nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
Jay Śrīla Gurudeva, My Spiritual father,
Please Accept My Respectful Obeisances
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda
All Glories To Your Divine Grace
I am your worthless servant Satyarāja Govinda dāsa living in Tallahassee, FL, USA with my wife Acyuta preyasī Tulasī devī dāsī, Kṛṣṇa Caitanya (Aspired, 14 Yrs) and Jāhnavī (9 yrs) and very mercifully initiated by you in Minneapolis on Jun 12 2016.
We are under the resourceful guidance of His Grace Caitanya Avatari prabhu (NRJD, Bengaluru), Her Grace Rasamayi mathaji (NRJD, Bengaluru), His Grace Vaiṣṇava Nitāi prabhu (NRJD, Bengaluru) and personal mentoring by His Grace Amani GauraChandra prabhu (Minneapolis) and Her Grace Susevinī Guru Gaurāṅga mathaji (Minneapolis).
When I got the fortune to meet you in 2020 in Atlanta, you asked me about is there any ISKCON temple in Tallahassee and I mentioned, there is no temple but a preaching center but no preaching is happening there. You did not feel good that there is no preaching happening even though there is a preaching center and you instructed me to start preaching.
Since then I started preaching whenever I get an opportunity, started Damodar Month home programs and in 2023 Dāmodara home programs have increased to almost 8-10 houses. Recently couple of new devotees have requested us to perform kīrtanas for their new house instead of throwing a house warming ceremony parties. Also by Your mercy I've started new batch of Mañjarī classes for University students at Florida State University(FSU) and Mañjarī class for Gṛhasthas here at Tallahassee.
Please Gurudeva give me more knowledge to understand the teachings of the Lord and increase my taste to hear the transcendental pastimes of the Lord and all His teachings. Please shower your mercy upon my family to increase our attachment towards the Lord, His representatives, and Holy name and get detached from mundane things. Due to my sleep problem I'm finding difficult to keep awake when listening/studying sastras, please Gurudeva sincerely begging for your mercy.
I know without your grace blessings along with the blessings of Nitāi, Nimāi and Prabhupāda I cannot do even a mustard sized devotional service, so please always keep me in your prayers and bless me that I should sincerely work hard in fulfilling my initiation vows of assisting you in your mission of preaching the teachings of Mahāprabhu to entire world.
Also please bless me that I should always be engaged in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness 24 / 7 and get myself equipped with knowledge given by Śrīla Prabhupāda thru his books and bring my family and people around me to your shelter so that you can take them back to Kṛṣṇa.
I always pray to Lord Narasinga Deva, Śrīla Prabhupāda, Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā, Sudarśana and Rādhā Mādhava to keep you in good health so you can deliver thousands and thousands of poor souls like me.