Dear Gurudevā,
Please accept our humble obesiances at your lotus feet.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda, All glories to your auspicious appearance day.
We are bound up in the network of māyā and are forced to toil fruitlessly. We have spent our lives uselessly. Having obtained human birth, we have not worshiped Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. It is said that by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, one gets a guru and by the mercy of guru, one gets Kṛṣṇa. Due to our "ajñāta-sukṛti", we are very fortunate to get the association of our śikṣā-guru and through him, we could get "harināma initiation" from your holiness. Thus we have joined into the Prabhupāda's family under your umbrella.
We were changing our father and mother in each of our innumerable births and this time we are lucky to have obtained you as our eternal father. We bow down to those lotus feet with great care and attention. It is through the grace of spiritual master that we cross over the material existence and obtain Kṛṣṇa-prema and Kṛṣṇa. We are very fortunate to be under your care in this arduous journey. We constantly remember your valuable three instructions given to us in the initiation ceremony. Chanting of16 rounds daily and 25 rounds on Ekādaśī, following of 4 regulative principles and dedicating our life or resources for the propagation of Prabhupāda's ISKCON movement. We are following all these instructions religiously. We are conducting/ participating in Harināma saṅkīrtana in and around villages of Warangal, organizing weekly Bhagavad-gītā class in our apartment and distribution of Bhagavad-gītā and back to godhead magazines in Telugu language. We need your blessings to increase our book distribution and preaching activities.
We are very much thankful to Lord Kṛṣṇa who has taken care of your health and long life so that you can guide and continue the propagation of ideals of Lord Caitanya and Your Guru Mahārāja Śrīla Prabhupāda. O spiritual master, the ocean of mercy and friend of fallen souls, be merciful to us and please keep us as a grain of dust at your lotus feet. so that one day we can lovingly chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā mantra and truly become the servant of servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Your humble, eternal servants,
Kāśī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya dāsa and Veṅkateśvarī Lakṣmī devī dāsī (husband and wife)