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Vyāsa-pūjā 2025

Harṣita Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī ( - India)

Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahārāja!

Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All glories to Guru and Gaurāṅga!

Mahārāja, on this blessed day of your 76th Vyāsa-pūjā, I find myself highly unqualified to glorify you, but as it is said, one becomes purified by glorifying the Vaiṣṇavas. Therefore, I shall humbly try to put a few words together.

Mahārāja, I had the great fortune of receiving your first darśana more than thirteen years ago at Śrī Śrī Rādhā Pārthasārathi Mandir, East of Kailāśa. I was a child then, perhaps nine or ten years old, and I saw you giving a lecture in the auditorium. At that time, I wondered, “Why is this Mahārāja taking so much trouble to speak when he is not able to?”

Today, after spending sixteen years in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, I realize the profound depth of that moment. You are enduring external struggle for all of us, to set an example that bhakti can never be stopped and should never be stopped—regardless of the circumstances.

The year 2024 has been very difficult, Mahārāja, as His Holiness Gopāla Kṛṣṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja entered nitya-līlā. I was deeply touched by your kind gesture when you especially came to the Delhi temple to address the devotees there and give all of us an assurance that you are always there with us. You also created a special email ID for us—your disciples and well-wishers—to communicate with you directly.

I have been blessed with your darśana twice in 2024, again at the East of Kailāśa temple. Mahārāja, this year by your causeless mercy, I will be entering gṛhastha-āśrama along with one of your disciples—HG Priyatma Caitanya Prabhu. We will both be living in Ṛṣikeśa. Kindly bless us so that we can keep Kṛṣṇa at the center of our lives and always serve the devotees.

Please bless me, Mahārāja, so that I may accept him as a representative of the guru-paramparā in my life, serve him nicely, and never act as an obstacle in his spiritual journey.

Once again, all glories to your unwavering dedication to spreading the glories of Śrīla Prabhupāda everywhere. On this most sacred occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā, I pray to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava to kindly bless you with a long and healthy life, so that we may continue to receive your loving shelter and become stronger in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness, inspired by your unwavering determination.

Once again, I pray at the dust of your lotus feet to please bless us with a taste for the holy name and for sādhu-saṅga.

Your insignificant servant,
Harṣita Gaurāṅgī Devī Dāsī