“Some behave very well but do not preach the cult of Kṛṣṇa consciousness whereas others preach but do not behave properly. You simultaneously perform both duties in relation to the Holy name by your preaching. Therefore you are the spiritual master of the entire world, for you are the most advanced devotee in the world. ”
He amāra param pūjanīyā Gurudeva,
Please accept my repeated obeisances at Your Divine Grace’s lotus feet which are the only shelter for countless living entities struggling in this material world.
This day that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu chose to send His dear devotee and associate into our midst is the most sacred and special day for all conditioned souls. Patīta pāvana Guru Mahārāja, this unworthy cur’s wish is to somehow learn sincerity in practicing the lessons that Your Divine Grace is patiently teaching. Your Divine Grace’s care, compassion, instructions and love put me to shame and fill me with a great urge to express my gratitude in thought and deed instead of just by word. My gratitude is just a drop of water that cannot hold the reflection of the whole universe of Your Divine Grace’s mercy.
It is the overwhelming expanse of Your Divine Grace’s compassion alone that keeps me in the fascinating world of Kṛṣṇa consciousness though repeatedly cutting myself on this razor’s edge.
Only, only by your gentle guidance and inspiration of such a wonderful spiritual master as Your Divine Grace is this unworthy rascal surviving. It is only that tireless shower of Your Divine Grace’s mercy, that soothing shelter of Your Divine Grace’s lotus feet that is helping me to try again and again. Nothing is more precious or more special to this fallen beggar.
This auspicious day is of great significance to any person who wishes to endeavor on the spiritual path, since it marks the event of Your Divine Grace’s choice to be here in this material world among living entities who are forced to take birth. Your Divine Grace appeared by complete free will sacrificing the bliss of the spiritual world, just to save hopeless souls. I am heaped with fathomless anarthās and my mind tricks me to gather some more, but Your Divine Grace’s power to amputate them is greater than my ability to gather all this dirt. My only hope springs not from my chanting, not from my following regulative principles, not from my reading, not from my service, but simply from the fact that my spiritual life is in the hands of an expert captain, whose mercy is more unlimited than my limited endeavor. Only by Your Divine Grace’s mercy can this begger remain in the shelter of your service.
Your most unworthy servant,
Līlā Padmā Devī Dāsī