My dear most spiritual father,
All glories to you, all glories to you, who came to help His Divine Grace during and after his miraculous coming to this material world.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, who mercifully took up all our sins and saved us.
All glories to the most auspicious Kāmada Ekādaśī, when Your Holiness came to bestow your light shadow upon us. It is our mostful blessing being able to glorify you on your Vyāsa-pūjā.
Nāham ijyā-prajātibhyāṁ tapasopaśamena vā tuṣyeyaṁ sarva-bhūtātmā guru-śuśrūṣayā yathā: I, the Soul of all beings, am not as satisfied by ritual worship, brahminical initiation, penances or self-discipline as I am by faithful service rendered to one’s spiritual master. (SB 10.80.34)
It is difficult to understand how you make yourself this present even so far away, being busy being one of the managers of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission all over the world. Just because of your will, you extend your lifetime to help to organize the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement and to engage the maximum of souls in it.
It is astonishing how you can be so reciprocating with each of all your thousands of sons. You remain giving daily darśanas, going every town and village, being satisfied with whatever your disciples offer to you.
You are tirelessly chanting the glories of Gauracandra Viśvambhara. This year, after some scares due to the health of your divine body, you again proved that everywhere is a place where the holy name can be chanted. You tried to make the whole hospital Kṛṣṇa Conscious! And due to your mercy, they will surely be.
Your whole history is of surrender to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s feet. In the very beginning, along with your godbrothers with the blessings of Śrīla Prabhupāda, you started Māyāpur. Nowadays, you still do, giving your divine attention to Temple of Vedic Planetarium progress and all your intelligence to congregational development.
You are scrutinizing the literature given by ācāryas and you are very concerned with its massive distribution. You are senior reference and leader in all scopes of ISKCON, and, yet you are very humble and sweet.
Regarding this poor servant, your love made a drastic change in my life when I became to know you. On your Vyāsa-pūjā day, I just ask to remain in the disputed place of your divine lotus feet and to understand the urgency of Śrī Harināma saṅkīrtana.
Your daughter who is begging for your mercy,
Jāhnavā Iśvarī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣā)
Brazil (Itajaí)