Our dearest Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your divine lotus feet!
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! All glories to your divine grace!
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe
Gurudeva, you are the source of inspiration for everyone. Thank you so much, Guru Mahārāja, for giving me this opportunity to write an offering to you. I do not have any qualification, and with my limited ability, I am trying to glorify you. So please bless me—without your blessings, I cannot write anything on my own.
On this most auspicious day of your appearance, Gurudeva, please bless me that in any circumstance I may never deviate from the path of bhakti, that I may perform my sādhana properly, be able to preach, serve sincerely, develop taste in hearing harikathā, and always be cautious to avoid Vaiṣṇava aparādha.
Gurudeva, I have nothing—I am nothing—until you bless me. Please, Gurudeva, bless me so that I may be able to keep my vows of chanting sixteen rounds, following the four regulative principles, and I pray to become your initiated disciple soon.
Gurudeva, my family is not in bhakti—please bless them so that, by your mercy, they may also take to devotional service.
I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava for your good health.
Gurudeva, please forgive me if knowingly or unknowingly I have made any offense.
Your servant and sheltered disciple,
Jyoti Verma (sheltered disciple)