Dear Gurudev,
Kindly accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to you Srila Gurudeva
I start writing homages praying to Krishna to help me glorify his dear devotee appropriately.
There are no words to describe you Gurudev but I would try to mention a small drop of the vast Ocean.
I look at you and Just Wonder:
-The affectionate knot of the family is so hard to cut and how at a very young age when the parents are the life and soul of the child, you left everything just to serve Srila prabhupad
- How you survived the hardships of the foreign land with a foreign language, foreign climate and poverty and how you turned everything foreign into your very own.
- How you survived just on monotonous radish for months together, so that you could reveal the variegatedness of Sridham Mayapur to us insignificant conditioned souls.
Srila prabhupada would often quote that there is no material impediment to spiritual progress and you proved it unlimited times.
And you kindly accepted a sinful girl like me as your daughter and took my sins on yourself. How can I pay you back Srila Gurudev even a little bit? Please forgive me Gurudev for being an irresponsible daughter and help me achieve 'As father as daughter' to you, as you proved 'As father as son' to Srila prabhupada. Begging at your Lotus feet that I may never be rejected despite my frailties.
I thank Krishna for sending Srila Prabhupada to us, and i thank Srila Prabhupada for giving us you, dear Gurudev and i thank you for giving me my sisters who accept me despite my being the sinful me.
Your irresponsible unworthy daughter,
Ratiprada Radhika Devi Dasi