75th Vyas Puja Offering Letter to
H.H. JAYAPATAKA SWAMI MAHARAJ
From:
Your insignificant son
Somnath Das
नमः ॐ विष्णु पदाय कृष्ण पृष्ठाय भूतले
श्रीमते जयपताका स्वामिन् इति नामिने
नमः आचार्य पदाय निताई कृपा प्रदायिने
गौर कथा धाम् दय नगर ग्राम तारिने
Before I begin this letter, please forgive me for any unknown offences as this is my 1st time writing VyasPuja Letter
You Gave me your loving and divine shelter :)
Hare Krsna My Dear Guru Maharaj, please accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet.
I'm Somnath, an insignificant soul of yours, you gave me shelter on 15 January 2024 at Iskcon Ahemdabad in supervision of Tarun Prabhu, and when you're leaving for Iskcon Juhu after finishing your duties and pastimes at Iskcon Ahemdabad, I also offered a gift of Jagganath's small photo card *(image attached in doc)*
You're more special than Nitai Chandra!
नमः आचार्य पदाय निताई कृपा प्रदायिने
गौर कथा धाम् दय नगर ग्राम तारिने
"I offer my obeisances to, O my dear acharya
You bestow the mercy and blessings of Sri Nityananda"
It is said that Krsna is most merciful,
he accepts whoever surrenders to him
But Caitanya is more merciful than Krsna,
He inaugrated sankirtan movement
Nitai is even more merciful than Caitanya
He bestow mercy upon them whom Caitanya didn't accepted
But you, O my dearest Guru Maharaj, you are actually the most merciful, more than even Nitai…
Because you bestow the mercy of that personality who bestows the mercy of Caitanya!
एमोन दोयालु प्रोभु केबा कुथाय पाय?
Material Depression brought me to Spiritual Elevation:
In 2022 mid year, because of some material hankering and attachments I went into depression for 6+ months and one day I got suggestion of Amarendra Prabhu's lecture of YouTube, he changed my life by bringing Guru and Gauranga, HariNaam and vaishnav etiquettes, etc everything through his lectures.
You gave me bhakti since January 2023.
You made me chant since 1st Ekadashi of February 2023.
I pushed me to 16 rounds in last week of April 2023.
You gave devotee association since June 2023 (Congregation Name: KrsnaBandhus)
You gave me my Siksha Guru, HG SundarVaman Prabhu & HG Ratnavali Mataji in July 2023
You brought me to your home SriDham Mayapur in July 25 2023 (Purushottam Maas)
You gave me opportunity to attend your vyas Puja at Iskcon Balasore, for the first time… and…
there I heard from your disciples and sheltered disciples, your glories, I heard that how to are sooo much merciful that you personally take all your disciples' sins onto yourself, today you're materially suffering, you don't but you're so merciful that you say "my children should be safe, I'll take all risk on myself to protect them" BG 18.66, if someone takes your shelter, you make them free from all sins.
एमोन दोयालु प्रोभु केबा कुथाय पाय?
I heard that more than a Guru, you love your disciples like a father, most loving father, in entire creation, and even to nondevotees, you share the same love of godhead with everyone.
I was shocked when I got to know that you all by your own manifested TOVP and developed and collected donations for mayapur dham, you personally took sand brick and cement, you operated machines and JCB, you did everything that a civil engineer and worker is supposed to do, you are soo personal even with the construction team, this shows your endless love towards each and every living entities.
Your glories are endless and your pastimes are endless, your spirit of serving Srila Prabhupad is endless, you are the most senior disciple of Srila Prabhupad, you're facing so much challenges physically but even in ICU and hospitals, train, flight, wherever you go, you preach and distribute harinaam, hari prasad, hari katha and hari kripa, Hariboll!!! Please bless me Gurudev so that I can also develop such spirit of serving towards you, towards Srila Prabhupad's moment & towards all the devotees, even 1%
Ahmedabad was flooded for 20+ days with Heavy Rain
When you were in Iskcon Ahemdabad in January this year, I came just to take darshan of yours, but see how much you love everyone, I'm in tears and so emotional after being knowing and personally experiencing this, you're so merciful so loving so caring that you gave me 20+ days of your personal seva to me, from washing your clothes, exercising your lotus feets, washing your utensils, opening lift for you, cutting and cleaning fruits and vegetables for you and sooo manyyy more services,
I was crying on day 2 when I was thinking that I have did nothing for you neither Krsna, still you are giving and loving me so much, I'm so much fallen, when I'll be able to understand the love of yours, love of Krsna, when gurudev when, I was crying that day
Services I'm doing currently:
Recently I got job in Iskcon GEV in cooking department of main kitchen, please bless me, I don't know much neither I'm able to do, my seniors gets angry because of my service is not proper, I'm lacking behind, but taking this as opportunity to develop cooking skills so that I can feed and serve everyone with Krsna Prasad and taking this as radha rani's seva, I'm trying, I'm not able to succeed, please bless me with ability to learn and expertise rapidly in this service
Previously when I didn't had job, I was living in Iskcon Baroda BACE where I used to do morning program managing seva, mangala aarti worship and book distribution, as you want to distribute more and more books and I also want to help you in that, I have till now distributed 37 books(22 Big books like BhagawadGita, Ramayan, Krsna Book & 15 small books)
but currently I'm not able to go on book distribution completely, please I beg you Guru Maharaj that make some arrangements so that I can atleast twice a month I can go and distribute books and make you and prabhupad, satisfied.
Small blessings I want:
- Please make me able to serve you more and more and give me opportunities more just like you have me Iskcon Ahemdabad
- Make me able to do book distribution more often and more better
- Help me to chant more sincerely and more dedicatedly
- I desire to get settled in your Mayapur Dham and serve you, the devotees, the temple and my Siksha Guru and my Krsna Bandhus Congregation there.
- Make my devotion stable enough that whatever happens in life, time, place, circumstances, I don't stop chanting, I don't stop serving you and I develop love for you
As devotees says, we don't choose Guru, Guru chooses us, Krsna chooses us, when Radha Rani desires, so I didn't chose you, you chose me, I don't know why you chose me, I'm a such ineligible and rascal living entity having no krsna bhakti and guru prem, I'm not even proper sadhaka, but if you chose me, their must be a purpose and reason and mission in your mind to make me go forward in that,
Just like Srila Prabhupad said, "I don't know why Krsna you brought me here in America but if my Spiritual Master have ordered and desired then I'll go", similarly if you have chose me, I'll follow, you just give me instructions and ability to execute those instructions Guru Maharaj
That's all guru Maharaj
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj
Please forgive if any offense I did
And keep me that your lotus feet always
