nāma oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
Dear Gurudevā,
Please accept my humble obeisance
On your appearance day I would like to thank you for the love and care you have given to me, and to make my humble attempt to show my sincere gratitude at your lotus feet
In your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda as one of his representatives you are expertly guiding hundreds and thousands of people to take full shelter of Prabhupāda’s exciting Kṛṣṇa conscious program... As our Guru you are so amazingly expert in exposing all the māyā that impedes us in giving ourselves fully to this process.
Thank you so much for all your inspiration and for your determination to help us. We all appreciate it so much. One day we'll realise the great jewel that you’ve. Please give me your blessings so I can fight māyā and not space out again. In fact please give us all strength.
Each day, I always remind myself that every bit of service I have has come to me from you, and that actually my efforts are so tiny in comparison. Whatever fruits come from my so-called efforts are not actually mine but are yours.
On this special day, I wish to send a simple gesture of deep gratitude for all you have done, for all you are doing, and for all you will tolerate in nurturing this fool, and others, back to sanity and real life.
Hopefully sometime soon I can experience that pure hankering for Kṛṣṇa by your mercy.
Please make me your servant.
Phanīndra Dāsa,
Slovenia