oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
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 Guru Mahārāja and our beloved spiritual father
Daṇḍavat praṇāmas
Please accept our humble obeisance unto your Lotus Feet
All glories to Guru Mahārāja
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda
All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṇga
Hare Kṛṣṇa, O dear father and spiritual master, it is really beyond our ability and comprehension to write and glorify you, so kindly bestow your causeless mercy so that we can write something to glorify you and purify ourselves.
Guru Mahārāja - an Exhaustible Source of Inspiration:
Whenever the thought of Guru Mahārāja comes to my mind or some discussions take place with other devotees over Guru Tattva, there is almost an instantaneous predominating idea coming forth with the practical living example of Your Holiness – Guru Mahārāja. Your Holiness has become a role-model for inspiring all devotees including the disciples of the other initiating Gurus as well.
Your Highness’ daily activities and its regular communication with all your blessed disciples – serves as a continuous source of inspiration with regular darśanas, Caitanya-līlā classes, reading Śrīmad Bhagavatam daily, attending meetings, daily personal exercises and on top of that – Studying for Bhakti-Vaibhava and Bhakti-Vedānta courses and so on……. It is really astonishing to see You Guru Mahārāja doing so much despite severely restricting physical conditions of Your material body. Your Holiness has truly transcended the material consciousness and completely situated at spiritual platform.
The Realisations of disciples of other Mahārājas:
One of the disciples of His Holiness Gopāla Kṛṣṇa Goswami Mahārāja mentioned how Your Holiness blessed him in a very intimate manner by rubbing his whole head when he did some small personal seva.
Another disciple recalled your beautiful and powerful narration of the exchange between Lord Nityānanda and Jagāi Mādhāi. The disciple told me that he can never forget this.
Yet another disciple quoted Your Holiness’ Vyāsa-pūjā offering to HDG Śrīla Prabhupāda where you expressed lamentation for not being able to fulfill the instructions given by Śrīla Prabhupāda. He expressed that despite doing so much, Your Holiness still feels that much more remains to be done. What an un-paralleled service attitude and humility
Your Holiness’ personal examples are a continuous source of inspiration for all the present-day devotees of Iskcon.
Prayers and Cherished Desires:
Finally, we just humbly and earnestly pray to the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī, Lord Śrī Lakṣmī-Prahlāda-Nṛsiṁhadeva, Lord Śrī Caitanya & Nityānanda Mahāprabhu and Śrīla Prabhupāda, for fulfilling your disciples’ cherished dream of seeing you dancing in ecstasy and calling out Gaurāṇga’s names loudly and in full ecstasy. We cannot forget Your Holiness standing on one feet and dancing with full vigor, playing with big whompers in hands during Ratha-yātrā festival at the Śrināthajī temple hall of Balarāmadeśa.
We feel completely blessed and fortunate that you have so mercifully accepted us as your disciples. We can only pray for your continued well-being and mercy for giving us an opportunity to serve Your Holiness in whatever way possible.
Also, the details of specific sevā being carried out by us, is being mentioned below, for Your Highness’ pleasure:
1. Conducting weekly Śrīmad Bhagavad Gita offline every Friday in our residential Building complex and online every Saturday.
2. Holding monthly Gurugram JSSS meeting, usually on the last Sunday of every month at our residence.
3. Holding a “Japa Stall” every Sunday during “Sunday Love Feast Program” at ISKCON Gurugram Temple, where the new visitors are encouraged to sit and chant one round of “Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra” on beads. They are also encouraged to continue this practice in their daily lives.
4. A special Japa Stall is also held on Janmāṣtamī Festival every year.
5. Weekly once maṅgala-āratī sevā and raja-bhoga preparation sevā at Iskcon Gurugram Temple.
6. Preaching sevā as allotted periodically by Iskcon Gurugram Temples.
7. 56 – Bhoga preparation sevā and visiting sannyasīs’ sevā as allocated by Iskcon Temple Gurugram
Submitted unto the lotus feet of Guru Mahārāja, Your Holiness Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja.
Your Humble servants:
Mṛdula Govinda Dāsa,
Viśākhā Sevinī Devī Dāsī
(Encl. Photograph with Guru Mahārāja taken during Delhi visit in November / December 2015)
