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Vyāsa-pūjā 2025

Rādhikā Premī Devī Dāsī (Bangalore - South - India)

Hare Kṛṣhṇa Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Gaurāṅga!

All glories to You on this auspicious occasion of Your Vyāsa-Pūjā, my dear father!

In the last one year, You have yet again shown that Your mercy is limitless and causeless. Throughout Your countless health struggles, Your dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda has always stood firm like the victory flag He saw You as. The love that You have for Śrīla Prabhupāda does not allow anything in the world to deter You from Your services. It is of immense pride to see this being recognized by everyone outside of ISKCON in the form of the Hindu Ratna award from the World Federation of Hindus. Your ever-increasing contribution in spreading the word of Caitanya Mahāprabhu shows how You have imbibed the mood of Śrīla Prabhupāda and have made it Your entire life's mission.

The gratitude You have for Śrīla Prabhupāda is evident in the book distribution that You do regularly through the round table. Your active participation in distributing the books of Śrīla Prabhupāda daily and especially in the Mahā Kumbh Melā has led to the doors of mercy being opened in lakhs of houses across the country. Your loyalty to and faith in Śrīla Prabhupāda is seen in the way You follow in His footsteps in Your interactions with Your disciples and other devotees. You spread Your mercy far and wide by allowing all Your disciples and devotees to associate with You through Your daily online classes. As someone living far away from You, these daily classes truly feel like home. Your keen interest in Your disciples' lives is seen in the way You take the pain to reply to Your emails and have meetings even when You are admitted in the hospital. What a great fortune it is to have You as my dear father!

All glories to You, my Gurudeva! Your glory knows no bounds. I am so incredibly blessed by You to have been accepted as Your disciple. I know I have no qualifications, and that it is only Your love, mercy, and blessings that are keeping me under the shelter of devotees, Yourself, Śrīla Prabhupāda, and Kṛṣhṇa. Time and again You continue to save me from my own self, correct me, and guide me to the right path—and there is nothing more I could ask for from You. Thank You for always making me feel loved and heard, my dear father. Knowing You are constantly taking care of me has always been and will always be my greatest pillar in my journey. I pray to You to have discipline in my sādhana—in chanting my 16 rounds and reading Śrīla Prabhupāda's books. I also pray to You to help assist in the spreading of this movement of Śrīla Prabhupāda in whatever way I can, and whatever way pleases You. Please always keep me under Your shelter, my dear father.

I fervently pray to Rādhā-Mādhava, Hṛṣīkeśa, Jagannātha-Baladeva-Subhadrā, Śrī Nṛsiṁhadeva, and the Pañca-Tattva that You are kept in the best of health possible so that You are able to continue preaching Lord Caitanya's movement and achieving Śrīla Prabhupāda's vision, and so that I along with the rest of the devotees may continue being blessed in associating with You and serving Your lotus feet.

I once again offer my respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet on behalf of my father Varada Gopāla Dāsa, my mother Sukīrti Subhadrā Devī Dāsī, and myself. Thank You for being the loving father You are.

With so much love and eternal gratitude,

Your Daughter,
Rādhikā Premī Devī Dāsī