Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Hare Kṛṣṇa!
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your divine, soft, delivering lotus feet.
All glories to your incomparable, spiritual master HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to you O' supremely glorious Gurudeva on your auspicious appearance day.
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
On this most awaited auspicious Vyāsa pūjā day dear Gurumahārāja I wish to reflect and meditate on Your glorious Praṇāma mantra.
1.) Dear to Kṛṣṇa:
As an authentic Guru from the paramparā, as the spiritual son of _'THE'_ Śrīla Prabhupāda, You're very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa because You've taken complete shelter of the lotus feet of The Lord. All the qualities of a devotee who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa given in BG (12.13-12.20) are present in You. My very divine Gurudeva, You are non-envious, tolerant, ever equipoised in dualities, pure, expert, silent, satisfied and above all You ARE A Kind Friend of all living entities. With all these divine qualities there's not an iota of doubt left that You're so so dear to Kṛṣṇa. I bow down into your lotus feet with all my worth and might to pray that if You so please bless this fallen daughter of Yours with these qualities, as, because of my innumerable vices I am unable to chant with purity. Please purify me dear Gurudeva. You and Only YOU can do that.
2.) Ācāryapāda:
I offer my respectful obeisances again and yet again unto Your divine lotus feet, who is determined and committed to serve the lotus feet of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda and the previous ācāryas. You're so focussed in serving Prabhupāda that You have asked _Kala_, the element of Time, Kṛṣṇa's potency to wait for You. Thus, by the sheer strength of Your deep desire to serve Your Gurumahārāja You can deliver the whole universe. Such totality of faith in the predecessor ācāryas evokes in you great energy and capacity to render pure devotional service.
Gurudeva I beg, please kindly grant me one percent of this same desire, same enthusiasm and consciousness to serve You, lifetime after lifetime. (if necessary)
3.) Distributor of Nitai's mercy:
You are the knower and lover of Lord Nityānanda, totally and externally fixed on The Lord's pastimes. You have dedicated Your life to please Your dearest Supreme Lord. Hence, as reciprocation, becoming the most qualified recipient of Nityānanda's mercy.
Someone who has not truly realized the causeless mercy of Nityānanda, will not be able to share it with others by constantly speaking or writing about it. Thus the title _Nitāi kripa pradāyine_ is so apt!!
You distribute the same, whole heartedly with open hands and teach us to develop attachment with Lord Nityānanda. Lord Nityānanda's mercy reaches us through You, dear Gurudeva.
You being the Real representative of Nitāi, Guru Mahārāja You alone can mercifully bless me that all my material attachments go away.
4.) Constant Speaker of gaura-kathā:
When it comes to speaking about Lord Gaurāṅga You're unstoppable. Your love for gaura-kathā is sometimes poured down from Your lotus eyes. Every evening's Caitanya līlā class is an evidence enough of Your unflinching faith on the mercy element of gaura-kathā. I was attracted to Śrī Śrī Kṛṣṇa Balarām deities of Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma but after listening to gaura-kathā, ( by virtue of my service of simulcast in hindi on Your FB page) I have by Your mercy developed some attachment for very beautiful and merciful Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaursunder (All India ISKCON Pādyatrā) deities. Dear Baba please allow and bless me to bring Śrī Śrī Nitāi Gaursunder deities, home.
5.) Distributor of Dhām's mercy:
Śrīdhāma Māyāpur was developed by You practically. This kingdom of God came to look like, to what it is today because of your dedicated toiling.
That’s not an ordinary thing! Śrīdhāma Māyāpur is not an ordinary place! It is nondifferent from Lord Caitanya. The Lord was watching And He instilled in You an immovable dedication.
Thus, the spiritual Cintāmaṇi Dhāma of Gauḍadeśa, Śrīla Ācāryapāda, was nourished by You, who continues to distribute the mercy of the Dhāma by applying different ideas.
You're familiar with the Dhāma as Your supreme friend, and are truly concerned with the future of Māyāpur As a responsible parent so much so that Śrī Māyāpur and Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami are synonymous.
Kindly bless me to develop the same perception of the holy Dhāma and qualify me to reside in the dhāma.
6.) You deliver towns and villages:
Caitanya Mahāprabhu said-
pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma
sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma
Śrīla Prabhupāda confirmed You, my dear Lord as an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya. You have been commissioned to appear again to revive the fallen conditioned souls and take them back home, back to Godhead. Thus, You're intensely preaching without paying any heed to the boundaries and limitations of Time, space and circumstances. Thus, delivering towns and villages. By the virtue of being Your spiritual daughter allow me to preach sincerely and become a tool in Your lotus hands to dissipate the divine message of Lord Śrī Gaursundar.
A fallen soul like me would need Your love and compassion eternally dear Gurudeva. Allow me and bless me to hold Your Divine lotus feet, tightly, forever and ever.
Thank you for accepting me dear Gurumahārāja. You made us all so fortunate!!
Intensely begging for Your mercy Your most foolish and sinful daughter
Satyabhāmā sādhvī dd
By Your blessings I seek Your kind permission to now share my meagre preaching activities and seeking empowerment for devotional strength needed to preach successfully.
Gurudeva I have been preaching since 2016, in Ajmer, under the able guidance of Hg Rādhāpati gopīnātha prabhu.
I began by taking bhakti vṛkṣa classes and added 10-12 members. All of them are now chanting 16 rounds and are ready for initiation.
Then I introduced two courses Bhagvad-gītā crash course (A 15-day course giving a quick overview of the 5 main topics of BG) and also The Bhagvad-gītā Advance course (a systematic and detailed study of BG.)
By Your mercy I have completed 5 crash course batches and one BG, advance course batch during the lock down period. At present taking The 6th crash course batch and 2nd Systematic study batch.
On the auspicious occasion of Safala Ekādaśī by Your blessing we launched a new batch of Bhagvad-gītā advance course. 125 participants joined our WhatsApp group out of which 88 devotees attended the class and 85 devotees were listening to the class till the end. My God sister (also own sister) Your spiritual daughter Hg Rati Śreṣṭha Keśavī dd is constantly helping me, religiously in all my preaching activities.
During Kārtīka we went on the roads every day and conducted dīpadānas for the conditioned souls. Approximately 6000 souls could offer lamp to Lord Dāmodara by the incessant flow of Your mercy.
Gurudeva we had procured sponsorships for book distribution and by your mercy I could send lakṣmī for 108 BG's to the Virtual table. I also distributed approximately 200 Bhagvad-gītās here in Ajmer in a school, amongst bhakti vṛkṣa members and also door to door. Most of the teachers from that school are now my Bhakti vṛkṣa members.
Hope all this pleases you my dear beloved Gurudeva.
Thank you for your unconditional love dear baba, thank you for accepting the insignificant services that we're rendering, again by your blessings only.
Preaching is your life and I want to do everything for your pleasure only. Kindly empower and bless me dear Gurudeva to be determine in rendering my devotional service and to please You be the sole objective of my life.
My prabhu Mukesh bharti, daughters Dhairya and Veda are all Kṛṣṇa conscious and are chanting also but are not very seriously.
Kindly bless them and accept them unto Your divine lotus feet Gurudeva. We love you loads dear baba.
Your most insignificant daughter
Satyabhāmā sādhvī dd. Dear Guru Mahārāja,