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
Gurudeva, kindly accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of Your Divine Lotus Feet.
All glories to His Divine Grace Śrī A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to Your Divine Grace!
Wishing you a very Happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Gurudeva!!!
I do not have any sort of qualification to glorify such an exalted ācārya and Vaiṣṇava like you, but it is just your causeless mercy Gurudeva.
Thank you so much Gurudeva for accepting this unworthy soul as your disciple.
Gurudeva, you are like a touchstone, that whoever comes into contact with you is guaranteed of Nitāi-Gaura’s mercy. Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I learnt this only after coming into this ISKCON movement; more merciful and benevolent is Lord in the form of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, delivering the souls, in this Kali-yuga; and more merciful is the Lord in the form of Nityānanda Prabhu who delivered the greatest of the sinners, Jagāi and Mādhāi; and more merciful is you Gurudeva who is accepting souls like me more sinful than Jagāi and Mādhāi. Gurudeva, please always touch me with your touchstone like quality that one day this sinner like me also becomes a devotee in a true sense and spreads your divine glories.
Gurudeva, as shared by many senior devotees, the only purpose you are still carrying out your services in the body of yours which is giving you various physical challenges, is to fulfill the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are tolerating all the pain and sufferings in that body and showing us the example that the guru’s instructions are the life and soul for the disciple. I beg you to kindly give me a drop of that guru-sevā-bhāva that this worthless body of mine becomes situated in that consciousness and serves you.
Gurudeva, kindly bless my wife, Jñāna Pranīta, to take to this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is no hope for me but your dear Father.
Gurudeva, kindly forgive me for the countless offences I keep committing at the feet of so many Vaiṣṇavas.
Praying to Rādhā-Mādhava, Aṣṭa-sakhī vṛnda, Narasiṁhadeva, Pañca-tattva, and Śrīla Prabhupāda to give you good health and to always protect you, so that we eternally reside under the cool shade of your lotus feet.
Your unworthy son,
Maheśvara Advaita dāsa (dīkṣa),
Bangalore, India