Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja. Please accept my respectful obeisance.
All glories to you and all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
I pray to Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Narasiṁhadeva, and Gaura Nitāi to bless you always with good health, long life and provide you complete protection.
Guru Mahārāja, I am really a very fallen soul and not at all qualified to write about your glories and it is only because of your causeless mercy that I got this opportunity to write a few words on this auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā. I offer my respectful obeisances unto you again and again. Guru Mahārāja, you are an ocean of mercy, full of compassion to the useless souls like me and always inspiring everyone to take up this path of devotion of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Your determination and enthusiasm to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa and to spread this glorious mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda to the whole world is really amazing. In spite of having many health issues, you are always prompt in taking classes, attending meetings etc., to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and you had never compromised on your preaching even during the days of your ill health.
Guru Mahārāja, you are an enlightened soul and an expert on the subjects of Bhagavad Gītā and Śrīmad Bhagawatham, and you need not study the Bhakti courses like Bhakti-vṛkṣa and Bhakti Vaibhav. Even then, you have taken up and studying these courses in order to set an example to the devotees and your disciples, and to emphasize the importance of reading and understanding the spiritual scriptures. By your blessings and mercy and by the mercy of all senior Vaiṣṇavas and yātrā leaders, I am glad to inform you that I have completed Bhakti śāstrī course.
I am really an unworthy and a fallen soul and It is only because of your causeless Mercy that I had become a sheltered disciple of Your good self. I seek your mercy and blessings so that I can improve my sādhanas, the quality of my chanting and also read Śrīla Prabhupāda books. Whatever little service I get to do in the yātrā, is all because of your blessings and mercy on me. Guru Mahārāja, I pray and beg for your mercy to always keep me under the shelter of your lotus feet. I beg you to forgive me for all my offences. I also seek your blessings for the spiritual well-being of my husband Shankar and my son Karthick.
All Glories to you Guru Mahārāja.
Your humble servant
Rathika Shankar
Gaurāṅgadesh Yātrā, Dubai.