Hare Kṛṣṇa, Guru Mahārāja.
Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
All glories to Your divine service.
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
This low self cannot appreciate enough Your Holiness’ benediction to me by connecting me to the greatest paramparā—Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava paramparā. This debt cannot be repaid by any means except by offering my humble prostrations unto Your Holiness’ lotus feet.
I was not qualified for anything useful. You showered Your blessings to make me a being (என்னையும் ஒரு பொருளாக ஆக்கினீர்). You made me serve the devotees, by Your mercy (பயனன்றாகிலும் பாங்கல்லனாகிலும் அடியேனைச் செயல் நன்றாகத் திருத்திப் பணி கொண்டீர்). Though I have no taste for serving devotees nor the holy name, still, Your mercy to engage me in whatever service possible is beyond comprehension.
Your vision to glorify and serve the previous ācāryas, and Your unwavering commitment to engage Your śiṣya-samūha, is a great inspiration to the entire world. I, the meanest of all, will try to contribute to Your mission of serving Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava ācārya-paramparā. Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in the SBVT project due to Your merciful instruction for Kṛṣṇa-kathā Deśa (KKD) devotees to develop this initiative.
By Your mercy, I have been serving as the Program Administrator for KKD Institute of Higher Education, which is conducting various courses—Bhakti-śāstrī, IDC, and more. Currently, over 80 devotees have graduated from the Bhakti-śāstrī program, and five batches are actively running in various languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi.
Last year, by the initiative of HG Harikīrtana Rañjana Prabhu, the Diploma in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Small Books was launched and has been a great success. The course is currently offered in four languages: English, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. More than 240 devotees have enrolled across these languages, and the course preparation team is working on expanding to even more languages. Recently, when HG Revatī Rāmāṇa Prabhu visited KKD, he kindly blessed the program and assured his support as needed.
I pray unto Your Holiness’ lotus feet to bless me to overcome the six enemies, to reduce—if not remove—my aparādhas, and to conquer my procrastination. I commit, Guru Mahārāja, to improve my chanting—to chant attentively and without distraction. I further assure that I will read at least five pages of transcendental literature daily and share the essence with those around me.
Your unworthy servant,
Śaṅkhapāṇi Janārdana Dāsa