Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja!
Daṇḍvat Praṇāma! Jaya Nitāi Gaurāṅga! All Glories to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda! All Glories to you!
vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca
kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo
vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ
Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet! This is my first time writing Vyāsa-pūjā offering, so if I commit any mistake please forgive me.
I am very unqualified in presenting a proper offering but I will try. Thank you for giving me this divine opportunity to serve you in this way Mahārāja! You truly make me fortunate and blessed.
All Glories to Your Auspicious appearance day.
I don’t know how to and from where to start as You are so pure soul and a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, on the other hand I am so so so fallen, impure and filled with so many anarthas.
But You are so merciful.
Guru Mahārāja! I want to share this with you. It starts from 3-4 months ago, I wanted to be in dhāma on my birthday and by the mercy of Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu I was in Śrī Māyāpur dhāma on my birthday just few weeks ago.
So before going to dhāma I was so confident that I will get Your Divine darśana even Your personal association. But on my birthday, After maṅgala-ārati I was asking to Devotees that do anyone knows when you will come and nobody knows. That time I lose my hopes but there was still a little hope was in my heart.
But during darśana-ārati, all of sudden I loses all hope (I don’t know why). definitely not because I was having lack of faith in Kṛṣṇa or Śrīla Prabhupāda but because I am so so so fallen. How can someone like me can take darśana of a pure devotee like You. (You are personal associates of Mahāprabhu).
When I was standing in the line to offer flowers to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda, I started crying and crying and crying and I prayed to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda and to Lord that please help I really want to see You! (His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja).
And after an hour (I think) I went back to the temple from the back gate (Mahāprabhu’s sides) then I get the mercy... I heard Your Divine voice and that made me so so so happy I wanted to take Your darśana. (You were on the side of Rādhā Mādhava giving medal to the devotees for book distribution) I started running to that side and finally I saw You for the first time in my life (live in front of me) and I did daṇḍvat praṇāma to you. I don’t know how to feel... I think I goes blank that time.
You were at a distanced from me, but I was so pleased, I was so happy and definitely grateful to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda, grateful to Nitāi Gaurāṅga. And grateful to You for giving me Your Divine darśana.
Then after that You were taking darśana of Narasiṁhadeva and their I meet Her Grace Nāmapriyā Mātājī (Your Disciple).
Mahāprabhu literally dipped me into the ocean of mercy.
I was able to see You from close when you were offering ārati to His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda.
I am so so so greatful to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Hopefully in future I can get Your personal association and become Your servant. (And if Kṛṣṇa allow become Your disciple as I truly don’t deserve Your mercy Mahārāja! But I still want Your mercy. Śrī-guru-caraṇe rati, ei se uttama-gati.
There is so many realization, I have that I want to share with You. (about You) but not to make this offering to long. I will end here.
Again, if I somehow knowingly or unknowingly committed any mistakes please forgive me.
Praying for Your good health.
I am truly so grateful to You Mahārāja! Thank you! so much for everything you do for us.
Please again accept my humble and respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet Mahārāja.
All glories to Nitāi Gaurāṅga! All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All Glories to You!
Your servant (Aspiring servant),
Riya Sharma
From: Patna (Bihar, India)
Yātrā: ISKCON Newton Kolkata.
