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
My dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisance.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda
All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga
Hare Kṛṣṇa! You are very merciful. Despite the condition of your health, you never fail to awe me by always giving classes and preaching to all the people you meet. You show is by your personal example how to always be in the Lord’s service however our body is. I will really miss being at Māyāpur for the celebrations.
I have read and also heard from senior Vaiṣṇavas that Śrīla Prabhupāda had asked you to develop Māyāpur which was just a barren land. To think that it is now a place recognised by the whole world and there is a Vedic Planetarium and so many people visiting there, is no less a miracle. You are a great teacher and a great man. I just wish to see you someday holding big kartālas and dancing to the kīrtana, the way my mom sees you in her dreams and I see in pictures.
Please bless me that I can chant well and stay in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s service. And by your mercy, I hope to become your disciple someday.
Your servant,
Sudarśana S (aspiring disciple)
Śrī Jagannātha Mandir Seshadripuram, Bangalore, India