Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda,
All Glories to Śrīla Gurudeva,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe
My dear Spiritual master,
I offer my respectful obeisances at the dust of your purifying lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your 75th Vyāsa-pūjācelebration. You are the topmost pure devotee and the crest jewel of this planet, who is kindly spreading the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to the whole world.
Your glories are unlimited Gurudeva. It’s amazing to see you how wonderfully you are personally connecting with all your disciples via monthly letters, daily classes and also via various social media. Your desire to travel and revive the enthusiasm of all your followers in spite of your health conditions is heart touching. Your encouragement to all of us to read Śrīla Prabhupāda books and to enroll in śāstric courses by your own personal example is very inspiring. It’s really a very happy and proud moment to see my Gurudeva receiving Bhakti Vaibhava Degree. Your unconditional and uninterrupted remembrance of Lord Caitanya through your evening Caitanya-caritāmṛta & Sīkṣāmṛta classes are very instructive. Your cherished desire of pleasing Śrīla Prabhupāda by following his instructions, your daily blessings and prayers to all your disciples & followers, your loving dealings with all your god brothers and god sisters, your ever-ambitious desire to always distribute Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books, your celebrative mood to participate in festivals, your responsible endeavors to inspire and contribute to the TOVP Construction and many more by your Holiness are all take away learning points for all of us how one can develop the mood of serving his spiritual master instructions with love and dedication. You are the role model of all these wonderful qualities Gurudeva. I am very fortunate to be your disciple by your causeless mercy Gurudeva.
Last year during December month, myself and my daughter were fortunate to be blessed by your purifying presence in Māyāpur. We both were incredibly happy to hear evening class from you every day on the roof top of Lotus building during our stay. These moments of being in your physical presence (vāpu) are my cherished memories. I always wish to remember and meditate on them always. Oh, my dear Gurudeva, you showered your causeless mercy by accepting our daughter Gayatri as your Dīkṣā disciple by initiating her, as Gopīka Rādhārāṇī devī dāsī. On these auspicious occasions of your appearance day, I seek your blessings for all my family members (Saṅkīrtana ānanda Gaura das, Gopīka Rādhārāṇī devī dāsī, Gowri) to progress in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
As your second initiated disciple, I am serving our yātrā (Kṛṣṇa Kathā-deśa) by heading Balya Seva Department and also doing Bhakti-vṛkṣa programs at home. Presently doing Bhakti Vaibhava Course through Māyāpur Institute under His Grace Harilīlā Prabhu. Please shower your blessings always on me so that I will be able to serve and assist you to my capacity in spreading the mission of Lord Caitanya.
On this auspicious occasion, I again remind myself of your qualities of selfless service to your spiritual master and unalloyed devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa. There is no possibility of ever repaying you, but you are so humble that when you see your disciples making little advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, you feel indebted to them. By your mercy, anyone can achieve the Lotus-feet of Lord Caitanya and I hanker to get a little drop of it Gurudeva.
Your spiritual servant daughter,
Līlā Kīrtaneśvarī devī dāsī (Dīkṣā)
Kṛṣṇa Kathā-deśa (Qatar)
