Hare Kṛṣṇa Guru Mahārāja. Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and all glories to you!
On this most auspicious occasion of your 70th Vyāsa-pūjā, I take the opportunity to glorify Your Divine Grace.
Your simple and practical yet dense preaching, goes straight to the heart and reminds the materially immersed souls of their eternal position unfailingly and repeatedly. Your use of technology, particularly social media for outreach sets a unique precedent given the tough circumstances you are faced with. Despite getting various travel schedules to different countries cancelled, your live Facebook classes connect the global disciples' community in one go. Your methods of preaching are innovative with presentation on Twitter that raises the curiosity of followers, airing JSSS meets on YouTube and Bhagavad-gītā quizzes on Facebook that look simply but need a close reading of the text.
What is so rare and hard to achieve is made so simple by your words and mercy. Your childlike simplicity is untouched by the world's hypocrisies and its ways, and there is no tinge of pride despite possessing enormous spiritual credits and wisdom.
People like me who are less intelligent and spiritually dull can't connect with esoteric truths revealed in scripture, but your words fill us with hope and enthusiasm in the toughest of times. It isn't just the ABC of bhakti, there is a whole world of treasure within for the sincere seeker. In times of contemplation and tests of māyā in the form of mental speculation, your daily Facebook quotes shared via the pages Jayapatākā Swami and Jayapatākā Swami Teachings echo in the mind at the right time and pull us out of the darkest pits of ignorance, literally reminding one of the oṁ ajñāna timirāndhasya verse.
We are very grateful for your appearance in a planet, place and yuga not deserving a gentlemanly pure devotee like Your Divine Grace but out of your endless compassion and ever-increasing love, you have kindly appeared and taken our responsibility as a burden of love.
On this most fortunate day, I beg of your mercy to be able to please you by preaching in this lifetime and to become your pure servant, a pure devotee with a servitor's taste for the Holy Name and pure love of Kṛṣṇa. Please forgive me for my offences committed knowingly and unknowingly. Please give me the strength to never break my initiation vows. Please guide me within, Gurudevā. I'm going through very tough times.
With lots of love, gratitude and warmest regards,
Your insignificant servant and daughter,
Snigdha Mādhavī devī dāsī