ugro ’py anugra evāyaṁ sva-bhaktānäṁ nṛ-keśarī
kesarīva sva-potānām anyeṣām ugra-vikramaḥ
"Although very ferocious, the lioness is very kind to her cubs. Similarly, although very ferocious to non-devotees like Hiranyakashipu, Lord Narasiṁhadeva is very, very soft and kind to devotees like Prahlāda Mahārāja."
Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our prostrated obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. We wish you a very happy Śrī Vyāsa-pūjāon this special day marking your 75th appearance anniversary.
Let us all pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva to be kind upon your Holiness and spare our Gurudeva from all the health challenges that are impediments in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda. As Guru Mahārāja fights the onslaught of diseases to his body, it increases the ecstasy of the devotees in fear and agony just like Lord Kṛṣṇa being caught in the coil of Kaliya Naga. All this is rightly done as it increases the Love and Care of disciples towards their spiritual master.
We love you Guru Mahārāja and we need you. We are your surrendered children who always need your association. Actually, the whole world needs your invaluable presence and guidance in our lives and in the completion of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s prediction of the Chandrodaya Temple, TOVP.
Dear Gurudeva, as we celebrate your 75th anniversary, let us glorify your life of fulfilment. Your appearance in the land of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is comparable with the activities of the Supreme Lord Vasudevaa. Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared in the jail of Kaṁsa in Mathurā but the sweetest pastime took place in Vṛndāvana Dhāma. Similarly, though you appeared in America, it's only your spiritual father, A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda that brought you to Śrī Navadvīpa Dhāma. Your life mission and service to Śrīla Prabhupāda was to develop Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur. As you gave shape to ISKCON’s Projects in Māyāpur, you won the hearts of all the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. As Śrīla Prabhupāda rightly said, ‘’Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami is an eternal associate of Śrī Gaurāṅga’’. Thousands of devotees took shelter at your lotus feet and were imbued with Gaurāṅga Prema through the chanting of the holy names;
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
As the vast mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spread in all the directions, you started revealing the Holy Dhāma to the whole World. The truth and beauty of Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur was concealed to the western world but it was no longer hidden as our ācāryas including Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura wrote numerous volumes of literature on Śrī Navadvīpa Māhātmya. Guru Mahārāja leads devotees in the Gaura Maṇḍala parikramā and safaris. You revealed how every town and village and even how each dust of Śrī Navadvīpa Dhāma is non-different from Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma.
Moreover, Guru Mahārāja successfully completed the task of reuniting the Saraswat family and making all work together for the pleasure of Śrī Gaurasundara. While achieving all the tasks assigned by Śrīla Prabhupāda, Guru Mahārāja never failed to care for the single simpleton devotee. Your Love and care for the devotees and the innocent alike is very much valued as your foremost quality.
As we celebrate this 75th Vyāsa-pūjāMahotsava, let us all pray for the victory flag (His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami) of ISKCON remains ever floating in the divine realm of Śrī Dhāma Navadvīpa and all over the world; thus infusing the hearts of all with Gaurāṅga Prema.
Your humble servants
Keśava Kṛṣṇa Caitanya dāsa
Mahā Gaṅgā Devī Dāsī
Bheeshma
Girirājaa Dāsa