nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka-svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma tārine
Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!!!
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!!!
Śrīla Gurudeva, on this auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā this year, I pray to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva and Gaurāṅga for your good health.
Gurudeva, I am not capable enough to glorify you and I completely understand that whatever I have written is full of faults, but I beg you to accept this homage from your worthless son.
Guru Mahārāja, I’m so happy that by your mercy we had got your personal association and blessings (after 5 years) when we came to Māyāpur at the start of this year. Your tireless and selfless dedicated service in spreading the saṅkīrtana movement to the world is beyond my capacity or imagination to even conceive it. Time and again you have been showing us how the material obstacles cannot stop one from doing the devotional service perfectly. Gurudeva, please show more mercy on this very fallen son, so that I can try to imbibe your mood and try to please you and spread the movement within my fullest ability.
You have shown us yourself as an exemplary example by completing the Bhakti Śāstri and Bhakti Vaibhava and inspired by showing me how reading Śrīla Prabhupāda books regularly is very important and also helps us. This year, I have enrolled myself for Bhakti Śāstri with my Bhakti Vṛkṣa leaders (His Grace Anandamāyā Gopīnath Dāsa & Her Grace Sriguru Bhakti Devī Dasī). Please bless me, so that I can take this seriously and complete it.
Gurudeva, when I came near to you, I felt that I’m not worthy enough to stand in front of you with all my faults, material desires, etc… Without your blessings I’m very sure that I won't be able to come out of these material tangles. I beg you to please uplift me from this hopeless condition.
By your mercy and with the able guidance of my Bhakti Vṛkṣa leader, I was able to do a couple of video services along with the music production for the Dāmodara month promotion and the offering to Lord Dāmodara. Please help me to do more service that will please you.
On this auspicious day, I sincerely pray to bless and help me, my wife (Kavipriyā Vrajeśvarī Devī Dasī) and my daughters (Bhaktin Joshika and Bhaktin Tanishkha) to remain in your lotus feet and do more service that will please you and Gaurāṇga.
Your insignificant and fallen son,
Santuṣṭa Vrajeśa Dāsa (Dīkṣā disciple)
Australia (Sydney)