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
Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisance at your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you...!!
Availing the opportunity of your auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā; I am putting efforts to phrase my feelings of indebtedness to you and via you; to the whole paramparā which is holding me in this world full of distractions and frustrations.
Guru Mahārāja, amid the pandemic situation when I was going through a tough phase of managing my office, family and child; I was very upset and stressed. But attending evening Chaitanya Līlā class used to give me solace. One day after hearing the class; I thought to open up my heart and wrote an email to seek your guidance. Somehow the reply took some time but soon after sending you the mail; my situation turned better. I was feeling so thankful to Gaurāṅga. And after a few months when I received mail from your end it filled me with tears as it was for the first-time I had heard directly from you. Your each word was full of compassion, care and love. You also further connected me to your senior gṛhastha disciples. I felt so grateful and elated. Gurudeva; you are truly ‘Kṛpā-sāgara – ocean of mercy’ and you are distributing this mercy profusely to all jīvas. I feel extremely reverential and thankful to Lord Kṛṣṇa for your presence on this planet. Because every time I hear and read about you, I come to the conclusion that you don’t belong to this world. I also want to express my gratitude for your mercy as when I chant the names Nitāi Gaurāṅga... Jaya Śacīnandana... I feel a lot of happiness and bliss. Thank You so much Guru Mahārāja.
Dear Gurudeva, when I read your letter in mid of January while you were in Chennai where you expressed the desire that your disciples shall do Bhakti-śāstri, take second initiation, preach actively and become guru; I am glad to share that with your mercy we are about to complete instruction one; we will be graduating Bhakti-sāstrī within month and would aspire for second initiation.
Gurudeva, please bless and give me strength that I can absorb the purport of Śrīla Prabhupāda into my heart and implement the lessons learnt in Bhakti-śāstri into my life. I also seek your blessings to continue my services of IYF- girls here at Chandigarh and as a mother of two daughters.
I pray to Pañca-tattva, Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and Lord Narhari for your good health and give us your divine association for many years ahead.
Your eternal servant,
Premeśvarī Haripriyā Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
Chandigarh, India