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 Gurudeva,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
We offer our obeisances to His Divine grace Śrīla Prabhupāda.
We offer obeisances to our Śīkṣā-guru His Grace Ramkṛṣṇa prabhujī and Her Grace Śacī Yaśoda mātājī.
I pray to your kind self so that right words come from my mouth to glorify you on occasion of your 74th Vyāsa-pūjā.
Glorifying you by my limited words is just like showing lamp to the sun. I have no qualification but as you are my loving father, I feel like to open my heart on your Vyāsa pūjā day.
Dear Gurudeva, thank you for your causeless mercy upon me. You are ocean of mercy. To spread the mercy of Lord Caitanya and to propagate His message you are travelling far and wide. Nothing can stop you Guru Mahārāja, your victory flag flies wherever you travel and connect miserable soul to Lord Caitanya.
You are very dear to His Divine grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. In your journey on this bhūtala, you are establishing mood and mission of your dear Guru Mahārāja. You are fulfilling all his dream and instructions by undergoing so many austerities. You are so humble, loving and caring to your god brothers.
How nicely you are praying and caring for His Holiness Kadamba Kānan Swami Mahārāja. Yesterday while enquiring about his health, you asked Mahārāja, “Do You have any service for me?” and Mahārāja replied. Both of your conversation is setting example of togetherness, love, and great vision and mission under the shelter of Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Following verse from Vāyu Purāṇa is apt description of your glorious personality.
ācinoti yaḥ śāstrārtham ācāre sthāpayaty api
svayam ācarate yasmād ācāryas tena kīrtitaḥ
An ācārya is one who fully understands the conclusions of the revealed scriptures and whose behavior reflects his deep realization. He is a living example for he teaches the meaning of the scriptures both by word and deed. (Vayu Purāṇa).
You are an Ācārya, and you are teaching us by your behavior. You have deep understanding on Śrīla Prabhupāda’s book right from Bhagavad-gītā, Bhāgavatam, Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Caitanya Bhagavat, Caitanya Mangal and many more. Every day you are giving us clear understanding.
What is the need for you to appear for Bhakti-vaibhava and Bhakti Vedānta but to teach us to inspire us to read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s book you are studying these courses.
Your heart is filled with Śrī Gaura Prema, and you are showring that love and showing compassion on everyone, just like cloud distributes rain everywhere. Cloud doesn’t see where the water is falling on stone or on the fertile land. Dear Gurudeva, you are that compassionate cloud, and your mercy has no bound, you have shown mercy to stone hearted, less intelligent person like me. If you wouldn’t have lifted me, I would have been rotten in this world.
With your blessing and mercy and my Śikṣā Guru His Grace Ramkṛṣṇa prabhujī and Her Grace Śacī Yaśoda mātā who are continuously guiding and motivating, with their blessings, I am trying to take Bhakti-vṛkṣa class, Ladies class, children class and Bhagavad-gītā reading every day. Also attending Bhakti-vaibhava purvaswadhya from Māyāpur university and some other certificate courses from Bhaktivedanta Vidyapith. Just now we have started Bengali speaking class for your pleasure as it is dear to you.
Dear Guru deva on this auspicious day, I beg at your lotus feet to bless me and forgive my offences committed at your lotus feet and to other Vaiṣṇavas, knowingly and unknowingly.
I am failing in my sādhana day by day. Facing challenges in chanting, not able to manage my conditional and constitutional duties. I am not at all progressing in devotional path. Healthwise also I am going down day by day and not able to do or get very tired when perform services. I find Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam difficult, nothing reveals to me. It certainly shows that my heart is filled with envy, lust, anger- all anarthas and offences. I am not able to work on it Guru Mahārāja, I am helpless. Please bless me so that I can get rid of these anarthas and offences and take care of this precious gift of Harināma given by you. Please show your mercy so that I get attached to Hari naam and scriptures and detached to other unnecessary things in this material world.
All glories to you Dear Gurudeva!!!
Please forgive me.
Your insignificant servant,
Kañcanvarṇa Subhadrā devī dāsī.
Avataridesh, Abu Dhabi, UAE.