Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Dandvat Praṇāms,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to you Guru Mahārāja and your divine appearance day!
durlabho mānuṣo deho
dehināṁ kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraḥ
tatrāpi durlabhaṁ manye
vaikuṇṭha-priya-darśanam
“For the conditioned souls, the human body is most difficult to achieve, and it can be lost at any moment. But I think that even those who have achieved human life rarely gain the association of pure devotees, who are dear to the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha.” (SB 11.2.29)
It is the verdict of Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī and all other Vaiṣṇava Mahājanas, that this human form of life, which is so rarely attainable amongst 8.4 million species of life, and rarer than the rarest is to get the association of pure devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
In this dark Age of Kali, full of quarrel and hypocrisy, it is quite impossible to get the mercy of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, but because he incarnates as Gaurāṅga, it becomes very easy to approach Vṛndāvana. Lord Caitanya is an ocean of divine and transcendental mercy, who makes it easiest to approach the lotus feet of their lordships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava. But as for a fallen soul like me, Lord Caitanya’s mercy is not enough, but more merciful than Gaurāṅga is Nitāi!
Lord Nityānanda is millions times more merciful than Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but even then I cannot attain his mercy. My only hope is dependent on the lotus feet of the representative of Lord Nityānanda, the spiritual master. I do not think that I will be able to understand that what kind of pious deed I did in my billions and billions of past lives, that I can get to associate with a transcendental associate of Lord Caitanya!
Guru is the personification of the kṛpā-śakti of Kṛṣṇa, who only incarnates to deliver fallen souls by boldly and loudly preaching the divine message of bhāgavata-dharma, or sanātana-dharma which has been propounded in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by Vyāsadeva. All transcendental characteristics which are describing the spiritual master in the Vedic scriptures can be clearly seen present in you. You are always engaged in chanting the holy name of Lord and describing the name, form, qualities, pastimes, paraphernalia and associates of the Lord, every second. I can now only go back home, back to Godhead by serving your lotus feet.
Aspiring to become the dust of your all-glorious lotus feet,
Your insignificant servant,
Kartikaye Rishi (aspiring)