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
Dear Guru Mahārāja His Holiness Śrī Śrīmad Jayapatākā Swami Gurudeva,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā celebration. All glories to your lotus feet!
Dear Guru Mahārāja, being a beloved disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, and with your personal example of surrender unto Śrīla Prabhupāda’s lotus feet and devotional service, you are an inspiration and hope for all fallen souls like me. Being a true representative of Guru paramparā and by offering your life of to the service of Guru Paramparā, you have been merciful in line with the causeless mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Dear Guru Mahārāja, this has been the best here of my life, as this was the first year spent In the mercy of your lotus feet after being initiated by you last year.
I have felt your mercy every single day of this year, and consider myself so fortunate that just within five years of coming into the journey of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, I received your mercy.
When I went to receive initiation from you, it was the first time in my life that I had your darśana in person. When I saw you, so close in front of me, I was overwhelmed in the feeling of love and inspiration seeing your dedication to serve the mission of Shrila Prabhupāda.
Having your darśana was such an emotional moment for me that I can never forget it.
Mahārāja, this year I had the good fortune to join the devotees of ISKCON Whitefield Bangalore in various services.
This year, our new bhakti center under ISKCON Whitefield was opened and named ISKCON bhakti center Kannamangala.
With the mercy of senior devotees and your disciples, I had the good fortune to serve this center as the sector servant. We participated in grand Janmashtami celebrations and book distribution this year. We also had the good fortune of hosting his grace Bhūrijana Prabhujī in this new center.
This year was also special because after pandemic, we were able to go on a long Yātrā along with the entire congregation of ISKCON Whitefield, to Śrī Jagannātha Purī Dhāma.
As I pray for the next Kṛṣṇa-conscious year in your life, I pray to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to shower his blessings on you in the form of good health and more devotion towards his lotus feet, so that you can go on in your selfless service and mercy for suffering souls like me.
On this auspicious pujā, I pray to Kṛṣṇa for your mercy and to draw inspiration through the dust of your lotus feet, to be able to offer better services, and to improve the quality of my chanting. Please be merciful towards me.
Your servant,
Sadānanda Śacīputra Dāsa
ISKCON Whitefield, Bangalore