Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja
Please accept my humble obeisances at your Lotus feet.
All glories to Your Divine Grace!
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Dear Guru Mahārāja!
Please accept a small homage (glorification) on your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā day, I feel that I am not qualified to write an Homage due to my fallen condition state, but still I do an attempt to glorify your divine grace just to purify my existence.
Your Holiness mercifully gave me an opportunity to do vapuḥ-sevā, which I never expected that I will get an opportunity in this lifetime.
I has been called for 3 months of vapuḥ-sevā, but it extended to 6 months which was an jackpot for me, and in this 6 months of sevā I was doing some of the menial services, and assisting some of your personal servants.
I learnt many things when I was in vapuḥ-sevā, and most wonderful and amazing thing was everyday I get your Holiness darśana.
I heard some of your glorious activities before I came for vapuḥ-sevā, but I got opportunity to render service personally then I witnessed those great qualities. I saw Your Holiness like a great spiritual master who came to deliver fallen souls like me, not caring about your health and bodily needs, Also like a father who cares for his children, like mother who loves everyone, like a teacher who give right guidance and correct if disciples are doing wrong and many more.
Your Holiness has unlimited great qualities and no end for me to glorify those qualities.
Dear father I have received by your mercy 2nd initiation and saffron clothes on Dec 26th, 2021 personally. Please bless me that I should continue as a brahmacārī till my last breath and serve you and Śrīla Prabhupāda mission. Hope so that Guru Mahārāja will call me (who is an unqualified son) again for your personal vapuḥ-sevā. So that by just rendering some menial services at your Divine Lotus feet, I can get purified and perfect my life.
I am not so good in understanding philosophy of scriptures, for me the best engagement what I feel is “I can only do some physical service”. Till now I am serving in ISKCON Whitefield, Bangalore temple as a full-time devotee, and most of my services are physical services.
Most of my services will be like making Garlands for the Deities, Deity worship, cleaning temple hall and ashram, decorating temple on festivals etc. I am good at these services.
Hope by your mercy I will get some taste in the services which I am doing and progress further in devotional service.
Gurudeva, I always seek your blessings and mercy, it is my only hope and by your mercy I can progress nicely in Devotional service.
Koṭiśaśi Gaurāṅga Dāsa (dīkṣā)
India (Bangalore)