Vyāsa-pūjā 2025
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Our Dearest Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
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
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, we offer our heartfelt gratitude at your divine lotus feet. Your boundless mercy and compassion have given direction and meaning to our lives. Despite our countless shortcomings, you have accepted us as your children, guiding us on the path of devotion with infinite patience and kindness.
By your grace, we have come to realize the profound truth of the scriptures:
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
mālī hañā sei bīja kare āropaṇa
(CC Madhya 19.151)"By the mercy of Guru and Kṛṣṇa, one receives the seed of devotional service (bhakti-latā-bīja). As a gardener, one must carefully plant and nurture this seed."
Without your mercy, we would have remained lost in ignorance. You have given us the greatest gift—the seed of devotion to Kṛṣṇa—and it is only by your blessings that we can nurture it. Your presence in our lives is our greatest fortune, and your instructions are our only shelter. Our family remains forever indebted to you, and we pray for the strength to serve you with sincerity and devotion.
We know that we can never fully repay our debt to you, but we are trying to contribute in whatever way we can. We are striving to preach and engage in saṅkīrtana, spreading the divine message you have so mercifully given us. At the same time, we often find ourselves struggling in this vast ocean of material existence (saṁsāra-sāgara). Still, we remain determined to serve your mission.
As an offering to you, we are trying to compose music for Vaiṣṇava bhajanas, hoping to glorify the Supreme Lord and inspire more souls toward devotional service. We humbly seek your blessings so that we may contribute meaningfully to your divine mission, with purity and sincerity.
On this sacred day, we fervently pray to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva to bless you with good health and long life, so that you may continue to shower your mercy upon all of us.
Our humble obeisances at your lotus feet,
Your eternal servants,
Navakiśora Govinda Dāsa
Rādhā Varadeśvarī Devī Dāsī
Keśava Hari