HARE KṚṢṆA, Guru Mahārāja!
All glories to Your auspicious Appearance Day!
All glories to Your Divine Grace!
All glories to Gaurāṅga!
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Please accept our prostrated, humble obeisances unto Your lotus feet!
I still remember—and the words keep ringing in my ears—when You addressed the gathering:
"Eat Kṛṣṇa-prasādam! Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa!"
That was 20 years ago, when I first heard You on stage, along with the safari devotees, in ISKCON Tirupati.
That was a wonderful experience, Mahārāja, one I continue to behold in my heart.
Mahārāja! We are seeking Your blessings to assist You in book distribution and nāma-saṅkīrtana. Please keep showering Your divine mercy and blessings upon our family, so that we may serve the lotus feet of Your Holiness and Śrīla Prabhupāda, by becoming instruments in the hands of the Vaiṣṇavas.
We seek Your blessings so that we may become firmly attached to chanting and singing the glories of:
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Śrīla Prabhupāda
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Guru-paramparā
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The Ṣaḍ Gosvāmīs
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Pañca-tattva
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Prahlāda and Lord Narasiṁha-deva
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Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda
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The aṣṭa-sakhī-vṛnda
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Girirāja
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Especially Śrī Gaurāṅga and Lord Nityānanda
We are praying to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda and the aṣṭa-sakhī-vṛnda, and to Śrī Śrī Padmāvatī Bālājī, for Your well-being and long life, Śrīla Guru Mahārāja.
All glories, all glories to You, Śrīla Gurudeva!
Your aspiring disciples,
Yaśodā and Bālakṛṣṇa