Vyāsa-pūjā 2019
POEMS HOMAGES Dedicated to His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami on His 70th Anniversary Vyāsa-pūjā!
Pāvana Gaura Gopāla dāsa Please put all the four poems together as homages to His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Entitled:
1) "Love UNCONDITIONAL- A Testament"
2) "Dogs, Hogs, Camels and Asses.
3) "SUPERSIZED!"
4) "Monkey Business"
hanks...
“LOVE UNCONDITIONAL—A TESTAMENT”
Can ANYONE truly comprehend the level of Love you have within? How you could go to Kṛṣṇa to recommend, this foolish soul who wishes to mix saintliness with sin?
Deception is my middle name, Lust, Greed and Anger--my claim to fame Due to false pride I have no shame Yet among all this you came With sword in hand,....to save the ignorant To save an uncultured wretch like me unto the Kingdom you would reclaim Crossing beyond where good intentions reign Unfortunately... I neglected my vows and shunned responsibility
Can ANYONE truly comprehend the level of Commitment you have within? How you could go to Kṛṣṇa to recommend, this foolish soul who wishes to mix saintliness with sin?
its not your fault you let us in and let us blend Although the vedic edict is to discard the trinkets and only accept gems Like Lord Sri Avadhta you go against the normal trends To save as many Jaghais and Madhais from the fallen position they're in
But I wonder, And I shudder when I see this pain, all enacted for a hopeless lame, who doesn't understand that this is not a game It seems there is so little to gain, compared to the suffering which is obtained Because contrary to what we hope and pray, who knows how long this fluctuation may stay
At great risk to your health and with great stress, you struggle and sacrifice for our real happiness Even though there be no recompense you Never Ever relent Always in Cent-Percent!
Can ANYONE truly comprehend the level of Care and Compassion you have within? How could you go to Krishna to Recommend, this foolish soul who wishes to mix saintliness with sin?
(end)
2nd POEM HOMAGE For the 70th Anniversary celebration of His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja
“DOGS, HOGS, CAMELS and ASSES... (submit to VF)”
The dogs, hogs camels and asses are our true races.... stupid, foolish and utterly disgraceful....our behavior-Outrageous! For sense gratification, Ātma-hā is enabled, dedicated to the destruction of self,—Who will save us??
Crooked and addicted to sin, you still engaged us Never did you erase us or debase us or displace us, this amazed us! In the service of Lord Gaurāṅga and Śrīla Prabhupāda you continue to raise us.....
Our frailties only made you more determined to save us! Para-Dukha-Dukhi! (without a fuss) You stay with us!
Lord Kṛṣṇa told Arjuna, “...in this endeavor there is no loss or diminution..." Lord Kṛṣṇa also said, "Declare it boldly Oh Arjuna, my devotee shall never be vanquished..." Just like you declared to me one day, very boldly, "others may not love you-but I do" Somehow I'm fortunate enough to know all this to be true!
So I continue to pray for your mercy that we may not forget who will have to pay these horrible debts accumulated from these sinful bets Understanding beyond superficialities the meaning of regret and Repent.
With all authenticity and gratefulness, I make amends, by chanting the Holy Name again and again, making devotional service my dear most friend and refraining from the shackles of sin
With feelings of hope against hope, I cherish you and commend from deep within; I know we will win... at least I want you to WIN Victory Flag to the very end! To take the dust of your feet upon my head and introduce it to others is what I truly intend.
Fly High Victory Flag of Compassion and give us all Protection. Save us from ourselves and others. Fly High Victory Flag!... marked with Śrī Hanumānjī....for all to see, and always contend with the forces that keep us away from our Most Dear Friends!
I again thank you for your Love and Mercy upon us all, True Love--without consideration or discrimination. Such is a VAIṢṆAVA! I am grateful and blessed to have witnessed even a glimpse of the quality of 'Unconditional Love' that you display, hour after hour, day after day, year after year and life after life!
Hoping and striving to one day (sooooon) be a true' Freedom Fighter' . Begging you to forgive me (us) and never forget me (us) (You have already given me everything; it is up to me to take it and never forsake it).
...the most undeserving, Pāvana Gaura Gopāla dāsa
3rd POEM HOMAGE (of four) Dedicated to HH Jayapataka Swami GM on the Auspicious day of His Appearance 70 years ago (VYASA PUJA)
“SUPERSIZED”
Not within this lifetime I'm willing to bet, A notorious fool like this you have met
A fool who has no real regret Because his actions continue- unabated as of yet
A germ has crept under his skin A sinister infection to spread its sins
A spy from the enemy camp that claimed to be friend To spread through all organs and every limbs
Friends without "R"s we should condemn Who contemplate satisfaction with a materialistic blend
But those of purity we should commend Those who are authentic and don't pretend
For saints and transcendentalists you show love and respect But rogues and ruffians you neither neglect
To denounce the incorrigible sinners one would expect But the boundaries of your forgiveness and compassion has no extent.
Your care and concern is something we cant define Something you can't point at or intellectualize
Its depths rare and most difficult to find
Hopefully one day we will come to fully recognize...... ( your Karatals, Your shoes, Your number of disciples, Your travels, Your commitment and ultimately your heart) that everything about you is......
SUPERSIZED !!!!!!
“MONKEY BUSSINESS”
I am not starting this with Please Accept My Humble Obeisanses, for indeed I am not humble. Nor am I declaring to be a disciple for that word suggests and connotes discipline and faithfully carrying out the orders of Guru. I am writing this as a miser, one who has returned to the refuse that he has once rejected and forcefully disgorged.
Although I am not qualified to speak, I have one saving grace, and that is a desire to glorify the personalities and activities of great Vaiṣṇavas like yourself. Indeed, I take great delight in such engagements. Therefore, against better judgement I thought to write the following:
You sometimes leave the flock in under to save a lone wayward sheep, just to find and retrieve me, and remind me of the Life and Joy I have left behind me. I must admit since I left all I have seen is pain, time and time again, the same. I don't know where I am going or from whence, I came.
So reinstate me, and forgive my inequities, my insecurities and atrocities, my ferociousness and animosities, my inventiveness and inattentiveness, my inabilities and negative proclivities. Please forgive and forget my Simian-ities! Please! With the nature of an insane bee searching for nectar amongst the poisonous trees. Forgive Me!! And accept me as a prodigal son.
Accept me again--coming from the Pitts of hell, where I've dwelt.
Despite all appearances I am loyal to you dear Sir and will always be. Please grant me permission to remain that way, with strict sincerity forever (and a day!)
As in the gopī's case, please be satisfied with your own magnanimity. It is indeed impossible to repay the Spiritual Master!
I know that I am unworthy to request and beg for these blessings and considerations, but there is no other way, no other way, no other way to approach the Absolute Truth except via the Self Realized Soul. Therefore, I have no alternative.
I pray to you that this endeavor to serve you with unconditional, unmotivated, unblemished and uninterrupted Love will soon fructify and I can give you my heart and my life. (For Me) Service to you is the essence of service to Śrīla Prabhupāda, to the Guru paramparā, to humanity and all living entities and also to Śrī Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa themselves! I am glad you have granted me this!
Hare Kṛṣṇa GAURĀṄGA! (end)
The last or 4th of 4 Poems. Sent one by one today and yesterday dur to computer problems (All sent separately but meant to be only one Homage put together—all under Pāvana Gaura Gopāla dāsa from Moundsville West Virginia-- or you can use them as you see fit in the Vyāsa-pūjā book: But at least read them to Guru Mahārāja please)
Pāvana Gaura Gopāla dāsa,
Moundsville - New Vṛndavana,
United States of America