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
Hare Kṛṣṇa dearest Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our respectful obeisances at your merciful lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Your Holiness on your auspicious appearance day!
yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ‘pi
dhyāyan stuvaḿs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaḿ
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
“By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Kṛṣṇa. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master.”
My wife Utkarṣiṇī Sīmantinī Devī Dāsī and I took initiation in 2016 and 2014 respectively and made a vow that we both will help you in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mission to spread the message of Lord Caitanya. Although many years since initiation, only in the recent years we are trying to understand what pleases you the most. Practically in every class, you always encouraged the gṛhastha couples to preach to new devotees, distribute books and also get qualified by scrutinizingly studying Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books. Taking this instruction, my wife is doing Bhakti-vaibhava course since July 2022. With your blessings she desires to complete it and do Bhakti-vedānta as well.
Recently a couple from our temple, who was keen taking shelter from you, came and took shelter from you in Māyāpur and was sharing the miracles they experienced in their short stay of three days. On one instance they mentioned how you took time after a late Caitanya-līlā class to meet with them and inquire about their well being and encouraged them to complete the formalities for taking shelter on the same day. Every such pastime that we hear from the devotees we could feel the deep compassion and love you have for each and every disciple of yours. Though we are unworthy recipients of such causeless love, care and mercy, we pray sincerely that we will be able to begin to fathom the love and unlimited compassion you have for us and share a tiny drop of it with others by trying to bringing them to Kṛṣṇa.
Guru Mahārāja, we are serving in ISKCON South London temple which has kind of established after going through a turmoil in the past few years. It is a small congregation of gṛhasthas. We along with few other devotees are trying to expand the congregation. We humbly beg you for your blessings and mercy to co-operate with other devotees and continue to strive to bring many souls in touch with the saṅkīrtana movement and the mercy of Lord Caitanya.
Thank you so much Guru Mahārāja for everything. “Thanks” is just a word and it cannot possibly convey how much we are grateful and indebted to you dear Guru Mahārāja. We hope, pray and beg you to continue to shower your mercy on us so that we can be little puppets in your hands fulfilling your instructions.
We love you so much Guru Mahārāja.
Your insignificant children,
Bṛhat Gaurahari Dāsa and Utkarṣiṇī Sīmantinī Devī Dāsī