Dearmost His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my most humble obeisance unto the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Holiness.
It is our great good fortune to celebrate Your 75th Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony. Your entire life has been an inspiring example for whole world to follow as to how a disciple must serve and offer everything to his spiritual master.
Dear Mahārāja, undoubtedly Your Holiness is very intimate associate of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu as confirmed by Śrīla Prabhupāda himself. You received initiation in 1968 and seeing your dedication, Śrīla Prabhupāda awarded sannyāsa to Your Holiness in 1970 and entrusted you the responsibility of his dream project at his very home – Śrī Māyāpur dhāma. Due to your untiring efforts, now we see practically a spiritual city coming up in Māyāpur which is your offering to Śrīla Prabhupāda and your blessings for whole world for centuries to come.
Your Holiness had very intimate, loving relationship with Śrīla Bhakti Cāru Swami Guru Mahārāja which we witnessed many times and which inspired and taught us how to love devotees. I have personally received your so much love and care from my beginning days in Kṛṣṇa consciousness in Śrī Māyāpur dhāma. When Guru Mahārāja was in hospital, Your Holiness engaged your doctors’ team to serve Guru Mahārāja and you personally, was very worried and involved, despite your health challenges. In his physical absence, Your Holiness is protecting us with your shelter and showering your love upon us and that is our main strength to continue.
Guru Mahārāja, You are a great General of Śrīla Prabhupāda's army who has inspired millions of people to accept Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world, have distributed millions of books and made thousands of disciples to carry forward the movement of Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Since last 15 years, you are having many critical medical issues. Guru Mahārāja, a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa like Your Holiness, is never affected by such bodily sufferings. Despite such medically impossible condition, you have defeated medical science and Your Holiness is travelling all over the world, giving lectures and sharing love of Kṛṣṇa with everyone. Like your revered spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are showing whole world that how we have to serve Kṛṣṇa, engaging every drop of our energy to spread this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement all over the world.
Guru Mahārāja, this whole world desperately needs the presence of pure devotees like Your Holiness. We pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for your long and healthy life for our own benefit so that we can continue to serve in this glorious movement under your shelter.
On this most auspicious day, I beg forgiveness for my offences unto your lotus feet and beg for your causeless mercy to serve in this glorious movement under the shelter of pure devotees like Your Holiness.
Your aspiring servant
Bhakti Prema Swami