My very dear, most revered Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to vaiṣṇavas, the world over. Most benevolent spiritual master, thou art, and today, is thy appearance day. This auspicious Vyāsa-pūjā day gives me the opportunity to submit my earnest offerings.
My spiritual master, I am becoming 62 years of age now. All through the past for so many years in my life, though hankered after, hardly I was able to know the true meanings of God, Kṛṣṇa, Guru, devotee, temple, benediction, redemption, mercy and allied spiritual words. Now I have crossed the mundane barrier. Hence thanking your mercy to have let me serve thy lotus feet for the past three years and six months in various ISKCON temples all over India under your jurisdiction. While thus practicing devotional service I do recognize the meanings of the various spiritual words. In this old age and suffering by your kindness I am bestowed with the knowledge to cross over the bewildering ocean of life and death for which I am preparing.
In conclusion, dear Guru Mahārāja, please know that for me after my ISKCON experience afore said I do realize that I am blind to Māyā and feel that it is at the fartherest remote.
Your servant,
Vaibhava Dāsa