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
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my respectful obeisances to Your Divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to Your Divine Grace!
My dear Gurudev! You are an ocean of mercy! Your Divine Grace has been a great inspiration in life for both my spiritual and material activities. I sincerely desire to be ever grateful for the time and energy you give to every disciple and especially towards me and my family. Your Caitanya Līlā classes have been a real nectar! It is showing a glimpse of the spiritual world and it has really inspired me to improve from the stage of ‘cooking prasadam for my family’ to the stage of ‘cooking for the pleasure of the Lord!’ Your daily routine is definitely a great inspiration for all of us. You are like a magnet attracting us to Guaranga! I Am very fortunate to be in your shelter.
Dear Gurudev! Earlier, I used to read Śrīla Prabhupad’s books, to just fill up my sadhana, Your recent words about how reading Prabhupad’s books are taking personal association with Prabhupad, has added more meaning to my sadhana! Your emphasis on reading Śrīla Prabhupad’s books and courses have inspired me to sign up for the Bhakti Śāstrī course. Please bless me for that course and to become your sincere disciple, and please you in any way I can!
I am fortunate to be under your shelter and have realised how much, the causeless mercy of the spiritual master can change the life of a useless disciple like me. Inspite of so many kicks from Māyā, my pride, anger and ego is pulling me away from Kṛṣṇa, my only hope is your mercy. Dear Gurudev, Since I am foolish, lowborn, fallen and distressed, your Divine Grace, being the representative of Lord Nithyānanda prabhu, kindly show your merciful glance towards me and my family! I sincerely beg you to teach me to control my six passions; rectify my six faults. please bestow upon me the six qualities, and offer unto me the six kinds of holy association. I beg the attachment to your divine lotus feet, the only hope of deliverance from the material world! Please be merciful to your useless servant, Please give me shade at your lotus feet and purify me!! Please give me all strength and faith to the holy name of Kṛṣṇa!
I deeply desire to become a useful instrument in your hands to bring many souls to your lotus feet. What could be a better use of this precious human life, than becoming a sincere servant of such a pure Vaishnava Acharya! Please bless me to be ever grateful to your Divine Grace! Please bless me to chant my 16 rounds sincerely without any offenses, in the best time of the day! Please bless me to follow 4 regulative principles very sincerely and seriously!
Dear Gurudev! If you examine me, I have no good qualities, your mercy is what I am made of, please give me lots and lots of mercy to enable my son Saranga and husband Bhaktha Praveen prabhu to become your sincere disciples. Please bestow the association of sincere and serious devotees, to me and my family, who can make us your sincere disciples. Please bless me and my family to guard from Vaishnava Aparādhā and be ever grateful to Vaishnavas around us.
Please bless my parents Bhaktha Damodaran prabhu, Bhaktin Gajalakshmi mathaji and mother in law Bhaktin Jamuna mathaji to become devotees soon. Please extend your causeless mercy to my parents and let them enjoy the transcendental protection like myself.
Your Useless Daughter,
Vidyāsvarūpiṇī Rādhā Devī Dāsī
Canberra, Australia