you are above this material body. The other quality of yours that touch our heart is your surrender, sincerity and following the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda sincerely. We pray to Kṛṣṇa n beg for your blessings also that if we could have even a small amount of surrender, sincerity in following the instruction.
In spite of you having so many health issues and so many services of yours still you responded to my email by giving me blessings for my surgery and thus giving me lot of strength, faith and confidence to go through this whole health crisis.
During my health issues we learnt from you how important is to maintain our daily spiritual practices by seeing you and therefore get great impetus to maintain our sadhana nicely also.
We humbly request you and Kṛṣṇa to please keep both of us under your shelter and guidance so that we can achieve the highest epitome of devotional service and are able to assist you in your mission and your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Kṛṣṇa.
Guru Mahārāja last year we could stay in Māyāpur dhāma for a long period of time of seven months by your mercy only. We have never stayed for so long in Śrī Māyāpur dhāma it was the most memorable, relishable and devotional time spent as we got involved in some services also.
Begging to remain a humble servant at your feet.
Your insignificant spiritual children,
Yashodānandana Mādhava dāsa (dīkṣā)
Lalitā Mādhava premi devī dāsī (dīkṣā)
Washington D.C., USA