Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our respectful obeisances. All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Grace.
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
I do not have any qualification to offer homage unto your divine self but I am doing so for my own purification.
I feel so overwhelmed with gratitude and happiness and love. My love for Kṛṣṇa has lost all its bounds and become three folds deeper after my initiation. I feel so fortunate to have been initiated in holy dham Vrindavan at the Kṛṣṇa Balaram Temple in the most auspicious month of Kartik on Ekadashi. We have recently started a Bhakti-vṛkṣa in which I am assisting my godsister HG Rādhā Kishori Mātājī who has been very gracious in guiding me and helping me throughout my spiritual journey and has played the role of a major catalyst that brought me closer to you. Please bless us so that we can serve with pure devotion.
My journey with you started long, long ago. I have been touched, bitten, smothered by the insect of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and since then the nectar is just flowing. Despite all the difficulties, you are constantly saving me with your causeless mercy and it feels like you are handholding me out of the most difficult situations. You have held our hand through the most turbulent times.
Getting connected to the Guru Paramparā has instilled in me a new found drive and love for preaching. Your blessings have manifested in the form of preaching. I feel extremely fortunate and grateful to Kṛṣṇa and you that I, the most insignificant soul, along with my god brothers and god sisters have been given the opportunity to hold your victory flag.
Along with me, my daughter, son and husband have also grown spiritually in this journey. Whenever I do not feel well physically, my daughter reminds me of you and how tirelessly and consistently you are serving the mission of Śrīla Prabhupāda. It is your commitment to your Guru that drives us Gurumaharaj. We, as a family, are forever grateful and indebted to you. I find home in my god sisters, god brothers, and JSSS meetings.
My humble prayers to you on this most auspicious day of your divine appearance in this material world are:
- Kindly keep an eye on me so that I rigorously keep preaching and do not stop and keep away from laziness.
- I never hurt any Vaishnava and constantly be in their association.
- I am prosperous and persistent in my sadhana and improve my concentration.
Thank you Gurudeva for saving me from this material life. Without you, it would have been impossible to skip the cycle of birth and death.
Your insignificant disciple,
Bhavatāriṇī Yamunā Mātā Devī Dāsī, Gaurika, Mādhava and Sandeep Dhupar