Hare Kṛṣṇa, Śrīla Gurumahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. On the auspicious day of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I want to offer my heart as a flower at your feet. All glories to all your services.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Thank you, Gurudev, for your unconditional love and care for all of us. Thank you for your dedication and hard work in fulfilling Śrīla Prabhupāda’s wishes. You are helping us through your daily vāṇī, through the Newsletter, through Q&A sessions, through email, through the app, books, and through your heart. Thank you, Mahārāja, for accepting me as your disciple, despite knowing I have no eligibility.
Śrīla Gurudev, please engage me in your services, keep me in the association of devotees, and always guide me so that I may avoid offenses. May my duṣṭa-mati surrender at your lotus feet; this is only possible with your blessings, Mahārāja. May every day I be able to offer my prayers to you for your blessings so that I can serve Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Śrī Gaurā-hari. O Kṛṣṇa, please purify my heart so that I can keep my Gurudev’s instructions in it and always strive to follow them. May I get a little bit of rāga at His lotus feet. Please forgive me, Gurumahārāja, for all my offenses.
guru kṛṣṇa-rūpa hana śāstrera pramāṇe
guru-rūpe kṛṣṇa kṛpā karena bhakta-gaṇe
Thanking Kṛṣṇa eternally for giving you as my spiritual master.
SB 7.9.28—Prahlāda Mahārāja says:
"My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because of my association with material desires, one after another, I was gradually falling into a blind well full of snakes, following the general populace. But Your servant Nārada Muni kindly accepted me as his disciple and instructed me on how to achieve this transcendental position. Therefore, my first duty is to serve him. How could I leave his service?"
Śrīla Gurudev, please engage me in your services so that I can practice bhakti and help my own family members and others in bhakti for the pleasure of the Lord.
śrī-guru karuṇā-sindhu, adhama janāra bandhu,
lokanāth lokera jīvana
Thank you, Gurumahārāja.