Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja
Please accept our respectful obeisances
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
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
We feel very blessed and immensely fortunate to be under the shelter of your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja. With the support of all your disciples who are our seniors and also the disciples of your God brothers who have been mercifully showering us with their love and care for us, we are able to progress in this path of devotion.
Though utterly unqualified, we are very happy to write a Vyāsa-pūjā offering to you Guru Mahārāja, a glorious devotee, a sincere disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda and an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. It is mentioned in the scriptures that, the Lord is very pleased when His devotees are glorified.
We had heard many of your glories and your exemplary qualities, Guru Mahārāja from various senior Godbrothers and God-sisters. We would like to mention a few.
You have all the 26 Vaiṣṇava qualities which is the topmost ornament for a devotee. Most inspiring one for us was when you asked many Maharajas who were about to leave this earthly planet of what seva you could offer them. This really touched our heart because, you are already engaged in so many development activities and sevas, yet you wanted to serve the Vaiṣṇavas. That is a great inspiration and lesson for us on how to serve the devotees. Also, at many occasions we used your principle of dealing fire with water. At various instances in our devotional life, due to conflicting resource requirements, we had difference of opinion in sevas amongst our Godbrothers. After understanding that it would not please you, Guru Mahārāja, and meditating on your instruction as to cooperate with other devotees, we dealt with such situations amicably. Thank you for having given the right guidance at the right time which we could implement and felt blissful and avoided many conflicts by following your principles.
Both of us are engaged in preaching activities as Gītā course instructors, where new people are introduced to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and acting as Bhakti-vṛkṣa leaders. In all our services, we had answered the questions of the new participants using the answers that you had given in your lectures. The impact of the answer is straightaway seen in the devotees. During Gītā Course classes, I (Balavan Balaji Dāsa) could directly see your empowerment Guru Mahārāja. Many wonderful analogies appear in my mind to answer the questions on the spot as you empower us, with your daily prayers for all of us.
We can go on writing, about how caring you are when it comes to your disciples, well-wishers, seniors, etc. and in fact to every living entity. We have seen your exemplary behavior on many occasions.
Guru Mahārāja, you are very merciful, when it comes to please you. Even with the simplest offering, and seva you are pleased. Since you are pleased, the Lord will be pleased, you get pleased so easily and provide this benefit to all the devotees.
Guru Mahārāja, you are the most exalted devotee of the Lord, please accept our Vyāsa-pūjā offering on the auspicious occasion of your appearance day.
O Guru Mahārāja, on our initiation day, you gave 3 instructions.
1. Complete, Bhakti Shastri, Bhakti-vaibhava, Bhakti Vendanta
2. Read all Śrīla Prabhupāda books
3. Assist you in spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness
We are in the process of implementing your instructions one by one. Based on guidance from our superiors, His Grace Harikṣetra prabhujī and His Grace Kartikeya prabhujī, we are serving Gaura-Nitāi Deities at our home. We are trying our best to follow your instructions and to please you. Please forgive us if we had committed any mistakes in this process.
Thank you, Guru Mahārāja, for accepting us (the most fallen souls) as your disciple.
We are humbly seeking your blessings to serve you more and more.
Kindly begging you to forgive us for any offenses we committed.
Your insignificant servants (Initiated),
Balavan Balaji Dāsa
Indumukhi Lakṣmī Devī Dāsī
Our son – G. B. Jayanth
