Hare Kṛṣṇa,
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
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanyam īśvaram
hari oṁ tat sat!
My dear spiritual father Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja.
please accept my respectful obeisance unto your Lotus feet.
All glories to you on the occasion of your all auspicious 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
First of all, I sincerely pray to Their Lordships Śrī Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrādevī and Śrī Narasiṁhadeva for your speedy recovery from all health problems and for long healthy life. By the mercy of supreme Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu you have appeared on this auspicious day in this material world in order to save the most fallen conditioned souls like me from the dangerous material life which is full of sufferings. I am very very grateful to Your Divine Grace for saving me and others from the hellish conditional material life. And by your mercy you are helping us to go Back to Godhead. As advised by Śrīla Prabhupāda I am hereby humbly submitting my glorifications unto your Lotus feet. By doing so I will be able to progress in discharging pure devotional service unto yourself and Kṛṣṇa I am praying Guru Mahārāja please bless me to execute pure devotional service to guru and Kṛṣṇa. As mentioned in the sastras all good qualities are already manifested in you as you are pure devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Hearing your vāṇī our doubts are cleared and helps us in our spiritual advancement. Nowadays we are able to get Guru Mahārāja darśana and blessings through Caitanya-līlā class (Caitanya-līlā book compilation class) every day. I would like to mention one pastime of Guru Mahārāja which I call it Līlāmṛta of His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāj. When you were in leech treatment for your leg problem in Coimbatore Dhanvantarī temple hospital, Āyurveda treatment I have been asked to suggest spiritual names for the leeches which part took in your leg leech treatment. I proposed one name as Karuṇā Sāgara dāsa. Hearing this name all devotees who attending your vapuḥ services laughed at me thinking that leech is sucking Guru Mahārāja blood in the process of treatment. Guru Mahārāja you corrected them saying Look he is doing guru-sevā do not laugh at him. Guru Mahārāja you humorously commented me why dāsī name not suggested. Soon after completing my Deity services, I was doing this service. Guru Mahārāja you appreciated me as doing guru-sevā. This shows how merciful you are. Like this more līlās which are not possible to indicate in one write up. On this day of your appearance, I request Guru Mahārāja to forgive me for the offences made by me, which may be knowingly or unknowingly. Also please bless me in chanting process of mahā-mantra very effectively. And perfectly. Finally, once again I pray their Lordships Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrādevī, Narasiṁha deva and Gaura Nitāi to shower their blessings for good and long life so that you can save many more conditioned souls.
All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
73rd Vyāsa-pūjā mahāmahotsava kī Jaya!
Hare Kṛṣṇa...
Your insignificant spiritual son,
Gopati Govinda Dāsa (dīkṣā)
India (Coimbatore)