Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā Homage 2023
Hare Kṛṣṇa My Dear Guru Mahārāja!
All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Happy Vyāsa-pūjā!
I see everything as your causeless mercy upon me. Now I realize it. After many years being in Your close association, still I am not able to imbibe your merciful heart. Śāstra warns us that, we should not see our guru as an ordinary person. Please bless me that, I should never do this offence in any of my life. As Your Divine Grace allowed me to be in your closer circle, accepting me as your servant, allowing me to serve your vapu, there are many situations, where due to dark ignorance knowingly or unknowingly – must have offended Your Divine Grace without knowing the actual glories of Your Divine Grace. So I ask forgiveness sincerely.
Last year, Your Divine Grace started a wonderful travel and preaching after the lockdown. It was very intense for Your physical body, still Your enthusiasm to spread the mercy of Lord Caitanya was tremendous. We witnessed your travel to South India, Bangladesh, Singapore, Malaysia, Kolkata. Installing Deities, opening temples, initiating thousands. All these shows us evidently, you are śaktyāveśa of Śrīla Prabhupāda, Gaura-śakti-svarūpāya. Your Divine Grace exhibits every ācārya’s mood and services in all your activities.
By spreading Nāmahaṭṭa, and Bhakti-vṛkṣa Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s empowerment. By discovering new holy places, developing Navadvīpa and Gaura-maṇḍala-bhūmi Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s empowerment. By, uniting Sarasvada Gauḍīya Vaisnavas, developing Māyāpur, preaching around the world, we see Prabhupāda’s empowerment. Of course, everything is the empowerment of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Your Divine Grace carry all ācāryas desires and fulfilling one by one, which are all Śrīla Prabhupāda’s desire, so you are always in fulfilling the guru-paramparā sevā.
This year, in Vṛndāvana Rādhā-kuṇḍa, when Your Divine Grace installed the lotus footprints of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu - Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and aṣṭa-sakhis blessings was bestowed to all the devotees. Your every activity that gives pure bliss for conditioned souls, and motivate them to move towards Lord Kṛṣṇa.
When you got your Bhakti-vaibhava certificate. It was such a wave that generated all over the world amongst the ISKCON devotees especially. Your Divine Grace showing in your exemplary action as an ācārya. I am sorry that I didn’t do even Bhakti-śāstrī course. I will try to complete it this year. You are our inspiration.
I am still serving in your Archives department and Publications. Would like to do much for Your Divine Grace, I am very much limited, whatever I do it is all due to your unlimited empowerment. I don’t see any qualification in me. I see all good fortune is all due to Your presence in my life.
Only one request at Your Lotus feet, never banish me from your association even life after life. Give me pure heart, taste for the holy name, and Your constant association.
Your Ever Servant,
Śyāma Rasika Dasa