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
Jai Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu Nityananda, Śrī Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrnda
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
My Dearest Spiritual father Śrīla Gurudeva,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet on this auspicious day of your divine appearance.
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
O Guru Mahārāja, I do not have any qualification to glorify you. I am making an insignificant attempt to glorify you by my limited conditioned mind & intelligence.
First, I would like to pray to Lord Narasimha Deva to protect and bless you so that you recover from your current health condition and gain good health to serve and fulfill Śrīla Prabhupāda mission.
You have made me very fortunate by accepting me as your disciple and showering your mercy in this lifetime – else I was just wandering in this brahmāṇḍa for millions of life time with no spiritual goal, suffering in the blazing fire of material existence.
We can see how compassionate you are to the fallen conditioned souls like me. You are an epitome of compassion. Your compassion for everyone is incomparable. You are personification of compassion and ocean of compassion. Despite your current health conditions, you have never stopped preaching, be it online or travelling across the globe. Whoever comes in contact with you, is blessed by the holy names of Lord– I get overwhelmed when I remember how you are preaching even in hospital when you are undergoing treatment. You never miss an opportunity of showing your compassion to the fallen souls. When I hear your lectures, I see how deeply you feel for conditioned souls, how you want them to get out of this miserable world. And that’s why you don’t care about your health and are incessantly serving your spiritual master to deliver the fallen conditioned souls back to Godhead. No ordinary person can take so much pain and austerity like you do to spread Harināma and to give your association and care to people around the world. Only a pure devotee can be so merciful to all without any discrimination.
When I face challenges in life I see you as a symbol of enthusiasm and unflinching sevā attitude to your spiritual master.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.46 purport says “The bona fide representative of God is as good as God Himself. Or, in other words, the loving representative of the Lord is more kind and more easy to approach. A sinful soul cannot approach the Lord directly, but such a sinful man can very easily approach a pure devotee of the Lord.” This words of Śrīla Prabhupāda from the scriptures gives me assurance that sinful souls like me can go back to Godhead just by approaching a pure devotee as yourself. I have so many shortcomings and insecurities. I pray so that I do not commit any offences to anyone. Gurudeva, I beg you to please forgive me for my offences, help me to be very serious, do my sadhana sincerely and give up all unwanted desires…. Please let my faith in Śrī Guru, Śrī Gaurāṅga and Vaiṣṇavas grow stronger and stronger.
Please bless me so that I too can be compassionate and sincerely try to preach Kṛṣṇa Consciousness to as many people as possible and serve you in your mission to serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. I am trying to serve you by taking children class, Bhakti Vṛkṣa, online passive preaching via WhatsApp etc.
Kindly bless my family to develop attraction towards devotional service, so that together we can serve you more.
With prayers and respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
Your Insignificant spiritual daughter,
Śrutipriya Rādhikā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Śyāma Deśa, UAE, Middle East