Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja!
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to you!
In ŚB. 1.8.25, Kuntī Maharani is praying…
vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat tatra tatra jagad-guro
bhavato darśanaṁ yat syād apunar bhava-darśanam
I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths.
As a conditioned soul, I am engrossed in the material world life after life and by Kṛṣṇa’s causeless mercy, this lifetime I got the golden opportunity to take shelter of your lotus feet. Like Caitanya Mahāprabhu, without discriminating you have accepted me at your lotus feet. Indeed this is the only hope for me to get rid of this saṁsāra-cakra. Let me borrow the words of Kuntī Mahārāṅi, for those who meditate on Your Lotus Feet and strictly follow your instructions will never come to this material world again. Because your only goal of life is to deliver as many as fallen souls like me from this material world. Gurudeva, please give me the understanding that sufferings, misfortunes and calamities are always there in this material world and I should always depend on the mercy of Śrī Guru and Kṛṣṇa to overcome all these tests of māyā.
Please bless me to remember the assurance of Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura through Gurvāṣṭakam -
yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo, yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ‘pi
dhyāyan stuvaṁs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaṁ, vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
“By satisfaction of the spiritual master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes satisfied. And by not satisfying the spiritual master, there is no hope for the disciple to become Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Indeed, I always keep hope against hope that by your mercy, one day I may become perfect in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa by which you will become pleased. Kindly shower your mercy on me to engage in more devotional activities wholeheartedly wherever Kṛṣṇa wants me to serve. I also seek your special blessing for the spiritual advancement of my family.
With my sincere prayers to Their Lord Ships Śrī Śrī Rādhā Madhava, Pañcatattva, Śrī Nrsimhadeva and Śrīla Prabhupāda to shower their selected blessing for your long and healthy life,
Your spiritual son,
Suvarṇa Gopāla Dāsa [Gaurāṅgadeśa yātrā]