nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāma dāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
Hare Kṛṣṇa, my beloved Guru Mahārāja.
Please accept my most humble obeisencess to Your lotus feet.
All glories to You and to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
With immense joy I am preparing to write this tribute at Your lotus feet.
The past year has been full of emotions, especially related to Your health conditions. You have endured, and You are still enduring, extraordinary events, which cannot be overcome by a common human being.
The immense suffering endured, culminating with organ transplants, has not prevented You from always remaining fixed in Your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and the previous Ācāryas, gathering together Your spiritual sons and daughters in prayer, study, service to Your lotus feet and our beloved Lordships.
In Your infinite mercy, You have shown us, once more, how the true devotee pursues with determination His own vows and principles transmitted by Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Ācāryas.
In Your daily messages, You transmit vital instructions of great spiritual depth.
As You said in the message addressed to Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Sarasvata Association on the occasion of the disappearance day of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda, He wished that all His disciples would meet, overcoming congregational differences and joining in one purpose and working to the unison. Likewise, the message that has always come to me from You, dear Spiritual Father, is the desire to see all of Your children work in unison, to satisfy Śrīla Prabhupāda, Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His mission, and to reach the greatest number of souls.
The immense inner strength that You demonstrate is that of the indomitable warrior, our hero, always attentive and extremely merciful towards all conditioned souls.
Every action or instruction is directed to the satisfaction and the pursuit of Śrīla Prabhupāda's instructions.
Your whole existence is based on instruction, by example, on how to go beyond the limits of the material body, the guṇas, the mind and sickness, keeping a firm conscience about the desire to serve Guru, Kṛṣṇa, the Vaiṣṇavas and pursuing the absolute purpose of total purification until we reach pure devotion, prema-bhakti .
I am infinitely grateful to You, dear Guru Maharaj, for the awareness of the immeasurable fortune and mercy that Kṛṣṇa has granted to me by placing me at Your lotus feet, despite my clumsy service and my poor qualities.
A lot of road remains to be travelled but following Your instructions with faith and determination I will manage to make it.
My only request is to remain eternally safe haven of Your lotus feet and to be able to continue to serve You.
Your eternal debtor,
Antaraṅga Śakti devī dāsī
