nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Dearest beloved Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
All glories to His Divine grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda
All glories to your divine grace, dearest spiritual father.
All glories to your 74th Vyāsa-pūjā Ceremony!
Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja, firstly I would like to express my deepest heartfelt gratitude and my unlimited respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet for your unlimited mercy, compassion and tolerance towards insignificant, unqualified, conditioned souls like me. I am eternally indebted to you for accepting me as your spiritual daughter and for always being there with me.
Dear spiritual father, I pray to the Lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, Śrī Pañcattatva, Śrī Narasiṁhadeva, Śrī Jagannātha, Śrī Baladeva and Śrī Subhadrā Mahārānī to bestow you with immense strength, very long and healthy life so that you can shower your mercy on many more conditioned souls.
Dear Gurudeva, you always inspire me through the monthly messages that you share regarding all your day-to-day sādhana, classes, services, your contributions to so many initiatives at Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur and your immense love towards studying Śrīla Prabhupāda books. Through the Bhakti-vaibhava degree you wonderfully have exemplified your dedication and love towards your Spiritual Master, Śrīla Prabhupāda and you are teaching us by your wonderful example on how important it is to study Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books and become philosophically strong. Last year, I have started with the Bhakti-śāstri course dear Gurudeva and I beg for your blessings so that I not only study Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books but also practically implement it in my life and even share the glories of the Supreme Lord with everyone.
Beloved Gurudeva, after the lockdown has been relieved I have seen you tirelessly travelling to many places in India, Bangladesh and preaching everyone about the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Your divine grace has motivated so many souls to read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books. You have bestowed your causeless mercy on many fallen souls by initiating them. Your divine grace is contributing and supporting the child protection program at Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur, many other community projects which are upcoming or ongoing at Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur. Gurudeva, your mood of caring for all the devotees who come to Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur for parikramā, any festivals is indescribable. All such wonderful services and many more without considering any of the physical difficulties that you undergo is remarkable.
Though I am unqualified, it is only by your causeless mercy I am trying to render service at the ISKCON London Soho temple. I am also involved in facilitating local Kids classes, Kids japa club and Gītā Gyan programs for the new people. This all is possible only by your blessings and mercy dear Gurudeva. Also, I have no words to describe your beautiful reciprocations Gurudeva and how compassionate your divine grace is to have engaged myself and Rasarāja Narasiṁha prabhu in serving you. By such beautiful reciprocations I have always felt the heart-to-heart connection between your divine grace and this unworthy spiritual daughter. Myself and Rasarāja Prabhu are trying to do various other services such as book distribution, Dāmodara programs, etc. Gurudeva, I am very grateful to you for helping me find an association of senior God-sisters who inspire me a lot with their mood of service unto you. Their dealings and their devotee care attitude is an aspect that I am trying to learn and imbibe.
I feel so rejoiced and inspired every single day when I hear your divine grace’s nectarian Caitanya Leela classes, when I hear about you from my senior God brothers and Godsisters and when I hear about your loving exchanges from other devotees. I consider myself to be most fortunate to have your divine grace as my spiritual father. But Gurudeva, I am trying to self-introspect and self-reflect to find how as a spiritual daughter am I trying to render service for your divine grace’s pleasure. Every time I consider myself useless that I am unable to assist your divine grace in the preaching mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Dear Gurudeva, you have been encouraging all of us and especially for the householders you have recommended that both husband and wife work as a team with Kṛṣṇa in the centre and render service to the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa blissfully. This fallen soul, your immature spiritual daughter would like to seek and beg for your causeless mercy Gurudeva so that myself and Rasarāja prabhu are able to take up Bhakti-vṛkṣa preaching with the right mood and get many new souls who would like to take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness seriously. We are faced with challenges owing to which we are unable to serve in adult preaching. Kindly empower us and please use us as tiny instruments in assisting your divine grace in fulfilling the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda and all the previous Ācāryas.
aṁśo bhagavato ’smy ahaṁ sadā dāso ’smi sarvathā
tat-kṛpāpekṣako nityaṁ tat-preṣṭha-sāt karomi svam
“I am a tiny part and parcel of the Supreme Lord and I am always and, in every way, His eternal servant. As I am always hoping for His mercy and kindness, I offer myself to His most dear servitor, my spiritual master.”
On this most auspicious 74th Vyāsa-pūjā Ceremony of your divine grace, I beg forgiveness at the dust of your lotus feet Gurudeva. Kindly forgive me for any kind of mistakes or offenses that I have been committing knowingly or unknowingly. Please keep this most insignificant and useless spiritual daughter as a speck of dust at your lotus feet eternally.
Requesting your mercy and blessings for Devika and Dishika, your spiritual granddaughters so that they always remain in the association of devotees, stay in Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission. Kindly bestow your causeless mercy on this unqualified spiritual daughter so that I can develop stronger attachment towards your divine grace and eternally serve you.
Eagerly looking forward for your associations for many many years to come. Eagerly awaiting for your physical presence in London and an opportunity to render personal service to you, dear Gurudeva.
Your most insignificant, unqualified spiritual daughter,
Anurādhā Acyutapriyā Devī Dāsī (Dīkṣā)
East London - United Kingdom