To My Dearest Spiritual Father,
Please accept my respectful obeisance’s at your merciful feet on this auspicious day of your 74th Vyāsa-pūjā. All glories to you. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.
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
My dear Spiritual Father, I sincerely pray that your health remains strong so that it does not impede your mission of serving Śrīla Prabhupāda. I have witnessed how you are unstoppable, how you rise above advice given by doctors just to please your spiritual master, how you give mercy and blessings to fallen souls like me, and how you give what seems like unlimited love towards everyone you meet. Your determination is paramount, immeasurable, and clearly not of this world. You are more than inspirational, you are more than a teacher, you are more than a spiritual father, and you are more than words can say.
In order to serve you properly, I need at least a drop of the qualities mentioned herewith but with so many flaws I do not understand how this could ever be possible. Please spiritual father, the only way would be if you could bless me so that I can carry out your instructions of preaching to all that I meet, and bless me, so that I can be strong and progress in my spiritual life in order to successfully teach my children Līlā Tulasī and Dhani Ram.
Although I don’t possess such qualities, I have faith in your mercy, I have faith in your blessings. I have seen how on occasion I get to preach to newcomers as the conversation naturally goes onto a topic like reincarnation, family values, happiness and contentment in life. This didn’t use to happen to me before, and although I am not a preacher, through your mercy I can now say a few things, I see the reaction on their faces and I know I owe it all to you. You have instructed us to preach, I am trying and although I am full of flaws, the experience is still blissful.
As Kali-yūga progresses, the ship is sinking and it is only your mercy, Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mercy and Śrī Gaurāṅga’s mercy that keeps us all from drowning. Even though you do so much for everyone you meet, I humbly request your mercy.
Your servant and spiritual daughter,
Nitya-yoginī Rādhā Devī Dāsī
Dāmodara Deśa