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Vyāsa-pūjā 2025

Koladvīpa Prāṇa Dāsa (Silicon Valley - United States of America)

Namo Om Vishnupādāy Krishna Presthāy Bhutale

Srimate Jayapatākā Swāmi Niti Namine ||

Namo Acharyapaday Nitāi Kripā Pradāyine

Gaura Kathā Dhāma Day Nagar Grāma Tārine ||

Dearmost Gurumaharaja,

Please accept our sincerest respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Your Divine Grace. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

In Srimad Bhagavatam 11.5.32, Karbhajana Muni predicts the advent and characteristics of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the following verse,

 

kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ
sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam
yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair
yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ

In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.

We can see how Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu expanded His divine mercy through His Sa-Anga and Upanga as Your Divine Grace. You are continuously residing in Gauranga Consciousness and distributing His mercy in every nuke and corners. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the embodiment of extreme mercy. But Sriman Nityananda Prabhu is more merciful than Sriman Mahaprabhu Himself. There is no way to deliver the most fallen sinful conditioned souls other than bestowing them the unconditional mercy of Lord Nityananda so that they can ultimately be able to serve Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. As an eternal servant of Lord Nityananda, you are leaving no stone unturned to expand Their glories. For last 6 decades, you have been tirelessly carrying out the orders of your spiritual master, HDG Srila Prabhupada, to fulfill the predictions of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Respected Acharyapada,
This year I am meditating on two qualities of yours namely softness and gravity. You are “Vajradapi kathorani mriduni kusumadapi”- harder than a diamond and softer than a petal. When you listen to any devotee, you empathize with them completely. You give pracitical suggestion. But you never tolerate Maryada Vyatikrom and chastise immediately. I have heard many anecdotes from senior Vaishnavas who narrated your strict disciplinary nature. At the same time, you took care of them in such a manner that they would not remember the chastisement as an unpleasant experience. Regarding your gravity, whenever we see you, we get a lost in the deepness of your presence. Everything else seems external, unnatural just like when somebody travels in the ocean nothing seems to exist except water around.

 

Srila Gurumahraja,

My preaching has been going ok this year. I am not able to expand any service because of professional and personal situations. I am also falling behind in my sadhana which I promise to you that I will take care of more diligently. I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madanmohan, Sriman Mahaprabhu, Sri Sri Laxmi-Nrisimhadeva, Sri Sri Pancha-Tattva and all the previous and present Acharyas to bestow you good health and 100 years of lifetime so that we keep getting your association. After the departure of stalwart acharyas such as H H Bhakti-Caru Swami Gurumaharja, H H Gopala- Krishna Gowami Maharaja in the recent past, we need your presence more than ever.

 

I am grateful to you for keeping me under the shelter of H G Vaisesika Das Pr who is constantly inspiring us in Krishna Consciousness through his discourses, instructions, and personal examples.

 

Your Eternal Servant,

Koladwip Pran Das

ISKCON of Silicon Valley