Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat praṇāma to Śrīla Guru Mahārāja. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Guru and Gaurāṅga. Please accept my humble obedience.
On 31st December 2017, I decided to visit Vṛndāvana on the eve of the new year, but I was not able to get the tickets and also there wasn’t any allowance to reach there. Taking a sad vibe in my heart I decided to go to East of Kailash. After reaching there I got to know that you, His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja were going to bless us with your preachings in the temple. I waited there for some time, and I was able to get your first glance. Maybe at that time, I was not able to understand the divine of our guru, I was an ignoramus and was away from your divineness. In my temple, i.e., Chippiwara, I attended your Vyāsa-pūjā in which I got the chance to hear about your divineness and I was able to understand it, But then also, I was not able to capture it in words, because your divineness is infinite. Time passed and I tried to know more about you, I heard about your divine but maybe I am not capable enough and never was to understand that infinite divine. Time again passed and a day came when I got the chance to be part of the Udgar Mega Youth Festival that was organized in East of Kailash Temple, by chance that day I got to know that His Grace Mādhava Kānta Prabhujī is providing your Caraṇāśraya to every devotee, where I also got the chance to get your caraṇāśraya. But that day I also got one more unworldly dwelling, maybe all these incidents happened because of your blessings, that day I got Narasiṁha Kavaca and I was told that I have to read it daily, but before that, I have to get the blessing of guru be reminding the guru mantra because, with the blessing of our guru, we can’t reach the almighty God. Day passed, and I was able to get the Narasiṁha Kavaca all by my heart. And all this was possible only because of your blessings. Meanwhile, I was able to know about your divineness, which I tried to absorb and understand all from my heart. Then I got to know that, if you would not have been there, Then, it would never have been possible for us to ever get to or visit the Māyāpur dhāma. I got to know that His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda ordered you to build a kingdom by saying “main tumhe ye sāṁrājya de rha hu āur ise tumhe bnānā hai” and you following his orders and instructions played a vital role in the establishment of the kingdom and helped us to be part of this vast kingdom which is now known as Māyāpur dhāma. And now wherever we see TOVP, then the words of His Divine Grace Śrīla Prabhupāda infuse in my mind and we proudly feel your vitality in the establishment of this prestigious place. I have also heard that the things that were being used in the establishment or building of Māyāpur dhāma were stolen by theft, and you decided to sleep off the pile of bricks so that no more items would be stolen in the near future. We got to know about your various līlās which included kīrtanas, dedications, and the list goes on and it will never be possible for me to frame it in words. In the year 2021, I completed my IDC course, after which I got to know that the guru himself is Hari. and after that day whenever I got your glance, I always felt an unworldly power of the God in you. After that I got to know that even after facing so many consequences, you were continuously blessing us with Harināma, preaching it everywhere possible. You delivered Harināma to each and every part of the world, rather say every corner of the world. This would not have been possible for any normal human being to work with such great enthusiasm under such circumstances. In the year 2022, I got to know that you are giving dīkṣā. I filled out my form, completed my preparations, and gave my interview successfully. And at last, the day of 21 October 2022 came when in Kṛṣṇa Balarāma Temple, I was in front of you, You had seen me many times, and I just kept looking at you. After many of the devotees got their dīkṣās When my name wasn’t called for dīkṣā. I immediately ran to His Grace Mādhava Kānta Prabhu and he ordered me to present myself in front of you and get my dīkṣā from you. You gave me your mālā as a blessing and gave me a new life with the name of Ravindra Ṛṣabha Dāsaa. After getting dīkṣā, I saw many changes in my life neither which I felt earlier nor perhaps ever would have. I will always pray to Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, that you always be healthy, and we always get the chance to serve you. I have tried to portray your true divine power in the form of graphic, so kindly accept this gift from my side. Hare Kṛṣṇa Daṇḍavat Praṇāma.
Ravindra Ṛṣabha dāsa