All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
O Dear Gurudeva from the Golaka
Please accept our humble obeisances!
You are one of the most intimate persons of Lord Krishna to whom Srila Prabhupada.
You are distributing the causeless mercy of Lord Chaitanya and putting the victory flag of Srila Prabhupada.
Actually like Lord Nityananda who delivered unlimited fallen souls without thinking about their quality. You are also here to deliver such fallen souls, me and my family members included!
Our beloved Gurumaharaj,
You are saving us from all material miseries and want to take us back to Godhead.
Namo Om Vishnu Padhaaya, Krishna Prasthaaya Bhutale,
Srimate Jaya Pataka, Swamin Iti Naamine,
Namah Acharya Padaya, Nitaya Kripahya Pradayine,
Gaura Kada Dama Daya, Nagara Grama Tharine.
Namo Om Vishu Padhaaya, Krishna Prasthaaya Bhutale,
Srimate Bhakti Vedanta, Swamin Iti Naamine,
Namaste Sarawati Deve, Gaura Vani Pracharine,
Nirviseshah Sunyavaadi, Paschatya Desah Tharine,
Jaya Shri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara, Sri Vasadi, Gaura Bhakta Vrinda…
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare,
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare…
O Savior of Mundane,
vande gurūn īśa-bhaktān
īśam īśāvatārakān
tat-prakāśāṁś ca tac-chaktīḥ
kṛṣṇa-caitanya-saṁjñakam
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual masters, the devotees of the Lord, the Lord’s incarnations, His plenary portions, His energies and the primeval Lord Himself, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.
Purport
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has composed this Sanskrit verse for the beginning of his book, and now he will explain it in detail. He offers his respectful obeisances to the six principles of the Absolute Truth. Gurūn is plural in number because anyone who gives spiritual instructions based on the revealed scriptures is accepted as a spiritual master. Although others give help in showing the way to beginners, the guru who first initiates one with the mahā-mantra is to be known as the initiator, and the saints who give instructions for progressive advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are called instructing spiritual masters. The initiating and instructing spiritual masters are equal and identical manifestations of Kṛṣṇa, although they have different dealings. Their function is to guide the conditioned souls back home, back to Godhead. Therefore Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī accepted Nityānanda Prabhu and the six Gosvāmīs in the category of guru.
Īśa-bhaktān refers to the devotees of the Lord like Śrī Śrīvāsa and all other such followers, who are the energy of the Lord and are qualitatively nondifferent from Him. Īśāvatārakān refers to ācāryas like Advaita Prabhu, who is an avatāra of the Lord. Tat-prakāśān indicates the direct manifestation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nityānanda Prabhu, and the initiating spiritual master. Tac-chaktīḥ refers to the spiritual energies (śaktis) of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Gadādhara, Dāmodara and Jagadānanda belong to this category of internal energy.
The six principles are differently manifested but all equally worshipable. Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja begins by offering his obeisances unto them to teach us the method of worshiping Lord Caitanya. The external potency of Godhead, called māyā, can never associate with the Lord, just as darkness cannot remain in the presence of light; yet darkness, being but an illusory and temporary covering of light, has no existence independent of light.
You saved us from the mundane society by giving us shelter under Krishna Consciousness and we look forward for Harinaam Diksha…
After we took shelter, so many miraculous things happened in our life. We have got realization of our journey towards the abode of Krsna. Our permanent transformation into the path of Vysnavas…
1. the first thing happened is that we got Altar to our house. The visit of Vyshnavas, Altar installation Ceremony, our house is now became the abode of Shri Narasimha Dev and our Dham is named as “Shri Ahobila Dham”.
2. Every day we feel happy and blessed in doing Tulsi Arati, Mangal Arati, Narasimha Arati, Gaura Arati, Guru Aratis…
3. We are blessed with the association of other Vaishnavites and get involved in various programs including Bhagavata Sravanam, Ekadasi fastings, etc.
4. We feel proud when our children (Kavim Vyasa (8.5 years) and Sree Gayathri (2.5 yrs) chant hare krishna maha mantra and does Arati with us.
5. We feel happy and blessed when our son completed Madhava and promoted to Damodar classes.
6. We have successfully completed the Iskcon Disciple Course without missing a session and will be getting our certifications soon.
7. We are grateful to our Siksha gurus for guiding us in the right path by introducing us to the Book Reading Courses.
8. We have learnt that without Guru Ashraya, we cannot reach Krsna and we always desire to have your association and seek your mercy upon us.
9. Hare Krishna! At first accept our humble greetings at your lotus feet. Today is the 75th VYASPUJA . Your 75th appearance day. This day is much honorable to us. With your unconditional mercy upon us, we wrote these few lines.
mantra-guru āra yata śikṣā-guru-gaṇa
tāṅhāra caraṇa āge kariye Vandana
Translation
I first offer my respectful obeisances at the lotus feet of my initiating spiritual master and all my instructing spiritual masters.
Purport
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, in his thesis Bhakti-sandarbha (202), has stated that uncontaminated devotional service is the objective of pure Vaiṣṇavas and that one has to execute such service in the association of other devotees. By associating with devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one develops a sense of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and thus becomes inclined toward the loving service of the Lord. This is the process of approaching the Supreme Lord by gradual appreciation in devotional service. If one desires unalloyed devotional service, one must associate with devotees of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, for by such association only can a conditioned soul achieve a taste for transcendental love and thus revive his eternal relationship with Godhead in a specific manifestation and in terms of the specific transcendental mellow (rasa) that one has eternally inherent in him.
If one develops love for Kṛṣṇa by Kṛṣṇa conscious activities, one can know the Supreme Absolute Truth, but he who tries to understand God simply by logical arguments will not succeed, nor will he get a taste for unalloyed devotion. The secret is that one must submissively listen to those who know perfectly the science of God, and one must begin the mode of service regulated by the preceptor. A devotee already attracted by the name, form, qualities, etc., of the Supreme Lord may be directed to his specific manner of devotional service; he need not waste time in approaching the Lord through logic. The expert spiritual master knows well how to engage his disciple’s energy in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, and thus he engages a devotee in a specific devotional service according to his special tendency. A devotee must have only one initiating spiritual master because in the scriptures acceptance of more than one is always forbidden. There is no limit, however, to the number of instructing spiritual masters one may accept. Generally a spiritual master who constantly instructs a disciple in spiritual science becomes his initiating spiritual master later on.
One should always remember that a person who is reluctant to accept a spiritual master and be initiated is sure to be baffled in his endeavor to go back to Godhead. One who is not properly initiated may present himself as a great devotee, but in fact he is sure to encounter many stumbling blocks on his path of progress toward spiritual realization, with the result that he must continue his term of material existence without relief. Such a helpless person is compared to a ship without a rudder, for such a ship can never reach its destination. It is imperative, therefore, that one accept a spiritual master if he at all desires to gain the favor of the Lord. The service of the spiritual master is essential. If there is no chance to serve the spiritual master directly, a devotee should serve him by remembering his instructions. There is no difference between the spiritual master’s instructions and the spiritual master himself. In his absence, therefore, his words of direction should be the pride of the disciple. If one thinks that he is above consulting anyone else, including a spiritual master, he is at once an offender at the lotus feet of the Lord. Such an offender can never go back to Godhead. It is imperative that a serious person accept a bona fide spiritual master in terms of the śāstric injunctions. Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī advises that one not accept a spiritual master in terms of hereditary or customary social and ecclesiastical conventions. One should simply try to find a genuinely qualified spiritual master for actual advancement in spiritual understanding.
Yours humble aspiring disciples
Govindaraju
Pushpanjali
Kavim Vyasa
Sree Gayathri