oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
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
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
On this 74th Vyāsa-pūjā day, I pray to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu for your health and long life.
I have been associated with Kṛṣṇa consciousness for several years under the guidance of my śīkṣā-gurus His Grace Amānī Gauracandra Dāsa and Her Grace Susevīnī Guru Gaurāṅga devī dāsī.
We have heard so many past times about you Guru Mahārāja. One day I kept on reading about you and how you came into practice of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and that made me read more about you and your past times. How fortunate I am, I had a dream that night that I got an opportunity to serve you in person, and I did a service to your lotus feet and massaged your lotus feet nicely.
I hope in this lifetime it may become true to serve you in person, and I am also willing to serve you and your disciples until I get an opportunity to serve you, Kṛṣṇa, and Caintanya Mahāprabhu in Goloka Vṛndāvana and Navadvīpa. I cannot payback for the guidance we are getting from my śīkṣā-gurus because of your blessings.
Please pour down your mercy on myself and my family, wife Saritha, daughter Harshita and son Rishik, so that we can do more service to you and Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu.
Your humble aspiring disciple,
Uma Maheshwar Nandyala (Aspiring)
Minneapolis, MN, USA