Hare Kṛṣṇa..
Daṇḍavat-praṇāma..
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to your divine grace..
All glories to you on your auspicious appearance day..
All glories to your incomparable spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gaurāṇga and their saṅkīrtana movement..
Please accept my humble obesiances unto your merciful lotus feet..
Śrīla Guru Mahārāja,
Though I have personally never visited Śrī Dhama Māyāpur yet or was able to meet you in person until now. You always mercifully given your loving darśanas on Caitanya Class everyday..the first day I joined the Caitanya class on zoom, your love and enthusiasm towards discussing the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was limitless. It enthused me to come to class daily, now that I see you everyday, I just pray to continue hearing the pastimes of Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gaurāṇga from your lotus lips. The day I officially took your shelter, I recall how you were merciful upon this servant despite of unknown inconvinences by me.
Everyone living in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur are indeed very fortunate for they get to have so many expriences with you but I really want to humbly submit a few of my personal expriences with you, though we have never met in person yet.
I remember the day, your raised your transcedental arms and said, "who loves sanDeśa here?" and everyone was so happy to raise their hands following you. I simply desired, one day I will be make some sanDeśa for you and offer it to you as well by your divine mercy.
I know your merciful heart, cannot see your spirtual children's in any type of grief. I very humbly recollect a few incidents where everytime I would feel grieved upon something or everytime I have desired to take darśanas, you have never neglected this ignorant child of yours.
You are my only hope and only shelter and I sincerely seek to serve your divine grace...
Everytime it is time to end the Caitanya class, I have seen you mercifully shower your mercy on the devotees present physically or virtually on zoom. It is most precious moment of the whole day to see your ever loving heart mercifully see each devotees something personally, sometimes on gallery view, giving out birthday & anniversary blessings. I continue to aspire to bring more devotees to hear the wonderful pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for your happiness.
I don't know what more I can express in words..but I can remember the last lines of your dear offering of "Yadi Prabhupāda na hoito" to Śrīla Prabhupāda, where you mention "niravadhi Jayapatākā hrdaye tomara sarana kare", in the same way, desiring a drop of Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gaura's mercy. this child's heart incessantly takes shelter of your divine grace lifetime after lifetime...
On this auspicious appearance day of yours, I beg for your divine grace to be merciful on this servant of yours so that I can serve you with my life & soul birth after birth.
Hare Kṛṣṇa..
Dear Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.
Your aspiring servant,
Swahali
From Bhubaneswar, Odisha.