Dear Śrīla Ācāryapāda,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your nectarean lotus feet. A hundred thousand daṇḍavats to you on this most auspicious day.
I wish I could glorify you properly, but I always find myself useless and fallen. Although you are constantly showering mercy upon me, still I am covered by māyā, separating myself from your powerful blessings. I am so much immersed in the darkness of illusion and sense enjoyment. I am so contaminated, relating everything on the material platform. But by your mercy, your kīrtana, your lectures and association I am able to come out of māyā. Only because I am in your shelter I could be changed. O my lord, please bless me so that I can always be engaged in remembering your lotus feet. Please help me so that I may develop attachment and sincerity to serve you eternally.
Your most fallen servant,
Ravi (Kṛṣṇa Sādhaka)