The Most Blessed Event – September 6, 2018

Sri Vyasa-puja
The Appearance Day Of Our Beloved Spiritual Master,
His Divine Grace Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacarya
Sri Vyasa-puja 6th September, 2018
Astottara-Sata Sri Srimad
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 Table of Contents

Sri Guru Pranama

Srila Gurudeva Pranati

Srila Prabhupada Pranati

The Meaning of Vyasa-puja

His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami’s Vyasa puja offering to Srila Prabhupada

Sri Guru Parichay

Opening New Temples

40 Years of Iskcon

Guru Bhakti

Following in The Footsteps of Acharyas

Inspiring Nectarine Quotes

Drops of Nectar

A Rendezvous Divine

Offering of Srila Prabhupada’s Disciple His Holiness Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Goswami

Vyasa Puja Offerings :

Volume One

- India

- Others

Volume Two

- International

- CIS

- Hindi

- Late offerings
 Sri Guru Pranama
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah

I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, which were
blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge.
 Srila Gurudeva Pranati

namah om visnu padaya krsna presthaya bhu-tale

srimate gopala krsna goswamin iti namine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
Bhagavatpada, who is very dear to Lord Krishna, having taken shelter of His lotus feet.

prabhupadasya sahityam yah prakasya vitirya ca

pracaram krtavana sadhu bhagavatpadaya te namah

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, you are publishing and constantly
distributing the transcendental literature of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada and preaching his message.
 Srila Prabhupada Pranati

namah om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale

srimate bhaktivedanta-swamin iti namine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,
who is very dear to Lord Krishna, having taken shelter of His Lotus Feet.

namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine

nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya desa-tarine

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvati Goswami. You are
kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which
are filled with impersonalism and void.
  

The Meaning of Vyasa-puja

Srila Vyasadeva, a literary incarnation of God, begins his glorification of Lord Krishna by saying om namo
bhagavate vasudevaya. After offering worship to Lord Krsna, he gave this benediction to all: Lord Krsna
will be captured within the heart of anyone who hears Srimad-Bhagavatam attentively and submissively.
This is the process of parampara. The enlightened souls worship their spiritual masters and Krsna, and
receive the mercy flowing down, and then they distribute it to those who would accept it. At the same time,
the spiritual masters receive our offerings of love and deliver them to Lord Krsna through this chain of
disciplic succession. While the worship flows upward toward Krsna, the mercy flows downward to us. Srila
Prabhupada, as the representative of Srila Vyasadeva, also worshiped Lord Krsna, while simultaneously
giving benediction to all members of suffering humanity who would listen to his messages and follow
him.

Srila Vyasadeva concludes his first prayer with the word dhimahi. In 1971, in Gorakhpur, India, Srila
Prabhupada explained this word on the Vyasa-puja day of his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
Saraswati. Srila Prabhupada explained that by using this word Srila Vyasadeva is joining with all his
disciples in worshiping Lord Krishna:

And we shall together offer flowers. Actually, the worship is sagosthi, that is my duty. But sagosthi -
Now I’ll have to offer my respect with my spiritual family members, sagosthi, with all his followers and

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disciples. That is the process.
In our temples in India we often see an Indian woman come to the temple holding one child on her hip,
another by the hand and perhaps still another in her abdomen, yet to be born. When she bows down to
offer obeisances, all her children bow also. Similarly, Srila Prabhupada saw all living entities as part of
Krishna’s family, and he desired to induce them all to surrender at Krishna’s lotus feet.  Srila Prabhupada’s
satisfaction was to see everyone happy by chanting Hare Krsna, taking prasadam, and reading Krishna’s
books.
On this auspicious day we celebrate and glorify Srila Prabhupada’s powerful connection with Srila
Vyasadeva and the whole parampara. We celebrate Srila Prabhupada’s extraordinary qualities and his
unique mission of delivering Krsna consciousness to all countries of the world. As Visvanatha Cakravarti
Thakura writes in his Guru-astaka, samsara-davanala-nidha-loka: the whole world is burning in the fire
of unending distress, and there is no escape by material means. Srila Prabhupada is receiving benediction
from the ocean of mercy flowing down from Lord Krsna to Brahma, to Narada, to Vyasa, and to Lord
Caitanya and His followers, and Srila Prabhupada is distributing this mercy to refresh us and liberate
us from the fire of material desire, which is burning our hearts. Srila Prabhupada gave us the message
of Lord Krishna without change, exactly as it was spoken thousands of years before. Therefore we can
experience the full potency of Lord Krishna’s personal presence even today. Yet Srila Prabhupada did not
simply repeat Krishna’s words like a parrot. As Vyasa said about Sukadeva Goswami, sukamukhad amrta-
drava-samyutam. Because Sukadeva touched it with his lips, the Bhagavatam became even sweeter and
more easily understood. In the same way, Srila Prabhupada’s purports have changed the hearts of people
worldwide and effected “a revolution in the impious lives of this world’s misdirected civilization..”
Many Indian swamis went to the Western countries before Srila Prabhupada, but no Westerners became
Vaisnavas. Once one such swami gave him some advice. Srila Prabhupada relates.
(The swami said)”You are going to a foreign country and you do not know which hand to take this fork
and knife.” So I told him, “I am not going to learn all these things, I am going to teach them something
else, to forget it.”
Although preaching boldly, Srila Prabhupada remained humble. Whenever he was praised he would give
all credit to his spiritual master and sometimes even to his own disciples. In 1970 Srila Prabhupada wrote
in a letter:
Yes, if it is any credit for me, that is what you have written, that I tried to give aural reception to the
words of my Spiritual master, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja, and thus I tried to engage
my tongue in repeating the same words without any change. Actually I am the most unworthy servant
of His Divine Grace because I delayed to execute His order by so many years. But it was better I began
late than never, and therefore he has kindly sent to me so many young hearts to cooperate with me in this
great Movement. Please therefore continue your good cooperation and I am sure great things will happen
without delay.
Srila Prabhupada was the embodiment of compassion. Just as Srila Vyasadeva, feeling compassion, wrote
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Srimad-Bhagavatam to give the world light in this dark age, Srila Prabhupada carried this torchlight of
knowledge to all corners of the world to illuminate everyone’s heart. Just as Advaita Acarya cried loudly
for Lord Krsna to descend in Navadvipa, Srila Prabhupada called Krsna to appear in temples worldwide
and also as harinama on the streets of the world’s major cities, from New York to Paris to Sydney to
Tokya. And just as Lord Caitanya chased the conditioned souls all over India to bring them back to
Krishna’s lotus feet, Srila Prabhupada traveled all over the world to pick up the mlecchas and convert them
into Vaishnavas.
When glorified for his amazing achievements, Srila Prabhupada said (in paraphrase)
Sometimes people give me so much honor, “Swamiji, you have created something wonderful.” “I do not
feel that I have created something wonderful. What have I done? I say that I’m not a magician. I am simply
presenting Bhagavad – gita as it is, that’s all. If there is any credit, this is the only credit. Anyone can do
it. The Bhagavad-gita is there, and anyone can present Bhagavad-gita as it is. So it will act wonderfully.
I am not a magician. I do not know the tricks of magic or the yoga-siddhis; I have no such power. So, my
only credit is that I do not want to mix this pure Bhagavad-gita teaching with any rascaldom, that’s all.
This is my credit. And whatever little miracle has been done, it is only on this principle.”
On this Vyasa-puja day we pray to rededicate ourselves to pleasing Srila Prabhupada, to expanding his
mission, to helping others understand the compassion, the humor, the humility, the determination of this
great soul who walked among us. We pray no reaffirm our vows to be faithful to him and thus strengthen
our connection with the parampara by worshipping him, knowing that our worship will flow up through
Srila Prabhupada and the disciplic succession to Lord Krishna. At the same time, let us be receptive to
the mercy flowing down through Srila Prabhupada to us. As members of Srila Prabhupada’s family, we
pray to carry on the family tradition and keep the parampara alive by distributing the legacy of mercy we
have received so that Krishna’s family members will increase. We pray to bring as our offering to Srila
Prabhupada people from every country of the world to offer themselves in surrender at his lotus feet.
Narayani Devi Dasi
Vrindavan Institute of Higher Education, Excerpt from SP Vyasa Puja book 2000
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Vyasa puja offering of Guru Maharaja to Srila Prabhupada

Dear Srila Prabhupäda,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet on your 122nd Vyäsa-püjä celebration.
Caitanya Mahäprabhu predicted that one day the holy name would be chanted in every corner of the globe:
prthivite äche yata nagarädi gräma
sarvatra pracära haibe mora näma
In 1875 Bhaktivinoda Thäkura predicted that a personality would soon appear to preach the teachings of
Lord Caitanya. You were that empowered personality who took Lord Caitanya’s message to almost every
corner of the globe. You arrived in America in September 1965 on a cargo ship, the Jaladuta. You had
only eight dollars, a pair of karatälas, some books, and an introduction to the Agarwal family in Butler,
Pennsylvania. Due to your advanced age, almost everyone in India discouraged you from traveling to the
West. But you were determined. You had full faith in your guru’s and Krishna’s mercy. Your only desire
was to follow the instruction that your Guru Mahäräja had given you in 1922 and repeated in his letter to
you in December 1935.
You struggled for nearly forty years in India to establish Krsna consciousness. You struggled again for almost
a year in America, and finally, in July 1966, you opened the first temple in a storefront and incorporated
the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in New York. In the early days you personally cooked

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and served prasädam to the devotees and guests. Many guests got attached to the prasädam and eventually
became devotees. You translated over seventy books into the English language. Today, for the first time in
history we have the Bhagavad-gitä, Srimad-Bhägavatam, and Caitanya-caritämrta in almost every major
language of the world. Scholars all over the world have appreciated your translations from the original
Sanskrit texts. In a brief span of eleven years you traveled around the world twelve times, gave thousands
of lectures, wrote thousands of letters, and met hundreds of scholars and dignitaries. In 1971 you visited
Moscow for just five days and planted the seed of Krsna consciousness, which has developed into a
luxuriant bhakti creeper in Russia that continues to grow. Under your inspiration the first Ratha-yäträ
outside India was held in San Francisco in 1967. Today Ratha-yäträs are held in more than two hundred
cities around the world.
This year we celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the inauguration of the Sri Sri Rädhä-Räsabihäri temple
in Mumbai and the 20th anniversary of the inauguration of the Sri Sri Rädhä-Pärthasärathi temple in New
Delhi. The Juhu project was very dear to you, and we all know how you struggled to secure the land and
get the construction started. You often said Bombay was your office. Over a hundred senior devotees who
had served in Juhu in the 70’s came and recalled your wonderful pastimes at Hare Krishna Land. These
devotees were very fortunate to have served in Juhu during your stay on this planet. Their Lordships Sri
Sri Rädhä-Räsabihäri have blessed millions of fortunate souls over the past forty years.
You regularly visited New Delhi from Vrndävana to publish and distribute your books. You had a strong
desire that a major temple be established in this important city. Unfortunately, we could not get any land
while you were on the planet. However, due to your causeless mercy we finally obtained a four-acre plot
in a prominent location in New Delhi. The Sri Sri Rädhä-Pärthasärathi temple was inaugurated in March
of 1998 by Prime Minister Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee. Today, by your mercy, we have twelve temples
in New Delhi at prominent locations.
On this auspicious day I pray that I never deviate from your divine instructions and keep working to
expand your glories. Your glories are unlimited, and your books keep inspiring the conditioned souls to
take to Krsna consciousness.
Srila Prabhupäda-ki jaya!
Your eternal servant,
Gopäl Krishna Goswami
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Sri Guru Parichay
(A Transcendental Diary)
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami, is the first Indian disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Srila Prabhupada. He was initiated soon after the establishment of ISKCON. Currently, Maharaja is the Chairman
and Trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, which is the largest publisher and distributor of Vedic literature all
over the world. He is also the Trustee of the Food Relief Foundation, a member of the Governing Body Commission
and the Governing Body Commissioner of Mumbai, Northern India–(New Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh,
Vrindavan, Chandigarh), Rajasthan, Kanpur, Kenya, Canada and parts of America, and many parts of Russia and the
Commonwealth of Independent States, Burma, Pakistan, the co-GBC of Manipur and Mayapur, and the ISKCON
Bureau Chairman.
He is a member of the Mayapur Administrative Committee (MAC) and the Vrindavana Executive Board (VEB).
Srila Prabhupada instructed his disciples to consider Vrindavana as his home, Mayapur as his temple and Mumbai as
his office. By undertaking to serve Srila Prabhupada in these three temples, Maharaja is pleasing Srila Prabhupada
in three different moods- his mood of intimate service at his home in Vrindavana, his mood of meditation at his
temple in Mayapur, and his mood of preaching at his office in Mumbai.
Early Life
Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja appeared on the 14th of August 1944, in New Delhi, India, on the auspicious
day of Lord Hari – Annada Ekadasi.
Born in an aristocratic family as the son of a Commander in the Indian Navy, he was educated in the best of
Universities in Europe.
After graduating from the University of Delhi, he studied Business Management at the Sorbonne University in
Paris, on a scholarship from the French Government and obtained a Masters Degree in Business Administration
from the McGill University at Montreal.
He then held responsible positions with major Multinational companies like Pepsi Cola and Bristol Myers in Canada.
First Meeting with his Spiritual Master
Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja’s life changed dramatically after he met Srila Prabhupada in 1968. He was living
in Toronto then. On an invitation from the President of the Montreal temple, he arrived there on the 30th of May,
1968.
The President Mahapurusa dasa, announced that Srila Prabhupada would be arriving the next day. Maharaja asked
him if there was any service he could do. He was immediately sent to clean Srila Prabhupada’s room. “I was
fortunate to receive this as my first assignment in devotional service,” he said. He cleaned the doors, shelves and
windows of Srila Prabhupada’s apartment. His service attitude for Srila Prabhupada was manifest even before he
actually met him!
He first met Srila Prabhupada in the evening of 1st June, 1968.
Around December 1967, six months before he met Srila Prabhupada, he felt a strong desire to surrender to the
Supreme Lord. Maharaja said: “When I first met Srila Prabhupada, the motivation to surrender to God was already
there in me, so two weeks after meeting him, I knew that Lord Krishna wanted me to surrender to Srila Prabhupada”.
Srila Prabhupada was always sympathetic and extra-merciful to Indians, but of all the Indians who came to listen
to him, young Gopal Krishna was very special. During the three month period that Srila Prabhupada stayed and
lectured in Montreal, Maharaja said, “Of course, I did not know the importance of hearing at that time, but my only
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small qualification was that I was very respectful to Srila Prabhupada from the very first day that I saw him. I would
attend his lectures regularly and stay till he ended, and leave only after he had left the temple”.
In 1973 Srila Prabhupada instructed him to go to India to establish preaching there.
Receiving instructions and initiation
Around that time in 1967, Maharaja was working for Pepsi-Cola, doing Marketing Research. Srila Prabhupada
started taking great personal interest in him, and would talk to him almost every day.
A regular correspondence began, with Srila Prabhupada writing as many as three long letters every month. Thus, a
very intimate guru-shishya relationship was established.
On the 27th of May 1969, Srila Prabhupada wrote to say, “As your name is already Gopal Krishna, there is no need
to change it. You will now be known as Gopal Krishna dasa. Maharaja was only 25 years old then!
Later on he moved into the temple and engaged himself fully in the service of Srila Prabhupada. For many years
he acted as his personal secretary.
Early Mission to India
In 1975, Srila Prabhupada sent Maharaja to India. He made him the General Body Commissioner of entire India
from 1975 to 1976. Srila Prabhupada specifically instructed him to print and expand book distribution in India.
On his behalf, Srila Prabhupada entrusted Maharaja to oversee various important projects, such as Vrindavana,
Hyderabad, Mayapur and Mumbai, recognizing his dedicated service and mood of sincere surrender.
“Srila Prabhupada was anxious that book-printing in India should expand,” Maharaja said. “During my first two
years he would press me again and again to print more and more books.”
Srila Prabhupada was extremely pleased when he presented him copies of the First Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam in
Hindi. Srila Prabhupada encouraged Maharaja to utilize his skills for selling his books as widely as possible, “Now
you can utilize your knowledge of marketing for Lord Krishna’s service
idamhi pumas tapasya srntasya va, svistasya suktasya ca buddhi dattayo
This is the perfection of education.”
Mission to Russia
In 1976, Srila Prabhupada appointed Maharaja as G.B.C. for Russia. Several trips were made by Maharaja to the
Soviet Union, in the most oppressive and repressive time in Soviet history. Risking grave danger, he preached and
distributed books there.
Srila Prabhupada’s order being his life and soul, empowered his vision, and amazing feats began to manifest.
Thereafter he established numerous Centers in Russia. A lot of positive changes have taken place in the Sri
Jagannatha Temple in Moscow. Many preaching programs such as Ratha-yatras, Goloka Festivals, and Appearance
day Festivals of the Lord are being celebrated. Many are now inspired to serve and many sincere people have begun
to visit. Weekly harinama sankirtans and prasadam programs have begun. Many have started to chant, read Srila
Prabhupada’s books and worship Deities at their homes.
Inspired by Maharaja’s love and concern for the people in Russia, there has been significant involvement by the
disciples in the CIS. In Pyatigorsk a variety of preaching programs are being held. Ladies have formed groups wherein
newcomers are taught the basics of Bhakti-Yoga, Tulsi worship, and cookery courses to promote vegetarianism.
Prasad is fed to visitors and Nama-yagnas are regularly being held. Rooms are rented in clubs, cafes and in other
places and the philosophy is being taught.
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In Samara devotees have produced a “Lava Matra” magazine.
To help the “Priti Lakshanam” festival in Rostov, the devotees have been conducting an activity called “Embrace
Madhav” in the City Park. CD shows are on display, children’s games with prizes are held, mini performances are
conducted, and each group inspires other members. The money collected is spent for prasad by the devotees for
the sick Ukrainian children. Meetings and picnics are organized with the Bhakti-Vriksha members and their guests.
Thus the mission of Srila Prabhupada is expanding considerably, as more visitors are getting acquainted with the
Vaishnava philosophy, culture, and the goal of human life.
In Vladivostok, the presiding Deities are Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva, Subhadra and Sri Sri Nitai-Sachisuta.
In June 2018 in Moscow, on the 26th anniversary of the installation of Their Lordships Sri Sri Doyal Nitai Sachisuta,
a Brahmotsava festival was held.
ISKCON has acquired about 1.2 acres of land in Izhevsk, for building a temple and other projects for the Vaishnava
community.
Festivals, a variety of services, outreach programmes, and educational programmes are being held regularly.
Hare Krishna Food for Life, is the only Russian based, non-governmental charity organisation.
On 17th May 2018, India’s PM sent his congratulatory message on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of ISKCON
in Russia.
His holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja took the The Golden Ring Trip around the 21 of August 2016 from
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Moscow. A circuit of around 10 ancient towns; Sergiyev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Novogorod, Yaroslavl, Rostov
Veliky, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Plyos and Suzdal. He met, and encouraged devotees and delivered lectures.
On the auspicious occasion of Pandava Nirjala Ekadashi, on the 24th of June, in Moscow, Maharaja was invited to
participate on a boat cruise at night, at 11 pm, to give a lecture about the holy name. Over 250 people were present
on this trip. Maharaja said, “Hare Krishna mahamantra cleanses our heart and gives eternal happiness. Our goal
should be to purify our chanting by chanting attentively. So take this process very seriously.” This was followed by
an amazing kirtan.
A culmination of these continuous efforts to serve Srila Prabhupada, is that Russia has now become a Super Power
of the ISKCON!
Mission to China
On 23rd May 2017 His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja visited China, and addressed top businessmen,
who visited from many parts of China. They were deeply moved by his informative speech as he disseminated
lectures filled with Vedic wisdom. Maharaja’s association had a deep impact on their consciousness. Each one was
very happy to receive a copy of the Chinese Bhagavad Gita from Maharaja. The devotees were deeply inspired,
as Lord Gauranga’s mercy was being relished by all who were present. His Holiness is a true general in Lord
Chaitanya’s army.
Temple Projects
More than nineteen temples, upcoming temples, and preaching centres combined are operative in the Delhi area as
Srila Prabhupada desired - Rohini, Gurgaon, Dwaraka, Ghaziabad, Panchsheel, Sahidabad, Chippiwada, Punjabi
Baug, Bahadurgarh, Chattarpur, East Delhi, Noida, Sant Nagar, Faridabad, Mahipalpur and Jiasarai near IIT.
Some of the current Temple projects flourishing under Maharaja’s untiring and dedicated management include
the Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi Temple, Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama Temple in New Delhi, Jagannatha Temple in
Ludhiana, ‘Heaven on Earth’ in Bombay, Sri Sri Radha-Bankebihari Temple in Nairobi, Sri Jagannatha Temple in
Ghaziabad, Sri Sri Radha-Govinda Temple in Faridabad, Sri Sri Radha Madana-mohana Temple in Kharghar and
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Sri Sri Radha-Vrindavana Chandra Temple in Kondhwa, Pune.
On 3rd December 2007, the “Heaven on Earth project,” a Vedic Educational and Cultural complex as inspired by
Srila Prabhupada, was opened in Bombay.
The 40th anniversary of ISKCON Juhu was celebrated on the 14th of January 2018, on the auspicious day of Makar
Sankranti. Approximately 100 senior disciples and sannyasis from UK, USA and Australia, graced the occasion.
The Governor of Nagaland Mr P B Acharya, actress and MP Hema Malini ji, Union Minister Satyapal Singh, and
prominent luminaries were also present. Over 10,000 devotees and guests participated in the 4-day festival.
In Mumbai, at the Bhaktivedanta Mission School, the presiding Deities are Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and
Subhadra Mayi. An annual Ratha-yatra Utsav is held wherein each Deity has Their individual chariot.
In Vapi a new Sri Sri Radha Govind Temple is due for construction.
The new Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari Temple, at Mira Road, Mumbai was inaugurated on Sept 25, 2015 on Vaman
Dwadashi day.
On Sri Ram Navami in 1998, Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi temple at Delhi, known as the “Glory of India,” was
opened.
Srila Prabhupada desired a Temple for Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama at New Delhi. Maharaja established a grand temple
at Punjabi Bagh in the western part of New Delhi.
In Chattarpur the presiding Deities are Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva, and Subhadra. A Ratha-yatra and Snana-yatra
is regularly performed.
ISKCON Bahadurgarh has a Goshala and the presiding Deities are Sri Sri Radha Madan Gopal, and Sri Sri
Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Devi.
The Ghaziabad devotees focus on youth outreach. There is one temple and one preaching centre.
Panchsheel, Sahidabad, Mahipalpur, and East Delhi Gita Colony are flourishing preaching centres. Jiasarai near IIT
Delhi, is a full-fledged preaching centre located on the roof of a building.
On 10th May 2018, Sri Sri Giridhari Dauji, a stained glass Temple at Jaipur, was inaugurated.
Sri Sri Radha Govindji Deity was installed in Jodhpur on Gita Jayanti in 2017, wherein the Mayor attended the
ceremony.
At Udaipur the land is due to be registered. Meanwhile Bhakti Vriksha programmes are ongoing in many areas of
the city. Rath Yatra was celebrated near the Fateh Sagar lake.
ISKCON Yamunanagar, a new project has been initiated with Sri Sri Radha Kunjabihari as the presiding Deities.
A multi-crore temple in Ludhiana, called the ‘Glory of Punjab’, includes a Multi-media visual display, a Vedic
Cultural Museum, a Sri Jagannatha Temple, and an open air Theatre.
After negotiating for nearly 37 years and due to Maharaja’s intense, constant and patient endeavour, Maharaja
finally acquired the Chippiwada Temple at Chandni Chowk.  Sri Sri Radha Vallabha, 113 year old marble Deities
are worshipped here. Srila Prabhupada used to translate his early volumes of the Srimad Bhagavatam here, and
stayed here from 1959-1965, before going to the West. Renovations and regular programs are on. Srila Prabhupada
desired a reading room here. Maharaja is endeavouring to fulfil this personal instruction that he received from Srila
Prabhupada.
The Kanpur project with Sri Sri Radha Madhav, Sri Sri Nitai Gaursundar, Sri Sri Janki Vallabh, Lakshmana,
Hanumana, as the presiding Deities, is flourishing. This was a dream of Srila Prabhupada and Maharaja has helped
to fulfil it.
The ISKCON Temple in Dwarka houses the Deities of Sri Sri Rukmini Dwarkadhish, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sri Sri
Jagannatha, Baladeva, Subhadraji, Sri Giri Govardhan and Sri Saligram. It offers empowered spiritual and cultural
preaching programmes.
ISKCON Kurukshetra is an upcoming project where a huge Sri Krishna Arjuna Temple will be built. The presiding
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Deities are Sri Sri Radha Radhakant. Besides the temple, the project also includes the construction of a Gita
University, Govinda Restaurant and a Goshala.
Faridabad Temple has the Deities of Sri Sri Radha Govind devji, and Sri Sri Sita Rama Lakshmana Hanumanaji. It
is a flourishing preaching centre. Various spiritual, cultural and learning activities are regularly organised.
In Panipat a house was donated and a Center has been established by Maharaja. Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Deities reside
here and it has been a full-fledged preaching center since 2014.
In Meerut land was acquired for building a new temple. The Deities here are Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva, Subhadraji.
Bhakti Vriksha programmes are on-going. It is presently an extension centre of ISKCON Delhi.
In Rohini the project is proposed to be completed in 2 years for Their Lordship Sri Sri Jagannath Baladeva and
Subhadraji.
Bareilly has a temporary temple and is a preaching center. The Temple also constitutes of a Gauseva Movement,
known as Brij Gauseva Kendra. Deities of Sri Sri Radha Vrindavanchandra reside here. Sunday Feast, Rath Yatras,
and all major Vaishnava festivals are organised here.
With new upgraded facilities Sri Sri Radha-BankeBihari Temple at Nairobi, is now established. African preaching
programs are focusing on hostel boys and University preaching.
The Ethopian project is partly monitored by Maharaja.
A Ratha-yatra festival is regularly organized in Pakistan Quetta, where Sri Sri Radha Radhanath are the presiding
Deities. A Mid-day meal program is feeding thousands of children. Gaura Nitai Bhavan is a preaching centre here.
Thus numerous dedicated and enthusiastic disciples are emerging.
Big temples are coming up under Guru Maharaja’s guidance and the number of devotees is also increasing, as they
are now connecting themselves to these temples. Despite performing these mega tasks, Maharaja wrote in a recent
offering to Srila Prabhupada, “Preaching Krishna consciousness, maintaining big temples and constructing temples
is a very difficult task. I pray for your causeless mercy so that an insignificant tool like me can continue to render a
little service unto you birth after birth.”
Srila Rupa Goswami recommends that Deity worship in the temple should be compulsory. When Narada Muni
instructed young Dhruva maharaja to perform mantra meditation in the jungle, he also advised that Dhruva should
make a Deity and perform arca-seva.
“Worship the Lord with faith and reverence. Don’t think that this is just stone or brass. The Deity is God manifesting
Himself”- His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami gracefully states.
Book Distribution
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami is personally overseeing the translation, printing, publishing and distribution
of Srila Prabhupada’s books, and preaching without cessation!
The Gita is published in 70 languages of the world, and being translated into new languages. They are distributed in
countries unthinkable previously, like China, Iran, Indonesia, Pakistan, and other Muslim Nations.
Maharaja personally goes to different temples before the Marathon, and inspires everyone to distribute books.
Delhi is leading the world in book distribution. During the December Marathon, hundreds of devotees travel all over
Delhi and the surrounding areas to distribute and get sponsorships for Srila Prabhupada’s books.
In Mumbai devotees regularly participate in Book Distribution during the annual Book Marathon Month and
enthusiastically distribute Srila Prabhupada books.
Congregational Devotees in Mumbai actively participate during the Book Marathon Month too, by taking leave
from their work. They distribute Srila Prabhupada’s Books in thousands, being motivated by Maharaja’s mission of
Book Distribution.
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As a perfect demonstration of his love for Srila Prabhupada, and to reach out to suffering humanity, Maharaja is
endeavouring intensely, year after year, to distribute this King of Knowledge. Thus conditioned souls are being
connected to Lord Chaitanya right in the middle of Kali-yuga.
Maharaja advises “Study Srila Prabhupada’s books to avoid sentimental devotion.”
Fund raising
In the field of fundraising for the purpose of Temple Construction, Maharaja’s contribution has been stupendous!
He inspires and encourages all those who have already made pledges, to fulfill them as soon as possible, and to those
who haven’t pledged, to do so, no matter how humble the offering.
Mid-day meals and Prasad distribution
Apart from being involved in many temple projects and preaching activities, Maharaja’s vision to liberally
distribute prasad throughout the world is also inspired by Srila Prabhupada’s instruction given to his disciples in
1974. Srila Prabhupada had instructed, “No one within ten miles radius of the temple should go hungry. I want you
to immediately begin serving food.”
Maharaja is a Trustee of the ISKCON Food Relief Foundation. Food for Life is a project wherein prasadam is being
distributed to the blind, leprosy homes, to the mentally and physically challenged, in old age homes, and wherever
there are natural calamities and disasters.
The Government of India has acknowledged the benefits of this program in increasing nourishment and education
amongst the poor. Several State Governments continue to express their wish to expand this project to other cities of
their respective States.
The ISKCON Food Relief Foundations Mid-day Meal, serves over 15 lakh children per day across 8 states of India,
through 20 state of art Kitchens.
By the blessings of Guru Maharaja more and more children are being served pure sattvik Krishna prasad every day
through a network of Kitchens, and people are becoming favorable to the ISKCON movement.
Inspiring festivals
The UDGAAR Festival fulfills the need of the contemporary youth by giving them a fun-filled package of Krishna
consciousness. This is presented in the form of movies, rock shows, dance, drama and a variety of festivities. This
spiritual concept is being conducted every month in Delhi and in other parts of India.
The Gokulananda Mela held by the congregational disciples of the Goregaon East ISKCON extension of Mumbai,
have been conducting colorful spiritual festivals annually for over 2.5 decades on a very large scale. The festival
gives the visitors a rich experience of the bhakti tradition, and they are inspired to participate. Over 2000 people
visited the venue and participated in the Mela. The Theme this year was ‘Experience Vrindavana’. A multitude of
spiritual and traditional arts, culture and crafts, quiz competitions and stage shows were very dynamically presented.
Maharaja was extremely pleased and impressed with the extravaganza, and he remarked, that the whole of Mumbai
should be invited to experience this Mela, and that the next year this festival should be held for 3 days.
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja personally graces all these occasions to inspire devotees and to
encourage congregational participation.
Parivrajaka –Travelling Saint
The word ‘parivrajaka’ refers to a sannyasi who wanders from place to place in the quest of increasing his service
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to the Lord.
Maharaja, a tireless travelling acharya of ISKCON, has transformed the lives of millions of conditioned souls. He is
giving us a true vision of Srila Prabhupada’s desires - phenomenal success in book distribution, perfect management
of the society, distributing the Holy Name, completing huge temple projects, and taking on immense projects, for
facilitating the needs of conditioned souls to execute devotional service.
Maharaja is overseeing the translation, printing, publishing and distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books. Youth
cultivation programs, festivals and house programs exist in every corner of the world.
Periodically, Maharaja appears on TV, Radio and in the Press.
He lectures, engages and cultivates a variety of audiences – Students of leading Universities, Scientists, Politicians,
Leading Businessmen, Industrialists, Government officials, Ministers, Dignitaries, Actors and whomsoever he feels
will enable Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
He regularly participates in Interfaith Dialogues and lectures on the Bhagavad gita and Srimad Bhagavatam in
ISKCON temples worldwide, enriching audiences with Vedic knowledge.
In July/August 2018 Maharaja traveled to America from the East Coast to the West Coast, visiting 17 cities, and in
Canada from the West Coast to the East.
Thereafter he went to Russia and met the different devotee groups and local authorities and Temple Presidents from
the Golden Ring area, Ukraine, and South Russia came to meet him and he gave continuous darshans till midnight.
“You are doing very nice service in CIS and Russia. I am very happy to be here.” He presided over various events
and festivals like Rath-yatras and Vaishnava festivals, delivering lectures, attending house programmes, giving
initiation, inaugurating temples and installing Deities.
Initiations are ongoing all over the globe, as devotees are being inspired to take to the process of Krishna
consciousness.
Instructions to Disciples
Maharaja’s principle instructions to his disciples are – “Please chant attentively, Read Srila Prabhupada’s books
regularly, Associate with devotees, and Engage yourselves in devotional service.”
“Human life is very rare and can end at any time. Serve enthusiastically and experience Krishna conscious happiness.”
“Please cooperate with each other to please Srila Prabhupada, leaving aside personal matters. Serve together with
other devotees in such a manner that others may follow. This will please Srila Prabhupada, Lord Krishna and
myself.”
“Always remember that Krishna looks after and protects His devotees. Krishna never lets His devotee perish. He is
a friend and well-wisher of every living entity.”
A Chronological Summary Of Maharaja’s Transcendental Journey at a Glance (updated in 2018)
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja began his spiritual quest fifty one years ago, in 1967 at the age of
23.
He first visited the ISKCON Temple at Montreal in 1968, fifty years ago, at the age of 24.
On May 27 , 1969, at the age of 25, he met Srila Prabhupada and took initiation from him.
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In 1977, after the departure of Srila Prabhupada, forty-one years ago, at the age of 33, he began Temple construction,
as desired by his spiritual master Srila Prabhupada.
Maharaja took sannyasa initiation in 1981, thirty-seven years ago at the age of 37.
And, in the year 1982, thirty-six years ago, at the age of 38, on the auspicious day of Gaura Purnima, His Holiness
Gopal Krishna Goswami became an initiating spiritual master.
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Ornamented with a plethora of spiritual credentials, and as a perfect representative of the parampara, Maharaja is
always vigilant to maintain the prestige and integrity of Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON Movement.
“Whatever we give to Krishna, that will be remembered and appreciated eternally”, His Holiness Gopal Krishna
Goswami Maharaja gently states.
- Compiled by Amrta devi dasi
Opening New Temples
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja has incessantly been fundraising for Temple Construction.
So, why are temples opened, and why do people come to the temple?
It is known to deepen our relationship with the Lord, as a temple offers many valuable services to the
society. Moreover, it is an offering to the Lord, befitting His stature.

Valuable services include: tranquility, education, medication, purification, love and engagement.

Tranquility: This is achieved by the soothing vibrations like the holy chants, and sanctifying presence
of the Deity. It is like a tranquil retreat centre. It offers refreshing breaks that empower people to face the
stresses of life.

Education: Through the temple higher spiritual values are expounded, helping one to learn the principles
and practises of leading a life of moral and spiritual integrity. It enables people to use their formal education
for spiritually beneficial purposes.

Medication: The temple is like a hospital for the mind. People fall prey to addictions and criminality,
which causes an enormous drain on the national economy. Hence a temple provides medication to heal the
diseased mentality of people. It heals the mind, as we get the mercy of Krishna through the bhakti yoga
process.

Purification: The temple leads one to empowerment when regularly visited, as it purifies the hearts of
people, freeing them from lust, anger, greed and envy. This purification inspires and empowers talented
people to blossom into pure-hearted, selfless, principle centered leaders. A temple is like an institute that
provides high quality leaders. The uncontrolled senses are the cause of a living entity being transmigrated
from one body to another.

Love: The temple offers us a glimpse of the Kingdom of God. People form relationships on a spiritual
platform. It leads to a loving, profound, God-centered lasting relationship and experience, that gives deep
satisfaction to the heart. Thus thousands of fortunate souls are experiencing their lost relationship with
the Lord. The association of the devotees has fulfilled the longing for transcendental happiness, which is
quenched by taking the shelter of Krishna.

Engagement: The temple provides people with various satisfying engagements, that preserves our
valuable Indian heritage and culture, and productively channelizes our talents and energies, and revives
our Indian culture and philosophy.

Big temples are not a luxury, but a functional necessity. It has roles to play and services to offer.

To serve as a vibrant cultural center it needs libraries, conference halls for seminars, as thousands of
people throng a temple, especially during festivals. So the requirements are a large temple hall, a large
prasad hall, and a large discourse hall.

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A temple provides essential, indispensable services to society. Hence, dynamic temples are one of the
most important need of our times.
God does not need them, but we do. When you run alone, it’s called race, but when God runs with you,
it’s called ‘grace.’
All glories to His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja, who is helping to construct a plethora
of temples to soothe and nourish the needs of lost, impoverished souls. ISKCON is being accepted and
recognised as a spiritual authority by many, all over the world.
The predecessor acharyas have set an example for the masses of people by arranging to construct grand
temples and installing Deities of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna.
Srila Prabhupada once said, “the best way of preaching in India is by building big temples.”
-compiled by Amrta devi dasi
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40 Years of ISKCON Juhu
A speech by H.H.Gopal Krishna Goswami
Srila Prabhupada was once asked to speak about his guru maharaja, Srila Prabhupada said what can I
speak he was a Vaikuntha man, so Srila Prabhupada was also Vaikuntha man who appeared to realize Lord
Caitanya’s prediction – the holy name will be chanted in every town and village of the world. And due to
Srila Prabhupada’s efforts, today the holy name is being chanted in almost every corner of the globe. So
Srila Prabhupada’s glories are unlimited and it’s so wonderful that so many senior devotees have come
from different parts of the world to glorify Srila Prabhupada and this Prabhupada katha that we have
been hearing for the past few days is a source of spiritual strength for everyone. So Srila Prabhupada’s
transcendental qualities are unlimited and we have been hearing the memoirs of devotees who were
fortunate enough to serve in Bombay during his stay on the planet.
As I mentioned the other day, I came to India in March 1975 and didn’t have the privilege of taking
part in the real struggle like sleeping in huts, etc. I hadn’t had. I consider that a privilege because Srila
Prabhupada said struggling for Krishna is a privilege. Once Srila Prabhupada was in New York and he
wasn’t so well, devotees were telling him in Gita Nagari please take rest. He said please don’t take away
my privilege to struggle for Krishna.
There are several devotees who struggled out of love and affection for Srila Prabhupada, and the Hare
Krishna land that you see today is a result of efforts contributed by devotees since the inception in 1971.
Devotees struggled in the early days and helped build a foundation and that foundation has been further
developed and hopefully will continue to develop to fulfil Srila Prabhupada’s vision of the Hare Krishna
land which is to create a Heaven on Earth. Heaven on Earth means an environment where everybody
comes in, and gets exposed to spiritual life. And Srila Prabhupada named this project Hare Krishna land,
just like you have Disneyland. And Srila Prabhupada commented in Hare Krishna land there should be
non-stop chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. So when people come they hear the holy name. So
there are many wonderful pastimes.
My involvement started as I said in March 1975, but in India Prabhupada was the real GBC, and the so-
called GBCs were actually Prabhupada’s assistants. Prabhupada made most of the important decisions in
India and we consulted Prabhupada in almost every major decision. And when I came to India I had the
responsibility of not only serving as a GBC but also being a BBT manager. So I would like to share with
you some of the pastimes related to the books and some of the pastimes related to the Juhu temple.
Before Prabhupada came to the west he was also struggling to print the books, and once he came to
Bombay to raise funds for Srimad-Bhagavatam 1st Canto Part 3, Prabhupada had published in Delhi 1st
canto part 1 and 2 and somebody had guided him to approach Srimati Morarji saying that she is a pious
lady. So Prabhupada came and he wanted to see her. But her secretary said no she is very busy, she can’t
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meet you, she has no time. So there was only one entrance to her office. So Prabhupada sat in the staircase
for 5 hours doing japa. Prabhupada’s logic was that she is going to pass this way in the evening in any
case, so when she was passing by in the evening she saw Swamiji sitting there. She said, “Swami ji what
are you doing here?” And he said he wanted to see her in connection with the publication of 1st Canto Part
3. So she said come tomorrow and she met Prabhupada on the next day and then she agreed to help with
the printing of 1st Canto Part 3. And after 1st Canto Part 3 was published Prabhupada felt he was ready to
travel to the west. So see his determination, sitting on the staircase for 5 hours.
Then as you know at one point the struggle was very intense. We were not getting permission to build
the temple. We had legal possession of the land but we were not getting a NOC. So Prabhupada gave the
devotees a positive angle. He said if we don’t get permission we’ll make Hare Krishna land into a bus stop.
You may say what’s a bus stop. He said we will have vehicles coming here getting them full with books,
going out and distributing books and coming back for reinforcements. So he said we’ll make Hare Krishna
Land into a bus stop, if we don’t get permission to build the temple. And at one point he said we want even
the restaurants decorated with his books.
Now Prabhupada wanted book distribution. Till 1975 India was regularly importing books and after 1975
India was also printing books. So Srila Prabhupada also wanted book distribution to develop in India. So
we had one Mr. Gupta who had a very big book store at Flora Fountain, Bombay. His company I believe
was called International Book House and it was a very reputed company distributing Reader’s Digest,
Time magazine and so on. He was one of our life members and I had met him on many occasions, so
he agreed to have a very big display of Prabhupada’s books. We had a display in the racks, in the show
window, banners – everything. But unfortunately even after a tremendous display of 1 month, not many
books were sold. So when I came and gave that report to Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada said, my books
are sold due to the enthusiasm of my devotees, and in the book store people are not very enthusiastic. How
correct! Enthusiasm is the key to spiritual advancement.
And it was in Bombay that he received a letter in March 1976 from the Russian government agency called
modena rodena kaniega…. It means an agency for importing books, and they wanted a catalogue of books
printed by the BBT, and they said that they had heard BBT is printing books on world peace. So I got
that inquiry and I took it to Mayapur to show it to Prabhupada and at that time Prabhupada was trying
to penetrate into the Soviet bloc. So when Prabhupada saw here is a letter of inquiry from the Russian
government agency, he was in ecstasy. So he said, “Yes we must send them the report” and then he asked
me to go to the Soviet Union which I did in 1976 May. The books were very well received, appreciated and
we got good reviews and then we took part in the book fair and subsequent to that, Bhaktivedanta Book
Trust, Bombay got a big certificate from the Russian government promoting our books in one piece. So
this certificate was obtained in 1977, I believe in July or August and that time Prabhupada wasn’t so well
and in Vrindavana. So we took this certificate to him in Vrindavan and he was so happy, he was showing
it to everyone who came to see him saying “See the Soviet Union has recognized my books”.
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So Prabhupada gave a lot of emphasis to books and it was in Bombay on the occasion of Rama Ekadashi
in November that Prabhupada completed the translation of the Caitanya-caritamrta. The translation was
completed in Bombay and Prabhupada said, completed on the auspicious day of Rama Ekadasi at the
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Hare Krishna Land, Juhu Bombay. So that’s a very historical event and in
Prabhupada’s purport, Prabhupada writes in the conclusions about the importance of vapu and vani and
he goes on to explain vani is more important than vapu. So Prabhupada wanted every building at Hare
Krishna land to be a BBT residence and BBT books in different languages.
Once I was with Prabhupada at his quarters and he was reading the Bhagavad-gita and he said, I read my
Bhagavad-gita everyday myself, so should everyone. So there are many wonderful pastimes associated
with Prabhupada books and Srila Prabhupada, as you know, he was very keen that a beautiful temple be
built for the pleasure of Their Lordships.
So when we were digging for the construction, we found a plaque and that plaque was considered to be
estimated to be five hundred years old. There are two Marathi scholars, I was doing some research this
week because I couldn’t exactly remember who these scholars were, so we brought it to Prabhupada. Then
yesterday I finally found the document that revealed the two names. One Mr. Pagay who was the speaker
of the Maharashtra Legislative Council and the other one was the president of the Maharashtra Congress.
These two people were cultivated by Giriraja Swami and myself. They took us to the chief minister who
eventually gave us the NOC for construction. So we found the plank/plaque but we couldn’t figure out
how old the script was. So these two scholars came and met Prabhupada and told him that this means that
there was a Ganesh temple at this location five hundred years ago. Prabhupada was very happy, he was
happy to know that there was a temple here.
You’ll see an ambassador car standing in front of the guest house. So in 1976 I believe, Pusta Krishna
Maharaja had come to India with a Mercedes car? Am I right? A red Mercedes car and that Mercedes car
was being used by Prabhupada. At that time the rules were, if you brought a Mercedes car in the country,
any foreign car, you keep it for six months. Am I right, Hari Sauri? And then that Mercedes car will have
to leave. So every six months the car would have to go to Nepal and then come back … so Prabhupada
found that very troublesome. I believe the Mercedes was sold, then Prabhupada got three ambassador cars,
one car for Bombay, one car for Vrindavan and one car for Mayapur. And I believe the Bombay car has
survived. I don’t know where the other two cars are. We recently got the Bombay car completely furnished
and it’s not there for show, you can even drive in it.
So Prabhupada was very concerned about giving spiritual knowledge to everyone. At that time in 1975-
77 India was not that well off as it is now, the economic situation in India is a lot better now than it was
in those days. Then India was still considered a beggar country. So Prabhupada one day called me at one
o’clock in the morning and he had written an advertisement on a small piece of paper and the heading was
Invitation to everyone in India to come and live with us, like us. The catch was ‘Like us’. So Prabhupada
wanted the advertisement to be placed in all the newspapers of India and billboards, everywhere, inviting
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everyone. Anyone who doesn’t have a place to stay come and live with us like us. So I told Prabhupada
how are we going to maintain everyone if they come - where are the facilities? Prabhupada said the catch
is in the word ‘like us’, like us means come and act like we act, follow the rules, regulative principles, etc.
Of course when we took the ad to be placed in the magazines and all … the newspapers, they were not
interested. But it just shows Prabhupada’s compassion to save the conditioned souls and he hand wrote …
in his own handwriting “Come and live with us like us”.
Prabhupada at one time wasn’t well, there was an ayurvedic doctor who advised Prabhupada complete
rest and that time Prabhupada was still living in the old buildings. So we put a notice downstairs, Swamiji
will not give darshan and you can see his secretary, and his secretary at that time was I believe Jagadisa
prabhu, and Prabhupada’s room was almost next to the staircase. So, Prabhupada whenever in his room
was doing japa, and when he heard that some people were coming up, they came up, they wanted to have
darshan of Prabhupada and they were being returned. So when Prabhupada heard that he said “Noooo! let
them come in” Then he gave darshan, we said please you should take rest. But Prabhupada continued to
let them come in and he went on preaching.
In India the law is still the same, if you have a research-oriented trust then a society, then it can get
income tax exemptions. Then the donor gets income tax exemption and since – 1960s …1975 we’ve been
struggling with the government how to get the tax exemption and not change our bylaws and objectives.
So the auditors in Bombay told me why don’t you have a Vedic Research Institute, if you have a Vedic
Research Institute then you may be entitled to full tax exemption. So I thought this is a good idea and
went to Prabhupada and said we have this problem and this is a proposed solution- make a Vedic Research
Institute. Prabhupada said “why research? Vyasadeva has done all the research, we don’t need any
research”. And Prabhupada refused to compromise.
So at that time, this was in 1973, and at that time I was in America but I had come to India in October
and I saw Prabhupada in Akash Ganga. At that time this movie star Dev Anand had made a hit movie
called … Hare Rama Hare Krishna. At the positive side of the movie the Hare Krishna melody was in the
background for the whole movie, but on the negative side the movie showed that we take drugs, then feel
high … then chant. So some people were being influenced positively, some negatively. So when I saw
Prabhupada I said “this movie is going to give us a bad name Srila Prabhupada, they show that we take
drugs and then chant Hare Krishna”. Prabhupada said, “No, nothing will be lost, people will hear the holy
name and benefit”. And that’s a fact, I recently met a devotee in America and I asked him, how did he
become a devotee. He was of Indian origin. So he told me when he was a young kid in Maharashtra he got
exposed to the Hare Krishna mantra through this movie and he was so attracted to the mantra that since
childhood he has been chanting and now he’s got initiated in America. So Prabhupada was right, that the
holy name always brings positive results.
Then in 1978 when we were preparing for the opening, we were discussing who all to invite and we
decided to invite the prominent politicians. One was the chief minister of Maharashtra, the other one was
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a central government minister. This man was very prominent because he defeated, at that time, Indira
Gandhi in an election and we invited the Governor. So the opening was very well attended and very well
covered and 2 or 3 international agencies also covered the opening- one was, Mukunda prabhu and myself
had gone at that time to the foreign media in Delhi, and the Newsweek magazine, I believe it’s dead now
but at that time it was a prominent magazine. They published an article on the Bombay temple opening
From Rags to Riches. They described how Prabhupada went to America with 40 rupees and established
this world wide movement and in New York Times the leading paper of the world had a nice positive
article of the opening. So Prabhupada put a lot of effort to develop the Hare Krishna land and the Hare
Krishna land has developed due to the efforts of several devotees and I want to take the opportunity to
mention some of the names of devotees who played a big role in the development of the Hare Krishna
land, but have departed from the planet.
One of them is our beloved God brother- Sridhar Swami. Bombay was his head office, he lived over here
for a long time and was known as a jolly Swami. He spoke pretty good Hindi, very enthusiastic preacher,
he played a big role in obtaining the Hare Krishna land, in the struggle. He was the Life Membership
Director, and inspired others how to preach. So, we offer our respects to him.
Brahmananda prabhu, as you know was one of the first devotees to join Prabhupada in New York, served
in Kenya for a long time. And he organised the Bombay pandal. The Deities Radha Rasabihari, were
carried on his lap from Akash Ganga to here in a taxi.
Madhudvisa prabhu, he was the president of the Bombay temple for some time, very senior American
devotee, enthusiastic Kirtan leader, was GBC of Australia also. He also played a very big role in the
development of the Bombay project even in the years when we were struggling.
Then Surabhi prabhu, he was the architect of this wonderful project. He was the architect of the Vrindavan
temple, he was the architect of the Vrindavan Samadhi, the Prabhupada Pushpa Samadhi in Mayapur.
Prabhupada was also gifted in architecture because in the development of this design Prabhupada played
a big role in giving Surabhi the rough sketches and ideas which Surabhi using professional language and
experience finalised it.
Narmada Maharaja was the BBT manager and the Bombay president on a few occasions. He passed away.
Aditya Mataji she was the secretary of the Bombay temple, she was Giriraj Swami’s secretary. Then she
lived in Vrindavan where she passed away recently.
Then Sethi ji, he played a big role in fighting the gundas and helping Prabhupada in building the rooftops.
Deshbandhu Gupta ji was the chairman of the standing committee, he played a big role in buying the
tenants and helping to build the Heaven on Earth, which we describe as – Phase II.
And many other devotees.
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So as I said, ISKCON Bombay has developed due to the efforts of several devotees over the years, it’s
more a team effort. And I want to take this opportunity to thank all the devotees who have come from
every corner of the globe to participate in this celebration.

The planning of the celebration started over two years ago and several devotees took part. The team was
headed by Brajahari dasa, our Temple President and our goal was to have a big 40th anniversary, of course
Golden Jubilee is relatively more important, but we didn’t know how many of us would be around during
the Golden Jubilee time. So at least we wanted to make sure that the 40th anniversary is nicely celebrated.

So we want to thank all the devotees who came from different parts of the world to take part in this
celebration. We are very very grateful that all of you made big sacrifices to come here. The devotees have
tried their best to take care and they would like to be excused if there were any discrepancies and we will
request you to come back again. Prabhupada said Bombay is my office and Bombay is also the home of
all the devotees who served here. So you’re welcome to come and spend time in Bombay and once again
thank you very very much for coming and making the celebration so enjoyable.

And thanks to Hari dasa prabhu and his team for videoing the memoirs and we’ll try to get these memoirs
transcribed and publish them into a book and I also want to thank Devakinandan prabhu and the Radha
Rasabihari committee members who have done hard work in realizing phase 2 of the Hare Krishna Land.
We have Phase 1, Phase 2 and now we should have Phase 3 and you know what Phase 3 should be? Making
sure that we fulfil every instruction that Prabhupada gave regarding Hare Krishna land. Prabhupada
wanted this to be a spiritual location and due to Prabhupada’s mercy ten to fifteen thousand people come
every day … over a hundred thousand on weekends. But we need to intensify our preaching, so we can
make more people chant Hare Krishna. There are several devotees who took part in the management of
the festival, I want to request Brajahari Prabhu, our temple president to please come on the stage and read
the names of all the devotees who took part in executing the arrangement for this festival.
One last thing I want to mention, Prabhupada was so attached to Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari Deities that
he would carry Their picture wherever he went. Radha- Rasabihari Deities were part of his package and
wherever he would go he would have Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari Deity pictures with him. So we are here
because of Srila Prabhupada and as long as we keep Srila Prabhupada in the centre, our spiritual lives will
be successful. We need to follow Srila Prabhupada’s instructions strictly, and read his books. Prabhupada
said everything I wanted to say is there in my books. Read his books, in the Caitanya-caritamrta purport
which was concluded in the Hare Krishna land, Prabhupada explains about vapu and vani, he explains
how the vani is more important than vapu. So we have Prabhupada’s vani in his books, instructions - we
should study them, practice them and thereby preach the message that Prabhupada gave us, that will please
Prabhupada, that will make this a real heaven on earth. Hare Krishna.
Sri-Guru Bhakti
Entering into the Heart of the Matter
by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thäkura
The jiva, blinded by the delusion of mäyä, and bound in the widespread network of material existence,
wanders here and there. Having been captivated in the hope of happiness, he searches for such happiness
in knowledge, intelligence, wealth, honour, etc., but by no means can he make himself happy. In this way
many lives of the jivas pass. As a result of earning stocks of sukrti in many births, sraddhä for bhajana is
transmitted within the heart of the jiva. Only in bhajana is there any possibility of his attaining happiness.
Sri Krsna is Svayam Bhagavän, and the jivas are His eternal servants. Sraddhä is the very strong and
determined faith that, by performing bhakti unto Sri Krsna, all the sufferings of the jiva are dispelled, and
he becomes situated in krsna-däsya, his constitutional position. Possessing such sraddhä, the jiva very
soon takes the shelter of the lotus feet of a sad-guru. Then, by virtue of Sri Guru’s grace alone, he attains
all types of perfection.
The boundlessly merciful Vaisnavas are the supreme friends of the fallen jivas in this world. Knowing the
jivas to be averse to Krsna, they preach bhakti-tattva to them. Developing sraddhä in bhakti-tattva, the
jivas take shelter of a Vaisnava’s lotus feet. As Sri Guru, he now instructs them on bhagavad-bhajana.
When the disciple exhibits suitable qualification, having developed singleness in purpose and expertise
in bhajana, Sri Guru bestows his mercy upon him by granting the power to view the storehouse of
transcendence — Sri Krsna. Such is the endless mercy of the Vaisnavas. As Sri Gurudeva, the Vaisnava

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blesses the extremely fallen and insignificant jiva, who is filled with hundreds of anarthas, tormented by
mäyä in various forms, and completely drowned in the ocean of material existence, with a place at his feet.
He himself accepts the burden of this jiva’s life, which presently is devoid of bhajana. By the example
of his own supremely pure character and strong bhajana, Sri Guru captivates him and transmits potency
into his heart. The disciple imbibes this strength and gradually moves forward along the path of bhajana.
There is, indeed, no extent to the unlimited mercy of such a Guru. It is endless and wonderful, and for this
reason Narottama Thäkura Mahäsaya has written:
sri-guru karunä-sindhu, adhama janära bandhu, lokanäth lokera jivana
hä hä prabhu koro doyä, deho more pada-chäyä, ebe jasa ghusuk tribhuvana
caksu-dän dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei, divya jïäna hrde prakäsito
prema-bhakti jähä hoite, avidyä vinäsa jäte, vede gäy jähära carito
Sri Guru can be distinguished according to his two functions as diksä-guru and siksä-guru. Diksä- guru is
he from whom the mantra is obtained, and siksä-guru is he from whom bhajana-siksä, instruction on how
to progress along the devotional path, is received.
A disciple should show equal respect to both, and he should understand that both are the manifestation of
Krishna’s shakti. If he maintains a different opinion towards them, the disciple will be an offender. In Sri
Caitanya-caritämrta (Adi 1.44-45.47) it is said:
yadyapi ämära guru—caitanyera däsa tathäpi jäniye ämi tänhära prakäsa
guru krsna-rüpa hana sästrera pramäne
guru-rüpe krsna krpä karena bhakta- gane
siksä-guruke ta’ jäni krsnera svarüpa antaryämi, bhakta-srestha,—ei dui rüpa
To consider Gurudeva to be directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead is an offensive mentality, because
such an idea leads to the conception of the jiva’s oneness with Isvara—like that of a mäyävädi. However,
if one performs bhakti with the understanding that Sri Guru is the special manifestation of Sri Bhagavän
Himself, or His sakti, then there will be no fault. “Sri Bhagavän, who is the embodiment of prema, has
manifested Himself within Sri Gurudeva and has given me initiation.” If this thought remains in the mind
of the disciple, he will be blessed. He will then nurture firm faith in the words of Sri Guru and develop
unshakeable devotion to him.
Those jivas who are possessed of faith should take shelter of a sad-guru with great care and effort. Having
compiled information from various sästras, Vaisnava äcärya Srila Sanätana Gosvämi has given the
symptoms of Sri Guru, and the symptoms of a disciple, in his book Hari-bhakti-viläsa. The purport of
all such words of sästra is that one who has a strong character stemming from bhakti, who is a visuddha-
bhakta (a supremely pure devotee), and the best among the bhagavatas is alone the guru of the jivas.
And only that disciple who is free from sins, who is pure-hearted and submissive is fit to receive instruction.
If this advice is ignored, surely anarthas will appear on the path of devotion.
Sriman Mahäprabhu has said in His own words: yei krsna-tattva-vettä, sei ‘guru’ haya and guru yathä
bhakti- sünya, tathä sisyagana — “He who is enlightened in the science of Krsna is Guru”, and “Where
the Guru is without bhakti, his disciples will be the same.” Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s words always
remain true in all respects; in this there is no doubt.
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It is said in the sästra that the guru will examine the disciple for a considerable amount of time, and the
disciple will also observe the guru’s character. In this manner, after understanding the purity of each other,
both of them will establish a relationship. The guru-disciple relationship is not only for a few days; it will
continue to exist even after this life. If the disciple cannot take shelter of a sad-guru, (even after having
searched with great care), then he becomes deviated from the path of the supreme goal due to the fault of
neglect. If the guru is unfit, the disciple, having abandoned him, should accept a sad-guru. If the disciple
is fallen, and Sri Guru is unable to reform him, he can give him up.
It is appropriate for the disciple to follow with determined faith whatever instruction is given to him by
Sri Gurudeva. If the disciple fails to do so, and hears different instructions from various people, due to the
fault of unnecessary hankerings, he will be unable to do bhajana. If it appears that Sri Guru has given an
order contrary to sästra, then, with a simple heart, the disciple should express himself at his feet and then
reconcile it with the words of sästra. However, if one does not carry out Sri Gurudeva’s directions with
special care and firmness, the disciple by no means can attain His mercy.
Simply by his desire, that Gurudeva who is the topmost of bhagavatas can transmit potency within the
heart of the disciple and thus make him a parama-bhagavat. Naturally, however, such inclination does
not arise in Sri Gurudeva to instill that potency in an unfit disciple. That disciple who carries out the
instructions of Sri Guru with great vigilance soon becomes qualified to receive the wealth of Guru’s
mercy. Only then can he realize the real meaning of guru-krpä.
As long as anarthas remain in the process of bhajana, the disciple should continue to move forward on the
path of bhajana as instructed by Sri Gurudeva, prudently following the laws and prohibitions of sästra.
When, by the mercy of Sri Gurudeva, one crosses over the ocean of anarthas and arrives in the realm
of nisthä and ruci, Sri Guru’s mercy flows very forcefully. At that time Sri Gurudeva becomes the very
wealth of his life. Mamatä, possessiveness, appears in the heart of the disciple towards his Gurudeva, and
gradually attachment towards bhajana increases. As the attachment for bhajana increases, mamatä ripens
and expands, and an unprecedented däsya-rasa, service mood towards Gurudeva, unfolds. At that time,
with great attention the disciple fully offers his life at the feet of his Gurudeva.
As long as natural affection for Gurudeva does not rise in the disciple, it is imperative for him to render
service unto Sri Gurudeva to obtain his mercy. To fastidiously carry out the words of Sri Gurudeva is his
principal sevä. Many people do not exhibit any determination to execute the instructions of Sri Gurudeva.
However, they seem to remain very busy in some way or another, trying to massage the feet of Sri Gurudeva
or fanning him. If these services are done with natural inborn affection, much benefit is derived. However,
if the disciple retains some insincerity within the heart, which manifests as a hope that, “By this type of
sevä I will become dear to Sri Gurudeva,” then it will not be at all helpful for him. One cannot become
dear to Gurudeva in that way. It is the carrying out of the order of Gurudeva that confers great satisfaction
for the disciple. Massaging his feet and fanning him are surely not bad. The result of that type of service
is that one develops the strength to follow the instructions of Sri Guru, and by that alone one obtains his
mercy. Self-satisfaction is ultimately achieved as a result of the sevä which is performed with natural,
innate priti, or affection.
(Translated from Sri Gaudiya-patrikä)
-Contributed by H.G.Sitarani devi dasi
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Follow In The Footsteps Of The Acaryas

siddha-carana-gandharvair vidyädhara-mahoragaih
kinnarair apsarobhis ca kridadbhir justa-kandarah
(Srimad-Bhägavatam 8.2.5)

The inhabitants of the higher planets—the Siddhas, Caranas, Gandharvas, Vidyädharas, serpents, Kinnaras
and Apsaräs—go to that mountain to sport. Thus all the caves of the mountain are full of these denizens
of the heavenly planets.

STORY OF GAJENDRA
We are about to discuss the very interesting story of Gajendra. Prior to presenting the story, Çukadeva
Gosvämé is giving us a background. Gajendra was a king of elephants, but not an ordinary King. In his
previous life, he was a very great devotee and a King called Indradyumna. King Indradyumna was the
king of Southern India. Unlike the present day rulers who don’t want to withdraw from their position even
after having ruled over the kingdom, he went to the mountains to retire and practice deep meditation.
Once Agastya Muni, a great sage, came with his disciples but the King was completely absorbed in his
meditation. When Agastya Muni saw that the King did not receive him properly, he felt insulted and cursed
him. He said, “You are so proud of your position, I curse you to become an elephant in your next life”. The
curse of a sage is also a blessing. We see this also in the story of the sons of Kuvera. They were cursed by
Närada Muni to become trees. But they became trees that were liberated by the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. The curse of a great sage should never be misunderstood because it is for our own betterment.
King Hühü, a Gandharva King, was also cursed to become a crocodile. Once King Hühü was enjoying
with women in the water, and while enjoying he pulled the leg of Devala Rsi, who was also taking a bath in
the water. Devala Åñi became angry and said, “How dare you pull my leg?” As soon as the King realized
that he had pulled the leg of a great sage, he apologized. He said, “Please forgive me, I did not know that
I touched the feet of such a great sage, please pardon me. Devala Rsi, who in compassion gave him the
benediction, said, ‘Ok I pardon you, in your next life you will become a crocodile and you will be liberated
by the Supreme Lord’. That was also a blessing.
Normally King Indradyumna would have had to take so many more births before becoming self-realized
and similarly with the Gandharva King. Gandharvas are in the enjoying mood so if one is a Gandharva, it
would take him many-many births before he is fortunate enough to go back to Godhead. But by this curse,
King Hühü was touched by the Supreme Lord’s body and was liberated.
In Srimad-Bhägavatam, it is described that in the midst of the ocean of milk, there is a very high and
beautiful mountain that has an altitude of ten thousand yojanas, or eighty thousand miles. This mountain is
known as Triküta and Gajendra used to live there as the King of the forest. In the material world, we have
experience of oceans made of salty water and in some areas of the world we have springs. These days we
get spring water bottles all over the world. In the upper planets, there are oceans of liquor, ghee, oil, milk
and sweet water. The sweet water in the upper planets is far sweeter than even the sweet water experience
that we have of this earthly planet. Srimad-Bhägavatam is just giving us a small glimpse of the heavenly
planets just like many of us may not have been to America but we can get knowledge of America by
reading an advertising brochure that describes America. Bhägavatam and Bhagavad-gita give us a glimpse
of the heavenly planets. Higher planetary systems have different type of human beings, animals, trees, etc
and the land is made of emeralds, gold, silver and other precious stones.

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AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thäkura has sung, “kesava! tuwä jagata vichitra – O Kesava! This material creation of
Yours is most strange.” In the purport, Prabhupäda mentions that our modern day scientists don’t even have
enough information about the earthly planet and they have falsely concluded that on some planets there is
only dust. But actually if we want information about the earthly planets and the other planetary systems,
we have to turn to Srimad-Bhägavatam for guidance. If we turn to Srimad-Bhägavatam for guidance then
we will get very precise information about the nature of life on other planets, about the distance between
other planets, etc. The modern day population may think that this is mythology or this is imagination
but this is not mythology; this is realistic information. It appears like mythology to us because we are so
accustomed to only believing what the so-called scientists have to offer. In the purport, Prabhupäda makes
a point that the society today accepts those as learned who are involved in sense enjoyment and he quotes
this very famous verse from the 3rd chapter of the second canto:
vid-varähostra-kharaih samstutah purusah pasuh
na yat-karna-pathopeto jätu näma gadägrajah
(Srimad-Bhägavatam 2.3.19)
Men who are like dogs, hogs, camels and asses praise those men who never listen to the transcendental
pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna, the deliverer from evils.
In Srimad-Bhägavatam it is said that those who are like dogs, hogs, camels and asses, they are busy
glorifying others who are also like dogs, hogs, camels and asses. Srimad-Bhägavatam is very blunt in its
analysis of the gross materialists. Someone may question: why are the gross materialists called dogs, hogs,
camels and asses? Srimad-Bhägavatam explains that the gross materialists are very attracted to the habits
of the four animals (dogs, hogs, camels and asses) – eating, sleeping, defending and mating. For example, a
gross materialist is compared to a hog; a hog eats without discrimination and mates without discrimination,
so a gross materialist who also eats without discrimination and mates without discrimination is actually
comparable to a hog.
A dog will serve any master regardless of his character. The policemen use the dog to catch thieves and
the thieves use the dog to stay away from the police. A dog has no capacity to discriminate regarding the
integrity of the master. Similarly all a gross materialist wants is some remuneration and he doesn’t care
where it comes from.
A camel bites on some thorns and as a result his tongue bleeds. The camel falsely thinks that the thorns
are very tasty. The foolish camel doesn’t realize that it is not the taste of the thorns but the blood that is
coming out. The camel is losing his own blood but he is thinking that the thorns are tasty. Similarly a gross
materialist engages in sex enjoyment not recognizing that behind every drop of semen, many ounces of
blood are lost. That is why Bhägavatam compares a gross materialist to dogs, hogs, camels and asses.
An ass carries heavy burden on his back. We can see donkeys in action in India and Central Asia. We
don’t get to see donkeys in action in many other parts of the world, so most people can’t understand this
example. Similarly a gross materialist also carries heavy loads comprised of unlimited material desires,
ambitions, worries, etc. Bhägavatam says that those who have habits of dogs, hogs, camels and asses are
busy glorifying others with similar habits.
The present day society will not accept Sukadeva Gosvämi’s verdict; will not accept Srimad-Bhägavatam’s
explanation but will accept what the so-called material scientist have to say, who themselves suffer from
the defects that are inherent in every living entity. Our process of obtaining knowledge is from a perfect
authority that never makes any mistake. Therefore, Prabhupäda quotes 12 mahäjanas as spiritual authority.
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Following in the footsteps of mahäjanas
svayambhür näradah sambhuh  kumärah kapilo manuh
prahlädo janako bhismo balir vaiyäsakir vayam
(Srimad-Bhägavatam 6.3.20)
Lord Brahmä, Bhagavän Närada, Lord Siva, the four Kumäras, Lord Kapila [the son of Devahüti],
Sväyambhuva Manu, Prahläda Mahäräja, Janaka Mahäräja, Grandfather Bhisma, Bali Mahäräja, Sukadeva
Gosvämi and I myself know the real religious principle.
In the sixth canto of Bhägavatam, we read about the wonderful story of Ajämila and the encounter of
Visnudütas and Yamadütas. Ajämila was born in a brahmanical family but became sinful. The Yamadütas,
the agents of Lord Yamaräja, were sent by Lord Yamaräja to bring him to hell for punishment. But, when
Ajämila saw the fearful looking Yamadütas approaching him, he chanted the name of Näräyana, which
was actually the name of his younger son. As soon as he chanted the name of Näräyana, the agents of
Lord Vishnu came to his rescue and ultimately Visnudütas stopped Yamadütas from taking Ajämila to
hell. Yamadütas were very baffled when they were stopped from doing their duty of taking Ajämila to
hell for punishment. They went to Yamaräja and asked, “How were we stopped? How could your order be
wrong?” Yamaräja is one of the twelve mahäjanas. Twelve spiritual authorities identified in Bhägavatam
are Brahmä, Siva, Bali Mahäräja, Yamaräja, Sukadeva Gosvämi, Närada Muni, Sväyambhuva Manu,
Kapila, the four Kumäras, Prahläda, Janaka Mahäräja and Bhisma.
“Mahäjano yena gatah sa panthäh – one should accept whatever progressive path the mahäjanas advocate”–
we obtain spiritual knowledge by following in the footsteps of the mahäjanas. In India, Mahajan has
become a caste; Goswami has become a caste. We can meet with a Mr. Mahajan, Mr. Goswami or Mr.
Swami everywhere in India. But mahäjana actually means a self-realized person; a great personality who
is self-realized; who understands the scriptures; who understands the words of God. If we follow the path
of the mahäjanas then we can never go wrong and if we follow a concocted path then we will become
confused and go wrong.
This Krsna consciousness movement is strictly based on the path of the mahäjanas. In Upadesämrta, Srila
Rüpa Gosvämi gives us the guidelines about how we can cultivate our spiritual life and how our spiritual
life can get ruined. So Srila Rüpa Gosvämi says,
utsähän niscayäd dhairyät tat-tat-karma-pravartanät
sanga-tyägät sato vrtteh sadbhir bhaktih prasidhyati
(Sri Upadesämrta Text 3)
There are six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service: (1) being enthusiastic, (2)
endeavoring with confidence, (3) being patient, (4) acting according to regulative principles [such as
sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam [Srimad Bhägavatam 7.5.23]—hearing, chanting and remembering
Krsna], (5) abandoning the association of non devotees, and (6) following in the footsteps of the previous
äcäryas. These six principles undoubtedly assure the complete success of pure devotional service.
“Tat-tat-karma-pravartanät” means “mahäjano yena gatah sa pantah”. Therefore, we follow the scriptures,
we follow the sädhus and we do not concoct anything. Prabhupäda did not concoct anything. He did not
get discouraged when he had to wait for some time for success. Prabhupäda struggled in India for nearly
25 years and again he struggled when he went to the west but he did not compromise on the path shown
by the mahäjanas just to attract a bigger following. If Prabhupäda had compromised even a little bit on
the four regulative principles or on the importance of chanting 16 rounds, the number of devotees in this
Krsna consciousness movement would have been ten times more. But he did not compromise because
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he wanted to present the truth as it is. When Srila Prabhupäda would sit down to write the commentary
on Srimad-Bhägavatam, every time before Prabhupäda would dictate the purport of a verse, he would
read the commentaries of the predecessor äcäryas. If we also want ultimate success, we should also not
compromise on the process given by our äcäryas.

[Lecture given by His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami on Srimad- Bhagavatam 8.2.5 - Adapted
by Ananda Mohan Dasa from the book titled THE HIGHEST REALITY OF SPIRITUAL LIFE
compiled and published by H.G.Sarvasakshi Das ]

Inspiring Nectarine Quotes

(By His Holiness Gopal Krishna Gosvami Maharaja)

• Determination develops by practicing the process of sadhana bhakti.

• One important thing for spiritual advancement is that we should all remain connected to the temple,
and be eager to do service in the temple.

• One must read one chapter of the Krishna book daily. If one does that, within one year one will
become familiar with all the pastimes of the Lord, and it will become easier to meditate on the
Lord.

• The real transcendentalist is not just interested in his liberation, but he also shows his concern for
those who are trying to establish their relationship with the Lord.

• Your best offering to me is to become better devotees. In my lectures I always emphasise on the
importance of attentive chanting and regular study of Prabhupada’s books. I would like each of you
to concentrate on theses two areas.

• Coal can’t become white, but the chanting of the holy name is so powerful, that it can convert the
black coal-like heart into a white heart.

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• The more we can appreciate the efforts of the Vaishnavas, the greater will be the satisfaction that
we can obtain.

• There is a difference between material and spiritual anxiety. When one has material anxiety one
worries about one’s quota of sense gratification, and when one has spiritual anxiety, one worries
about getting attached to the Holy Name, to hearing about the Lord and serving the Lord.

• Chant Hare Krishna with love and faith.

• Our real business is devotional service.

• A spiritual master is not an enjoyer of facilities offered by his disciples, rather he is like a parent.
Just like a child cannot grow up without the attentive guidance of his parents, one cannot learn to
perform devotional service without the attentive guidance of the spiritual master.

• If one is situated in real Krishna Consciousness, he can face the most severe type of adversity and
remain completely undisturbed.

• One associates with guru through vapu and vani. Both are important. But out of the two, vani is
more important.

• Your real friend is one who stops you from slipping down from the spiritual path.

• Our mentality during sankirtana should be, “I want to engage this conditioned soul in some type of
devotional service, so that I can take him back to Godhead.” If that is our prayer, our meditation,
then Krishna who is within the heart will hear, and will give us the necessary intelligence.
• If we want to have good Vaishnava relationships, our endeavour should be not only to speak words Drops of Nectar
that are beneficial, but also to speak them in the manner that does not agitate others.  
Thank you Maharaja for silencing the maddening quest
• The devotee is contemplating, “How can I become a better devotee? How can I serve the Lord a Of trivial knowledge that I had known the best
little better? How can I understand the spiritual master, and thus please the Lord better?” Because Always hearing chanting and remembering Him
he is contemplating like that, he also develops an attachment that he should engage only in those Is the Kali-yuga Key you bestowed in my realm 
activities which will help him realise this contemplation.
Amidst the bewildering dictates of mind wails
• Please become serious and good devotees; beware of Maya. Your guiding principles onset the smooth sails
Owing gratitude to all the sincere souls
(Compiled by Amrta Devi Dasi) Who show the path to your mercy tolls
  Opening ever evolving horizons of bliss and peace
  Thank you for putting binding engagements on cease
  And for forging the overwhelming divine connection
Made possible by Your Holiness’ kind intervention
   
Thank you Maharaja for the drops of nectar pouring from your grave instruction
And to all book preaching commanders carrying your command with great perfection
All glories to His Holiness Guru Mah`araja! 
-contributed by Charu Chitra devi dasi (ISKCON, Delhi)
(Associated with ISKCON, East of Kailash and Dwarka, New Delhi, India)

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A Rendezvous Divine
1. Making my way through the maze of life
2. Bewildered and tossed by great sights
3. Getting entangled in an illusory flight
4. Not finding the purpose in all this plight
5. Suddenly mercy knocks at the door
6. Unannounced graceful and so pure
7. You are not this body, you are a soul
8. How simple and spontaneous was the cure
9. Kindling a long forgotten spark
10. A new journey I was about to embark
11. Of knowing who am I and what are my real coordinates
12. What is my true service and who are my real associates
13. His Grace entwined a new surge of energy I gained
14. Where chaos ruled and imperfect senses reigned
15. Unconditional mercy and love His chosen associates gave
16. Nurtured by His Holiness so many souls like me you save
17. The power of divine love cascading from His Holiness one glance
18. Reveals gradually as it pours and you wait for His mercy and chance
All glories to His Holiness Guru Maharaja!
 
-contributed by Ms. Charu Naina (ISKCON, Delhi)
(Associated with ISKCON, East of Kailash, and Dwarka Temple, New Delhi, India)
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Offering by Srila Prabhupada’s disciple
His Holiness Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Goswami
Dearest Goswami Maharaja,
Please accept my dandavat pranams. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, who is the primary source of
deliverance for us!
Srila Prabhupada has created many sources of deliverance, such as reasonably advanced god-brothers
and god-sisters, has invited hundreds of Deities to become manifest all around the world, and everything
wonderful in our society is being created by him - even Krishna prasad. He also created and empowers
a wonderful god-brother like you. Although we took initiation around the same time, nevertheless I
certainly see you as my spiritual senior, not just because you are my personal GBC, but because of your
extraordinary spiritual advancement. I remember once that in your personal presence somebody asked me
who my GBC is, and I without blinking replied His Holiness Gopal Krishna Maharaja; you did not say
anything, but smiled as a wonderful confirmation that you are a spiritual guide in my life, a beacon of light
and love, side by side with Srila Prabhupada.
In so many circumstances, you are always taking a stand for me. Although empowered to fulfill Srila
Prabhupada’s desires, sure and certain that without your stepping in on behalf of Srila Prabhupada to push
my being awarded sannyasa ashram, I might not be a sannyasi today. For this reason, and for so many
other reasons, I am personally indebted to you. You have opened the doors for me to preach all over the
world as a mandate. At my sannyasa initiation, you declared boldly, “Now, you must travel all over the
world and spread Krishna consciousness.” I was pleasantly surprised by your strong mandate for world
scale preaching since I had speculated that you would want me to preach primarily in your zones, but you
have shown your advancement and magnanimity by giving me a mandate on behalf of Srila Prabhupada to
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travel and preach all over the entire world. With this wonderful benediction, and with your blessings and
mercy of Srila Prabhupada which are non-different, I aspire after fulfilling this benediction.
Amongst my god-brothers, I can count you to be most compassionate, caring, and loving friend and
mentor as well. Certainly, amongst my god-brothers, by your first class example, you are indeed my
best mentor. There are many saintly leaders in our movement, but in qualities of examples of how to
behave, especially with the devotees, you are the finest. Although I have many well-wishers amongst the
movement top leaders, including the GBC and the sannyasis, you certainly stand out like a shining light,
like a Sun in a world of darkness.
It is my desire that you should live at least 10 or 15 years longer. Better I should leave the planet before
you, because if not, it will cause me a lot of heartache, if you somehow or other leave before me. As you
know, we are not young men anymore and Srila Prabhupada could take us any moment.
We are officially elderly and only Krishna knows how much he will permit either one of us to remain on
the planet, while preaching and assisting the devotees. We are both destined to leave these bodies, while
grasping Srila Prabhupada’s lotus feet; yet, after we are separated from our material bodies, we will certainly
reunite in Goloka Vrindavana, along with all the followers of Srila Prabhupada. Some prabhus may think
that it is only a wishful dream but actually, Srila Prabhupada has said, “there will be another ISKCON in
the spiritual word.” Yet, there will be no sign indicating “ISKCON devotees this way.” It is not a mundane
conception at all; rather a very deep statement by Srila Prabhupada, and we should search out the meaning.
It certainly does not mean that there will be another institution named ISKCON in Goloka Vrindavana.
It means that our spiritual family will be reunited under the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada inconceivably,
regardless of his svarupa or ours, or our Nitya Lila in Srila Prabhupada’s association. It will be an eternal
life of love for Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, and love for the devotees, regardless of everyone’s svarupa.
Once you declared that if you knew who you are associating with (meaning Prabhupada’s disciples in their
spiritual Nitya Lila), you would faint.” Certainly, you are one of Srila Prabhupada’s eternal associates,
along with all of his beloved followers. Brahma Samhita clearly states that fully liberated devotees residing
in Goloka Vrindavan, who are devotees of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, will have expansions simultaneously
singing and dancing in Nitya Lila kirtan party, where we will associate with Narottama dasa Thakura, the
six goswamis and all of our predecessor acharyas. This is combined with our Nitya Lila swarupa in the
loving service of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna in a separate spiritual body. There we will sing, dance, chant
the holy name and embrace eternally.
Although this is our destiny, I personally pray that you will be with us in this so called material world
much longer so that we can have your association again and again. I am very happy that you have started
to take precautions to reserve your health by slowing down a bit. Absent this, we fear that the high level of
devotional stress will reduce your number of years on this planet. Therefore, please continue taking care
of your body as a high priority, because if not, you will not be able to bless us by being with us another
10 years.
All glories to your selfless service to Srila Prabhupada and your selfless dedication to your devotees. Just
as the 12 leading preaching apostles have gone down in history as the leading disciples of Christ, you will
certainly go down in history even as more famous than the disciples of Christ. Many people around the
world might blink at this bold statement, but I stand by it, along with many other supporters around the
world who will also stand by it. One preaching pure disciple certainly outshines thousands of Christian
preachers, though they may be well intended. Please remain healthy, even if it means sacrificing some high
stress services, so that you can be with us much longer.
Your eternal servant,
Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Goswami

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INDEX
INDIA
Bihar
Ishvar Naam dasa Bhagalpur 3
Jagadish Shyam dasa Gaya 4
Rakshak Giridhari dasa Gaya 5
Rohit Mittal Gaya 5
Anantkripa devi dasi, Vinita Kohli, Anang Manjari Kohli, Anant Jharkhand -
9
Shesha Kohli and Arjunanath dasa Jamshedpur
Aradhya Gaura dasa Patna 6
Raman Manohara dasa and Madhurya devi dasi Patna 7
Ramanuja kripa dasa Patna 8
Sadhu Raman dasa Patna 8
Radhapati Caran dasa Sundarpur 10

Chandigarh
Abhijit Priya devi dasi and Ujjavala Prema bhakti devi dasi Chandigarh 11
Adhi Yajna Hari dasa Chandigarh 11
Akhilananda dasa Chandigarh 12
Akinchan Priya dasa Chandigarh 12
Akrura Nandan dasa Chandigarh 13
Amala Shakti devi dasi Chandigarh 14
Amrit Caitanya dasa Chandigarh 14
Bhava dasa adhikari and Shradha devi dasi Chandigarh 14
Hamsa Bhakta dasa Chandigarh 14
Jagannatha Mohini devi dasi Chandigarh 15
Kalindi pran Nath dasa Chandigarh 15

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Krsna Vallabha devi dasi Chandigarh 16 Govinda, Dwarkadhish and Sadhu Gauranga dasa Dwaraka 36
Madhuhar dasa and Sukomala devi dasi Chandigarh 16 Haridas Chaitanya dasa Dwaraka 37
Marici dasa Chandigarh 17 Isha Karkra Dwaraka 37
Nand Maharaja dasa Chandigarh 17 Jagadishvara Hari dasa Dwaraka 37
Praghosh dasa and Padyavali devi dasi Chandigarh 18 Jatin Dwaraka 38
Preeti Mehta Chandigarh 20 Lokatma Shakti devi dasi Dwaraka 38
Priya Gopinath dasa Chandigarh 20 Namapriya Chitra devi dasi Dwaraka 39
Purusavatara dasa Chandigarh 22 Navanita Hari dasa Dwaraka 39
Raas Vijay dasa Chandigarh 23 Padmanabha svarupa dasa Dwaraka 39
Radha dasya dasa Chandigarh 23 Partha Krishna dasa and Sudaksha Gauri devi dasi Dwaraka 40
Rukmini Sudha devi dasi  Chandigarh 24 Prahlad Pujya dasa Dwaraka 41
Sacinandan Karuna dasa Chandigarh 24 Prashant Mukunda dasa Dwaraka 41
Savitri Bhakti devi dasi Chandigarh 25 Rama Vijaya dasa Dwaraka 42
Shastra Chakshu dasa and Sammohini Radhika devi dasi Chandigarh 25 Ramani Sakhi devi dasi Dwaraka 42
Sitanath dasa Chandigarh 26 Ramarajanan dasa Dwaraka 43
Taruni Champaklata devi dasi Chandigarh 26 Rasa Sekhara dasa Dwaraka 43
Vaikuntha Venkatesha dasa and Dayamai Gaurangi devi dasi Chandigarh 27 Rishi Sevika devi dasi Dwaraka 43
Vaishnava priya Gauranga dasa Chandigarh 27 Sachinandan Gaura dasa Dwaraka 44
Vajranabh dasa Chandigarh 29 Sandeep Karkra Dwaraka 44
Vivek Sharma Chandigarh 30 Santipur Vasini devi dasi Dwaraka 45
Sarvaguneshwar dasa and Paremeshthi Lila devi dasi and baby
Dwaraka 45
Dhriti
Delhi Saurabh Bhayana Dwaraka 45
Ram Balarama dasa Chhipiwara 33
Vallabha Chandrika devi dasi Dwaraka 46
Achintya Avatar dasa Dwaraka 34
Vivek Dwaraka 47
Arvindaksha mohan dasa Dwaraka 34
Vraja Sakhi devi dasi Dwaraka 47
Atipriya nirguna dasa Dwaraka 34
Yashoda Sakhi devi dasi Dwaraka 47
Chanchalapati dasa Dwaraka 35
Abhaya Nama dasa East of Kailash 48
Gayatri Karuna devi dasi Dwaraka 35
Abhilekh East of Kailash 49
Giresh Sharma Dwaraka 36
Abhishek Agrawal East of Kailash 50

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Achyutananda Priya dasa East of Kailash 50 Balarama East of Kailash 66

Aditya Narayan East of Kailash 51 Bali Prasad dasa East of Kailash 67
Advaita Carita dasa and Ananta Shakti devi dasi East of Kailash 51 Benu East of Kailash 67
Advaita murti dasa and Chandrarekha devi dasi East of Kailash 52 Bhageshvari devi dasi East of Kailash 67
Akarshani Keshavi devi dasi East of Kailash 52 Bhawna Kohli East of Kailash 68
Akshaya Keshava dasa East of Kailash 53 Brhat Svarupa dasa East of Kailash 68
Anand Caitanya dasa East of Kailash 53 Chandra Prakash East of Kailash 69
Anand Nidhi dasa East of Kailash 54 Chandra Shekhar Rai East of Kailash 69
Anand Nimai dasa East of Kailash 54 Chetkar Aditya, Balesvari Sakhi devi dasi and Richa Jha East of Kailash 69
Anand Radha devi dasi East of Kailash 55 Damodar sakha dasa East of Kailash 71
Anangmayi devi dasi East of Kailash 55 Debashish East of Kailash 71
Anant Raghav dasa East of Kailash 56 Deepak Kataria and Kalpana Kirti devi dasi East of Kailash 71
Ananta Shyam dasa East of Kailash 56 Deepak Singh East of Kailash 72
Anantasila dasa East of Kailash 57 Devasretha Nitai dasa East of Kailash 72
Anarpita kirpamoyi dasa East of Kailash 57 Dwarkadhish dasa, Jyoti Rupa devi dasi and Vasudeva East of Kailash 73
Anjana gopi devi dasi East of Kailash 58 Dwarkanath Hrishikesh dasa East of Kailash 74
Anjaneya Rama dasa East of Kailash 58 Ekamurti Radha devi dasi East of Kailash 74
Ankur Aggarwal East of Kailash 59 Ganga Shakti devi dasi East of Kailash 75
Anshul Sinha East of Kailash 59 Gaurangi Yasoda devi dasi, Radhika and Sachinandana Nimai
East of Kailash 75
dasa
Antardvipa dasa East of Kailash 60
Golokavasini devi dasi East of Kailash 75
Antaryami Balarama dasa East of Kailash 61
Gopi Bhava dasa East of Kailash 76
Anupam dasa East of Kailash 61
Guna Sagar Nitai dasa East of Kailash 78
Aravindaksha Madhava dasa East of Kailash 62
Hanuman dasa East of Kailash 78
Arvind Verma East of Kailash 62
Hari Priya dasa and Akarsini Gopi devi dasi East of Kailash 80
Ashutosh Kumar East of Kailash 64
Ishvari Kripa devi dasi East of Kailash 80
Asima Narottama dasa East of Kailash 64
Jai Narayan dasa East of Kailash 80
Atmatrupta dasa East of Kailash 65
Kalpataru Hari dasa East of Kailash 81
Bal Sevak dasa East of Kailash 65
Kanchan Agarwal East of Kailash 81
Balagopala dasa East of Kailash 66
Kaunteya Sakha dasa East of Kailash 82

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Kavita Kardam East of Kailash 83 Pankaj Lochan dasa East of Kailash 100
Kirti Krsna dasa East of Kailash 83 Parjanya gopa dasa East of Kailash 101
Lalan Singh East of Kailash 83 Partha Pran dasa East of Kailash 101
Laveen East of Kailash 84 Parthasarathi Biswas East of Kailash 101
Madana Hari dasa East of Kailash 84 Parthasarathi Mitra dasa East of Kailash 102
Madhu Smita dasa East of Kailash 85 Patita ashraya dasa East of Kailash 102
Madhur Madhav dasa East of Kailash 86 Pitambar Krishna dasa East of Kailash 102
Mahābala dāsa East of Kailash 87 Prince Goyal East of Kailash 103
Mahavira Rupa dasa East of Kailash 87 Priya Satyabhama devi dasi and Prahlad East of Kailash 103
Manish kumar and Sandhya devi, Madhusudani rupa devi dasi, Puja priya devi dasi East of Kailash 104
East of Kailash 89
Caitanya and Nityananda
Puja Singh East of Kailash 105
Manohar Anandini devi dasi East of Kailash 89
Pusta Tulasi devi dasi East of Kailash 105
Manver East of Kailash 89
Radha Charan dasa East of Kailash 106
Mohan Rupa dasa East of Kailash 90
Radhika krpa devi dasi and Rasapriya dasa East of Kailash 107
Mukesh Kumar Nayak East of Kailash 90
Raghujivana dasa East of Kailash 108
Nagar Krsna dasa East of Kailash 91
Raghunatha dasa East of Kailash 109
Nand nandan patni devi dasi and all East of Kailash 91
Raja dharma dasa East of Kailash 109
Narottam Prana dasa East of Kailash 92
Rajeev Kardam East of Kailash 110
Nayan East of Kailash 92
Rajender East of Kailash 110
Neha East of Kailash 93
Rajni Sharma East of Kailash 111
Niranjana dasa East of Kailash 93
Ramabhadra dasa East of Kailash 111
Padasevan Bhakta dasa East of Kailash 94
Rasaraja dasa East of Kailash 112
Padma Karuna devi dasi and Ram Kumar dasa and little Laksh-
East of Kailash 95
man Rasikapriya Shyama dasa East of Kailash 112
Padma Shayi dasa, Vibhu Shakti dasi and little Damodar Hari East of Kailash 96 Rati Preistha devi dasi East of Kailash 113
Padmanabha Dhama dasa East of Kailash 96 Ravinder Kumar and Uma Gaurangi devi dasi East of Kailash 114
Padmani chitra devi dasi East of Kailash 97 Revati Pujya dasa East of Kailash 114
Pancajanya Nath dasa East of Kailash 98 Rishi Kumara dasa East of Kailash 114
Panchajanya Govind dasa East of Kailash 98 Rupanuga bhakta dasa East of Kailash 115
Pandava Prema dasa East of Kailash 99 Sachi Manohar dasa East of Kailash 116

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Saci Madhuri devi dasi East of Kailash 116 Sukheshwari Madhuri devi dasi East of Kailash 131
Sad Goswami dasa East of Kailash 117 Sumit Kumar Vij East of Kailash 132
Sakha Gaura dasa East of Kailash 118 Sundar Keshav dasa East of Kailash 132
Samarpita Gaura dasa East of Kailash 118 Sunil Madhava dasa East of Kailash 133
Sameer Malpani East of Kailash 119 Surendranath dasa East of Kailash 133
Sanatana Acyuta dasa East of Kailash 120 Upananda Gopa dasa East of Kailash 134
Sandeep Kumar Sharma East of Kailash 120 Usha Sajwan (Urjita Daya devi dasi) East of Kailash 134
Sankarshan Rupa dasa East of Kailash 120 Vaikuntha Naam dasa East of Kailash 135
Sankirtan Ananda dasa East of Kailash 121 Vaiseshika Priya dasa East of Kailash 135
Saroja Kumar Mohanty East of Kailash 121 Vaisnava Thakura dasa and Mukti Janani devi dasi East of Kailash 136
Sarva Saranaya dasa and Bhumi Sewa devi dasi East of Kailash 121 Vana Girdhari dasa East of Kailash 136
Sarvasaksi Vishnu dasa and Rukminitusti devi dasi East of Kailash 122 Vandana Jha East of Kailash 137
Satsvarupa Shyam dasa East of Kailash 122 Vedavit Gopinath dasa East of Kailash 137
Satyavati Bhavana devi dasi East of Kailash 123 Vibhu Keshava dasa East of Kailash 138
Shivam East of Kailash 123 Vidya Vadhu devi dasi East of Kailash 138
Shyam Govind dasa and Prashantnaina devi dasi East of Kailash 124 Vilasa Padmanabha dasa East of Kailash 139
Shyama Cittaharini devi dasi East of Kailash 124 Vrinda kunda dasa East of Kailash 139
Simantadvipa Gaura dasa East of Kailash 125 Yadav Balarama dasa East of Kailash 139
Simple Kapoor East of Kailash 125 Ashish Prakash dasa Katwaria Sarai 140
Sita Aradhana devi dasi East of Kailash 126 Gaurav Singh Katwaria Sarai 141
Sita Sevika devi dasi and Sadananda Baladeva dasa East of Kailash 126 Padmalochan Ram dasa Katwaria Sarai 141
Sitaram Hari dasa East of Kailash 127 Rameshwar Maurya Katwaria Sarai 141
Sitarani devi dasi East of Kailash 127 Darshan Manohar dasa Lado Sarai 142
Sonakshi Kandari East of Kailash 128 Deepika Singh Lado Sarai 142
Sri Nitaipada dasa East of Kailash 129 Komal kumari Lado Sarai 143
Sthira bhakti devi dasi and Jagannatha dasa East of Kailash 129 Advaita Krsna dasa Panchsheel 143
Subhuddhi Gaura dasa and Kalyani Lila devi dasi East of Kailash 130 Adiguru Nitai dasa Punjabi bagh 144
Sudama Vipra dasa East of Kailash 130 Advaita kripa dasa Punjabi bagh 145
Sujñan Shyam dasa East of Kailash 131 Adyaavatar dasa and Abhaya Jahnava devi dasi Punjabi bagh 145

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Aja Nitai dasa Punjabi bagh 145 Pawan Grover Punjabi bagh 166
Anila Gaura Hari dasa and Acintya Priti devi dasi Punjabi bagh 146 Pitambar Govind dasa Punjabi bagh 166
Bali Svarupa dasa Punjabi bagh 147 Radharaman Deva dasa Punjabi bagh 167
Brijesh Kumar Punjabi bagh 147 Ramananda Prem dasa and Radharani bhakti devi dasi Punjabi bagh 168
Dasaratha nandan dasa, Jagat sevika devi dasi and Bhakti prabhu Ramchandra kripa devi dasi Punjabi bagh 168
Punjabi bagh 148
devi dasi
Sachinanadana Vishvambhar dasa and Vidyavati devi dasi Punjabi bagh 169
Daya rupa dasa Punjabi bagh 148
Sanjay Mohan dasa Punjabi bagh 170
Dhira Shanta dasa Punjabi bagh 149
Sri Vasudeva dasa Punjabi bagh 170
Harinama Sevak dasa and Neha Punjabi bagh 150
Srikarta dasa Punjabi bagh 172
Hayagriva bhakta dasa Punjabi bagh 151
Sripad Padma dasa Punjabi bagh 173
Jagadbandhu Jaideva dasa Punjabi bagh 152
Sudarshan Priya dasa Punjabi bagh 173
Janakipati dasa Punjabi bagh 152
Sudevi Priya devi dasi Punjabi bagh 174
Jyotisvara dasa Punjabi bagh 154
Sukavaka dasa Punjabi bagh 174
Keshava Krishna dasa and Rangavali Shakti devi dasi Punjabi bagh 154
Sundar Krishna dasa Punjabi bagh 175
Lakshmana Nath dasa and Nirmala Devaki devi dasi Punjabi bagh 155
Vallabha Hari dasa Punjabi bagh 176
Madan Mohan dasa Punjabi bagh 156
Visnu Svarupa dasa Punjabi bagh 176
Madhusudana Visnu dasa Punjabi bagh 156
Avinash Kumar Rohini 179
Mahayajna dasa, Anjana and Nimai Punjabi bagh 157
Harikesh Madhav dasa Rohini 180
Manvantara dasa Punjabi bagh 157
Jagat Karta dasa Rohini 180
Mohan Punjabi bagh 158
Jagat mata saci devi dasi Rohini 181
Murali Krishna dasa Punjabi bagh 159
Jaya Ram dasa and Bhavasvarupini devi dasi Rohini 181
Murari Sevak dasa Punjabi bagh 160
Kunjavasi dasa Rohini 182
Namaprem dasa Punjabi bagh 161
Manisha Pritam Rohini 182
Narendra Kesava dasa Punjabi bagh 161
Nitai Caitanya dasa, Aradhya devi dasi and Lakshmana Rohini 183
Navadipa Sachi devi dasi Punjabi bagh 162
Pradhyumna Janak dasa Rohini 183
Navina Nityananda dasa Punjabi bagh 162
Priya Mukunda dasa Rohini 184
Pandav Sakhi kripa devi dasi  Punjabi bagh 163
Raas Raman dasa Rohini 185
Parthasarathi Mohan dasa brahmcari Punjabi bagh 163
Radha Keshava dasa Rohini 185
Pavitra Hari dasa Punjabi bagh 164
Raghu Nath Chander dasa Rohini 185
Pawan Aggarwal Punjabi bagh 165

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Rekha devi Gauri dasi Rohini 186 Mahavir Madhusudan dasa, Sukhadia Family – Shilpa, Dhanurd-
Ahmedabad 197
har and Mukund
Sanatana Giridhari dasa Rohini 186
Nila Manjari devi dasi, Kala Keshav dasa and Tarasvi Priya devi
Ahmedabad 198
Sarvagya Keshav dasa Rohini 187 dasi
Shivarama dasa and Sita Lila devi dasi Rohini 187 Nitin Bhandari Ahmedabad 198

Uddharini Golokeshwari devi dasi Rohini 188 Nitin Pranami Ahmedabad 198

Vasudevan Mittal Rohini 188 Parama siddhi dasa Ahmedabad 199

Pushkar dasa and Sita Sundari devi dasi Ahmedabad 199

Gujarat Rati Ranjana dasa Ahmedabad 200

Abhay Gauranga dasa and Radha Lila devi dasi Ahmedabad 189 Sachisuta dasa Ahmedabad 200
Achintya Dashrathi dasa, Padmaseva devi dasi and bhaktin Krish- Sakshi Mohan dasa Ahmedabad 201
Ahmedabad 189
na
Utsahi Gopi devi dasi Ahmedabad 201
Adi Sevaka dasa and Kusumlila devi dasi Ahmedabad 190
Uttam Mohan dasa Ahmedabad 202
Amala Sita devi dasi Ahmedabad 190
Vicharu dasa and Satya devi dasi Ahmedabad 202
Atipriya Anadi dasa Ahmedabad 190
Visvarupa dasa Ahmedabad 203
Atmavan Krsna dasa, Radhika Bhavna devi dasi and Alhadini Ahmedabad 191
Gauranga Sundar dasa and Jaya Gaurachandra dasa Baroda 204
Balarama Vallabh dasa, Priya Gopika devi dasi and Janardan Ahmedabad 191
Rambhadra Rupa devi dasi Baroda 204
Chandra Mohan dasa Ahmedabad 192
Bhaktanidhi devi dasi Bhavnagar 205
Daiva Rama dasa Ahmedabad 192
Rukmini priya devi dasi Bhavnagar 205
Daivi Gunamayi dasi Ahmedabad 192
Bhagavat Prasad dasa Surat 206
Haresh Govinda dasa Ahmedabad 193
Gokulananda Caitanya dasa Surat 206
Harivansha dasa and Padmini Chandrika devi dasi Ahmedabad 194
Dayalu Gaura dasa Vapi 207
Hitendra dasa Ahmedabad 194
Dev Hari dasa Vapi 208
Jay Balarama dasa and Hari Chhaya devi dasi Ahmedabad 194
Jyotsna Vapi 208
Jaya Tirthcharan dasa Ahmedabad 194
Krishna priya Yadav Vapi 209
Krishna svarupa dasa and Sevamurti devi dasi Ahmedabad 195
Nivedita Chaudhary Vapi 209
Laxman Keshav dasa and Madhurya Premika devi dasi Ahmedabad 195
Palace Bhuva Vapi 210
Lokbandhu Priya dasa Ahmedabad 196
Priya Sundari devi dasi Vapi 210
Madana-mohana Krsna dasa Ahmedabad 196
Sanatani Vishakha devi dasi Vapi 210
Madhava toshini devi dasi and Kanai-sakha dasa Ahmedabad 197
Sandeep Agarwal Vapi 211
MahaSringa dasa and Madhavapriya devi dasi Ahmedabad 197

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Sangeeta and Yadavendra Vapi 212 Radha bhakta dasa Faridabad 229
Sunil Vapi 212 Raganuga Gaurhari dasa and Chandramukhi Subhadra devi dasi Faridabad 230
Sunita, Devarsh and Radhey Vapi 212 Raja Ram dasa Faridabad 230
Vishnupriya Y. Yadav Vapi 213 Sammohini Rupa devi dasi Faridabad 230
Satya devi dasi Faridabad 232

Haryana Seema Sharma Faridabad ----

Achala Dharak dasa, Adhisha Kripa devi dasi, Abhaya Gaurahari Shardha Bhakti devi dasi Faridabad 232
Bahadurgarh 215
dasa and Khushboo (Jangra Family)
Shasvat Narayana dasa Faridabad 233
Naamkirti dasa Bahadurgarh 216
Shubhangini Singh Faridabad 233
Nityanand Ashraya dasa Bahadurgarh 216
Shyamsundar dasa Faridabad 234
Padamanabhahari dasa Bahadurgarh 217
Sripati svarupa devi dasi Faridabad 234
Achala Sundari devi dasi and Nandlala Kesava dasa Faridabad 217
Vinaya Gaura dasa Faridabad 235
Ajander Singh and Rita Rani Faridabad 219
Vinita Raina Faridabad 236
Amit Bhatia Faridabad 219
Atmananda Gaura dasa Gurugram 236
Daksha Sundara dasa Faridabad 220
Deen Sudama dasa Gurugram 237
Damodara Priya dasa Faridabad 221
Gauranga dasa Gurugram 237
Gambhir Gaura Hari dasa Faridabad 222
Madhav Sevak dasa Gurugram 237
Isvara Patni devi dasi Faridabad 223
Nandini Rupa devi dasi Gurugram 238
Jagatpalak Damodar dasa and Serva Mangla Chitra devi dasi Faridabad 223
Rupesvara dasa Adhikari Kurukshetra 238
Jyoti Radha devi dasi Faridabad 223
Sakshi Gopal dasa Kurukshetra 239
Karuna Gaura dasa and Jagatpriya Gandharvika devi dasi Faridabad 224
Jahanvi Priya devi dasi Panchkula 239
Mansa Rout Faridabad 224
Raja Govinda dasa Panchkula 240
Mukul Maniar and Rashmi Maniar Faridabad 224
Rupa Madhava dasa and Mathura Lila devi dasi Panchkula 240
Murari Archana devi dasi Faridabad 225
Sripati mohini devi dasi Panchkula 241
Nanda Vandana dasa Faridabad 225
Radha Nama dasa Rohtak 241
Neetika Gulati Faridabad 226
Aman Kumar Yamuna nagar 241
Nityananda Prem dasa Faridabad 226
Kritika Sharma Yamuna nagar 242
Oja Prabhu Faridabad 228
Laxmihari dasa Yamuna nagar 242
Parveen Kumar Sharma Faridabad 228
Priya Aradhana devi dasi Faridabad 228

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Himachal Pradesh Adhokshaja Krishna dasa Juhu 265

Anand dasa Shimla 245 Advaita Hari dasa Juhu 266
Kalavati Kirtida devi dasi Shimla 246 Advaita Karuna dasa Juhu 266
Manish Shimla 246 Ahaituki daya dasa Juhu 267
Radha Rupi kripa devi dasi Shimla 247 Akhanda Liladhar dasa Juhu 267
Ranjana Shimla 247 Akshay More Juhu 268
Ravi Shimla 248 Amrta devi dasi Juhu 268
Vishal Shimla 248 Anand Mohan dasa Juhu 269
Vishwas Shimla 249 Ananta Rupa Gaura dasa Juhu 270
Vrinda devi dasi Shimla 249 Ananta Vijaya dasa Juhu 270
Yashoda Priya devi dasi Shimla 250 Aradhya Radha devi dasi Juhu 271
Arun Jaiswal Juhu 271

Madhya Pradesh Baldeva Pati dasa Juhu 272

Vaishnava charan dasa Bhopal 253 Caitanya avatar dasa Juhu 273
Parampara dasa Indore 254 Chakravarti dasa Juhu 273
Adbhut Gauranga dasa Indore 255 Damodar Gaurshari dasa Juhu 274
Madhura Murti devi dasi Indore 255 Damodara Pandit dasa and Aishwarya Radhika devi dasi Juhu 275
Rasaprada dasa Raigarh 256 Danavir Krsna dasa Juhu 275
Radha Padmanabha dasa Surajpur 256 Dnyaneshwar Kakde Juhu 276
Haladhar kripa dasa Juhu 277

Manipur Haresh Talreja Juhu 278

Ranchod dasa 259 Ishan Gaura dasa Juhu 279
Jagannatha sakha dasa Juhu 281

Mumbai Kala charan dasa Juhu 281

Abhay Charan Nitai dasa Juhu 261 Kalyani Kripa devi dasi Juhu 282
Abhirama Narottama dasa Juhu 262 Kantapriya dasa, Savita, Priyanka and Aniruddha Juhu 282
Abhishek Rajpurohit Juhu 262 Kaustubha Krishna dasa Juhu 283
Achintya Gauranga dasa Juhu 265 Krishnamayi devi dasi Juhu 283
Adhar Agarwal Juhu 265 Krsna Vallabh Charan dasa Juhu 284

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Kurma Kripa dasa Juhu 285 Ramani devi dasi and Jagat Bandhu dasa Juhu 307
Lalita Nath dasa Juhu 286 Ramhari dasa Juhu 308
Madhava Sundar dasa Juhu 287 Revati Kirti devi dasi Juhu 309
Madhura Kanai dasa Juhu 288 Saccidanand Vigrah dasa Juhu 309
Madhura Tawde Juhu 288 Sacinandana Hari dasa Juhu 310
Mahendra Juhu 289 Sadajita dasa Juhu 310
Manoram Gauranga dasa Juhu 289 Sadhana priya dasa Juhu 311
Manvendra Juhu 290 Sakhiprestha devi dasi Juhu 311
Mathura Vasi devi dasi. Juhu 291 Sakshi Mohan dasa Juhu 311
Mayur Juhu 292 Sanatana krupa devi dasi Juhu 312
Mohini devi dasi Juhu 292 Sarvahit dasa Juhu 313
Nalini Kanta dasa Juhu 293 Shadbhuja Gaura dasa and Rukmini Rupini devi dasi Juhu 313
Narada Pancaratra dasa Juhu 295 Shashwat Juhu 315
Narottamma Priya dasa Juhu 295 Shasvat Akrura dasa Juhu 315
Nimai Nitai dasa Juhu 296 Shivkumar Nagpure Juhu 317
Nitai Madhava dasa Juhu 298 Shubhangi Padma devi dasi Juhu 317
P. Naveen Juhu 299 Sitaram dasa Juhu 317
Padmanabha dasa Juhu 300 Soumitra Krsna dasa Juhu 318
Padmashayi Murti dasa Juhu 300 Srinatha Krishna dasa Juhu 318
Panchatattva Murari dasa Juhu 301 Śrīnivāsa Jīvana dāsa Juhu 318
Paramatma dasa and Achalarupa devi dasi Juhu 302 Subhdra Rati devi dasi Juhu 319
Paramatma Hari dasa Juhu 302 Sumit Patil Juhu 319
Partha Govinda dasa Juhu 303 Surdas Juhu 319
Partha priya dasa Juhu 303 Tridhama dasa Juhu 322
Prahlad Hari dasa Juhu 304 Tulasi priya devi dasi Juhu 322
Pramod Jaiswal Juhu 305 Vaikutha vihari dasa and Pallika Radha devi dasi Juhu 322
Radhapati Hari dasa Juhu 306 Varaharupa dasi Juhu 323
Raghupati Vishnu dasa Juhu 306 Vasudeva Priya dasa Juhu 323
Rama Jeevan dasa Juhu 307 Vijay Madhava Das Juhu 324

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Virendra Rama dasa Juhu 324 Anjani Tiwari Mira Road 345
Vishnu Gupta dasa Juhu 325 Dayachandra dasa Mira Road 345
Vishnu Tattva dasa Juhu 325 Dvijananda dasa Mira Road 346
Vrndavanesvari devi dasi Juhu 326 Dwarkanatha dasa Mira Road 347
Achyutananda Chaitanya dasa and Vaijayanti Svarupa devi dasi Kharghar 327 Jagadisa Murari dasa Mira Road 347
Advaita Caitanya dasa Kharghar 327 Kamal Lochan dasa Mira Road 348
Amogha Gauranga dasa and Ambika Padmini devi dasi Kharghar 329 Kanai Priya sakhi devi dasi Mira Road 349
Archit Kharghar 329 Krishna nandan dasa Mira Road 349
Bhavin Kharghar 330 Manish Shete Mira Road 349
Damodar Sevak dasa Kharghar 331 Matsya Priya dasa Mira Road 350
Dayal Mondal Kharghar 333 Narayani Lakshmi devi dasi Mira Road 350
Haladhar Baladeva dasa Kharghar 333 Niranjana Madhav dasa Mira Road 351
Hriday Madhava dasa Kharghar 334 Prince kumar Dubey Mira Road 351
Jagad deva Murari dasa Kharghar 334 Raghunandan Ram dasa Mira Road 352
Madhusudan dasa and Nirupama Gaurangi devi dasi Kharghar 335 Ramsundar dasa Mira Road 352
Niranjan Keshava dasa Kharghar 335 Saci Vatsalya devi dasi Mira Road 353
Pancatattva Bhakta dasa Kharghar 336 Sadhu Shyam dasa Mira Road 353
Rachna Nauriyal Kharghar 337 Sadhupran dasa Mira Road 354
Rukmini Govinda dasa Kharghar 338 Sakhi gopi devi dasi Mira Road 354
Saktiman Murari dasa Kharghar 338 Sarojamukhi Indulekha devi dasi Mira Road 354
Samaveda dasa Kharghar 339 Shaligram Krsna dasa, Karuna Manjari devi dasi and Vaishnavi Mira Road 355
Sauri Chaitanya dasa Kharghar 340 Shobha Radha devi dasi Mira Road 355
Sita Mohan dasa Kharghar 340 Sristi Pati dasa Mira Road 356
Sudhanshu Shekhar, Mukund Krishna Shekhar and Ashwini Shek- Srivas Jivan dasa Mira Road 356
Kharghar 341
har
Vanmali dasa Mira Road 357
Vaishnavanghri sevaka dasa and Vishnujana sevika devi dasi Kharghar 342
Vidya Svarupini devi dasi Mira Road 357
Vasudeva Jivana dasa Kharghar 343
Vijay Singh Mira Road 358
Yogendra Vandana dasa Kharghar 344
Vikas Sahu Mira Road 358
Achyutananda Gauranga dasa and Sevya Sundari devi dasi Mira Road 344
Amrish Diwakar Mira Road 344

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Rajesh Kumar Badatya Burla 374

Odisha S. Vinay Kumar Burla 374

Achyuta murti dasa Brahmapur 359 Satya Acyuta dasa Burla 374
Adyarasmi Pattnaik Brahmapur 359 Sudeep Burla 375
Jagatbandhu Murari dasa Brahmapur 360 Susheel Burla 376
Kalanidhi Hari dasa Brahmapur 360 Sadhu jivan dasa Remuna 377
Mamata Sahu Brahmapur 361 Ayush Singhal Rourkela 377
Padmakshi Gopi devi dasi Brahmapur 361 Chandan Kumar Rourkela 378
Radhika Pradhan Brahmapur 362 Deepak Kumar Barik Rourkela 379
Sadhya Vilasini Krupa devi dasi Brahmapur 362 Gaurahari Nitai dasa Rourkela 379
Samarpita Keshav dasa Brahmapur 363 Rajkrushna Rourkela 381
Soumya Ranjan Nayak Brahmapur 363 Subham Jyoti Mishra Rourkela 381
Sruti svarupa devi dasi Brahmapur 363 Vamsidhar dasa Rourkela 382
Subhashree Prusty Brahmapur 363 Yeswantha Durga Pavan kumar Rourkela 382
Abhisek Pradhan Burla 364
Agneyarkatanaya Mohapatra Burla 364 Pune
Animesh Satapathy Burla 365 Abhimanyu Sakha dasa Pune 383
Ashirbad Burla 365 Amiya Madhusudan dasa Pune 384
Ashutosh Pradhan Burla 366 Anand Murari dasa Pune 388
Asribad Burla 366 Ankit Kumar Pune 389
Avishek Burla 367 Atmavan dasa Pune 389
B. Kranti Kiran Burla 367 Bankebihari Shyama dasa Pune 390
B.L.N. Sekhar Burla 368 Daksina Gopi devi dasi Pune 391
Bibek Nanda Burla 369 Dasharatha priya dasa Pune 392
Jagadiswar Burla 370 Dauji Nityananda dasa Pune 392
Kameshwar Burla 371 Dayavan Baladeva dasa Pune 393
Nanda Burla 372 Ganga Sundari devi dasi Pune 394
Nigam Burla 372 Gaura Bhakti devi dasi Pune 394
Pritish Burla 373 Gopi jana dasa Pune 394

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Indira Vasudha devi dasi Pune 396 Sunita Satayanarayan Agarwal Pune 415
Kamalmukhi devi dasi  Pune 396 Suryakanta Pune 415
Kasi Misra dasa Pune 397 Trideva dasa Pune 416
Mahavirya dasa Pune 397 Ugra Narsimha dasa Pune 417
Manikishore dasa Pune 398 Unnati Chawda and Osheen Biwal Pune 418
Nikita Venkatesh Iyer Pune 398 Vishvakirti dasa Pune 419

Panchtattva Charan dasa and Radhika Lalita devi dasi Pune 399
Parikshit Priya dasa Pune 399 Punjab
Pranavallabhi devi dasi Pune 400 Simha Caitanya dasa Jalandhar 421

Radha Govardhan dasa Pune 400 Ashraya Giriraja dasa Ludhiana 422

Radhapada Pankaj dasa Pune 401 Rakesh Ludhiana 422

Raktak dasa and Siddhilalsa devi dasi Pune 402 Sadhu Jivan dasa Ludhiana 422

Rama Madhuri devi dasi Pune 402 Seema Pruthi Ludhiana 423

Ramasundar dasa Pune 403 Cakradhara simha dasa Patiala 423

Rasa Parayana dasa and bhakta Parikshit Pune 403 Kanika Kriti devi dasi Zirakpur 424

S. Pranay Chaudhari Pune 405

Saccidananda Shyama dasa Pune 406 Rajasthan
Sachinandan Prasad dasa Pune 407 Nitya Vidvan dasa Bandanwara 425

Sadhusanga Chaitanya dasa Pune 408 Hari Bhakti dasa brahmachari Bhilwara 425

Sahadeva Arjuna dasa Pune 409 Kuldeep Singh Jaipur 428

Sandip Patil Pune 410 Narayani Vishakha devi dasi Jaipur 428

Sanjivani S. Gaikwad Pune 410 Ruchi Sawhney Jaipur 429

Sarvalakshana dasa Pune 411 Shadbhuja dasa and Aarti Prema devi dasi Jaipur 429

Sesa Narasimha dasa Pune 411 Sunil Meghawal Jaipur 429

Shubham Pune 412 Abhimanyu Arjun dasa Jodhpur 430

Subhanga Damodar dasa Pune 413 Adi Vira Mukunda dasa Jodhpur 430

Subuddhi Raya dasa Pune 413 Amani Gauranga dasa Jodhpur 431

Subuddhi Raya dasa and Manjiri Sevini devi dasi Pune 413 Gajendra Nath Hari dasa Jodhpur 432

Suddha citta dasa Pune 414 Gaura Advaita dasa Jodhpur 432

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Hadaipran dasa Jodhpur 433 Jagannatha Mukund dasa Sri Ganganagar 454
Janardana Arjun dasa Jodhpur 433 Daivi Radha devi dasi Udaipur 455
Kalindi Mohan dasa Jodhpur 433 Madan Govinda dasa Udaipur 455
Mani Madhav Sakha dasa Jodhpur 434 Mayapur Vasi dasa Udaipur 457
Raghunatha Shyama dasa Jodhpur 435 Nitya Murari dasa Udaipur 457
Sankarshan Priya dasa Jodhpur 436 Radhe Udaipur 458
Sundar Lal dasa Jodhpur 439
Vallabha Murari dasa Karauli 440
South India
Adhoksaja Gauranga dasa Pilani 440 Andhra
Svadhyaya dasa 461
Pradesh-Kurnool
Amarendra Gaura dasa Pilani 441
Shuddha Nitai dasa Bangalore 462
Atul Pilani 441
Sri Narayan dasa and Sugopi devi dasi Chennai 462
Citta Hari dasa Pilani 442
Paramaprabha devi dasi Hyderabad 463
Dhananjaya Partha dasa Pilani 442
Saccidananda Vigraha dasa Hyderabad 463
Gajendranatha Vishnu dasa Pilani 443
Shastra dasa Kerala 464
Harichandra dasa Pilani 444
Jagat Sesh and Nandini Pilani 444
Mahasundar charan dasa Pilani 445
Uttar Pradesh
Arvinda Svarupa dasa Agra 467
Mukunda Sundara dasa Pilani 445
Shyama vallabha devi dasi Agra 467
Navakishore Govinda dasa 446
Bhima Arjuna dasa Bareilly 468
Pratik Pilani 447
Abhilove Saxena Ghaziabad 468
Radha Murari dasa and Anu Pilani 447
Abhirama Govinda dasa Ghaziabad 469
Rajiv Pilani 448
Achintaya Abhijit dasa and Radha Karuna devi dasi Ghaziabad 469
Ranchor Govinda dasa Pilani 449
Achintya Gaura dasa Ghaziabad 470
Sankarsana Gaura dasa Pilani 450
Adbhuta Narasimha dasa Ghaziabad 471
Shaktipati dasa Pilani 450
Adhoksaja Dham dasa Ghaziabad 471
Shyama Hari dasa Pilani 451
Adi Karta dasa Ghaziabad 472
Soumendu Pilani 453
Adisimha dasa Ghaziabad 472
Vijay Krishna dasa Pilani 453
Amit and Usha Ghaziabad 473
Vrajarenu dasa Pilani 454
Atipriya Anagha dasa Ghaziabad 473

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Babita Yadav Ghaziabad 473 Saloni Pal Ghaziabad 491

Bankebihari dasa Ghaziabad 474 Samavedana Ghaziabad 491
Braj Mohan Arora Ghaziabad 475 Sanatan Gaura Chandra dasa Ghaziabad 492
Chirag Rana Ghaziabad 476 Sanjay Sudarshan dasa and Aksaya Archana devi dasi Ghaziabad 493
Damodar Lila dasa Ghaziabad 476 Sanjay Thakur Ghaziabad 493
Gaura Hari dasa, Dhruva dasa, Padma Kumari devi dasi and Mad- Sanjeev Gupta Ghaziabad 494
Ghaziabad 477
hava Gaura dasa
Sanjiv Sharma and Anupam Sharma Ghaziabad 494
Karunika Vishakha devi dasi Ghaziabad 477
Sashipriya nath dasa Ghaziabad 495
Malini Sumitra devi dasi Ghaziabad 478
Shalini Gupta Ghaziabad 495
Mani Bakshi Ghaziabad 479
Shanti devi dasi Ghaziabad 496
Manoj Mishra Ghaziabad 479
Sunita Rawat Ghaziabad 496
Mohan Atmarama dasa Ghaziabad 480
Vibha Mishra Ghaziabad 497
Monu Raghav Ghaziabad 481
Vinay Damodar dasa and Dayamai Ganga devi dasi Ghaziabad 497
Naina Jadon Ghaziabad 481
Vineet Jadon Ghaziabad 498
Naveen Singh Bisht Ghaziabad 482
Vishal and Harshit, Kavita and Purva Ghaziabad 498
Nirapeksha Shukla Ghaziabad 482
Vishnu Gaura dasa Ghaziabad 498
Nrsimha Daya devi dasi Ghaziabad 483
Jaya Chitra devi dasi Kanpur 499
Pankajanghri dasa Ghaziabad 483
Panchtattva Krsna dasa Kanpur 499
Puja Saxena Ghaziabad 484
Shweta Yadav Kanpur 500
Ragini Aradhana devi dasi Ghaziabad 484
Balesvara Rupa dasa Lucknow 500
Rajneesh Kumar Mishra Ghaziabad 485
Deepti Sharma Nandgaon 501
Rakesh and Kanchan Ghaziabad 485
Gaurav Mathpal Noida 501
Rasik Madhusudan dasa and Shalini Batra Ghaziabad 486
Manjeet Noida 502
Rasika Vrajesveri devi dasi Ghaziabad 487
Reetu Arora Ghaziabad 487
Rohini Kishor dasa Ghaziabad 488
Uttarakhand
Nikita Sati Dehradun 502
Rukmini Jeevan dasa Ghaziabad 489
Lavanga Manjari devi dasi Ramnagar 503
Rupali Aggarwal Ghaziabad 489
Sakshi Madhava dasa Rudrapur 504
Sachin Sharma Ghaziabad 490
Sakshi kishori devi dasi Ghaziabad 490

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Ashish 523

Vrindavana Bali Murari dasa 523

Arjun Hari dasa and Maha Manjari devi dasi Vrindavana 505 Balimardana dasa and Ananda Vrndavan devi dasi 524
Bhakti Anugraha Janardana Swami Vrindavana 505 Baliyagna dasa and Sulakshana Gopi devi dasi 525
Bhakti Prabodhananda Saraswati Swami Vrindavana 507 Bhakti Archana devi dasi 525
Dharmatma dasa Vrindavana 508 Chakra Tirtha dasa, Tarangini Lakshmi devi dasi and Krishna 526
Ganapati dasa, Rasa-priya devi dasi and Leela-Shakti devi dasi Vrindavana 509 Deen Pavan Gopinath dasa 526
Krishna prana priya devi dasi Vrindavana 510 Devesh Thakur 527
Pundarika Vidyanidhi dasa Vrindavana 510 Dhameshvari Bharati devi dasi 527
Srikanta devi dasi Vrindavana 511 Dhira Shanta Nitai dasa 528
Vrindanatha dasa Vrindavana 511 Durgesh Singh 528
Dvarakanatha Hari dasa 528

West Bengal Gaura Vigraha Nath dasa 529

Raman Hari dasa Kolkata 513 Gautam Hari dasa 529
Naimisharanya dasa Mayapur 513 Govind Kumar dasa 530
Nirguna devi dasi Mayapur 514 Inderjeet Nagpal 530
Nrsimhananda dasa Mayapur 514 Jagannatha dasa 530
Sridama dasa Mayapur 515 Kartik Krishna dasa 531
Karuna Chandra dasa 531

Others Kaunteya Putra dasa 531

Acintya Giriiraja dasa 517 Keval Anand dasa 532
Advaita Gaura dasa 518 Krishna bandhu dasa 533
Ajay Narayana dasa 518 Krishna Dulal dasa 533
Kshirodakshayani devi dasi, Sanjay and Mahasundari Radha devi
Alokhari dasa 519 533
dasi
Ambika sakhi devi dasi 519 Madhurya lila dasa 535
Ankit Sharma 520 Madhusudan Murari dasa 535
Antardvipa Gaura dasa 521 Mahesh Kumar 536
Archit dasa and Saumya Vaishnavi devi dasi 522 Malik family – Samir, Deepika, Chhavi, Raghav and Smt Kamla
536
devi
Asha Rupa devi dasi 523
Mohan Achyuta dasa and Rama Sevika devi dasi 536

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Moni Kumari 536 Rupa Sanatana dasa 549

Naamsharan dasa 537 Rupamayi Sita devi dasi 551
Nama Ashraya dasa 537 Saciputra Hari dasa 551
Navin Kumar Verma 538 Sadananda Nitai dasa 552
Neel Mani Mukund dasa 538 Sadhu-priya dasa and Sarva-mangala devi dasi 552
Nitya Kishore dasa and Shruti Priya devi dasi 538 Sadhusanga dasa and Manasi Ganga Priya devi dasi 553
Parasara Muni dasa 539 Sakshi Chandra Chaitanya dasa 553
Pavan 539 Sarvagya Giridhari dasa and Raga Shresta dasa 553
Praful Nitai dasa with Mitra Kirti devi dasi 540 Sarvajaya Yamuna devi dasi 554
Prema Niketana dasa and Acyuta Sundari devi dasi 540 Sarvapujya Golokapati dasa 554
Priya Singh 541 Shakti Madhavi devi dasi 554
Purushottama Haridasa and Satsvarupini Radha devi dasi 541 Shantimayi devi dasi 554
Radha Rupa devi dasi 541 Simha Prahlad Nath dasa and Pushparati devi dasi 555
Raj kumar 542 Sita Murti devi dasi, Gaurangi devi dasi and ShyamVamsi devi
555
dasi
Rajavidya dasa 542
Sulakshana Madhavi devi dasi 556
Rajesh Dubey 543
Sumangal dasa 558
Rakesh Singh and Supriya 543
Sumeet Utekar 558
Ramapati Isvara dasa 543
Supriya Lalita devi dasi 559
Ramarajya dasa, Rukmini Nayika devi dasi and bhaktin Krishnan-
544 Tushta Gauranga dasa 559
gi Little Nitai
Rambandhu dasa 545 Vaikuntha Mukunda dasa and Achintya siddheshvari devi dasi 559
Ranjeet 546 Vanmali Upendra dasa 559
Rashmi 546 Vedprakash Pradhan 560
Ratimaya Ayodhyapati dasa 546 Vidyapuran dasa 560
Ravinder dasa 546 Yamuna Swarupa devi dasi 561
Ravindra Caitanya dasa 547 Yashika 561
Rishabhanandan dasa and Purantripti devi dasi 547 Yugal Prem dasa 562
Rohini Kirti devi dasi 548
Romil 548
Ruby and Rajesh family 549

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XXXIV
INDIA
 Bihar
BHAGALPUR

My dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this auspicious
day of your Vyasa-puja!
It is stated by Srila Prabhupada “There are two types of Bhägavatas, namely the book Bhägavata and the
devotee Bhägavata. Both the Bhägavatas are competent remedies, and both of them or either of them can
be good enough to eliminate obstacles. A devotee Bhägavata is as good as the book Bhägavata because
the devotee Bhägavata leads his life in terms of the book Bhägavata”. You are that person Bhägavata what
Srila Prabhupada has mentioned. If somehow or other if I can get attached to your lotus feet then my life
will be successful.
Guru maharaja ji, your first and most important instruction is to chant attentively.
But I am not able to follow your instructions. Your instructions are so simple that sometimes I am not able
to give importance. But by your mercy when I give little attentiveness then I come to know many secrets
of spiritual life. You make process of spiritual life very clear. What to do and what not to do.
You always say that the most important thing is to control the mind. For that you recommend the instructions
of Srila Prabhupada. “If you keep a glass full of water, there cannot be any chance of anything else to enter
in it”. You recommend to always engage the senses in service of Krishna like Ambarish Maharaja. I am
trying to follow your instructions but due to conditioning my mind always hankers for sense gratification.
I always want to hear your lectures and make my life successful by applying them in my life. Please give
me your blessings so that I can do that.
Guru maharaja, you have full faith and deep love for Srila Prabhupada. That’s why you say that if anyone
of your disciples follows the instructions of Srila Prabhupada you will take his responsibility not otherwise.
Your love and dedication for Srila Prabhupada is so steady. Despite your weak health you go on serving
tirelessly, opening new and new fronts for preaching. Increasing book distribution to a higher and higher
level. In the last marathon I observed your traveling through the help of WhatsApp. You were visiting 4-5

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places in single day and inspiring devotees to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s Books. Before Marathon your
health was not okay. But due to your love for Srila Prabhupada you didn’t care about that. Please bless us
so that we can follow your instructions for serving Krishna. It is said, tan no guroh pracodayat, by seeing
your enthusiasm in the service of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna we also become enthusiastic.
By your blessings I am able to understand the goal of my life. But due to my anarthas I am struggling.
Please bless me so that I can chant attentively and do sadhana with absorption.
Under your direction I am serving In Iskcon Sundarpur, Pirpainti, Bhagalpur, Bihar. This place is near
Kanhai Natshala and Ramkeli. I am serving as manger there under the guidance of Sundar Gopal prabhu.
We are doing college preaching in the engineering college.
Guru maharaja ji, I always feel that I don’t have any personal relationship with you. I am not able to serve
you personally. Although it is said vani seva is more important, so I will keep on serving your vani. But I
always desire to serve you personally, although I am not qualified for that. I need your blessings for that
also.
And I want to ask you, “How can I serve you?”
Your insignificant servant,
Ishvar Naam dasa
GAYA
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories
to your dedicated service to Srila Prabhupada!
I am a very unqualified servant of yours having a very poor consciousness. Before coming to Krishna
consciousness, I was leading a very sinful life breaking all regulative principles. But there is no limit to
your compassion. You accepted me as your disciple, awarded me saffron and allowed me to stay in the
brahmachari ashram. There is no end to your mercy. You engaged me in a very important service of Lord
Caitanya and Srila Prabhupada, giving me the project of Gaya, though I am a neophyte and immature.
Gaya is a place where Lord Caitanya first time manifested His devotee form and took initiation from
Sripad Ishwar Puri. I feel very unqualified to sing your glories and I am afraid if out of ignorance I cannot
sing your glories as it is, I may do some offences. Like if someone glorifies a president as chief minister,
he will do offence.
I will just repeat a prayer by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. “Gurudeva, give to this servant just one drop of
mercy. I am lower than a blade of grass. Give me all help. Give me strength. Let me be as you are, without
desires or aspirations.”
I offer you all respects, for thus I may have the energy to know you correctly. Then, by chanting the holy
name in great ecstasy, all my offenses will cease.
When will such mercy fall on this one who is weak and devoid of intelligence? Allow me to be with you.
If you examine me, you will find no qualities. Your mercy is all that I am made of. If you are not merciful
to me, I can only weep, and I will not be able to maintain my life.”
Guru maharaja, please empower me to serve Srila Prabhupada as you desire. Kindly give me special
mercy as I am the most fallen amongst all your disciples. I am a conditioned soul struggling with my
senses due to having so many bad past impressions.
Thanking you for your divine mercy on me. Please forgive my offences which I have caused at your lotus
feet out of ignorance. Praying again for your mercy so that I can practice first class devotional service.
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Your fallen servant,
Jagadish Shyam dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
I am really thankful to God who gives me an opportunity to glorify you once again, but I have no
intelligence to glorify a pure devotee like you. I will try my best to glorify you for Krishna’s pleasure and
for the purification of my heart. Kindly forgive me for my mistakes in glorifying you.
Guru maharaja, you are very merciful because you accepted me as your disciple. I am not at all qualified
to become your disciple but you accepted me and engaged me in Krishna’s service.
Guru maharaja, only by seeing you everyone can immediately become inspired to accept Krishna
consciousness. If somebody follows your instructions as it is, then he will go back to Godhead in this very
lifetime. Guru maharaja, you are a very dear disciple of Srila Prabhupada because you always follows his
instructions as it is, and Srila Prabhupada also mentioned it many times. You always inspire us by showing
your own example. You are very strict in your services and sadhana. Last year I was in Vrindavana on the
occasion of Govardhana puja, and you were there and your health was not good and I saw you that you
was suffering from cold and leg ache but still in that situation you did Giriraja parikrama. You are trying to
protect us from Maya by giving us your valuable instructions, personal association, engaging in Krishna’s
service and much more. You are caring for us like a father protects his son from danger. You have a very
good relationship with your god-brothers and god-sisters and you inspire us for the same. You inspire
devotees to take this Krishna consciousness very seriously. I remembered one of your lecture which was
last year, at the time of the book marathon; you said in that lecture, that if you take more pressure for
Krishna then Krishna will give you more mercy. So it’s up to you that you want Krishna’s mercy or not.
You always try your best to unite the Iskcon society according to the instructions of Srila Prabhupada.
Scriptures state that a Vaishnava is very compassionate, and I saw many times during your morning walks,
that you was chanting for ants, that is one of the qualities of a pure devotee. Guru maharaja, you take care
of your deities very nicely. You can give us Krishna because you have Krishna with you.
On this most auspicious day of your divine appearance I beg for your causeless mercy so that I may be
fixed in executing your divine instructions. I pray to you guru maharaja, to give me your shelter and make
my life useful, else I have no hope in this material world.
Your disciple,
Rakshak Giridhari dasa
Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. Once again we are celebrating your divine
appearance on this planet.
It is important to take initiation for spiritual advancement. We cannot select our parents, beauty, intelligence,
but by the mercy of the super soul we get the chance to meet a guru like you. And it’s our independent
will to select a guru. After that one must take initiation from him, serve him, celebrate his appearance day,
and glorify him. So this time I will try to do it. I don’t have any quality to speak about you because yours
glories are unlimited, and I am insignificant in front of you. So how can I see your qualities? But as I heard
from others senior devotee, I will try to write something.
You met with Srila Prabhupada in Montreal, you wanted to render some service to him, and Srila
Prabhupada gave you some service of room cleaning. From that day you are serving Srila Prabhupada.
You never give up your service attitude towards him even when you feel some problem, because you
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understand his mood. I am serving in Gaya, and sometimes when I feel some problem I cannot continue
my service properly. You are one of the senior disciples of Srila Prabhupada, and an important pillar of the
Iskcon movement. When people leave Iskcon you try to hold them together.
At this age you are still serving the Srila Prabhupada and inspiring so many devotees to engage in his
service day and night. As an acharya you are teaching by your personal behavior how a devotee should
deal in particular situations. You never compromise with your service and sadhana. Your main focus is
on Srila Prabhupada’s instructions and his books. You are pleasing Srila Prabhupada by distributing and
inspiring people to distribute his books. That is why Srila Prabhupada likes you the most. Every year your
book distribution score is more than the last year. Every new year you start a new project somewhere. By
your divine mercy in Delhi NCR there are so many temples and devotees. Your perfect dealing with a
person is according to his post and position.
1. With god-brothers you deal equally
2. With disciples you deal like a perfect guru by correcting them
3. With new devotees you inspire them by your personal example
4. With business men or big politicians you deal as ideal monk
By seeing your daily activity from the morning program to night, a person can understand that you are not
an ordinary person. In whole year you never miss the morning programs, never take rest, never miss any
meeting, and meet with disciples.
You never reject anyone, always engage somehow or the other, the person in the service of the Lord. When
devotees want to leave the temple, you somehow engage them. Your focus is that if he goes out, then he
may serve Maya, but if he stays in the temple, anywhere, then anyhow he is serving the Lord.
I am praying for your mercy, so that my love and devotion for your instructions will develop and increase
unlimitedly. I pray that I may never deviate from your instructions.
Your aspiring servant,
Rohit Mittal
JAMSHEDPUR - JHARKHAND
Hare Krishna Srila Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Sri guru maharaja ji, we are writing this Vyasa-puja offering on this most auspicious occasion of the an-
niversary of your initiation by your beloved guru maharaja, Krishna kripa murti Sri Srimad Abhay Cha-
ranaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Because today is the anniversary of the most important
occasion of your life, please forgive the shortcomings in our offering to you. Because of our impurities,
we have not been as worthy disciples to you as you have been to Srila Prabhupada. Please forgive us for
this too.
Sri guru maharaja ji, your mercy knows no boundaries. Just as Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would not
distinguish between worthy or unworthy recipients of His mercy, you too, while showering your mercy,
do not distinguish between worthy and unworthy disciples. Although we have not done any service to you,
in this past year too you have showered heaps and heaps of your mercy upon us.
1) I, Arjunanath dasa, had a deep desire to attend mangala-arati at any of the Iskcon temples. You
made arrangements with Krishna, and my company transferred me onsite to Jamshedpur from
Pune. Here I am staying at Iskcon Jamshedpur temple and attending mangala-arati every Saturday
and Sunday morning.
2) I had a fear that I may lose my job. My daughters are very young, my elder daughter is 8 years and
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my younger daughter is 6 years. They have their entire education, career and marriage before them
and I am already 63 years old. If I lose my source of income, it would be catastrophic for the entire
family. I am the only earning member and my mother gets a meagre pension. But because of your
causeless mercy, I have the job which was given to me by you. At times I doze off at my job. Every
colleague of mine knows and has seen me dozing off at work. My boss has shouted at me for this
more than twice. But because of your causeless mercy and protection, I still have my job. If this is
not a miracle ‘your miracle’ what else is?
3) Not only that you have made it possible for me to retain my job, you have given me an increase
in my salary this year. I humbly bow down at your lotus feet for this. Although you are always
immersed in the ecstasy of love of Krishna, I pray to Krishna that He gives you more and more
service of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna and more and more improved health.
4) Because of your mercy, my mother-in-law, my wife, both my daughters, my sister-in-law and her
daughter, my brother-in-law and I visited Sri dhama Mayapur, last year. We stayed at our Iskcon
temple and visited holy places in Mayapur and Navadvipa.
Haribol!
Your servants,
Anantkripa devi dasi, Vinita Kohli, Anang Manjari Kohli, Anant Shesha Kohli and Arjunanath
dasa
PATNA
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded
by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge.
By bestowing upon me your mercy please kindly give me the intelligence so that I can offer at your divine
lotus feet my most humble and respectful obeisances. My dear guru maharaja your glance is my only hope
otherwise I by my limited senses cannot understand what is good and what is bad. Being conditioned
I always consider good as bad and bad as good. But by your divine grace you gave me a chance to
understand my relationship with Lord Krishna.
Being a materially minded person I don’t have any vision to glorify you, but glorifying you is my only
hope to get purified from the contamination of this material existence.
I have got so much inspiration from you. The way you always remember Srila Prabhupada, this in itself
tells us everything about your glories as a disciple. In your every speech you always talk about Srila
Prabhupada. You took all the instructions of Srila Prabhupada within your heart and soul and the way you
are executing all your services to him is a proof that you have given your mind, body, words, actions and
everything to Srila Prabhupada.
One can be gradually elevated to the standard of real knowledge, or Krishna consciousness, by practicing
austerity and celibacy, by controlling the mind and senses, by giving up one’s possessions in charity, by
being avowedly truthful, by keeping clean and by practicing yoga-asanas. Purport ‘Nectar of Instruction’
text1. These all qualities you have lived in your whole life. When a person lives the verdict of Bhagavata
he is called a living Bhagavata.
Oh all merciful spiritual master your teachings and instruction are the essence of all the Vedic scriptures.
If I follow what you have taught us by your personified living example then I could get purified, but as
a conditioned soul I don’t even try to follow what you have instructed me. Maharaja, please give me
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enlightenment and some intelligence so that I can surrender my body, mind, thought and everything at
your lotus feet.
Gurudeva, I am unable to execute any of your instructions with a proper heart, so please give me your
blessings so that I develop the love for the devotees and sincerity for the holy name. Guru maharaja,
I don’t know how I will be able to render any service to you, but my current situation is helpless and
hopeless. By your divine grace please protect me and engage me in your service.
On this special divine day I promise you that for your transcendental pleasure I will try to chant more
attentively and I try to become a humble servant of all the Vaishnavas. Please always keep me down at
your golden like lotus feet, so that I get a chance to purify my dull animal like consciousness.
On this auspicious day my offering at your lotus feet is that I will try to give up all my material desires,
my false ego and I will sincerely try to please you through my service.
Your insignificant servant,
Aradhya Gaura dasa
Respected Srila Guru Maharaja,
I offer my most respectful and humble dandavat pranams at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to jagad-
guru, Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your loving divine grace!
I wish you a very happy Vyasa-puja and pray to Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Maharani and
Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai for many happy returns of this auspicious day in your earthly pastime.
Guru maharaja, by your mercy I am trying to do a little preaching activity at IIT Patna and I am IYF
in-charge of Iskcon Patna. But most of the time my false ego, pride and impure mind brings me back to
my same original state. How can I be free from all these anarthas. Following your instructions is really a
challenge in grhastha life with responsibilities of other assignments. Four regulative principles are also
becoming tough to follow. Still to satisfy my false ego, I try to preach. In one lecture Srila Prabhupada
says that a preacher must have good character, but I do not have a good character. How can I improve
these hurdles so that I can be useful in the service of guru and Gauranga? Thank you very much for this
opportunity to write on your Vyasa-puja.
Guru maharaja, please visit Patna. Please guru maharaja, instruct me, chastise me for my many offences
and guide me to become a better servant of all the living entities. Just as Lord Krishna’s glories are
unlimited, so are your divine glories. I am an unqualified beggar, ignorant, fool, and a dull-minded person,
it would take many lifetimes for me to properly glorify you.
On this auspicious day, I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet, o my beloved guru maharaja.
Wishing you the most wonderful Vyasa-puja celebration again and again in your earthly pastime. Waiting
for your association and mercy.
Srila Prabhupada ki jaya! Srila guru maharaja Vyasa-puja mahotsava ki jaya! Srila Gopala Krishna
Goswami maharaja ki jaya!
Hare Krishna!
Your most fallen servants,
Raman Manohara dasa and Madhurya devi dasi
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Thank you guru maharaja for giving your shelter and a connection with the parampara you are the
representative of Krishna and Srila Vyasadeva, चक्षु दान दिलो येई जन्मे जन्मे प्रभुसेई
He opened my darkened eyes and filled me with transcendental knowledge. He is my Lord birth after birth.
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Guru maharaja, you appeared on earth only to serve Srila Prabhupada. You take his instructions as your
life and soul, गुरु मुख पद्म वाक्य चित्तेते करिया एइक्य, and you have dedicated your whole life to fulfill
his desires. You tirelessly and non stop engage in his service.
In 1952 when Srila Prabhupada was in Delhi, struggling for book distribution, and a bull hit him and he
became unconscious. He struggled so much in Delhi. Prabhupada wanted at least 15 temples in Delhi, and
his guru Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gave instructions to Srila Prabhupada for two things,
one is to construct big temples and second thing is to print and distribute books. Srila Prabhupada founded
Bhaktivedanta book trust and the international society for Krishna consciousness.
You are also following in the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada. You have constructed more than thirty big
temples in Russia, Delhi NCR, and some other countries. Today by your tireless efforts in Delhi, there are
very few people who have no Bhagavad-gita copy of Srila Prabhupada, and who don’t know about Iskcon
and Srila Prabhupada. You have distributed the literature of Srila Prabhupada on a large scale and you are
also known as the incarnation of BBT.
You teach by your exemplary behavior. You never miss mangala-arati and you always worship Sri Sri
Gaura-Nitai. You never miss an opportunity to serve and help your god-brothers and you always give first
priority to them. In any situation you never compromise towards anything against Iskcon. You have saved
Iskcon from many difficulties and problems.
On this occasion please forgive my unlimited offenses. I also beg you to be merciful on me and give me
mercy so that I am able to meditate upon you and become humble, and birth after birth remain a servant of
your lotus feet. Guru maharaja, this year I will try to improve my sadhana, read Bhagavad-gita and Srila
Prabhupada’s books, improve my japa and try to have a service attitude.
सुनो सुनो ओ दनु िया वालों बहुत हि खुशी का दिन है आज,
क्युकी आज ही प्रकट हुए थे हमारे गरु ु महाराज,
कृष्ण भावनामत ृ के प्रचार में रहते है वो हमेशा सक्रीय
इसलिए है वो गरु ु गौरांग के अतिशय प्रिय
क्षेत्रीय भाषाओं में करा कर पुस्तकों का प्रकाशन और करा कर बड़े बड़े मंदिरों का निर्माण
आने वाले दिनों में भक्तो के के लिए कर दिया प्रचार कार्य को काफी आसान,
रूस जैसे दे शों में , दिल्ली जैसे महानगरों में ला दिया भक्तो का भरमार
आज ऐसे शुभ दिन पर करते है हम उन्हें सादर नमस्कार
विनम्रता के है वो अवतार
और प्रभुपIद के सेवक वफादार
करते है हम उनसे यही विनम्र प्रार्थना
की आप अपने चरणों की छाया प्रदान करना.
Your insignificant disciple,
Ramanuja Kripa Das
Respected Srila Gurudeva,
Kindly accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. I am begging your permission,
blessings and mercy to write this Vyasa-puja offering. In the shastras, it has been mentioned that without
the mercy of Guru, it is not possible to achieve any success. I beg for mercy from all the Vaishnavas. All
glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, Founder acharya of the Iskcon,
whose mercy has spread throughout the globe by many branches in the form of his disciples. Your divine
grace is one of them, who has been engaged completely to fulfill the mission of Srila Prabhupada and
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by engaging millions of conditioned living entities. Your compassion is clearly
visible, when I contemplate on any of my god-brothers or god-sisters or myself, a foolish person who has
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taken birth in a low class, candala family.

Every day morning, we pray in mangala-arati: Samsara davanala lidha loka tranaya karunya ghana
ghanatvam, praptasya kalyana gunarnavasya vande guroh sri caranaravindam
But, being a forgetful soul, I always forget this and act whimsically without following your instructions
properly. It happens because, kabe hena kripa labhia e jana, kritrtha hoibe natha, sakti buddhi hina ami ati
dina, koro more atma satha
I must understand, whatever little qualification I have to serve Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, it is all your mercy. In
fact, everything and everybody belongs to Lord Sri Krishna and comes from Him directly or indirectly as
the mercy of Srila gurudeva, but a fool like me is unable to understand such facts.
jogyata vicare kichu nahi pai, tomara karuna sar
karuna na hoile kandia kandia prana na rakhiba ara
Gurudeva, you have always stressed on attentive chanting, which take us away from all kinds of anarthas
and aparadhas, but a fool like me does not have full faith in your words, because, I am unable to realize
saksad dharitvena samasta sastrair, uktas tatha bhavyata eva sadbhih
kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya, vande guroh sri caranaravindam
O gurudeva, I beg for your mercy to sustain my life and allow me to take part in the mission of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. Kindly be merciful upon this wretched soul.
Your most unfortunate servant,
Sadhu Raman dasa

SUNDARPUR

Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, today I got the opportunity to write or reveal my feelings for you. Although I do not know
how to glorify a spiritual master, as I have spent my whole life in finding faults due to my material vision.
I love to see you smiling always, even after having so many responsibilities like book distribution, preaching
abroad despite so many difficulties. By seeing you gives me enthusiasm to serve Srila Prabhupada, Krishna,
yourself and other Vaishnavas.
As Srila Narottama dasa Thakura says:
guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koriyaikya, ār nā koriho mane āśā
On this auspicious day I want to beg you to please bless me to develop this mood. I am not well-versed
in shastras. My only desire is to serve Lord Krishna and the spiritual master without desiring anything in
return.
At last I want to beg from you for taste in holy name and simplicity, which Kolavecha Sridhar had for
serving Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Please forgive me for my poor English language.
Your upcoming and dull servant,
Radhapati Caran dasa

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Respected Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam.
Srila gurudeva, you are serving the mission of Srila Prabhupada. You are so determined to serve him that
you are working day and night without caring for your health. Srila Prabhupada disciples like you are our
real wealth.
Srila gurudeva, you are an ocean of mercy for all living souls, making every possible effort to deliver the
sleeping souls.
Srila gurudeva, to describe your unlimited qualities is beyond our capacity and scope. You are a gift of
Krishna to this world and our only hope.
Srila gurudeva, fallen souls like us, beg at your lotus feet for your forgiveness. O’ patita pavana gurudeva,
please bless us to always serve in Krsna consciousness.
Your insignificant servant,
Abhijit Priya devi dasi and Ujjavala Prema bhakti devi dasi

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Kindly accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
On this auspicious day, I pray to Lord Krishna to bestow upon you a very long and healthy life so that
we continue to receive your mercy for a long time. Maharaja, although I am your unworthy disciple, but
I consider myself to be the most fortunate person in this world to have received your shelter. Maharaja,
please keep showering your mercy upon me so that I remain attached to the path of Krishna consciousness.
You are taking the mission of Srila Prabhupada forward successfully and spreading the message of Lord
Caitanya to every part of the world untiringly, without even taking care of your health. Srila Prabhupada
must be feeling very proud to see your efforts to spread Krishna consciousness in every corner of this
world. Just by having a glimpse of you the meaning of the word sadhu becomes crystal clear.
I don’t have words to describe your glories. I request you to take care of your health so that you can bring
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like me to take a dip in it so that I can also purify my senses and take part in this mission.
Thankyou guru maharaja, I am always grateful to you and always in need of your mercy.
Your servant,
Adhi Yajna Hari dasa
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances on this occasion of your divine appearance on this planet.
Guru maharaja, your qualities are like an unfathomable ocean and one cannot describe even a single drop
of it without your mercy. Just like when there is sunlight, one can see oneself, everything around and even
the sun also, similarly without the mercy of a pure Vaishnava, it is not possible to properly appreciate your
mercy even.
One can get the seed of pure devotional service only by the mercy of a pure Vaishnava, it is not possible
to reach the plane of suddha sattva with any endeavor of karma and jnana, although one may endeavor for
millions of lifetimes, but success cannot be achieved through these ephemeral ways. In Bhagavad-gita,
the Supreme Lord Krsna, invites everyone to surrender unto Him, and therefore lead a life of complete
bliss and joyfulness, but seeing the unfortunate and condemned position of people in this Kali-yuga, the
Supreme Lord Himself came as Lord Caitanya to teach the science of pure devotional service and thus
allowed even the most fallen and wretched people to attain the highest goal of life which was never ever
possible in previous ages. Similarly guru maharaja, although you are a confidential associate of Lord and
need not practice all the rules and regulations of devotion like a new sadhaka, but still to show us an ex-
ample and to guide humanity in general, you take that role. Moreover, you are naturally inspired to follow
all the rules and regulations because of your attachment to Srila Prabhupada and the parampara acharyas.
The actions of a pure devotee are impossible to understand although, but one thing is sure that a pure
Vaishnava is acting out of loving feelings for the Lord and acharyas. This love is something that is ex-
tra-terrestrial and is the only driving force to carry one forward on the path of devotion. In 6th chapter of
Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna asked the Lord how to tackle the mind. And the Lord speaks in great length about
the mind in the 6th chapter. We see that even after a long spiritual practice, one is hardly able to exercise
any control over the mind and still the thoughts of sense gratification come. Therefore, until and unless our
mind is engaged in the service of Krsna, no matter whatever physical engagement is there, one will always
be prone to the attacks of Maya. By your own example you have established the fact that how one can
easily make the mind his friend by constantly engaging it in direct Krsna conscious activities, beginning
with sravanam and kirtanam. Although many times persons approach you with a wide variety of so-called
problems, but your only endeavor is to align them to the process of sravanam and kirtanam which is the
only remedy for the misdirected population of Kali-yuga.
May we really appreciate this rare gift of our relationship with the guru parampara, which you have so
munificently awarded by your divine grace, through the practical process of sravanam and kirtanam. So
on this auspicious occasion, I beg for a drop of taste in Krsna-katha and for chanting the divine holy names
which is the very life and soul of the Rupanuga devotees. Because you are yourself a true Rupanuga, there-
fore you can award this taste to others also by your divine mercy.
Trying to be a disciple,
Akhilananda dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
Your divine appearance is the most auspicious moment for this fallen soul. I am feeling totally incapable
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of glorifying you suitably.
As Narada Muni has said, “it is very difficult to properly glorify the Lord and His pure devotees, who can
just present a combination of words only. I am trying to pray to the Lord to give me the intelligence and
feelings to glorify my spiritual master.”
Srila Prabhupada formed Iskcon in accordance with the desires of previous acharyas, and you are sailing
on the same path by fulfilling his desires, and of the whole parampara. The desire of Srila Rupa Goswami
(Rupa Manjari) down to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura (Kamala Manjari), and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saras-
vati Thakura (Nayana Manjari), and Srila Prabhupada, is to write and distribute transcendental literatures
for the benefit of suffering living entities. By publishing and distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books in
different languages of the world, you are serving Srila Prabhupada in the most remarkable way. You have
taken every opportunity to reclaim the fallen souls back home, back to Godhead. You have unflinching
faith in Srila Prabhupada’s books, and you are always telling us to read these books regularly, so as to have
the best understanding of the philosophy, and for our sustenance in spiritual life. One who has read Srila
Prabhupada’s books cannot stop himself from coming to Iskcon.
Dear guru maharaja, you are the first to publish Srila Prabhupada’s books in the Indian languages, and
we are seeing the result in the form of so many people appreciating and changing their lives after reading
these books. Your pranam mantra should be our aim of meditation and endeavor, to serve you, and to
please the whole parampara.
Guru maharaja, you are decorated with all the transcendental qualities of a great saint. You are situated in
the position of Krishna-prema, but being so compassionate on the fallen souls, you came down to preach
and reclaim them on behalf of Krishna. You are always delivering Krishna to the suffering living entities
either by Krishna’s holy name or Krishna prasad. The concern is one of the symptoms of the bhava stage.
Your concern for all the living entities especially for Srila Prabhupada’s instructions cannot be suitably
glorified by us in words. Thus, exemplifying perfect Vaishnava behaviour, that the order of the spiritual
master is the life and soul of a disciple.
Guru maharaja, no doubt your causeless mercy is there on me, as you have accepted me as your servant
and are engaging me in Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s sankirtan mission. Spiritual master means the mas-
ter of the soul, mind and body. But I am not allowing my whole existence to be mastered by you and acting
whimsically, still you are bearing up with my whims compassionately. I am so foolish that I do not know
how to receive your mercy properly. I know that I am not acting in the way that pleases you, and not com-
ing up to your expectations and intentions for me.
I, therefore humbly beg at your lotus feet to be merciful on me by chastising me, so that I can get rid of my
false ego and attachments, and present myself at your lotus feet in a molten state, so that you can mould
me as an instrument in the service of Srila Prabhupada.
Your unworthy servant,
Akinchan Priya dasa
Most respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this auspicious occasion of your appearance.
This day is auspicious because a pure Vaishnava like your holiness appeared today in this world to glorify
the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna and spread His holy names, and to deliver fallen souls like
me. Again I bow down at your lotus feet because your lotus feet are the abode of pure devotional service.
By your mercy only can we cross over material existence and attain Krishna.
You have given me the gift of transcendental vision and divine knowledge about Krsna-bhakti. By your
mercy only my ignorance is reducing. Your glory is enormously sung in the Vedic literatures.
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You are an ocean of mercy. Your mercy is fathomless and you are a dear friend of fallen souls like me. May
I able to keep the teachings coming out from your lotus mouth in my heart and follow them seriously, and
may nothing else be my desire. Srila Narottama dasa Thakura writes, “Attachment to the lotus feet of the
spiritual master is the best means of spiritual advancement. By his mercy all desires for spiritual perfection
are fulfilled.” Please be merciful on me and give me the shade of your lotus feet. May your glories now be
proclaimed throughout the three worlds!
Your insignificant servant,
Akrura Nandan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Today is a very auspicious day for me and I have no words for your glorification. On this very auspicious
day I would like to thank you for all the mercy that you have bestowed upon me by accepting me as your
disciple. Before I was drowned by Maya and covered by her veil, a misidentified lost soul roaming aim-
lessly around. By your mercy I am connected to our beloved Srila Prabhupada.
I pray unto your lotus feet to always give me an opportunity for pure bhakti and devotional service.
Yours servant,
Amala Shakti devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
When I last visited you, your faith in Krishna seemed like a mountain.
As you said - This movement is made up of the elements of mercy of Krishna.
It has defeated every material difficulty coming in the progress of pure Krishna consciousness.
On this auspicious day, I pray for the desire to serve Vaishnavas, practice devotional service with sincerity
and develop a drop of faith for the Supreme Lord, Krishna.
Your servant,
Amrit Caitanya dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada all glories to Srila
Bhagavatpada!
On this happy and auspicious day of your appearance, we pray to Lord Krishna to give you a healthy and
long life, to enable our guru maharaja to spread Krishna consciousness to more and more fallen souls, and
thus fulfill the wishes of Srila Prabhupada.
Gurudeva, please be merciful on fallen souls like us, so that we can serve Sri Sri Radha-Madhava, Sri Sri
Gaura-Nitai and Srila Prabhupada by following the four regulative principles more strictly and chanting
our rounds with more faith and determination.
Once again we offer our humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Your fallen servants,
Bhava dasa adhikari and Shradha devi dasi
To my dear Spiritual Master,
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this most
auspicious day of your appearance!
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Guru maharaja, thank you very much for accepting me as your disciple, although you know that I am
dipped in a sea of sense gratification, but at the same time you give us an opportunity to glorify your
transcendental qualities for my own purification. You show how eagerly you want somehow or other, all
conditioned souls like me to purify ourselves and you prepare us to go back home, back to Godhead.
Guru maharaja, you came to Chandigarh and gave a class in which, one devotee put a question to you
which was, “what is more important, sadhana or service?” Maharaja your answer was sadhana. That in-
spired me so much. Maharaja you always worry about your disciples progress in bhakti.
Guru maharaja, I have heard so many lectures of yours. Your lecture was very forceful but simple, and you
gave only the essence of the shastras. That touched my heart and soul. Maharaja you always give mercy
but I am so unfortunate that I do not take it seriously. Please give me strength to take your mercy seriously.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madhava to give you good health and a long life, so that you can uplift the fallen
conditioned souls from this material world and fix them in the spiritual world.
Your insignificant servant,
Hamsa Bhakta dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja, you have accepted this fallen soul as your disciple who is struggling hard in this ocean of
material existence. You are an ocean of mercy. By your mercy only I am trying to follow the spiritual path
and doing my daily sadhana. You are the deliverer of fallen souls. Without your mercy it is impossible for
me to make any progress in spiritual life. Please give me the dust of your lotus feet birth after birth.
Guru maharaja, I am suffering from the fever of materialistic life. Please bless me that my faith and sur-
render to the lotus feet of Lord Krishna increases day by day and this fallen soul can serve you enthusias-
tically by following your divine instructions with faith, determination and patience.
Guru maharaja, on this most auspicious occasion of your divine appearance I pray to Lord Krsna to bestow
you with a very very long and healthy life so that other souls can also get the shelter of your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja, you have dedicated every moment of your life to fulfill the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Kindly bless this fallen soul that I also get a drop of the vast ocean of your dedication.
Dear guru maharaja, please bless me so that I can really understand the importance of this human life and
follow the spiritual path sincerely and make my life successful by serving sincerely, the lotus feet of Sri
guru and Krishna.
Your highly indebted and insignificant servant,
Jagannatha Mohini devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam.
O ocean of mercy guru maharaja, most dear to Srila Prabhupada. This is your mercy if I am able to do
good. I do not know what is Lord Krishna’s plan in future, but I sincerely wish wherever I am I would
like to remain under your instructions and act accordingly. The kind of attachment you have got for your
spiritual master His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada I wish the same to be transferred
to me. I sincerely wish to serve you from the core of my heart, and on this auspicious day I pray to Sri Sri
Radha-Madhava, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Srila Prabhupada to please bestow my dear guru maharaja with
a healthy long life, so that he may engage us in his mission to serve his guru and Gauranga.
Your servant,
Kalindi pran Nath dasa
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Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Maharaja it is a matter of immense pleasure for the whole Vaishnava community to celebrate your ap-
pearance day. Kindly accept my heartfelt greetings on this auspicious occasion. I am ever-indebted to
you for giving shelter to me at your lotus feet thus connecting me to the exalted Gaudiya Vaishnava guru
parampara.
Maharaja, I am an unworthy disciple of yours, full of countless vices. I am neither serious about my sad-
hana nor sincere in my service. Due to my neglectful chanting there are many anarthas both gross and
subtle, in my life. Kindly shower your mercy so that I can overcome all kinds of anarthas on the path of
my devotion. Your blessings are my only hope for sustaining my Krishna consciousness.
Guru maharaja, you are an exemplary disciple and a compassionate guru. Kindly bless me so that I can
maintain the devotional standards expected by your disciples. Guru maharaja, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Mad-
hava for your long and healthy life so that you can bring many more souls to Krishna consciousness and
help them go back to Godhead. May you enthuse many more devotees to fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s mis-
sion.
Maharaja, you are an ocean of mercy. Kindly overlook my offences and bless me so that I can follow your
instructions sincerely and enthusiastically.
Thank you so much guru maharaja for your causeless mercy on an unworthy person like me. I am ever
grateful to you.
Always in need of your mercy,
Krsna Vallabha devi dasi
Most Worshipable Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet hundreds and thousands of times. Srila gu-
rudeva ki jaya! Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!
We wish to congratulate our god-brothers and god-sisters on this very auspicious day of your appearance.
Your immeasurable and unimaginable kindness which you have bestowed on us is beyond what we can
think of. We don’t think ourselves as capable of doing any kind of service unto your lotus feet being still
contaminated by material desires. But gurudeva, as per S.B. 1. 2. 17 the heart of devotee who has devel-
oped the urge to hear the message of the Lord when properly heard and chanted is cleansed of the desire
for material enjoyment, by the mercy of Lord Krishna. Gurudeva, you are kindness personified, therefore
we request you to bestow your blessings upon us so that we may engage ourselves in some activities of
Iskcon.
You are so merciful that we can never repay you in any form at any stage or in any birth. We pray unto your
lotus feet to pardon us for our mistakes, blunders and request you with folded hands to kindly continue to
shower your blessings on fallen souls like us, although we don’t feel ourselves fit for your kind mercy. But
the taste of your mercy is so sweet, we wish to get it uninterruptedly to enable us to serve thy lotus feet
and the lotus feet of Sri Krishna.
All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! Paramvijayate Sri Krishna sankirtanam.
Your most fallen servants,
Madhuhar dasa and Sukomala devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
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Guru maharaja, I beg at your lotus feet to kindly bestow your kind mercy upon me so that I may able to
glorify you on this very auspicious day. Even though it’s very difficult to glorify a pure devotee, but still to
purify myself and to please Krsna I am trying to make an attempt to glorify you. And this is the only way
to please Krsna - to glorify His pure devotee.
Guru maharaja I feel very inspired to see your attachment to follow Srila Prabhupäda’s instructions very
rigidly and daily. For one day, it’s easy to follow but year after year daily following with the same enthusi-
asm is not easy. Especially I observe how rigidly you follow the morning program standard daily, in spite
of your advanced age.
You by your own practical example show us what it means to love Srila Prabhupäda. Loving someone
means to be ready to do anything for him. Not only speaking big things but rendering service to please that
person. Loving Srila Prabhupäda means following what he said. This can very easily be seen in your be-
havior. You follow Srila Prabhupäda’s instructions so seriously daily, and expect the same from me. Daily
chanting, hearing and reading Srila Prabhupada’s books, morning program, worshiping temple Deities and
own Deity worship and always preaching. This is because you love Srila Prabhupäda.
Srila Prabhupada says in S.B. 3.19.36 purport that “Ungrateful persons are those who do not understand
how much benefit they are deriving by the arrangement of the Lord. They enjoy the sunshine and moon-
shine, and they get water free of charge, yet they do not feel grateful, but simply go on enjoying these gifts
of the Lord. Therefore, they must be called thieves and rogues.”
tam sukhärädhyam rjubhir ananya-saranair nrbhih
krtajnah ko na seveta durärädhyam asädhubhih
Similarly guru maharaja, by Krishna’s and your mercy, I am getting so much material and spiritual facili-
ties to practice Krishna consciousness. I must feel very grateful. Thank you for giving me this rare spiritual
life especially in the association of sincere devotees.
I pray to you to please bless me so that I may develop some taste for chanting and hearing, especially
reading Srila Prabhupäda’s books and be fully busy in serving Srila Prabhupäda and may become a little
instrument in his movement.
Your servant,
Marici dasa
My dearmost loving Spiritual Father,
Kindly accept my most humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet, which are always eager to provide
shelter to one and all without caring for qualifications.
The time of your appearance in the age of Kali is the time when all the devotees rejoice and remember
the infinite mercy of Lord Sri Krishna, who has sent your divine grace to deliver unlimited fallen souls. I
feel, this is the time when your celebrated spiritual master His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada rejoices the most, because by following his mood and example you are showering the mercy
of Lord Caitanya all over India, Russia, Kenya, USA, Canada and many other places on the globe.
You are an epitome of all Vaishnava qualities guru maharaja- mercy, kindness, humility compassion, for-
giveness, friendliness, magnanimity, intelligence, alertness, dependence on Krishna and many more. You
are compassion personified, Srila Bhagavatpada- the quality adored the most by all scriptures and Vaish-
nava acharyas. Lord Kapil deva says in S.B. 3.25.21, “The symptoms of a sädhu are that he is tolerant,
merciful and friendly to all living beings”. In the purport to this verse Srila Prabhupada writes that “A
devotee travels all over the country, from door to door, preaching”. That is his compassion and mercy. You
are always on the move, guru maharaja, preaching and singing the glories of Lord Sri Krishna like, Narada
Muni. Prahlada Maharaja says to Lord Narasimhadeva in his prayers in S.B. 7.9.44 “I know that without
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Krishna consciousness, without taking shelter of your lotus feet one can’t be happy. Therefore I wish to
bring them back to the shelter of your lotus feet.” You have the same conviction, mood and compassion
guru maharaja. You are opening many new temples so that more people can take shelter of the Lord. You
opened a grand temple in Jaipur in May 2018 and another, Bahadurgarh is scheduled for opening in Aug
2018.
While instructing the Prachetas, Srila Narada Muni says in S.B. 4.31.19: “By showing mercy to all living
entities, being satisfied somehow or other and controlling the senses from sense enjoyment, one can very
quickly satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Janardana.”
You are perfectly living this verse, guru maharaja. By spreading Krishna consciousness through philoso-
phy and sankirtan, you are showering mercy on all living beings. And certainly you are the master of your
senses- a Goswami. You always remain content and equipoised-santushta.
Therefore you are always pleasing Lord Krishna and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and are very dear to them.
By your mercy and blessings guru maharaja, your Centres in Chandigarh and Panchkula are stable and
progressing steadily. Preaching is expanding. We distributed 30,200 Gitas and Krishna books in the Mar-
athon month of 2017 as against 27,000 distributed last year. Over 110 devotees are eagerly awaiting your
arrival to grant them 1st initiation.
Our 7 BACEs near different Engineering colleges are attracting youngsters to Krsna consciousness.
Through 8 Ratha-yatras and 10 Shobha yatras (mini Rath-yatras), we profusely distributed Srila Prabh-
upada books, the holy name and Lord Jagannatha’s prasad to thousands of people in 17 towns in and
around Chandigarh.
Many seminars were conducted by senior devotees to educate and train the devotees. The Bhakti Vaibhava
course, started last year under the aegis of Mayapur Institute of Higher Education, is continuing success-
fully. 22 Congregation devotees and brahmacharis are participating in this course.
Three spiritual summer camps were organised for school children in their summer vacations- one each
in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Kalka. Moral and spiritual education was imparted to over 270 children
through art, craft, music, kirtan, drama, bhajanas, debate, storytelling and philosophical classes. Cultural
functions were held on the concluding days in which children and their parents were invited.
The parents appreciated the efforts of Iskcon in imparting basic knowledge of Krishna-bhakti to their
wards and many of them have started coming to our Sunday Program. Many children from camps have
joined our weekly Bhakta Prahlada and Gopal fun schools. All this has been possible with your kind bless-
ings guru maharaja.
In the end I beg for your continual mercy so that I may continue serving the grand mission of Srila Prabh-
upada with whatever little capacity I have.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madhava for your perfect health and very long life so that you may continue play-
ing a singular role in Srila Prabhupäda’s Hare Krishna Movement and bring millions of people to pure
devotional service from all over the world.
With greatest regards.
Your servant,
Nand Maharaja dasa
Our the most respected and dear Gurudeva, Srila Bhagavatpada ji,
Hare Krishna! Kindly accept our humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet on this very auspicious
and eventful Vyasa-puja day, your appearance on this planet. All glories to your lotus feet which are the
shelter for all fallen souls!
Guru maharaja, we are unqualified to write anything about your divine grace, still we are aspiring for your
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causeless mercy.
Guru maharaja, you are the sakshat murti of Srila Vyasadeva and have all the qualities of a bona fide spir-
itual master. The chief criteria mentioned in the authoritative Vedic scriptures determine the authenticity
of a guru and one can understand it as recommended in the Vedas:
yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha guru
tasyaite kathita hy arthah prakasante mahatmanah
This is a very clear statement right from the Padma purana which states that the characteristics of the guru
is that he must be situated on the topmost platform, maha-bhagavata.
Therefore, a spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krishna conscious is a bona fide spiritual master,
for he can solve the problems of life. That is the version of Lord Caitanya. So to summarize the whole
thing, it is to be understood that when a bona fide spiritual master speaks it should be taken that Krishna
is speaking. That is a fact. A spiritual master is liberated. The science of how one is liberated is explained
above. When one is liberated, there is no need of distinction whether he has come directly from Krishna
loka or from the material world. But in a broader sense everyone comes from Krishna loka. When one
forgets Krishna he is conditioned, when one remembers Krishna he is liberated. I hope this will clear up
these points. (Srila Prabhupada letter to Mukunda, New Vrindavana, June 10, 1969)
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura explains that unless one is directly empowered by the causeless
mercy of Krishna, one cannot become a spiritual master of the entire world (jagad-guru). One cannot
become an acharya simply by mental speculation. The true acharya presents Krishna to everyone by
preaching the holy name of the Lord throughout the world. Thus the conditioned souls, purified by chant-
ing the holy name, are liberated from the blazing fire of material existence. He is therefore the spiritual
master of all the varnas (brahmana, kshatriya, vaishya and shudra) and all the ashrams (brahmacharya,
grihastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa). Since he is understood to be the most advanced devotee, he is
called paramahamsa-thakura. Thakura is a title of honor offered to the paramahamsa. Therefore, one who
acts as an acharya, directly presenting Lord Krishna by spreading His name and fame, is also to be called
paramahamsa thakura. (C.c. Adi 7.13)
So, this Krishna consciousness movement means training people who come to us, to make them far above
the siddhas. One can hold this position of guru, as guru means who is above the siddhas. Krsna-tattva-vet-
ta. Yei krsna-tattva-vetta, sei guru haya [C.c. Madhya 8.128]. One cannot become a guru unless he knows
Krishna-tattva.
A pure devotee, who is free from all material desires experienced on the mental platform and who is also
free from empiric philosophical speculation or fruitive activity, is always above material conditioning and
is always liberated. (S.B. 4.29.66 purport)
A bona fide spiritual master who is fully cognizant of the methods of spiritual science, learned in the spiri-
tual scriptures such as the Bhagavad-gita, Vedanta, Srimad-Bhagavatam and Upanishads, and who is also
a realized soul who has made a tangible connection with the Supreme Lord, is the transparent medium by
which the willing candidate is led to the path of the Vaikuntha.
The conclusion is that one cannot become a spiritual master unless he is a pure devotee of the Lord. One
who is a spiritual master in accordance with the above descriptions of devotional service is to be under-
stood as the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally present. A bona fide spiritual master means con-
sulting the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally. One should therefore take shelter of such a bona
fide spiritual master. Success in life means accepting a spiritual master who knows Krishna as the only
Supreme beloved Personality. One should worship such a confidential devotee of the Lord. (S.B. 4.29.51
purport). When a devotee is perfectly qualified in chanting the transcendental vibration of the holy name,
he is quite fit to become a spiritual master and to deliver all the people of the world.
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Gurudeva, you have all the qualities of a bona fide spiritual master as mentioned above. You are follow-
ing all the instructions of your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada and other senior Vaishnavas and six
goswamis. You always ask your disciples to read and follow the teachings of Lord Caitanya and Srila
Rupa Goswamiji’s ‘Upadeshamrta’. Gurudeva, you are very tolerant, peaceful, merciful and friendly to
all living entities.
Guru maharaja, you always engage yourself in the Supreme Lord’s devotional service, and thus you are
always in a transcendental position. You are completely free from the influence of all the modes of mate-
rial nature therefore you are a pure Vaishnava on the devotional platform.
Guru maharaja, you are travelling throughout the world without taking any rest and telling us what is truly
the most desired goal in the world which is service unto the Lotus Feet of the Divine Couple.
Guru maharaja, please provide us with a drop of your mercy and continue to engage us in the service of Sri
Sri Radha-Madhava ji. We wish and pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madhava, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Narasim-
hadeva ji for your long life and good health on this auspicious day of your divine appearance, to complete
the mission of Sri Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and your guru maharaja Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Your eternal servants,
Praghosh dasa and Padyavali devi dasi
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
No doubt, the most important day in my life is your appearance day.
On the appearance day, acharyas are most merciful but you are the one who sprinkles your mercy on the
fallen souls at any state. You are the most dear son of Srila Prabhupada. You surrendered your whole life
for the benefit of mankind. You are the most humble disciple of Srila Prabhupada. Your eyes are an ocean
of mercy. You put your hand on the most sinful persons like us.
Srila Prabhupada had spent most of his time with you but you never disclose it anywhere.
You always emphasize on book distribution because it was Srila Prabhupada’s instruction. Even in bad
health you give enthusiasm to your disciples to distribute books.
Most of the time you are traveling to different states and countries for preaching but you never worry about
your health.
During Nathadwara yatra in January 2017 you told us that you forgive our offences at your lotus feet but
requested us to save ourselves from Vaishnava aparadha. This indicates that you are most tolerant. Toler-
ating wrongdoings of your disciples, even tolerating me.
You are worried not just about mankind but every living entity. Once an ant came along with you from
Vrindavana dhama. You are so compassionate that you went back to Vrindavana to drop the dhama vasi
back.
You instruct your disciples to develop love amongst themselves and cooperate with each other and to
chant our rounds attentively.
Guru maharaja, as one of your most fallen disciple, I beg for your mercy. Kindly bless me so that I can
follow your instructions as it is. I want to become your most beloved disciple by following your footsteps.
As Srila Prabhupada instructed, “Just hold my dhoti, I’ll take you back to Godhead”. In the same way I
believe I will be able to attain the perfection of life.
As it is said in the shastra - By the mercy of the Krsna one can get the mercy of the spiritual master and by
the mercy of the spiritual master one can get the mercy of Krsna. I have personally experienced this guru
maharaja. During Panchkula Ratha-yatra in 2015, I was intensely praying to Lord Jagannatha to bless me
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with your love and mercy. At that moment you turned, looked at me, smiled and gave me prasad. It was
the best moment of my life, I always smile remembering it.
The spiritual master is the representation of Srimati Radharani and you are one of the most loving repre-
sentatives. Guru maharaja, wherever you go you spread transcendental waves, your presence makes the
surrounding blissful and you always smile like a child.
Without the mercy of the spiritual master one cannot be delivered. So kindly take me under your shelter
and bless me so that I can be a sincere disciple of yours.
I always pray to Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Maharani and Srila Prabhupada to give you
good health so that you can fulfill the desire of your spiritual master and preach more and more.
Your servant,
Preeti Mehta
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
One thing is that the books are filled with the description of Vaishnava qualities, and the other is the heart
of a pure Vaishnava like you who is filled with Vaishnava qualities as Krishna has described in the Bhaga-
vad-gita 12.13-20:
advestä sarva-bhütänäm
maitrah karuna eva ca
nirmamo nirahankärah
sama-dukha-sukha ksami
santushta satatam yogi
yatätmä drdha-niscayah
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah
Krishna again and again says that such a devotee is very dear to Him.
To glorify such a character like yours, another Bhagavad-gita is required. Still I am attempting to glorify
you with a mood of my good fortune.
Guru maharaja, this mood of ‘para dukha dukhi’ is again and again being reflected in your speech and in
your interactions. Peoples are working so hard materially and not practicing spirituality. Prahlad Maharaja
says in Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.43 ‘soce tato vimukha-cetasa indriyärtha-mäyä-sukhäya bharam udva-
hato vimüdhän”. For preaching you are always ready to spend extra time despite your tight schedules and
bad health, so that persons like me may take spirituality more seriously.
Guru maharaja your detachment is setting an example for us, as Lord Caitanya describes ‘na dhanam na
janam na sundarim, kavitäm vä jagad-isa kämaye, mama janmani janmanisvare, bhavatäd bhaktir ahai-
tuki tvayi’ as seen from your own example and from your offerings to Srila Prabhupada.
In spite of all difficulties, whether it is due to material nature or due to other living entities, your inspiration
for serving Srila Prabhupada always remains intact.
Guru maharaja your ‘na socati na känksati’ (Bhagavad-gita 18.54) stage gives us an idea of your internal
satisfaction based on the realization of a pure devotee, Srila Prabhupada, and the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Krishna.
Guru maharaja, your mood of dependence on the mercy of the Supreme Lord is an example of the Srila
Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s description of Saranagati in the sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu jive doya kori song.
Guru maharaja you are always inspiring us to chant nicely, daily study Srila Prabhupada’s books, attend
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mangala-arati and render our prescribed services to remain busy, and to remain fixed in Krishna con-
sciousness. You are always concerned that we keep on practicing spiritual life in our lives. Guru maharaja
please bless me so that I may keep on practicing spiritual life with enthusiasm, determination and patience
throughout my life, so that I may grow and come out of self-absorption and be able to experience the glo-
ries of the Vaishnavas as described by Krishna Himself in the Bhagavad-gita.
Your servant,
Priya Gopinath dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories
to his wonderful servitors like your divine self!
Once again we have the opportunity to glorify your divine self. In one of the lectures you comment that it
is the duty of a sadhu to exemplify scriptural teachings through his personal character. Taking inspiration
from that statement, I am just taking one incident and trying to glorify your qualities.
While visiting Iskcon Chandigarh temple on Ratha-yatra festivals, in the month of November-December
when it is the peak of winter in Northern India, as usual you offer morning mangala-arati to the presiding
Deities, Sri Sri Radha-Madhava. One day, as you were proceeding from your room towards the altar I
happened to come in front and saw that you are going in a dhoti and upper garment (Uttaria) without any
warm shawl. To say the least, I was shocked or stunned!
It is the peak of winter in North India and you are quite conscious about the cold, and still you were walk-
ing without any warm clothing! As I inquired about a shawl for you, you very softly replied: It was not
there. And without stopping, you were just proceeding towards the altar to perform your service.
Actually, the walk to the altar is just 2 minutes, but offering arati in the temple hall for the next 30-35
minutes without warm shawl was be too much!
But you were not complaining or compromising in your service. You didn’t complain or shout as to why
the servants didn’t keep the shawl at the proper place. Neither did you compromise in the standard of your
service – you just went on with your loving service!
Of course, seeing your exemplary attitude to serve, the Lord arranged for a fresh new shawl through some
devotee and thus you could perform arati in a somewhat better way. However, the incident gave us a good
glimpse of your wonderful qualities, the attitude to serve without demanding any facilities, the determina-
tion, and tolerance towards the faults of devotees who are trying to serve you. And on top of all this, you
remained your natural humble self, by not creating a big scene out of it, but silently continuing with your
service.
Thank you guru maharaja for always showering your wonderful association upon us and allowing us to
witness the display of your devotional qualities. Thank you for always inspiring us to dedicate ourselves
to Srila Prabhupada’s teachings. That’s what a genuine and transparent spiritual master is. In spite of all
sorts of inconveniences, you continue to travel ceaselessly within India and abroad, just to inspire your
followers to follow this principle.
On this auspicious day, I seek forgiveness for various offences, mental or verbal or physical (in terms of
various inconveniences I would have caused and continue to cause) unto you or unto other devotee’s due
to my inappropriate dealings and behaviour.
Trying to serve,
Purusavatara dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
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CHANDIGARH 
Koti koti dandavat pranam.
Guru maharaja, with your blessings and instructions my family consisting of my wife, son and daughter
donated for Dharmakshetra Kurukshetra Krishna Arjuna temple Rs. 1.31 lakhs, and Rs. 11,000 only to
Indore temple.
I got your blessings many times to attend mangala-arati with you guru maharaja ji, at Iskcon Vrindavana,
Juhu and Mayapur and took morning walks with you at Ujjain, Indore, Vrindavana, Juhu, Chandigarh and
Kurukshetra Ratha-yatra many times, and attended your lectures and kirtans many times and your visit to
my home, Hare Krishna temple, a name kept by you maharaja ji, and then twice at Ambala Cantonment
and once at Indore.
I want to do something unique in my life for you guru maharaja ji, and for Iskcon, as I may retire from my
Co. Bluecross Labs Pvt Ltd as zonal manager. My son Puneet Raheja did MD from Ukraine and is work-
ing as emergency medical officer at Nayati Medicare Mathura, and the hospital has given him an Omax
flat at Vrindavana. Kindly guide me for doing more service for Iskcon.
Dandavat pranam maharaja ji.
Dasanudasa,
Raas Vijay dasa
Hare Krishna Respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauran-
ga! All glories to your Holiness!
Respected guru maharaja ji, I do not have enough words to offer a proper offering to your Holiness. You
are an empowered mercy incarnation of the Lord. Only due to such mercy, a person who is so foolish and
fallen like me can also aspire for devotional service. I was initiated in year 2009, and after I came to Iskcon
Chandigarh in 2002, for the past 9 years, your mercy has motivated me to read and hear from Srila Prabh-
upada. Although, I was attached to other literatures, your holiness diverted me towards daily reading and
hearing Srila Prabhupada. All the senior Vaishnavas like Shyamasundara Prabhu ji (Srila Prabhupada dis-
ciple), Rama Netra prabhu and Maha Hari prabhu encouraged me to follow the instructions of your good
self. I was reluctant to continue fixed daily sadhana, but your special disciples like Rama Netra prabhu
and Maha Hari prabhu encourage me from time to time in continuing my daily sadhana in a better way.
You have always provided me in-person an appointment on various occasions from time to time. All per-
sonal and spiritual issues are solved during these special occasions.
Your holiness gave me personal instruction to read and hear from Srila Prabhupada as much as possible.
Shyamasundara Prabhu ji personally encouraged me in all the 8 years to read and hear from Srila Prabh-
upada as per your instruction. He is still encouraging me to follow your instructions. Your holiness gave
me empowerment.
I am glad to share that only due to the blessings of your holiness and all the Vaishnavas, I was able to read
all the major books including Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and ‘Nectar of Devotion’,
two times each. Also I was able to hear almost all the Srila Prabhupada lectures 2 times. Now third time
reading/ hearing from Srila Prabhupada has started by the blessing of your holiness and all the Vaishnavas.
Whatever little bit I am doing in devotional service, is entirely due to the blessings from pure hearted
Vaishnavas like you.
May Sri Sri Radha-Madhava offer choicest blessings upon your Holiness!
Your aspiring servant,
Radha dasya dasa
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you!
Dear guru maharaja, I am highly indebted to you for accepting me as your disciple. You are always a
source of inspiration for allowing me to me for walk on this spiritual path. Your dedication, sincerity and
enthusiasm to serve Srila Prabhupada is incomparable. You are an ocean of mercy and by getting a drop
of that mercy many fallen souls like me are getting benefitted.
On this auspicious day of your divine appearance, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madhava and Lord Narasim-
hadeva, that you may live a very long and healthy life and keep giving us your divine association always.
Please bless me so that I may always remain under the shelter of your lotus feet and I follow your instruc-
tions more sincerely and always remain enthusiastic to follow this spiritual path.
Please forgive me for my offences towards your lotus feet and always keep this fallen soul under the shel-
ter of your lotus feet.
Your insignificant servant,
Rukmini Sudha devi dasi
Hare Krishna most respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja, by your causeless, boundless mercy, today I, although most unqualified, received the op-
portunity to celebrate your divine appearance and thus have received an opportunity to get immersed in
hearing your divine glories. Although to glorify one who is seated in the heart of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead like your divine grace, is not possible for a conditioned soul like me, but I pray to Their Lord-
ships Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, to allow me to write something for a piece of their heart.
Guru maharaja, you are a personified travelling pilgrimage. As said in S.B. 1.13.10
bhavad-vidhä bhägavatäs tirtha-bhütäh svayam vibho
tirthi-kurvanti tirthäni sväntah-sthena gadäbhrtä
My Lord, devotees like your good self are verily holy places personified. Because you carry the Personal-
ity of Godhead within your heart, you turn all places into places of pilgrimage.
Guru maharaja, you explained in one of your lectures that “because of the purity of a Mahatma, the com-
mon men are able to understand the essence of scriptures without any confusion and are able to apply them
in their life and thus get purified.” Similarly your lectures are like an oasis where the nectar of the clarity
of the goal of life, determination to walk on the path of Krishna consciousness despite various allurements
and challenges of the forest fire of material existence, hope, essence of scriptures which can be easily un-
derstood, enthusiasm, importance of sadhana bhakti, clarity of what to do in sadhana bhakti, is available
in abundance. This is found nowhere else. Purpose of a tirtha is to purify a conditioned soul of his desire
to enjoy independent of Krishna and thus engage him in the loving service of the Lord. Similarly, your
exemplary lifestyle, presence, and divine vani are inspiring millions to take to the process of Krishna con-
sciousness and follow the path of Krishna consciousness very rigidly and purify themselves.
In the purport of the above verse, Srila Prabhupada writes “The pure devotees hear from the authorities
and chant, sing and write of the glories of the Lord.” Guru maharaja, you are doing the same. You are
daksha in every field, and one of your expertise is to present the words of Srila Prabhupada in a way that I
may be able to appreciate them and apply them in my life. All your lectures are Srila Prabhupada’s books.
You strictly adhere to his words and many times repeat the same words found in his books. Your nectarine
lectures are a proof of your statement in one of your lectures “I haven’t read anything beyond Srila Pra-
bhupada’s books, and everything that is needed is there in these books, and I advise everyone just to stick
to Srila Prabhupada’s books.”
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CHANDIGARH 
You not only speak and quote Srila Prabhupada’s books and lectures, but you are living by them at every
step of your life and teaching souls like me. Your strict morning program, your enthusiasm to inspire
everyone to take a determined step for advancement in Krishna consciousness, your lecture preparation,
your love and respect towards Deities, your tolerance and humility, your strict adherence to the principles
of Srila Prabhupada, strict following of Vaishnava etiquettes everywhere and everytime, your absorption
in hearing, chanting, worshiping, serving Krishna is beyond one’s imagination and only a realized soul
like yourself can exhibit these traits and qualities. You need not perform all these activities because you al-
ready have attained love of Godhead, but you are displaying them just as a divine pastime for conditioned
souls like me to get inspired to take to the purifying process of Krishna consciousness.
Guru maharaja, by your words and actions you are acting just for purifying conditioned souls. Thus you
are a personified tirtha who is travelling out of his causeless mercy and deep compassion everywhere.
Thankyou guru maharaja for accepting an unworthy soul like me as your disciple and giving me an op-
portunity to hear your lectures and see your wonderful pastimes. jogyatä-vicäre, kichu nähi päi, tomära
karunä-sära but guru maharaja you are adhama janära bandhu. Guru maharaja patita-pävana-hetu tava
avatära mosama patita prabhu nä päibe ära. Please be merciful on me O my merciful master that I may
take your teachings to the core of my heart and thus bring a smile on your lotus face by endeavoring very
hard to increase my eagerness for chanting the holy name of the Lord attentively, reading Srila Prabhupada
books scrutinizingly, serving the Supreme Lord in the association of devotees with whom I have a heartfelt
relation, humility in my lifestyle and help share the glories of the shelter of your lotus feet to other suffer-
ing souls in this blazing fire of material existence.
I pray to Their Divine Lordships, your beloved Sri Sri Radha-Madhava, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Narasim-
hadeva and Srila Prabhupada that they may be merciful to me so that I can follow your instructions very
rigidly, and thus They give you good health so that you can serve Them nicely.
The most fortunate one who received an opportunity to relish the shelter of your lotus feet.
Beggar of your mercy,
Sacinandan Karuna dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja celebrations. I take this opportunity to pray to Lord
Narasimhadeva and Sri Sri Radha-Madhava to bless you with good health, and a long life, and to remove
all obstacles if at all in any form your path of selfless preaching activities, in order to release as many
conditioned souls as possible from their life of ignorance.
Yours disciple,
Savitri Bhakti devi dasi
Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja.
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This world is full of miseries. There is pain everywhere. The effect of miseries and pain can be alleviated
only under your shelter. Your shelter is the only solace in this world. We feel really fortunate to be under
your shelter. You are very merciful, and you shower your continuous blessings on us. Many times we feel
helpless in our lives, but your words of support and blessings rejuvenate our lives. Recently we were hav-
ing great material sufferings due to our daughter, but with your prayers, blessings and your kind words of
sympathy, we could pass this difficult time peacefully. We are really fallen souls and only by your mercy,
we can sail through this tough material world.
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We are trying to serve Sri Sri Radha-Madhava in Iskcon Chandigarh. We pray for your constant mercy
upon us so that we constantly remain engaged in loving devotional service to the Lord. We also need your
blessings for serving devotees.
We pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madhava for your good health so that you continue your mission of serving Srila
Prabhupada eternally.
Your insignificant servants,
Shastra Cakshu dasa and Sammohini Radhika devi dasi
Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances on this auspicious day.
As the merciful Supreme Lord gives us festivals related to Him for our benefit, so that while discussing
His glories and celebrating that festival we get purified, similarly on this day we get a chance to hear about
your glories from many senior devotees and your godbrothers, and in the process we get purified. In the
‘Padma Puräna’ Lord Siva declares, ärädhanänäm sarvesäm visnor ärädhanam param: of all kinds of
worship, worship of Lord Vishnu is the best. Tasmät parataram devi tadiyänäm samarcanam: and recom-
mended more than worship of Vishnu is worship of the Vaishnava. This is the day when the Lord is happy
to see His devotee being glorified. Question arises why Lord loves guru maharaja so much, that’s because
he is a sincere servant of Srila Prabhupada, and he dedicates his life for his pleasure. Srila Prabhupada’s
instructions are like his life and soul.
Guru maharaja, in his merciful incarnation cast his merciful glance on fallen souls like us. He gives us an
opportunity to get connected to the parampara and become a servant of the servant of the Supreme Lord.
I wish for your long life so that many souls like me get benefited through your association and mercy.
Trying to be your humble servant,
Sitanath dasa
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It has been almost 9 years that your came into my life. Because of your causeless mercy and blessings,
I am developing the consciousness of an eternal servant of your divine grace and the Supreme Lord, Sri
Krishna.
You are very humble, tolerant and always engaged in Krishna’s service. I am very fond of your kirtans and
lectures. I am so fortunate to have the opportunity to glorify your qualities on the day of your appearance. I
am so fortunate that you accepted me as your disciple on 16th November, 2017. I like hearing your lectures
in which you give more and more importance on reading, hearing, preaching, attending mangala-arati,
doing Deity worship at home. I am doing Deity worship at home as I got permission from you to bring Sri
Sri Gaura-Nitai at my in-laws’ place. Now, my husband is also doing Deity worship at home. I am strictly
following all the four regulative principles, chanting 16 rounds daily, attentively doing deity worship and
also doing proper reading and hearing.
Please give me your blessings so that I may be able to give up my false ego, pride and be able to become
a dear servant of the devotees and Krsna and also should constantly be able to obey your commands and
never break any rules and regulations provided by the authorities. Please gurudeva, always keep me at
your lotus feet.
Your worthless disciple,
Taruni Champaklata devi dasi
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CHANDIGARH 
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Although we have no qualification to glorify you but still we are trying to do some service at the lotus feet
of our beloved guru maharaja. Please forgive us for our offences at your lotus feet.
We offer our respectful obeisances at the lotus feet of our spiritual master which can save us from the
blazing fire of this material world. It is only by your mercy that we are able to practice some devotional
service and get the association of devotees. We bow to your lotus feet with great awe and reverence. By
your grace, one can cross the ocean of material suffering and obtain the mercy of Krsna.
Guru maharaja, you are an ocean of mercy. It is because of your causeless mercy we are surviving in de-
votional life and getting the association of pure devotees. You are specially empowered by Srila Prabhu-
pada to distribute Krishna consciousness to the whole world. For preaching Krishna consciousness to the
people, you are always ready to take any kind of trouble. This is your selfless compassion on the fallen
souls of this age of Kali-yuga.
It is only due to your causeless mercy that we get some taste for hearing Krishna-katha. Guru maharaja,
you always stress that Krishna-bhakti is very simple. Just chant Hare Krishna, read Srila Prabhupada’s
books, take only Krishna-prasad, do morning program at home, and do some practical service in preach-
ing, and you will definitely go home, back to Godhead.
Guru maharaja, you always teach by your own personal example how a devotee should practice and preach
in Krishna consciousness. Although you have a very busy schedule, you never miss or compromise with
your own sadhana. You are always present at the altar in mangala-arati, and are always busy in reading
Srila Prabhupada books and chanting. So you are always busy in the service of Krishna.
Yasya prasädäd bhagavat-prasädo, yasya prasädän na gatih kuto ‘pi.
“By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Kṛṣṇa. Without the grace of the
spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the
spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of
my spiritual master.”
Guru maharaja, you are a bona fide representative of Krishna so you always guide us how to revive our
relationship with Krishna.
We pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madhava and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Narasimhadeva ji for your good health
and longevity so that we may have personal association and the guidance of our beloved guru.
Guru maharaja, we beg you to give us a drop of your mercy so that we can serve you and try to please you
by following your instructions.
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja Srila Bhagavatpada ki jaya!
Trying to be your menial servants,
Vaikuntha Venkatesha dasa and Dayamai Gaurangi devi dasi
O Gurudeva!
A drop of your mercy to this servant, please pass
thus make me humbler than a blade of grass
Please give me the strength to bear all trials and troubles
By kindly removing from heart all material desire bubbles
Oh master!
Please invest me with the power to respect all
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In degree of how much their bhakti stands tall
Only then can I sing the holy name in a blissful state
Free from all offences at heart from that date
Oh Lord and master!
When will your mercy fall upon this fallen soul
Filling my heart with satisfaction all in all
This fool is devoid of any spiritual wisdom and power
Please make me a beloved servant by your mercy shower
Oh dear Lord!
I found nothing valuable in me
Your mercy is the only essence I see
If you don’t give your mercy, I shall simply weep and weep
No longer my life I will be able to keep
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
Pure devotees like you appear only to deliver the fallen souls from this material ocean, so on this glorious
day of your appearance I beg for a little mercy so that this wretched being may get some right feelings and
words to glorify you which I can never fathom independently.
What qualification I have to glorify you guru maharaja, since a pure devotee is always beyond the three
modes, therefore to understand and glorify a personality like you one also needs to be completely free
from the modes of material nature. The common English saying states “it needs one to know one”. There-
fore, only depending on your mercy I am making an attempt to meditate upon the glorification of one of
our previous acharyas: Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Gurudeva krpa bindu diya - A drop of your mercy
guru maharaja can transform even a bamboo into a blade of grass. By your personal life you exemplify
how to be humble and whoever comes in touch with you and serves you also becomes humble. When your
disciples come to meet and greet you, very often you say to them “no, no you are not my servant rather I
am your servant”. This is your intense mood to serve. Even when you allow your disciples to do some of
your personal service, you are actually not taking any service from them rather you are serving them by
giving them a relationship with Krsna through intimate attachment to you.
Guru maharaja you are very tolerant, as you are tolerating very fallen disciples like me who are always
disturbing you by their miscreant activities. You are daily meeting with all small and big issues from
individual to society levels, which are sometimes tormenting and bewildering, still your enthusiasm to
serve Srila Prabhupada never goes down. Not only are you tolerating discomforts due to an aged body,
but also the discomforts coming from tribulations in Iskcon body. Thus anyone who gets your mercy can
also imbibe this tolerating and adjusting nature which is very pleasing to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna.
I therefore beg at your lotus feet for your mercy so that I may also please Krsna one day by tolerating the
difficulties that come in my practice of Krsna consciousness. In B.g. 2.44 Lord says that “such tolerance
or resolute determination cannot come in the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and
material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things”. So I beg at the purifying dust of your lotus
feet for clearing from my heart, the desire for sense gratification, so that I develop vyavasatmika buddhi in
following your instructions as my only mission in life.
Another very important quality which is really commendable is your respectful attitude towards all. In
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your speech you always address even your disciples as prabhu or maharaja, (sannyasis) just as Narada
Muni address Vyasadeva ji as Prabhu. In your lectures you teach us to see good in all and respect them in
that proportion. There may apparently be so many faults in a devotee, but you still find lot of good points
to have respect for that soul. Not just devotees, you even respect the bugs which happen to associate with
you. When some insect comes on your body you very gently pick him up with some flower and place
him on some plant. This is the only reason you are always able to chant the holy name in a blissful state.
Caitanya Mahaprabhu has already told us about the state of mind required to always chant the holy name
of the Lord which is
tṛṇād api su-nīcena, taror api sahiṣṇunā
amāninā māna-dena, kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ
By your having this quality of mind you are always seen with your bead bag and a smiling face. One of
your beloved disciples came to Chandigarh and disclosed his meeting with you. He told us that when he
went to you taking lot of issues about different devotees, you explained to him that unless you inculcate
this mood of “trnad api sunicena......” your heart will keep rotting and you won’t be able to chant in a
blissful state to please the Lord. This happens because by finding faults with others we lose respect for
them and develop an offensive attitude which is not pleasing to Krsna; thus we also lose the taste for
chanting. My dear gurudeva, please teach me this art of respecting all in proportion to the strength of their
relationship with Krsna. Only then can I also blissfully sing the holy name of the Lord with a heart free
from all offences.
By your mercy only can I satisfy Krsna and thus become fully satisfied at heart. As you know the heart of
Srila Prabhupada, so you also know how to please him. By pleasing him who is very dear to Krishna, we
can easily please Krsna, but for me it’s difficult to please even Srila Prabhupada because I have not yet ful-
ly understood his heart. So I humbly beg you, oh friend of the fallen souls, kindly reveal your heart which
only carries Srila Prabhupada, so that I can also serve in that direction and thus please him and Krsna. The
test of accomplishing this is given in SB 1.2.6 which says that one who renders uninterrupted and unmoti-
vated devotional service is fully satisfied on the level of the soul. So to the degree we follow your instruc-
tions, to that degree we can feel satisfaction of heart manifested in terms of decrease in material hankering
and lamentation. Unfortunately I don’t have any strength and intelligence to follow your instructions so
I just beg for an intimate relationship with you which gives me the strength to carry out your guidelines.
O lord, O master, after analyzing my merit to approach Krishna, I found only demerits in me like the
tendency to disobey the scriptures, a whimsical and obstinate mind, a great attraction for materialistic
activities, no taste in the holy name and Krishna-katha. And whatever little I am able to do in Krishna
consciousness is only because of your mercy coming in the form of your vani. Still I lack an intimate re-
lationship with you which is real mercy, as it makes your vani gets deeply imprinted in my heart and thus
leads to me victory over my demonic mind.
Therefore I seek and pray for your association. If I don’t receive your mercy in this life then I will become
hopeless as I am not sure whether in the next life I will get this opportunity of getting you as a guru or not.
So I am eagerly awaiting your mercy and endeavouring for it.
Aspiring to serve you always,
Vaishnava priya Gauranga dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This is a very auspicious day of your appearance for the welfare of the whole world. For my own purifi-
cation, I am writing about some of your qualities, although it is not possible to fully glorify a devotee of
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the Lord. ego, with no purpose or meaning to my human form of life. After my initiation, by your merciful hands
You are a very senior member of the Krsna consciousness movement started by Srila Prabhupada. You and sympathetic takeover, my life has totally changed. Realising the truth about the soul, Super Soul and
stand out as his very committed follower, by the hard work which you are doing for establishing and prop- ultimate responsibility of life to just surrender to Lord Krishna, and the importance of devotional life in
agating the mission of Iskcon all over the world. You are working so hard by travelling to different places this fallen age, I am somewhat able to modulate my life for the higher purpose of my existence. Guru ji,
to give an opportunity to the conditioned souls to know about the sankirtan mission of Lord Caitanya, and I am far from your personal presence, but I always feel you in my heart as my most helpful companion
to participate in that mission by varieties of preaching services. It is quite wonderful to see how despite an and guide. I am able to face crisis in my life with courage and detachment. Now I don’t blame others for
old body, you are not just maintaining, but increasing your responsibilities on behalf of Srila Prabhupada. my misfortune, for my own karmas are fructifying in my life. But still, due to your divine teachings and
Lord Krishna tells in Bhagavad-gita 2.41, how a devotee of Krsna is always focused in his service to blessings I get reinforced against my struggle of the miseries of material life.
Krishna: vyavasayatmika buddhir, ekeha kuru-nandana. You are actually exemplifying this through your Guru ji, keep your merciful eyes on me, the fallen demoniac soul of Kali-yuga. Only by your kind support,
service. You are always meditating on your service given by Srila Prabhupada, especially book distri- I may, in the next few births, become eligible to become a true devotee of Lord Krishna and thus start my
bution, and planning to enhance it more and more. In this regard Srila Prabhupada mentions in ‘Nectar journey back to Godhead.
of Instruction’ verse 5: “One may be found to be very seriously engaged in the service of the Lord and Please give me blessings to improve my spiritual life. I always pray for your long life and divine associa-
strictly following all the regulative principles, chanting the prescribed number of rounds on japa beads tion. In the end, I again bow my head to your lotus feet and pay heartfelt obeisances to my guru, my life.
and always thinking of how to expand the Krsna consciousness movement. Such a Vaishnava should be Your servant,
accepted as an uttama-adhikari, a highly advanced devotee, and his association should always be sought.” Vivek Sharma
You are also a very compassionate devotee. And we can see this right from your dealings with different
varieties of people. You are always eager to engage everyone in the service of Krsna. While meeting
big industrialists or influential politicians, or some ordinary devotee or a non-devotee, your mood is the
same - to bring them closer to Krsna in some way. That same mood of compassion manifests as your at-
tentiveness to see that the innocent animals are not unconsciously disturbed, or rather to give them also
an opportunity for Krsna consciousness in some way. You don’t miss even an opportunity while walking
for few seconds from one place to the other, to inspire others to increase their devotional service. Your
disciples, Iskcon devotees in general and even Srila Prabhupada’s disciples derive inspiration from your
conduct and preaching.
You are disinterested in any talk involving blasphemy of others. Even during Srila Prabhupada’s personal
presence, in a letter, he appreciated you for your alertness to avoid offences. Not just disinterest in criti-
cizing others, but you set high standards in terms of how to respect others, especially your god brothers,
and other devotees. You often address your disciples as ‘prabhu’. This is an expression of your genuine
humility.
And you are an ideal example in terms of strictly following the regulative principles of devotional service.
Although you are such an advanced and senior Vaishnava, yet you are attentive to follow all the rules like
a new devotee. Your eagerness or enthusiasm to worship the Deities and attend mangala-arati every day
is a typical example of this principle.
Thank you for the hard work you have done to give us a nice opportunity to practice spiritual life in Chan-
digarh.
Your servant,
Vajranabh dasa

Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,

My humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual guru.
My name is Vaidya Murari Gupta dasa from Chandigarh. I am indebted and grateful to Lord Krishna for
providing me the privilege and mercy of my spiritual guru His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami ji Maha-
raja. Recalling, my old days, I was arrogant, lusty, angry, addictive and a useless fellow. My life was full
of nonsense anxieties and worries. I was just leading an animalistic life of eating, sleeping, mating and
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CHIPPIWARA

My dear Spiritual Father, His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to your divine grace! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Srila gurudeva, you are so compassionate towards fallen conditioned souls like me. By your grace I could
start my spiritual journey and I am somehow treading on it.
Gurudeva, you are a true teacher, who educates by his own actions and conduct. You are always engaged in
the service of Sri guru and Gauranga even if your health is down. You are so occupied seven days a week
and all around the year, that you go for rest late at night. Despite all this you never miss mangala-arati.
Seeing your divine grace, we get a lot of inspiration. Srila gurudeva, you are following Srila Prabhupada
as it is. He always wanted book distribution along with big temple construction. You are doing both these
services seriously as your heart and soul.
You had been given instructions by Srila Prabhupada to take Chhipiwada temple property, and that too has
been accomplished by yourself.
I have the good fortune to serve in this temple by your mercy. I have been serving here for more than three
years. Out of various services, I am trying to focus on Youth Preaching.
Two Youth devotees from Iskcon Chhipiwada have joined and accepted the brahmachari ashram. They
are presently taking PBT training under the guidance of Sundar Gopal prabhu in East of Kailash temple.
Srila gurudeva, by your mercy we are trying to celebrate Sri Krishna Janmashtami festival this year in Red
Fort Grounds.
Seeking your blessings,
Your spiritual son,
Ram Balarama dasa

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DWARAKA
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this auspicious
day of your appearance.
Great souls come to this mortal world just to deliver the fallen conditioned souls. They have no other busi-
ness except preaching the glories of the holy name of the Lord to the common mass of people. It is beyond
my imagination how you are relentlessly moving around the globe just for the benefit of others.
Perfection of spiritual life is to follow the instructions of the spiritual master with all sincerity. I see that
aspect full-fledged in you. You are taking the instructions of Srila Prabhupada to your heart, and without
stopping, you are opening temples and distributing books all over the world even at this age.
I consider myself very fortunate, guru maharaja, that you have given me shelter at your lotus feet. Al-
though I am not qualified at all, but the Lord is so merciful that I received your divine shelter. I can see the
changes in my life after connecting to you, and I am still trying to follow the instructions which you have
given. Although I am not able to follow all your instructions properly yet.
Vaishnavas are always merciful, but on this divine appearance day of yours I beg you to neglect all my
shortcomings as a disciple. I pray to my param-guru Srila Prabhupada and Lord Gauranga that I may have
only one desire, to execute the instructions given by my guru maharaja with all my heart and soul.
Your aspiring servant,
Achintya Avatar dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my dandavats and humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I sincerely apologize for any offences I’ve committed due to my immature behaviour, at your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja ji, you have been an ocean of mercy. So merciful that once I hear your lecture, I remain
spell bound. Your ever-forgiving nature helps us to admit our offences and your guidance saves us from
indulging in materialistic affairs. You have always blessed me on this path. From sheer materialistic life,
I’ve got a glimpse of devotional life, by getting sadhu sanga.
Respected guru maharaja ji, I want to confess at your lotus feet that for the last few months I’m unable
to attend mangala-arati and Ashray class due to some domestic issues. Please bless us to get rid of these
material obstacles and restore ourselves at the feet of Sri Sri Rukmani Dwarakadheesh ji.
One desire still remains unfulfilled, that with your blessings, I want to serve the Lord as a full-time devo-
tee. Please bless me.
Your incessant servant,
Arvindaksha mohan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
I am eternally grateful to you for accepting me in Lord Krishna’s family. Though I am neither worthy nor
qualified.
You are so merciful and compassionate to me that finally you snatched me away from Maya and accept-
ed me. Last Vyasa-puja offering I told you that I will try to surrender to you through your representative
and asked you for providing me strength so that I can surrender. Finally I tried my best to surrender to
you by your mercy. Immediately you gave me initiation this year with saffron cloth. Maharaja, whatever
I desired related to bhakti you have provided me and I can never repay you, but I will try to follow your
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instructions sincerely, with determination and without duplicity. You came in my dream 4 times and gave
me teachings of humility and asking me aap kab join karoge (I tried my best to fulfill your instructions),
and you gave me a very beautiful name. I am trying to meditate on your instructions which you have given
in your books, and I am trying to apply them, and also trying to hear your lectures. You present the Krsna
consciousness philosophy in a very simple way. You always give instructions for maintaining bhakti, like
avoiding Vaishnava offenses, attentive chanting, association of devotees, encourage us to read Srila Pra-
bhupada’s books, and you also pray for us. You love me a lot and are taking care of me very nicely. Please
give me your mercy so that I can always glorify, beg and give gratitude to you, to the guru parampara,
and to Krsna. On June 16, 2013 you came into my life with your representative, and he is taking care of
me very nicely.
You are Lord Krishna’s pure devotee, and I am blessed by your great love and mercy. I beg that you may
kindly grant me the qualification to serve your lotus feet. I pray to Narasimhadeva for your better health
and so that you can please Srila Prabhupada more and more. Please keep bestowing your mercy on me
so that I can assist you to please Srila Prabhupada, the parampara and Krsna. You are everything for me.
Thank you so much.
Your insignificant servant,
Atipriya nirguna dasa
Respectable Srila Gurudeva ji,
I would like to thank you from the innermost core of my heart for accepting an unqualified soul like me in
your divine shelter and showering your causeless mercy on me. I am really very grateful to you for your
great influence. It has helped me to follow the process of devotional service, in whatever way I can.
Due to my own unwillingness to surrender, I have been unable to fully accept all that you are giving us.
Please forgive me for not remembering you and your instructions all the time.
I pray and request you to please always be with me and bless me.
Hare Krishna.
Your servant,
Chanchalapati dasa
My respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble and sincere obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Please accept my simple offering on your Vyasa-puja.
On the most auspicious day of your appearance I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unlimited times at
your divine lotus feet.
Gurudeva, I am trying to follow all the rules and regulations as given by you for my spiritual progress
under the guidance of my husband Prashant Mukunda prabhu ji, but sometimes it becomes difficult to read
everyday with two small kids at home.
Once you said that caring for devotee children is also a very important service. By your mercy I am taking
care of two kids given by Krishna to engage in His service - Adi Krishna dasa and Gaura Krishna dasa. I
want my two kids to become full time sevaks of the Lord throughout their life, and preach the mission of
Srila Prabhupada under the guidance of senior Vaishnavas.
May Krishna always keep me engaged in the thoughts of your service!
So thankful to you guru maharaja for connecting me to the parampara, and bestowing your causeless
mercy on my family.
Guru maharaja, wishing you many many Hare Krishna greetings on the auspicious day of your appear-
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ance.
Srila Bhagavatpada maharaja ki jaya!
Your humble servant
Gayatri Karuna devi dasi
Hare Krishna Your Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam.
I would like to thank you for providing your mercy and encourage me in Krishna’s service.
You are so merciful. You gave me shelter and are teaching me how to save our souls from this material
world. Your instructions and guidance are the vision of my life. I read your daily quote and understand
that these are more focused on attentive chanting and how we should devote our life. This gives me an
immense power to improve the quality of my daily chanting.
Guru maharaja, I still feel as if I am not taking harinama as well as it should be taken. 100% attentive
chanting is still lacking. I need more improvement so that I can constantly meditate on all my 16 rounds,
rather than a few. Maharaja I need yours’ and Krishna’s mercy to achieve this hope. You have always in-
spired me to do spiritual service selflessly.
I just wanted to share that my life has changed after joining Iskcon with your mercy and Srila Prabhupa-
da’s teachings.
Your servant,
Giresh Sharma
Our dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Srila Gurudeva ki jaya!
We don’t deserve to be your disciples as we are such fallen souls, but it is your causeless mercy that you
have accepted us. We don’t have any quality to glorify your transcendental nature, but one fortune we
have, is that you accepted us as your disciples. We must say it is not our karma but your causeless mercy,
and we will never ever be able to repay Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi and Srila Prabhupada for this gift.
On this most auspicious day we beg to offer our most fallen obeisances at your lotus feet gurudeva, our
eternal spiritual father.
You are giving your life to Srila Prabhupada’s mission and following his instructions and preaching his
mission all over the world.
Guru maharaja ji, you did not let any obstacles stop your determination to serve Srila Prabhupada. Even
old age and sickness did not slow you down from preaching activities. Despite such a busy schedule you
personally take care your disciples. We haven’t seen Srila Prabhupada. But we must say proudly that we
are grand disciples of Srila Prabhupada, and this fortune we got only because of your mercy. You are real-
ly- Adham janara bandhu and we are the most adhama in Lord’s creation.
Gurudeva I still remember those hard days of my life when you taught me how I am supposed to depend
on Krishna and His name. Your care and concern made me stand in those difficult days of my life.
I have read in ‘Guruvani’ without guru’s mercy one can’t take Lord’s name, and I have realized in my
life, that without your causeless mercy we can’t chant. You are so merciful that you have given us such an
opportunity, that we always take the Lord’s name in every condition of life. You have defined our life on
the basis of Lord’s name.
I have guilt in my heart that I am not able to serve you. Please empower me so that I can serve you better
and follow your instructions carefully.
Your transcendental qualities are unlimited and we don’t have any quality and words to explain them. On
this auspicious day guru maharaja, we beg for your causeless mercy so that we may become a tiny instru-
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ment in expanding Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
Kindly bless us guru maharaja to be able to follow your instructions.
Your insignificant servants,
Govinda, Dwarkadhish and Sadhu Gauranga dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet,
On this auspicious occasion of your appearance day, I would like to beg forgiveness for the offences I
have committed at your lotus feet and also want to show my gratitude, as you have always tolerated me
and kept me at your lotus feet.
Whenever I read Srila Prabhupada’s books and Srila Prabhupada lilamrita and come across different
teachings and instructions of Srila Prabhupada, you come to my mind.
Just like, recently I read about how Srila Prabhupada chastised one devotee for not lecturing (Srila Prabhu-
pada had asked him to give a lecture) about the way of chanting and ten offences during the initiation cere-
mony. Srila Prabhupada told that devotee “when we take initiation, better to give them the most important
things, how to chant hare Krishna and the ten offences.” So when I read it, immediately you came to my
mind because we have always seen you speaking about the ten offences during initiation ceremonies.
Seeing this that how strictly you are following Srila Prabhupada, taking care of each and every detail. My
heart, although it is attached to sense gratification, but it has some corner from where it prays at your lotus
feet that “please shower your mercy on this wretched soul and give determination to always say no to all
thoughts of personal sense gratification, and follow your instructions for your pleasure and for the pleasure
of Krishna. And I would like to do it eternally, as you are doing for your spiritual master”.
I have heard from devotees that the spiritual master chastises surrendered devotees. Dear guru maharaja,
I need special care from you, so I would like to submit myself at your feet. Please correct me whenever
I do wrong. I feel very bad when I act wrongly or behave wrongly as it also disturbs the devotees around
me. Please give me the strength to accept feedback from anywhere, and improve myself wherever needed.
Please give me the strength to chant suddha-nama.
Your unworthy disciple,
Haridas Chaitanya dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet.
On this divine day of your appearance I would like to congratulate you and pray to Lord Narasimhadeva
for your good health.
You are very merciful and you are my saviour. You have special powers granted by the mercy of Sri guru
and Gauranga. You are the only one who can guide me and make my devotional life easier. You inspire
me each and every moment.
I surrender unto your lotus feet and beg for your mercy. The scriptures say that bhakti is a very easy path,
but one can only pass through it when one is surrendered unto a bona fide spiritual master who comes in
the disciplic succession.
Please keep me in your shelter so that I can easily progress in my spiritual life.
Isha Karkra
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this auspicious
day of your Vyasa-puja!
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Your grace is the most important person in my life. I can’t imagine life without your mercy. Before I was
drowned by maya and covered by her veil, a misidentified lost soul roaming aimlessly around. By your
mercy I am connected to our beloved Srila Prabhupada. Who in all the universes can be more merciful
and loving than Srila Prabhupada? He saved us all and my heartfelt appreciation goes out to your grace, as
Gurudeva has kindly gifted me with a connection to Srila Prabhupada and the spiritual world. Gurudeva, I
am so indebted to your lotus feet, what can a beggar offer your grace, I only have my shraddha, determi-
nation and service to offer at the dust of your lotus feet so kindly accept.
I can only try to follow in your divine footsteps so please grant me mercy to do the same.
Your most insignificant servant,
Jagadishvara Hari dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories unto you and Gauranga!
Blessed are those who get the shelter of a bona fide spiritual master. I am eagerly waiting for the day when
I will get initiation from you. In the year 2018 I happened to get your close association 2 times. One was
on my birthday which was the best, ever full of blessings from your lotus hands, and the other was when
you visited Dwaraka, last month. The feet of a spiritual master are addressed as lotus feet, this time when
I got the opportunity to massage your lotus feet I really felt them soft like a lotus. I also got to see how
tirelessly you work for the mission, always keeping the desires of devotees on priority. The rare humility
which you possess is a great source of inspiration for the coming restless passionate generations.
Guru maharaja, I am trying to work towards the instruction that you gave me for preaching. I am trying to
assist Iskcon youth forum Dwaraka in the preaching mission. And recently, I am planning by consulting
my senior devotees, to start management of a systematic preaching program of Amogha Lila prabhu over
social media (Youtube), to prevent the distressed youth from getting misguided by bringing them near
Krishna.
Guru maharaja, I joined the ashram in Gaura Purnima 2017. I have a lot of shortcoming, of which lack
of humility is topmost. Sometimes past conditioning also makes my mind attracted towards the opposite
gender. Many more shortcomings I have. I seek your blessings which can empower me to counteract my
conditioning and enable me to serve the mission nicely. I beg at your lotus feet to keep this insect like
creature always under your shelter, otherwise there is no hope for this fallen strongly conditioned soul.
In the lotus feet of Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja, requesting to accept this fallen creature as
your disciple.
Aspiring to be your servant,
Jatin
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
I am not qualified to glorify you, you are such a pure soul who is the epitome of humility and always en-
gaged in the loving devotional service unto the lotus feet of Sri guru and Gauranga.
Please have mercy on me so that I can engage this human form of life in serving Vaishnavas and following
their instructions.
Guru maharaja ji, because of your causeless mercy, you have given shelter to this fallen soul at your lotus
feet. I will always be grateful to you for your kindness.
I beg at your lotus feet to kindly give me blessings so that I always follow your instructions sincerely and
remain humble and tolerant and chant attentively. Kindly bless me so that I may always remain in the
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association of devotees.
Always praying to Gauranga Mahaprabhu for your good health and divine association.
Please have mercy and always keep this fallen conditioned soul at your lotus feet.
Koti koti pranam guru maharaja ji.
Your insignificant servant,
Lokatma Shakti devi dasi
Dear Gurudeva,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to you!
I am very very happy that I got an opportunity to write about our gurudeva.
Gurudeva, you are making the whole world Krishna conscious. You have the solution for every problem.
There’s always a smile on your face. You speak so politely that by hearing your voice my sorrow vanishes.
I am very fortunate to have a guru like you. I wish to follow your instructions.
Guru maharaja ki jaya! Vyasa-puja mahotsava ki jaya!
Your humble servant,
Namapriya Chitra devi dasi
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my respectful humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this
auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja!
Guru maharaja, we are so fortunate and blessed that by the mercy of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna, you appeared
on this dhara dhama on this auspicious day. I have no qualification whatsoever to write anything about
you. But still I will make an attempt, kindly forgive any aparadha that I may inadvertently commit.
Gurudeva, you are full of compassion and mercy. Your concern for the spiritual well-being of each one of
us is simply incomparable. Your unflinching commitment and zeal to carry forward the mission of His Di-
vine Grace Srila Prabhupada is a great inspiration for all of us. You have always taught us to stay focussed
on the real goal of our life - loving devotional service unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.
On this day, I reaffirm my commitment to keep following your instructions to chant attentively, devel-
op more taste for harinama, serve with the correct attitude and carefully avoid committing any kind of
aparadha.
I pray to Sri Sri Rukmini-Dwarakadhish to give you good health and a long life, so that fallen souls like
me can have the benefit of your darshan and mercy at all times. Guru maharaja, I beg for your forgiveness
for the offenses I might have committed.
Always aspiring to serve you and Srila Prabhupada. Hare Krishna!
Your most insignificant servant,
Navanita Hari dasa
Hare Krishna dear Gurudeva,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on your 74th Vya-
sa-puja.
I am unqualified to write an offering at your lotus feet as you are full of all Vaishnava qualities and I am
not able to describe them for you.
yasya deve parä bhaktir, yathä deve tathä gurau
tasyaite kathitä hy arthäh, prakäsante mahätmanah
“Unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master, all the imports
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of Vedic knowledge are automatically revealed.” (Svetäsvatara-Upanishad 6.23)
Gurudeva, we all know and see your implicit faith in Srila Prabhupada, your spiritual master and the Su-
preme Lord. Srila Prabhupada has empowered you with the torch of Vedic knowledge. Gurudeva, you are
following scriptural injunctions very carefully and seriously with full sincerity. You see every living entity
with equal vision (panditäh sama-darsinah). This quality of yours, we have seen many times. This shows
that you are fully on the spiritual plain. You are a real pandita, knower of the Vedas.
You are always surrounded by so much opulence but never get attached to anything. This shows your
renunciation, which is opulence for a Vaishnava. You are always ready to share everything with others for
propagating the message of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. You are very tolerant and humble. You always give
respect to others and never expect anything in return. This is a symptom of a true Vaishnava.
Gurudeva, your lectures touch our hearts and show your simplicity. Your lectures are for all kinds of dev-
otees like the highly educated class, less educated class, youth, old age, and women. Everyone is able to
connect themselves with your lectures. Also, whatever you speak in your lectures you follow the same in
your life. You “walk your talk”.
Gurudeva, you directly see Lord in the Deities. Your love for Deity worship is exemplary, for every Vaish-
nava. It is very touching that you never miss any morning program however late you sleep at night.
Srila Prabhupada trusted you and gave you a big responsibility of the GBC and BBT. This service is being
done by you wonderfully. You have increased book distribution to new heights. You always encourage
devotees to distribute books. Also, in December during the marathon time, you visit different temples to
encourage devotees personally for book distribution and to spread Krishna consciousness all over the
world.
You have provided so many temples in the service of Srila Prabhupada. This year also, under your shelter,
one bigger temple at Bahadurgarh is coming up and many other are in row. You are fulfilling the desires of
Srila Prabhupada. Your spiritual master must be very happy with you. That is the success of one’s spiritual
life. Please forgive for my mistakes and offences, which I do out of passion. Devotees are bearing with
me due to their humble attitude.
Gurudeva, you always say to chant 16 rounds attentively and be careful of Vaishnava aparadha. I am
struggling with this. I pray to you, to please bless me so that I can chant attentively and remain cautious
from committing Vaishnava aparadha.
Presently I am doing a small service at Iskcon Dwaraka under the shelter of Pradyumna Priya prabhu and
Amogh Lila prabhu.
I pray to the Supreme Lord Krishna to give you a long life so that we can remain under your shelter. Your
presence is everything for us.
Your good for nothing servant,
Padmanabha svarupa dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja ji.
Please accept our humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
Your Holiness!
Guru maharaja ji, by the grace of the Lord and the blessings of your lotus feet, we got our spiritual birth
in the form of diksha initiation on 05 June 2017, which has become special event in our life. Please accept
our sincere gratitude.
We are under the ashraya of Prashant Mukunda dasa prabhu ji. He untiringly checks, motivates us and
imparts spiritual knowledge through scriptures, Ashraya classes, society programs and dhama yatras. Our
sadhana of chanting, hearing, reading and seva etc., is encouraged as well as monitored.
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Guru maharaja ji, hearing your lectures and quotes in your divine voice is very encouraging to become
more serious on the path of Krishna consciousness. We pray to the Almighty Lord for your good health.
Please bless us to be better and humble servants – dasanudasa.
Your humble insignificant servants,
Partha Krishna dasa and Sudaksha Gauri devi dasi
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
I have profound reverence for you maharaja ji for accepting my soul as your disciple.
Maharaja ji, please accept my best regards. It was only you who showed us the right path and showered us
with earnest love and respect. I am bathed in your grace and light, and now, with a purified, humble heart
I offer my prayer that your guidance may remain with us always.
I do not qualify to celebrate your glory through my limited wisdom because your glory is unlimited and
unimaginable.
Warm greetings to you again and again at your holy lotus feet.
Your dasanudasa,
Prahlad Pujya dasa
My respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble and sincere obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Please accept my simple offering on your Vyasa-puja day.
On the most auspicious day of your appearance I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unlimited times at
your divine lotus feet.
Guru maharaja you are an exemplary devotee of Lord Sri Hari and you always teach by your example.
“Once during the Mayapur parikrama I got the opportunity to serve you and you asked where all the dev-
otees are going on the way towards the next darshan point. I replied that they are taking a short cut to the
next darshan point. You replied that, “There is no shortcut in bhakti” and you continued on the same road
with only a few disciples. That was my realization that if I want to progress in bhakti there is no shortcut.
Guru maharaja, as I am a little hesitant to meet and disturb you again and again with my silly questions,
yet whenever you meet me you always discuss things about my personal life in so much detail. It looks
like you stay in my heart and know everything. It is a remarkable quality and it shows that you are not an
ordinary person, but a very internal and dear associate of Sri Govinda Deva residing in our hearts.
Guru maharaja, once you inspired me by saying that since I was educated I should utilize my knowledge in
spreading the message of Sri Caitanya. At that moment I decided to dedicate my life in spreading Krishna
consciousness. By your mercy I am engaged in preaching in Societies, Schools, Corporates and Individ-
uals coming to the temple.
Once I asked you guru maharaja, where to focus more, in fund raising for the temple or preaching to the
devotees in the congregation of Iskcon Dwaraka. You said very firmly that focus on sadhana, all other
things will automatically appear. This shows that you want all your disciples to attentively chant the Hare
Krishna maha-mantra, read Srila Prabhupada’s books and hear the Bhagavatam classes daily, directly or
through the Internet. Kindly bless me today, so that I can become more focused in my daily sadhana.
Guru maharaja, you always say humility and tolerance is the price to sustain in spiritual life and in getting
pure Krishna consciousness. I am trying my level best to tolerate all opposing situations with humility.
If you bless me on this auspicious day with your smile and darshan, I may get a drop from the ocean of
tolerance and humility that you have.
I beg for your mercy on me for preaching the essence of the scriptures in the form of Krishna-katha day
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and night, and to serve you and Srila Prabhupada till my last breath.
Guru maharaja, wishing you many many Hare Krishna greetings on the auspicious day of your appear-
ance.
Srila Bhagavatpada maharaja ki jaya!
Your humble servant,
Prashant Mukunda dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam.
I wish to express my sincere gratitude to you for enlightening me and bringing me closer to the Supreme
Lord Sri Krishna. Also, I sincerely thank you for accepting me as your disciple and guiding me for initi-
ation.
I thank you for guiding, motivating and inspiring me towards Krishna consciousness. I look forward to
your continuous guidance and blessings. I am really fortunate to have a direct association with you and
learn many things through your discourses during Janmashtami at Iskcon Dwaraka, during the initiation
ceremony, Bhagavatam class and on some of my visits to the Iskcon Temple, East of Kailash.
Also, there are many things to learn from you indirectly, like your humbleness, love for one and all, great
knowledge and much more.
Also with your blessings I am regularly attending mangala-arati, Bhagavatam class and sandhya arati,
Ashray class of Prashant Mukunda prabhu ji, Varishtha Vaishnava class and Love Feast programmes at
Iskcon Dwaraka. With all this I feel connected and oriented towards Lord Krishna.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,
Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare
Your disciple,
Rama Vijaya dasa
My most respected Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and
Gauranga!
Maharaja, I want to offer my gratitude that you accepted me as your disciple though I was not at all worthy
of it. You are most merciful maharaja. You showered your mercy upon this insignificant soul and engaged
me in devotional service so that I can be purified. Without your mercy I would not have been able to per-
form these services. Thank you so much maharaja.
Maharaja, I am trying to be your disciple by following your instructions. Please always keep your hand on
my head so that I can please you by following your instructions.
Maharaja, how can I forget that gracious moment when you gave me a chance to meet you personally and
talk to me? Those words and your fatherly smile is imprinted in my heart. I also got a chance to serve you
though I am incapable of serving you. It was all because of your magnanimity that you allowed such a
fallen creature to serve you.
Maharaja, I have no words except to say thank you. I just beg for your mercy so that I keep on serving you
and following your instructions as it is.
I pray to Sri Sri Rukmini-Dwarakadhish for your good health so that I can be nourished under your pro-
tection.
Aspiring to become your good servant,
Ramani Sakhi devi dasi
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
All glories to guru maharaja! Let me offer my repeated and humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of my
magnanimous guru. Due to your causeless mercy a grossly fallen soul like me has been given a very rare
opportunity to step on the path of self-realization.
When I look back I actually find myself non-different from an animal and it is only due to the blessings
of my guru that I am now able to proudly classify myself as a human being who is trying to be a servant
of the Lord pursuant to the preaching of my guru. It has been very profoundly realized during the course
of a short span of revered association of great devotees that following the instructions of guru is the only
means of approaching the all merciful Lord. As without the sweet will of the Lord a tiny blade of grass
cannot move, similarly without having due regards for the instructions of a bona fide guru, a disciple can-
not budge even an inch on the spiritual path. So, I genuinely, find it greatly hard to find words to describe
the mercy of guru showered on a person like me, who was never even inclined to visit a temple. It is for
sure that I will never be in a position to repay what guru has blessed me with even in many lives to come.
I just pray unto the lotus feet of my guru that he may very kindly continue to give me wisdom and strength
to follow the path shown by him and always enable me to find a place under his lotus feet.
An insignificant servant,
Ramarajanan dasa
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja ji.
Kindly accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
On this auspicious day, I am once again committing at your lotus feet and the looking for your instructions
to this insignificant servant.
I am looking for a drop of your mercy and considering myself to be lower than a blade of grass and seeking
your grace.
I offer my respectful obeisances unto you so as to get energy to know you and thus commit unto you as a
humble servant.
I am looking for the day when I will get mercy from you guru maharaja ji.
I have no qualifications, and your mercy is all in all, without which I can only weep.
Looking for your mercy.
Your menial and insignificant servant,
Rasa Sekhara dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to gurudeva! All glories to you on this auspicious day of
your Vyasa-puja!
Somehow by the grace of Krishna I have received your causeless mercy. You have accepted me as your
disciple, your spiritual daughter. If you had not accepted me, then I would be living in darkness. I want
to give you a small promise and that is to always try to follow your teachings in all situations of my life.
Last year on many occasions I failed to follow your instructions, but henceforth I will follow them with
full determination.
When I see you I think that I am seeing God. My desire to see you always remains. I know your time is
very precious and I don’t want to waste it. I am grateful to you as you are always ask me to serve the Lord
and chant His holy name. I pray to the Lord to allow me to always remain at the lotus feet of my spiritual
master. All my life I want to serve you.
Your servant,
Rishi Sevika devi dasi
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your soft lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, you are actually the king and shelter giver of helpless orphan-like refugees seeking ex-
clusive shelter at the cooling shade of your lotus feet. Thus I feel immediate relief from the forest fire of
material desires burning incessantly within the core of my heart. You are ‘maharaja’ one reason because
of your full surrender and love for Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. Krishna as Hrishikesha has completely
taken charge of your senses and is directing them as it is stated in Srimad Bhagavad-gita Chapter 1.15.
So ‘dear King’ of my life I want to be a good citizen in your kingdom, living only for your purpose. With
such an aspiration I resume this offering.
By your personal qualities you touch others hearts and thus inspire them to embark on the path of immor-
tality without fear and insecurity. One example that is keeping me fresh in spiritual life as I remember. This
year when you gave one day, one night darshan at Sri Sri Rukmani-Dwarakadhish temple Dwaraka New
Delhi. After, as usual, meeting the devotees late, you took rest, and showed up again for mangala-arati the
next day. Fortunately I had your sanga during your morning japa walk, where many things were notice-
able, but one to highlight is that Pradhyumna Priya prabhu told guru maharaja ‘you had difficulty sleeping
in night.’ Practically the entire night guru maharaja did not sleep because somehow the window was open.
Later on it was shut down, but maharaja’s room was already filled up with mosquitoes. But surprisingly
I heard maharaja saying- I come only once a year so don’t worry no problem at all. He was solacing our
hearts concerning his inconvenience and comfort. From this one incident so many lessons can be learned.
To mentioned a few: - 1. A devotee can chant and serve 24 hours only if he has qualities like tolerance, not
accepting honour for oneself, demanding facilities, complaining or to showing anger if there is personal
discomfort.
Still you happily, with love for guru and Krishna, and compassion for jivas, continue with your loving
commitments day after day and year after year. Guru maharaja your body is sattva kalevara, a fully tran-
scendental body, not influenced by time and modes and situated in pure goodness. Such is our fortune
to have your able captainship in our voyage to return back home back to Godhead, facing the hurricane
stricken waves of Maya.
Everything is descending in spiritual life. So on this powerful day I would like to attract your merciful
glance to fall upon this weak-hearted disciple of yours and drive away all the weaknesses in my heart,
by showering me with implicit faith in you, Srila Prabhupada, the parampara, and ultimately in the Su-
preme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna, Who appeared as the most merciful, for the most sinful, as Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, to be able to serve consistently. As you say in your daily quotes, which are very
conclusive, that your only medicine is to see your disciples becoming pure devotees. As Srila Prabhupada
wrote in the Preface of Srimad Bhagavad-gita, that if even one man becomes a pure devotee of the Lord,
we shall consider our attempt a success.
Praying to Their Lordships for your good health. Prati janme kori asa coronero dhuli, ei das adhame koro
doya aponare boli. Jaya gurudeva! Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Your glories are ever-increasing but due to my
incapabilities I am winding up the Vyasa-puja offering for this year.
Aspiring to be your eternal servant,
Sachinandan Gaura dasa
Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet.
On this divine day of your appearance, I would like to congratulate you and pray to Lord Narasimhadeva
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for your good health. May Lord bless you with lots of strength so that you can spread the knowledge of
Krishna consciousness to all the conditioned souls!
Guru maharaja ji, you are so compassionate and considerate that you take care of everyone, personally
inquire about our well-being and make everyone feel extraordinary. Please bless me so that I can engage
myself in Lord Krishna’s service and this can happen only with your divine blessings
Your faithful servant,
Sandeep Karkra
Dear Guru Maharaja,
My humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
First of all my heartfelt gratitude to guru maharaja for accepting a fallen soul like me as his disciple. I pray
to Krishna that he keeps you in good health. Our spiritual father is so humble and merciful that he showers
his mercy on all without seeing his eligibility. O maharaja, please bless so that we can also try to follow
your footprints.
I would like to thank you guru maharaja for providing us with the association of pure devotees at Dwaraka
temple. With the guidance of our mentor only I came to know of the importance of guru in our life. I know
that I can please the Supreme Lord by following your instructions in my life. I am trying it, but need your
blessings to fulfill it. I don’t know whether I should thank you for bestowing your mercy in the form of our
spiritual guide or thank our spiritual guide, under whose guidance I have taken the shelter of our beloved
guru maharaja.
Kindly forgive me for any shortcomings, because I know that I am not eligible to write your glorification.
All glories to guru maharaja and Srila Prabhupada!
Your servant,
Santipur Vasini devi dasi
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada,
All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!
You are my spiritual master and you told me that Lord Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
You told us that all the souls are servants of Lord Krishna. Thank you for everything, guru maharaja. Kind-
ly bestow your blessings on me so that I can follow your instructions. You have done real social service
for the whole of mankind. Your books and lectures have changed my life; they have given me the positive
direction and path to spiritual life, to Lord Krishna. I learn tolerance power and humbleness from you.
I pray to you so that I can serve you, the guru parampara, and devotees throughout my life. Also I pray to
you to take me back home, back to Godhead.
Your servants,
Sarvaguneshwar dasa and Paremeshthi Lila devi dasi and baby Dhriti
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I feel myself fortunate to offer a Vyasa-puja offering to you Srila gurudeva. What can one say about the
greatness of such a great devotee of the Lord?! He is so great that as many words you say will be insuffi-
cient. His greatness cannot be described. His compassion and humility cannot be described.
Guru maharaja is a maha-bhagavat. The Supreme Divine couple have been greatly merciful to send such
a mahatma to deliver the fallen souls. He is the one who made me chant 16 rounds, which I was struggling
with. I was so weak spiritually, it was even difficult to follow the 4 regulative principles though I was
following with great difficulty. It was even difficult to chant 2 rounds. I had to struggle. But one day guru
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maharaja came to Dwaraka temple on 7 Dec 2014, and gave a lecture on Jada Bharata. By maharaja’s hu-
mility and mercy he requested all to chant 16 rounds. On maharaja’s request I started chanting 16 rounds.
It was not that I wanted to chant, but such a great devotee of the Lord asking for something, I could not re-
fuse, and what could he have gained from it. Contemplating on all this I started doing 16 rounds, though I
thought how will I do it, as I was engaged in so many material activities. My wife supported me by saying
that you do it, I will take care of home. My life changed because of three things, maharaja’s compassion,
humility, and his faith in the power of the holy name. There were many instances when maharaja used to
come to Dwaraka and I used to meet him. Each time maharaja blessed me with divine wisdom, especially
stressing that the holy name is the only savior, and the importance of the Siksastakam verse trinad api
sunicena. I am the most fallen soul, but by the mercy of maharaja the Divine Couple Sri Sri Radha-Krish-
na accepted my services. He is like a mountain of faith, a mountain like the Himalayas or you can say an
ocean of faith. He is a living example of trinad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna amina mandena. He is
the first person in my life who feels uncomfortable when someone glorifies him. He is a real Gosvami,
like the Gosvamis, who used to take honour like poison. He offers respect to the smallest of creatures. He
doesn’t want any service for himself but he wants everything for Krishna and he teaches all his disciples
the same. His tolerance is like a sky high mountain. No matter whatever wrong happens he sees the good
in all and if someone tries to highlight shortcomings in someone he doesn’t see it as he is a paramahamsa
Vaishnava. He respects everyone. He sees everyone equally. At his age when it is so difficult for him even
to sit comfortably for long and he keeps coughing, yet he does not give up travelling all over the world
spreading the message of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is promoting and encouraging everyone to distribute
books and make temples as per the order given to him by Srila Prabhupada and he is engaging and puri-
fying everyone by this tireless service to the Lord. His deep compassionate desire is that everyone should
accept the path of Bhakti yoga and be peaceful and happy. I offer crores of obeisances to the lotus feet of
such a great and dear devotee of the Lord. Kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya vande guroh sri charanara-
vindam. May he always keep me in his shelter!
Jay gurudeva! Jaya Prabhupada! Jaya Sri Sri Rukmini-Dwarakadish!
Your eternal servant,
Saurabh Bhayana
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my respectful humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this
auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja!
Guru maharaja, I have completed one year of my diksha. I want to thank you from the core of my heart
for accepting me.
Under your guidance I am able to understand human life in a new form. I keep committing aparadhas
and then beg for your forgiveness. Because of your mercy only I am able to continue on the spiritual path.
I try to chant attentively and follow your instructions related to sadhana. I am so fortunate that with your
blessings and mercy, my life has become spiritual.
On this day, I reaffirm my commitment to keep following your instructions in a proper way.
I pray to Sri Sri Rukmini-Dwarakadhish to give you good health and a long life to keep guiding me always.
Guru maharaja, I beg for your forgiveness for the offenses I might have committed.
Always aspiring to serve my guru and Gauranga. Hare Krishna
Your most insignificant servant,
Vallabha Chandrika devi dasi
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Dear Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this auspicious
day of your Vyasa-puja!
Maharaja ji, your kindness is shown by your eyes - just by your one look, all anxiety of the seer vanishes.
Especially your words “Aap theek ho” are very pleasing to the heart. When I read your quotes, I feel as if
a new ray of hope has emerged in my life. You are so merciful and your nature is so caring that everyone
feels motherly affection in your shelter.
Inspite of your hectic schedule, you are visiting most of Delhi temples again and again to fulfil the wishes
of devotees. You are preaching Srila Prabhupada’s instructions in a very easy and simple way so that it can
be understood by common men. I have no words to say thanks to you. You have gifted us so many jewels
like Amogh Lila prabhu ji, Ramnarayan prabhu ji, Shukapriya prabhu ji, Archit prabhu ji, Ravilochan
prabhu ji and the list goes on till infinity.
Maharaja ji, even after attempting to practice Krishna consciousness for more than four years I am not able
to get out of my ill habits, filled with anarthas like envy, pride, anger, greed and lust. Nor have I been able
to develop any taste for chanting. In such a polluted state, only your causeless mercy can save me from
drowning in this swamp of anarthas.
Currently I am working in Indraprastha Gas Limited, Delhi, and staying in the Bace near the temple, tak-
ing instructions from your jewel-like disciples, and participating on an occasional basis in IYF preaching
services like Book distribution, harinama sankirtana, DYS registration etc.
Whether hearing a lecture of yours from the 80’s or today, I feel the same energy and enthusiasm in your
speech that can revive even a dead person. Maharaja ji, it is very difficult to speak about the innumerable
qualities of great master like you by a small beetle like me. Please bless me so that I may also fulfil your
instructions to some extent and get shelter under some corner of your lotus feet.
Praying to the Lord for your good health and ever-increasing success in creating milestones to fulfil the
mission of Srila Prabhupada!
Your fallen servant,
Vivek
My dear spiritual master His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this auspicious
day of your Vyasa-puja!
When one wants to cross a large ocean, he requires a strong boat. It is said that this human form of life is
a good boat by which one can cross the ocean of nescience. In the human form of life one can obtain the
guidance of a good navigator, the spiritual master. One also gets a favorable wind by the mercy of Lord
Krishna, and that wind is His instructions. The human body is the boat, the instructions of Lord Krishna
are the favorable winds, and the spiritual master is the navigator. The spiritual master knows well how to
adjust the sails to catch the winds favorably and steer the boat to its destination. If, however, one does not
take advantage of this opportunity, one wastes the human form of life. Wasting time and life in this way
is the same as committing suicide.” (S.B.4. 23. 28). My gurudeva you guided and protected me, in every
step of my life. I am ever-grateful to you for helping me to make some sense of my life. I found you near
me every time I am off-track. By your mercy I am able to serve Iskcon Dwaraka temple Sri Sri Rukmi-
ni-Dwarakadhish in the preaching department. Requesting you to give more and more of a service mood to
serve your spiritual master’s divine mission. You have transformed so many people’s hearts, please keep
transforming mine, I still have a long way to go in my Krsna consciousness.
Your humble servant,
Vraja Sakhi devi dasi
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My dear Guru Maharaja,
On this day of your appearance, I offer my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
I find myself totally unqualified to glorify you. Due to your compassionate nature you accepted me your
disciple, otherwise I do not have any qualification except full faith in you and in the Iskcon society. I am
very fortunate because you have accepted me as your disciple, otherwise I would have continued to live
in darkness, totally unaware of how to approach God or how to do bhakti.
I am so weak in my determination. I cannot promise anything to you. Whatever I am able to do is just due
to your mercy only.
Due to Krishna’s and your mercy somehow or the other, I have taken shelter of your lotus feet. Please
bless me so that I can develop a taste for chanting the holy name of the Lord. Please bless me so that I can
develop a taste in Hari-katha and the chanting of the holy name.
Please forgive me for all my offences, committed knowingly or unknowingly in the course of my trying
to serve Vaishnavas.
Hare Krishna!
Your insignificant servant,
Yashoda Sakhi devi dasi
EAST OF KAILASH
Most revered Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krsna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is our good fortune that we are getting the most privileged opportunity to glorify your divine grace once
again. However, we find it so difficult to translate our feelings into words, because words may fail to give
justice to your exalted glories and qualities.
Recently, I have been meditating on how merciful, caring, personal and loving a personality you are. With-
out exaggerating, I strongly feel that I have never seen or met anyone like you, dearmost guru maharaja.
From the first time I met you in your room in Mauritius back in 2010 till now I am always ever impressed
by your divine demeanor. I still remember the first time I met you personally as if it were yesterday. The
moment I told you I had a problem, you showed so much concern and love that I was utterly surprised that
how come someone could feel so much compassion for a person who he just recently met. It was at that
very moment that I realized that our relationship was not bound by time, that you have come to claim me
back from this miserable material existence and that only you can deliver such a wretched soul like me.
Indeed, many times you proved that the spiritual master definitely resides in the heart of the disciple. In
2012, when you were coming to Mauritius, I was contemplating on the name I could get when you would
initiate me. I always wanted to get a name related to Nama prabhu such as Namashraya or Namacharya.
Nevertheless, I also had a name which started with the letter A and I was thinking that I might also get Srila
Prabhupada’s name: Abhay Charan. However, I had never shared these thoughts with anyone. Amazingly
enough, at the time of initiation you christened me Abhaya Nama dasa and I was ardently convinced that
you reside in my heart, despite all the filth lingering over there.
In 2016, I got the wonderful chance to serve you personally in Mauritius. For me, these were the best
days of my life. I felt I got the opportunity to develop my relationship with you and to render some ser-
vice to your lotus feet, which I was thinking, would be impossible for me in this lifetime. There was one
instance when we were taking a group picture on the beach and I was thinking I should give the devotees
a chance to be near you, since I was most of the time near you and that I should not become over-familiar
or over-imposing. After all I was only a servant and junior as compared to the other devotees. However,
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you looked around for me and told me to come near you, by your side when the photo was being taken. I
felt so privileged and blissful at that time. I also remember that when I would be alone in your room, you
would ask me about my family and I realized how personal you are. You met my mother at the airport and
glorified her in French. I don’t remember any instance when she was so happy and proud of me other than
that moment when you talked to her.
This year also I got the chance to witness your divine qualities. Some months ago, during the youth fes-
tival ‘Viplava’ in Delhi, I had the desire to garland you. The first day when you came, I could not do so
because there was already a senior devotee there who garlanded you. I was a bit disappointed but I thought
I was not qualified to render such a special service to you. Then, the next day, we could not arrange prop-
erly for flowers to make the garland, and the one made was apparently a little heavy. We were previously
instructed to give you a light garland. So, when you were coming and the devotee accompanying you saw
the garland, he said not to give it to you. I was about to keep the garland aside when, in your unique style,
you beckoned to me to make you wear the garland. I felt so elated at that time.
These little pastimes are only small glimpses of your unlimited glories. I pray they become the object of
my meditation and that I always remember your tender lotus feet.
Srila Prabhupada launched his Back to Godhead magazine in 1944, the year of your holy appearance. This
is definitely very significant. You have emphatically come to take us back to Godhead. We are so indebted
to you dear most guru maharaja. I may never repay this debt but I pray I can please you by my insignificant
efforts to do so by serving you in some way or other.
Thank you so much for everything guru maharaja and happy Vyasa-puja!
Your unworthy son and servant,
Abhaya Nama dasa
My dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Due to the contamination in my mind I am not able to express your glorifies. But I wish to get your cause-
less mercy. Gurudeva, you have full faith in the divine instructions of Srila Prabhupada. You met him
in 1968 and first you cleaned his room. Srila Prabhupada wanted to meet you personally. Whatever you
earned you gave all to Srila Prabhupada, which indicated that you fully surrendered to his lotus feet.
Gurudeva, Srila Prabhupada told you to translate his books, make big temples in India and preach, and
you are doing all this very sincerely. No matter whatever the situation, you preached in Russia very effi-
ciently and effectively. You have arranged to translate Srila Prabhupada books not only in Hindi, but in
Russian and so many other Indian and foreign languages. You are always ready to fulfill the prediction
of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. You never compromise on the principles. Srila Prabhupada made you the
head of the GBC in India and gave you instructions to distribute books. You have fulfilled the desires of
Srila Prabhupada. I have no words to say thank you for such a nice house, Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, for
all of us. By your causeless mercy I live in this house for PBT training, and to surrender myself at your
lotus feet. I read Srila Prabhupada books, take Krishna prasad and see you in mangala-arati. You have an
ocean of good qualities. By your blessing and so much struggle now Chippiwada temple has manifest. You
are always conscious to save Krishna’s energy, like water and A C bill. By your causeless mercy so many
temples have opened. Your Saligrams are very very auspicious too. I beg for your causeless mercy. I am
such a very very fallen soul, and have a deep desire to get your mercy.
Want and need to become your insignificant servant,
Abhilekh
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, it’s my great pleasure to glorify your magnanimous personality. I am not qualified to glo-
rify you but by the mercy of Krishna I shall try to do so for my purification.
Guru maharaja, it is your deep attachment and love for Srila Prabhupada that you always repeat what he
has said. You demonstrate through your own example, of tirelessly travelling and spreading the glories of
Srila Prabhupada and mercy of the Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. By your mercy there are so many temples
where people get connected to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. It is your severe austerity through which
Srila Prabhupada’s book distribution has expanded manifold.
Guru maharaja, I am amazed by your sublime dealings with different levels of devotees, the way you have
engaged so many souls according to their psychophysical nature. You being senior most, but still you are
so humble, you are strong worded and still unpredictably so humorous.
Guru maharaja, I am very inspired by your philosophical lectures which are full of applicable points, but,
a dull headed person like me, can neither understand nor apply them in life. I beg for your mercy, only by
which I will be able to do something.
Guru maharaja, recently when I got your personal association at Badhshapur Temple, you astonished me
by reading my state of mind and the issue I was facing and during the course of the meeting. You easily
solved it telling me to always be determined.
My mind is always flickering and anxious to dwell in sense gratification. I have a high propensity for sense
enjoyment. I am not even afraid to avoid doing offences unto Vaishanavas, in order to satisfy my urges. O
guru maharaja! Without you bestowing your causeless mercy on me, what will be my fate?
Due to my deep conditioning, I am not able to do anything for Vaishanavas, even after chanting for so
many years and hearing so many lectures. I only have one hope - your lotus feet!
As Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura says:
sarvasva tomār caraṇe saḿpiyā, pode chito māra ghare
tumi to’ ṭhākur tomāra kukur, boliyā jānaho more
“Now that I have surrendered all that I possess unto your lotus feet, I throw myself down before your
house. You are the master of the house; kindly consider me your own dog.”
I am made out of your mercy, I beg you! Please bless me with a tiny fraction of your attitude of unalloyed
service to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. I request you to humbly to give me the spiritual strength to de-
velop a real taste for chanting. I am existing only because of you, kindly accept me as your disciple.
Your aspiring disciple,
Abhishek Agrawal
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, I am very grateful to you, as you have accepted a most foolish person like me as your
disciple. Nobody in the world can describe the depth of your compassion towards other living entities.
Your concern for your disciples can easily be experienced the way you treat them. My dear guru maharaja,
I am also one amongst those. When everyone in this world left me then you stood by me like a rock. You
gave me moral and spiritual support at the time when I needed it the most. I asked for help, but everybody
rejected me putting their own personal conditions for offering help.
Devotees say that you are an ocean of mercy, but I have experienced that. You understood the heart of Sri-
la Prabhupada, and so his instructions became your life and soul. You have disciples in America, Russia,
Canada, China, Pakistan, India and almost in each and every part of the world, which shows the intensity
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of your preaching. Book distribution pleases you the most as it was the heart and soul of Srila Prabhupa-
da. You build many temples in order to facilitate the propagation of the message of Godhead. I will try
to follow in your footsteps and work on my shortcomings and will endeavour to become a good Krishna
conscious devotee.
In sincere service to Srila Prabhupada!
Your insignificant servant,
Achyutananda Priya dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
I am your little insignificant son but I have a desire to serve like you. You are serving Srila Prabhupada
with your words, mind and actions. You have dedicated each and every second and energy to fulfill the
mission of Srila Prabhupada. Your health is not so good but then also you travel a lot to preach and inspire
devotees to take to Krishna consciousness very seriously. Whenever you come to the temple even late at
night, yet in the morning you go for Deity worship. I am Aditya Narayan living in PBT, Sant Nagar under
my counselor Gopibhava prabhu ji and my councilor Rasraj prabhu ji. I am fallen because I find fault in
devotees, my councilor, and try to become the centre of attraction. But I have faith in the holy name, Srila
Prabhupada’s books and your instructions to chant attentively, read Srila Prabhupada’s books, and follow
the rules and regulation strictly, so that the guru parampara and Lord Krishna gives me protection. Before
coming to PBT I was preaching in Bace, doing drama, and I have a desire that one day I can preach to the
youth nicely, so that they come closer to Iskcon and Srila Prabhupada. Please bless me so that I am able to
serve you, Srila Prabhupada and the Divine Couple, and make my life successful.
Your insignificant disciple,
Aditya Narayan
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Dandavat pranam at your lotus feet.
On the auspicious occasion of your appearance day, we pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi for your good
health and long life. This is a great occasion for us to get more and more mercy on this day.
On the last year’s Vyasa-puja offering, we prayed to you to kindly engage us in your service and make us
finish our material duties as early as possible. And within a year, due to your causeless mercy, our daugh-
ter, Tarana Sagar got initiated as Taruni Champaklata devi dasi and also got married on 18th April, 2018
with Rohit Gulati, one of your aspiring disciples in Chandigarh. Further, we got permission from you to
take voluntary retirement from the Government job in the Railway Board. Hence, we are going to retire
voluntarily on 31st August, 2018. From 1st September, 2018, both of us will be at your disposal. Kindly
engage us in the service of your lotus feet.
We pray to you to kindly remove all material desires from our hearts. We want to be servants of the ser-
vants of your servants. Kindly bless us to remove all the anarthas in our hearts, which are obstacles in
getting pure devotion. Kindly bless us with more attachment to chanting. In your divine lectures, impor-
tance is always laid on attentive chanting which is the ultimate remedy for all the obstacles on the path
of Krsna-bhakti. But we are so fallen that we are not able to chant attentively. Kindly bless us with more
and more eagerness to chant attentively, to hear Krsna-katha attentively, to read Srila Prabhupada’s books
more attentively and regularly and also to do practical seva more enthusiastically. With our own efforts,
we won’t be able to achieve this. Only by your blessings, we will be able to achieve this. Kindly bless us
to stay away from Vaishnava aparadha.
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All glories to guru maharaja and all glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Your unworthy servants,
Advaita Carita dasa and Ananta Shakti devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
On this great auspicious day, I would like to express my gratitude to you for being the master of my life
and guiding me through the darkness of this material world.
You are a living example of Krishna’s and Srila Prabhupada’s mercy and distributing it vigorously in every
corner of the world. Your tireless travelling schedules all over globe are physically incomprehensible for
finite souls like us. Due to your dedication to the instructions of your spiritual master, there are so many
wonderful projects flourishing everywhere and specially in Delhi. It is said in Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.7.19
yat-sevayā bhagavataḥ, kūṭa-sthasya madhu-dviṣaḥ
rati-rāso bhavet tīvraḥ, pādayor vyasanārdanaḥ
By serving the feet of the spiritual master, one is enabled to develop transcendental ecstasy in the service
of the Personality of Godhead, Who is the unchangeable enemy of the Madhu demon and Whose service
vanquishes one’s material distresses.
Your lotus feet are only our hope to develop ecstasy in the service of the Personality of Godhead Krishna.
However, I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction towards serving your lotus feet. You are always en-
couraging us and feel indebted to your disciples for rendering even a small service. How can we appreciate
your transcendental position with our mundane intelligence and become surrendered to you.
As taught in Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.80.41
etad eva hi sac-chisyaih, kartavyam guru-niskrtam
yad vai visuddha-bhävena, sarvärthätmärpanam gurau
This indeed is the duty of all sincere disciples, to repay the debt to their spiritual master by offering him,
with pure hearts, their wealth and even their very lives.
On this auspicious day, I request you to please bestow your kind and special blessings on me so that I can
become your true disciple and dedicate myself in your service.
Your insignificant servants,
Advaita murti dasa and Chandrarekha devi dasi
Honorable Gurudeva Maharaja ji,
Kindly accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
May your health remain good! It is my wish to God that your hand remains above my head and I keep
serving continuously. I enjoy my service of book distribution, which is a source of your blessings only.
After my initiation, it seems like I have shelter now because I feel secure under your shadow. Though, I
was not deserving enough, still your grace has shown mercy on a servant like me. This was my good luck.
I wish to have your continuous blessings, to keep progressing towards pure devotion and be surrounded
by pure devotees. Kindly bless my wishes. Till my end time, may my mind, heart and soul remain at the
lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, which is already happening.
Your dasi and daughter,
Akarshani Keshavi devi dasi
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet, on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja. All
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glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, I don’t have any qualification to glorify your divine qualities with my limited mind and
intelligence, as your glories are unlimited and unimaginable, but for my own purification I would like to
say a few words about your divine qualities.
Guru maharaja, you are a perfect example of spiritual life because you always keep the instructions of
your spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in your heart. You have
no other concern except fulfilling his desires, by printing and distributing his transcendental books very
enthusiastically.
Guru maharaja you are very kind, compassionate and extremely merciful. Your mercy is so unlimited, that
even my words cannot express. Even if one commits so many offenses at your lotus feet still you are so
very kind to forgive us, because you are very caring and your only concern is to deliver the fallen souls
from the clutches of maya.
On this most auspicious day of your appearance I pray to you as my savior, to please bless me so that I may
fully realise my ignorance, and understand your greatness as a representative of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead Sri Krishna.
Gurudeva, please allow me to be in your service and remain at your lotus feet. Please forgive me for my
offenses which I have committed knowingly and unknowingly at your lotus feet.
kabe heno, labhiya jane, krtartha hoibe, natha’
sakti-buddhi-hina, ami ati dine, karo’ more atma-satha
“O Lord and master, when will this devotee be blessed by obtaining your mercy? I am most lowly, fallen
and devoid of all strength and intelligence. Please make me your beloved servant.”
Your most fallen servant,
Akshaya Keshava dasa
Hare Krishna my very dear Gurudeva,
On this auspicious day of your divine appearance, please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust
of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you gurudeva!
It is a time to look deep into my heart. How much am I putting you in the centre of my life, connecting
everything to you, and genuinely recognizing that I exist merely by your mercy?
I know that the illusory energy of the Lord will always test me and try to dissuade me from the main
mission of my life. But you, as my eternal lord and master, please never allow me to drift away from the
shelter of your lotus feet.
Gurudeva, I am extremely unqualified. I am totally unable to do anything by myself, and on top of that
my heart is so full of false ego. I am indeed hopeless. But, somehow or the other, due to my inconceivable
good fortune, you have accepted me therefore, please reclaim what really belongs to you. Please use me in
whichever way you want. Please destroy all the resistance and reluctance that may stem from the anarthas
that I have accumulated since time immemorial.
In the Caitanya-bhagavata Antya 3. 486 Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura says:
siddhir bhavativanetisamsayo ‘cyuta-sevinam
nihsamsayastu tad-bhakta- paricarya-ratatmanam
“There may be a doubt whether the servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead will attain perfection,
but there is absolutely no doubt that those who are attached to serving the Lord’s devotees will attain per-
fection.”
When will that day come when I will offer you respects with my entire being and not just some ritualistic
lip service. Even my so-called taking shelter of the holy name is without any genuine devotion to you or
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the name.
Gurudeva, you are an incarnation of mercy and in distributing mercy you do not consider who is good or
bad, high or low. Please give to this servant just one drop of your mercy. In truth I am nothing without
your mercy. You are more than willing to be merciful even to a fly-like person like me, but I continue to
grunt and search for the stool of name, fame, adoration, and distinction. I continue to think I know what is
best for me. I continue to find faults in others, while tactfully avoiding surrendering myself. I lazily expect
others to do it, blame them if they don’t, and minimize them if they do. My devious intelligence constantly
tries to convince me that it alone is right. I see envy lurking at every step. I am a miser and thus miserable.
I do not pray to you enough. I do not glorify you enough.
I am a hopeless self-indulgent case! I could go on and on. The list would never end. I have wasted enough
of your time and mine. Now is the time to use this life to bring pleasure to you instead of anxiety. Now
more than ever is the time to take shelter of your mercy and get on with it.
I hope that one day I will be humble and immerse myself in the dust of your lotus feet. When will I take
the glorious opportunity of assisting you in expanding your movement instead of “mine”? I hope that one
day I will be an instrument for you to play. I hope that one day I will surrender. I hope that one day I will
hear the Gayatri mantra and the holy name. I hope that one day I will show respect to others and not desire
respect for myself. I hope that one day I will genuinely serve the devotees and give up my false ego. Only
then is there any hope for this hopeless charade of a devotee.
On this most auspicious day of your divine appearance, I want to place my head on your lotus feet and
request you to keep me always in your merciful glance.
Your aspiring servant,
Anand Caitanya dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this most revered and auspicious day I offer my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
I have to admit that I feel totally unqualified to write this Vyasa-puja offering. Due to my contamination.
I am unable to fully describe your achievements and glories. You have full faith in the instruction of your
spiritual master. As an active member of the Governing Body Commission, you understand the delicacy
in the Iskcon organization. Although you have to face so many difficulties to establish centers all over the
globe, still you endeavor for the purpose of relieving suffering humanity and to please Vaishnavas. Your
faith in the holy name has helped many devotees to strengthen their faith in the process. You are so active
in preaching and expert in dealing with delegates, that Iskcon has got a good reputation in society. Due to
your purity and the hard work of your followers, the Krishna conscious movement is spreading. You are
always humble and gentle in your dealings. You are always focusing to chant attentively and distribute
Srila Prabhupada’s books. Your concern for the care of god-brothers and other senior Vaishnavas is amaz-
ing. You find time for everyone. Whoever comes to the Delhi Temple is pleased with the warm welcome.
On this auspicious occasion, I beg and pray for your causeless mercy so that I may always remain fixed
in executing your divine instructions coming through Vaishnavas, and help propagate Lord Caitanya’s
sankirtan movement. Bless me my father that I remain true to you, that I chant attentively, stick to my
initiation vows Bless me my father that I do only that which pleases you.
Your insignificant servant,
Anand Nidhi dasa
At the divine lotus feet of my Spiritual Master,
I fall at the dust of my spiritual master who accepted me as his disciple yet I am totally unworthy of it.
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Guru maharaja ji, you have boldly accepted the task of redirecting the misdirected souls towards Krishna
and Srila Prabhupada.
Your heart is just like an ocean of mercy, like a newly blossomed lotus flower, always engaging everybody
in Krishna’s service in spite of our shortcomings. Guru maharaja ji, you always follow the instructions of
Srila Prabhupada very rigidly, which always gives us so much inspiration to follow the path of devotional
service.
You have opened so many spiritual hospitals for the treatment of souls hankering for eternal happiness. I
am also the same, a misdirected person who was searching for happiness in the world and I got the med-
icine and the expert doctor in your hospital, who are treating my disease of material enjoyment, still I am
so foolish, and always reluctant to take the medicine.
After wandering in lakhs of species a fortunate living entity gets a bona fide spiritual master. So fortunate
am I to be your disciple.
I pray at your divine lotus feet to please give me the shade of your mercy so that I can chant Krishna’s holy
name, understand Srimad-Bhagavatam, serve the Vaishnavas and do not deviate from Srila Prabhupada’s
movement.
Your most unworthy servant,
Anand Nimai dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. Guru maharaja ki jaya!
My existence here is only due to your unending tolerance and kindness. Please forgive my offenses at your
lotus feet. Maharaja ji, you know us better than we know ourselves. You keep on telling us how to get out
of this material world.
You stress on offenceless and attentive chanting again and again. I am trying to do it, but somehow fail to
follow your instructions. Please bless me to be humble and tolerant, and at the same time strong enough
to follow your instructions as you follow your guru maharaja.
I am a fallen soul, but fortunate to be your disciple. I hope that one day I can genuinely please you and be
of some use in your mission. Kindly give me your merciful glance so that I do not deviate from the path
of devotional service. Please allow me to be a faithful servant of your servants. I can see no hope except
your causeless mercy.
Always pray at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, to bestow His blessings unto you for your
good health, peace and pure devotion, so that Krishna consciousness spreads all over this world- Every
town and village, for the pleasure of the Lord.
May Lord empower me to serve you in every possible way in all times in your mission!
On this auspicious day I wish to have your blessings so that I sincerely follow your instructions.
Your insignificant servant,
Anand Radha devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I feel very insignificant to write anything about you guru maharaja. I met you for the first time in Toronto
along with my sister and my mother that is around 3 years ago. Though we had no qualification to even
meet you, you gave us your precious time. I remember that you instructed me to read Srila Prabhupada
books.
Your presence always inspires me to progress in spiritual life. I pray to Lord Krishna so that I can follow
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your instructions with determination and be of some use to you in your spiritual mission. I am a fallen
soul, I pray at your lotus feet for your mercy to forgive my offences.
Your servant,
Anangmayi devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.
Although I am imperfect to say anything about you, by your mercy I want to say something.
My dear guru maharaja ji your tireless efforts to spread Srila Prabhupada’s movement is inconceivable
and is an inspiration for all, and it will be for all time. I am thankful to caitya-guru Krsna in my heart, to
meet with you.
In 2014 Vyasa-puja offering I prayed to you for your shelter and 2015 you gave me my name spiritual
name. Now my only desire is to please keep me always in your shelter and guide me so that I never deviate
from your instructions, and engage in your service and dedicate this life fully in your service as soon as
possible, with a lot of enthusiasm.
I have nothing to give you, but I pray to Krishna to give you nice health always, and give you a long life
to save fallen souls. For this he can take my age also.
Your most insignificant servant,
Anant Raghav dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most fallen and humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
Again and again, the Vyasa-puja comes, reminding us to resolve and take shelter at your divine lotus feet.
Before writing my present offering, I read and reflected on the offerings written by your other sincere fol-
lowers. My conclusion is that they are all far more sincere and dedicated to your instructions than I am.
They have dedicated their lives to your mission, where as I am only pretending to do so.
Guru maharaja, you have appeared on this planet just to save the fallen conditioned souls like me. In the
scriptures the need of accepting a bona fide spiritual master is given. In Bhagavad-gita 4.34 it is said that:
“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render
service unto him. The self- realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they have seen the
truth”.
I am so fortunate that I have got your shelter. It was due to the causeless mercy of Lord Krishna that a
fallen soul like me took the shelter at your lotus feet on 6th November, 2014. Completely illusioned by the
influence of the age of Kali, I had no understanding of the mission of human life or that Lord Krsna is the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, though I had taken birth in Bharat-varsha. Prior to hearing you, I was
regularly visiting many so-called swamis, but none of them gave me the information like you, regarding
the goal of human life. You are preaching by your example. You are strictly following the instructions of
your spiritual master. Your spiritual master gave you instruction to build temples in Delhi. By your hard
work and surrender to your spiritual master 14 temples have already been established in Delhi and NCR
region. You also got instruction to distribute the literature written by Srila Prabhupada. By your efforts,
Delhi temple is always on top in the book distribution all over the world.
You always strictly follow all the regulative principles of devotional service. You are always present in the
altar performing mangala-arati in spite of so many health problems. This inspires me very much. Seeing
your attachment and dedication to your spiritual master and his instructions, I get spiritual strength and
inspiration and dedication to follow your instructions. In spite of bad health, you are travelling all over the
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world to save the fallen conditioned souls.
Gurudeva, our aspiration to please you is the sustenance of our spiritual lives, the source of our empow-
erment and our sacred connection to Lord Krishna. I pray that determination to please you, may forever
be, my life and soul.
Gurudeva, I am totally unqualified to be among devotees. I am just like a crow among swans. I am always
a cause of disturbance to the devotees. I have so many anarthas in my heart. Thank you very much for
giving me a chance to serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission, although I am totally unqualified. I owe you a
great debt. This debt is impossible to repay. Even if I serve you for millions of births and deaths, I will not
be able to pay back even a fraction of this debt. Thank you so much for giving us the love of 1000 mothers.
My only desire is to serve you, life after life without cessation.
I will try to serve your divine lotus feet and will try to follow all of your (and your representative’s) in-
structions with my body, mind, words. Some of those instructions are (which I got from you at the time
of initiation):
1. Following the four regulative principles
2. Chanting at least 16 rounds daily and 25 on Ekadashi and special events
3. Engagement in preaching services
Also, you have sent me with two more devotees to Raipur and you also gave us instruction to do youth
preaching here. I only pray to give me your blessings so that I may be able to strictly follow all of your
instructions.
Your most insignificant servant,
Ananta Shyam dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
I would like to extend my deepest gratitude toward all that you have done for me.
Although I am not qualified to receive your mercy still you accepted me as your disciple. By your kind
mercy I got the association and guidance of so many nice devotees.
This world is full of people who are misdirecting innocent people with their own concocted ideologies
based on their own desire for sense gratification. But with the mercy of Srila Prabhupada we have got the
perfect philosophy and the perfect way to achieve the goal of life. But despite the right literature and per-
fect institution it is very difficult to have someone who is ideal in his conduct and follows the teaching of
Srila Prabhupada as it is. You are a perfect example of an acharya who teaches by his own example. You
are ideal in your behaviour, your dealings and your seva. You are a perfect Srila Prabhupada man.
I am very very fortunate that I have found my eternal spiritual master. Please bless me so that I can serve
your lotus feet and follow your instructions with the right consciousness.
Your insignificant servant,
Anantasila dasa
Srila Gurudeva,
I am not able to glorify you. But by your mercy only I am in Iskcon. Although I don’t deserve it. I am full
of anarthas, bad qualities, and belong to a sudra background. You are so merciful, as you have accepted
me. I have no qualification to be your disciple. Whenever I get a chance to meet you, you always tell me
to become nice devotee. I try to be, but I always fail. I need your mercy and your blessings.
I want to speak something to glorify you. You are beyond the limit of sadhana, always worshiping in man-
gala-arati. Always preaching and doing book distribution, and building more and more temples. You are
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spreading Krishna consciousness all over the world after Srila Prabhupada. As Lord Rama is always in the
heart of Hanumana, in the same way Srila Prabhupada is always in your heart. You love Srila Prabhupada
and always teach us how to love him.
You always insist that we must focus on attentive chanting, sincerity, purity and sadhu sanga. You always
explain high philosophy in an easy language. Nothing is a barrier in your path, neither your health. You
are always enthusiastic, energetic, loving, and teach us by your own example.
You always motivate us to serve Krishna. By your mercy I got a chance to open a Bace in Mayur vihar un-
der the guidance of Ajanma Krishna prabhu ji. There are 2 devotees. Please bless me so that I can become
your instrument, serve you, surrender unto you, and become your insignificant servant. Please help me to
become humble and meek with devotees. Please never ever leave me.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi and Sri Narasimha bhagavan for your good health and long life, so
that more and more devotees get your association.
Please forgive me for my countless offences.
Your insignificant servant,
Anarpita kirpamoyi dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam. Please accept my humble obeisances.
I am a fallen conditioned soul guru maharaja. I have no quality to be your disciple, but you always give
me your mercy. Following Srila Prabhupada as it is, you have so much enthusiasm for book distribution,
preaching in India and so many countries. You don’t miss any mangala-arati, and you always care for
each and every disciple. Maharaja at the time of my diksha interview I was feeling little bit nervous during
the meeting, but when I entered and sat, I was feeling so happy.
As all know, guru maharaja does not compromise with sadhana. You always give us instructions to prac-
tise good sadhana, chant, read, take prasadam and book distribution.
Guru maharaja, one thing I realise is that I have been wandering from so many births, but didn’t take shel-
ter. In your shelter I am safe. I have one prayer at your lotus feet, I’m not doing my sadhana as you say
but I want to. Please give me your shelter, and please don’t ever leave me guru maharaja. I want to preach
with my husband and help my husband spiritually, as he has opened a new Bace in Mayur vihar under the
guidance of Ajanma Krishna prabhu ji. Please bless us to spread this mission.
Guru maharaja, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parathasarathi, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Narasimhadeva to give
you very good health, and a long life so that you can establish many temples and we get more of your
association.
Please forgive my offences.
Your servant,
Anjana gopi devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
I am literally unqualified to express your glories, which are endless like an ocean. I being very insignifi-
cant, am not even able to pick a drop.
You are the personification of the teachings of Srila Prabhupada. You always inspire us to read his books,
chant attentively, attend morning programs, serve the devotees, and develop humility.
Guru maharaja, you are very kind and merciful unto the whole universe. You travel around the whole
world to deliver the transcendental message of the scriptures. You give mercy to everyone and especially
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me.
Even I was very unqualified and still I am, but you being very merciful, have still accepted me as your
disciple. You gave me a chance to connect to Krishna and the guru parampara, to deliver me from this ma-
terial world. But I being a fool have never understood. It’s been a year, I have been your initiated disciple.
I faced lots of challenges in following your instructions. I am very fallen, and could never understand your
mercy. Please be merciful unto me so that I may understand your mercy, and develop the determination to
follow your instructions as it is. I promise you my guru maharaja, I will try my best to chant attentively,
to daily read Srila Prabhupada’s books and follow your instructions and those of the spiritual authorities.
Please forgive me guru maharaja for not being very obedient.
Your insignificant servant,
Anjaneya Rama dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
When I went to the Iskcon temple at East of Kailash in the morning mangala-arati, and when I saw you,
I felt in my heart that you are a very spiritual person. Then you invited us in your room and blessings and
gave instructions, that we should always keep chanting and to never stop chanting.
When I saw your kirtan, I felt that you are a son of God and learnt how to surrender to Krishna, be engaged
in Krishna’s service, never forget Krishna and always associate with Krishna’s devotees.
You took sannyasa initiation in 1981 and began to extend your travels to spread Krishna consciousness
more widely in parts of the USA, Canada and eventually in parts of Africa. You played a leading role in
inspiring and completing several large Iskcon temples, such as the ‘Glory of India’ temple in New Delhi
in 1998.
Hare Krishna.
Your servant,
Ankur Aggarwal
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam. All glories to you!
For me, you are the source of love for God and an embodiment of a perfect devotee who is always ab-
sorbed in serving his guru and Krsna.
It was 28 April, 2018 when by the mercy of Ajay Gaurang prabhu ji, I got the opportunity to travel with
you to Vrindavana from Delhi. Since the day I accepted you as my guru in my mindset, I always wished
if it would be possible that I can see how a perfect devotee of Krishna lives and is absorbed in His service
completely.
It was the same day when we had Udgar festival in Delhi IYF.
For two days, I relished each and every moment I spent seeing you. I am really very very inspired by how
deep your devotion is and how determined you are in serving Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. I saw how
much responsibility you have to maintain Iskcon (for which I as a naive boy think that it happens on its
own. That day I saw and realized that you make efforts to bring in all the facilities that we enjoy so un-
knowingly), in maintaining so many projects across the world, talking to devotees internationally, meeting
people personally and still staying completely detached from all name and fame. I saw how much my guru
maharaja is working to serve his guru, and that too for an entire lifetime. That day was perhaps the most
important day in my entire life because I saw a pure devotee of the Lord and through you I imagined how
Srila Prabhupada’s life would have been, completely engaged in serving guru and Krishna.
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I beg your mercy to shower blessings on me and give me your blessings and give me more days like it,
even if I can just stay with you, serving you. Such a time is the most precious and memorable time that I
can have.
I beg for your mercy to please accept me as a disciple and allow me to serve you, life after life.
Your servant and aspiring disciple,
Anshul Sinha
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I don’t know how to glorify you but some points I am sharing with you. This is merely my little effort to
glorify you. Please forgive me for my mistakes while glorifying you.
1. Merciful: First time I met with you at EOK Temple. You were doing parikrama in the temple and I was
just sitting at the back of Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi on the way to the parikrama. I was reading Srila
Prabhupada’s book. You came to me and said haribol! That was your first mercy on me.
2. Eternal relationship with Srila Prabhupada: You first served Srila Prabhupada by cleaning his room
before meeting him and Srila Prabhupada was very satisfied with your service. It shows your eternal re-
lationship with him.
3. Renunciation: Whatever you earned you simply offered completely to Srila Prabhupada. It is just a
little fragrance of your renunciation. Srila Prabhupada himself called you a sannyasi even when you were
playing the role of a householder at that time. You were residing in USA, but you came back to India just
to fulfill the desire of Srila Prabhupada, which was to spread Krsna consciousness in India.
4. Establishing Temples: Srila Prabhupada used to say, “Only Gopal can lead India”. It shows his faith in
you and you fulfilled all his desires like: you established more than 12 temples in Delhi-NCR, Kurukshetra
Temple, TOVP and more temples in Punjab. This is because of your genuine surrender to Srila Prabhupa-
da. Still you are not at rest. You are firing Krsna consciousness day by day without stopping. And wherever
you shoot, a new temple is bound to appear at that place. Because Krsna is bound only by the pure love
of His devotee like you.
5. Compassionate to conditioned souls: Srila Prabhupada instructed you in so many ways. One of them is
to distribute his transcendental books. And you are always leading in the book distribution marathon. Your
disciples are so great that day and night they are distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books. But you have one
fallen disciple, which can be me only. Accepting me as your disciple is your compassion, otherwise I don’t
deserve such a good fortune of being your disciple. I must always remember / worship / follow your lotus
feet and your divine instructions. Your major instructions are:
1. To chant daily at least 16 rounds attentively, and on Ekadashi or other Vaishnava festivals 25
rounds
2. To read Srila Prabhupada’s books and to distribute them
3. To hear Srila Prabhupada
4. To be in Iskcon for our entire life by cooperating with the devotees
5. To take only Krsna prasadam
I feel very fortunate to be your disciple and I took your one instruction as a personal instruction, that is,
“To serve 4 times in Iskcon Rohini Temple”. Gurudeva, kindly bless me so that I can please you by fol-
lowing all your instructions.
Your eternal servant,
Antardvipa dasa
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Most admired Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble and sincere obeisances at your divine and soft lotus feet.
You are continuously serving and helping the society without having any considerations whatsoever of
your physical well-being. Due to nonstop service, your health is declining constantly but you are working
on a transcendental platform. You are leading by example and thus are truly qualified to be an ‘Acharya’.
You are tirelessly giving personal time to devotees, to groups and giving mass lectures as well. You are,
practically speaking, utilizing each and every second of your life in the service of Srila Prabhupada. You
are inspiring other devotees to do more, donate more, and serve more, thus inspiring everyone to advance
in spiritual life and come closer to guru and Krishna.
If anybody does even a little service for the temple you recognize it as if the devotee has done a lot. You
greatly appreciate even a little thing done for the temple as if the devotee has done a personal favor to you.
You are travelling world over simply to serve Srila Prabhupada and his mission. Such an example of un-
motivated and uninterrupted devotional service is rare to be seen.
Your main concern is not your personal comfort or interests but preaching. You are trying hard that we all
advance quickly in spiritual life and complete our business in this very life. You are so compassionate that
it is unbearable for you to see others rotting in this material world which is temporary and full of miseries.
Thus, though you are such an exalted devotee still you request low class people like me to preach and
come to the temple as much as possible. Your humility cannot be described as it is simply godly and out
of this world. You must be empowered personally by Srila Prabhupada to do all this and more.
You are a first class advanced devotee and thus you try to hide your spontaneous emotions so that foolish
people do not misinterpret your spontaneous transcendental loving exchanges with the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead and His pure devotees.
With your mercy so many new temples and devotees have come up and are coming up. I sometimes won-
der what will happen after you leave us and go back to Godhead. You are keeping us united, it is only be-
cause of you that we are together. Like a father, you are caring for us even though we deserve none. Even
if I thank you millions of times still I cannot thank you enough.
Begging that I try to follow your divine instructions.
Your aspiring servant,
Antaryami Balarama dasa
Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to His Holiness! All
glories to Sri Vyasa-puja!
I do not know what to write and how to glorify. I do not have any qualities or such abilities to write or
comment on you dear gurudeva.
I did not get that much of a chance to see you in-person, but I keep on thinking that you will call out my
name one day (daydreaming). But your darshan is auspicious “darshan e pavitra karo, ei tomar guna”.
You are rare, and your kindness is endless.
Your purity and commitment to Srila Prabhupada is so attractive. You possess in-depth knowledge of
shastra and no-one will ever be able to defeat you in logic and argument on scripture. This reminded me
of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He defeated the Mayavadis with His intelligence and gave love of God to
everyone. You are the embodiment of His teachings and I am able to see Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His
Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada through you.
In executing your service to Srila Prabhupada, you can be as soft as a rose or as hard as a thunderbolt, en-
suring that there is no deviation from the prescribed process. I accept you as my diksha-guru and pray that
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you will feel free to instruct me as you would your own disciple. I pray that I may also stay in the shelter of
your lotus feet because I know that you are very dear to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Though every devotee has his own responsibility and I do have mine, something far beyond my capabil-
ities but I embrace it in the mood that I must, in this lifetime, serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission in a ben-
eficial manner. I can only execute this service under your and the guidance of other devotees. I therefore
depend on your and His mercy and blessings.
I pray that I may develop just a drop of sincerity and commitment to Srila Prabhupada and that you will
remain my eternal spiritual guide. I may never know Lord Krishna in this lifetime without you. I did not
get the chance to serve Srila Prabhupada but I have faith that you will give me the opportunity to serve you
and Lord Gauranga. I know you will keep me safely engaged in service to Srila Prabhupada and I therefore
bow down at your lotus feet and pray to you on this joyous occasion.
All glories to you!
Trying to be your obedient servant,
Anupam dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. Please consider my inabilities while I am
writing my Vyasa-puja offering for the year 2018.
As a direct representative of Srila Prabhupada and the all merciful incarnation of Sri Nityananda Prabhu,
please accept me also as your eternal servant. You are always concerned about the full time devotees of the
temple that they should be engaged daily in 8 hour services. You have given me a service of brahmacari
ashram in charge in May 2017. In this service you have given me direct instructions to make sure that
every full time devotee of the temple is engaged 8 hours in services.
By your blessings we have started Bhakti Shastri for 24 resident full time devotees of Delhi temple. In
this also you have given your most valuable time to inaugurate the program and tell all the students and
teachers as well the importance of Bhakti Shastri as mentioned by Srila Prabhupada. These incidences
show your personal care for each and every devotee of the Iskcon community.
By your blessings I have got some services in which I am getting your divine association. During your
association I can clearly see the mood and mercy of Srila Prabhupada in you and in your services, be it
book distribution, following the process of devotional service, or Iskcon management.
As in guru puja we daily sing that “sri-guru karunä-sindhu, adhama janära bandhu”- O spiritual master,
O ocean of mercy and friend of the fallen! We can see these qualities in our guru maharaja all the time.
You are always forgiving our childish mistakes as a merciful father. I lost my material father in 2000 when
I was just 7 years old, but after 14 years I have got my most tolerant spiritual father.
So on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi ji to kindly protect your
health. I also beg to pray for your causeless mercy so that I may always remain fixed in executing your
divine instructions and help propagate Lord Caitanya’s sankirtana movement.
Your insignificant servant,
Aravindaksha Madhava dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please kindly accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and
Gauranga!
Guru maharaja, glorifying you in limited words is very difficult so what to speak of a miscreant like me.
Still I’ll try to recall a drop from the ocean of your glories.
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Maharaja, you have been faithfully serving Srila Prabhupada’s instructions for more than 50 years. You
have such staunch faith in him, that your each word you speak is 100% from his teachings only. You have
never diverted from his instructions.
Your simplicity, humility, purity, enthusiasm, personal and merciful nature are very attractive to everyone.
You are so humble that you feel grateful even to your disciples and thank them and encourage them in their
service. Your purity and sweet smile are so attractive and charming, that we feel so jubilant, enthusiastic,
happy and stress-free just by getting your darshan.
In you, all the great qualities of a maha-bhagavat are clearly visible without doubt. This makes us feel so
fortunate. You are always praying and want good for every single person you see or meet. It will be a very
great fortune to be able to serve your transcendental body at least once.
Maharaja, I have many flaws. A phase came in my life when I had doubts about the Deities’ being the Lord
Himself and I started finding faults in the process, because of my uncontrollable anarthas combined with
resulting Vaishnavas offences. Somehow by the causeless mercy of Amogh Lila prabhu ji, Ramnarayan
prabhu ji and Shuka Priya prabhu ji I’m now coming out of that phase and again gaining enthusiasm in
the service to the Lord.
I am sometimes very aggressive because of a lot of service. And because I am so uncontrolled in talking,
sometimes I commit even vocal offences towards Vaishnavas. I waste a lot of time doing prajalpa. Also, I
cannot keep myself very cool amongst devotees. I become aggressive very quickly.
I should be very grateful to the devotees, but I rarely feel so. I’ve got envy in my heart for several devo-
tees. Also, I don’t always feel very happy when I see that other devotees are glorified. That is why I have
relationship problems with several devotees.
Also maharaja, sometimes I feel intense lust in my heart because of my past anarthas which are still deep
rooted, at least subtly. Sometimes I feel it is a hard struggle to chant because of sleep and lethargy.
Maharaja, despite all the above faults, I try to do service while living with devotees in Iskcon Dwaraka. By
your merciful glance I was able to successfully join the temple and specially started to follow persistently
the 4 regulative principles.
In the temple I am trying to do book distribution occasionally on the basis of available time, Hundi for
Janmashtami, Bhakti Shastri lecture transcription, guest service, IYF service and trying to be attentive in
completing chanting my rounds before breakfast.
Maharaja, I’ve been successful first time in my life, to grossly follow the 4 regulative principles for around
5 months now. By your mercy I’ve come out of the most terrible habit of masturbation which seemed
impossible for me to overcome.
And maharaja, I sincerely seek your causeless mercy from your lotus like feet, so that I may be able to
run on this track of brahmacharya without diversion and follow the 4 regulative principles without fail.
Guru maharaja, although I am wretched, immature, neophyte person, whose mind always seeks sense
enjoyment, still by Krishna’s grace I’ve got a little taste for preaching and chanting. I sincerely seek the
mercy of your lotus feet which are the resting place for many great devotees in our Iskcon, so that one day
I may be able to develop maturity in general dealings, love, respect, appreciation and gratitude towards
devotees, avoid offences and being judgemental, chant more attentively, stay calm, cool and collected in
my general dealings, and develop natural faith in Srila Prabhupada, his books and in the Deities of the
Lord.
Also I seek your kind mercy to be fit for and get initiation from you in the near future (if you feel so) and
follow your instructions lifelong by being an obedient disciple and serve sincerely with a good attitude,
the servants of the servants of the Lord.
All sincere and respectful obeisances to your lotus feet. I wish to offer rose flowers at your lotus feet.
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Your servant,
Arvind Verma
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
You are like a sun who is enlightening me spiritually and I am very fortunate to practice spiritual life under
your instructions. In Jan 2016 I got connected to Iskcon, joined BACE in May 2016 and since then my
life has changed.
My material worries have decreased, negative thoughts have declined, and I have become more dependent
on Krishna-kripa.
The day I received guru pranam mantra, I felt a strong connection with Krsna.
I pray that wherever I live, I always get your shelter and the association of devotees!
Your fallen servant,
Ashutosh Kumar
Most Revered Guru maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
On the occasion of the 74th anniversary of your appearance day on August 14, 2018 I feel very fortunate
to be able to make this humble Vyasa-puja offering unto your lotus feet. Although I am not qualified to do
so, your compassionate persona inspires me to express my deepest gratitude because you have taken this
fallen soul under your shelter and have transformed this life by showering your grace.
Dear maharaja, I wish you a very healthy, active and productive long life so that you can guide millions of
people like me to embrace the path of Krishna consciousness and make their life meaningful. I wish you
great success in taking forward this mission of Srila Prabhupada so that the transcendental vibrations of
the maha-mantra can be heard in every city, town and village across the world.
It was way back in the late nineties when I came to know about you by reading your interview in a national
newspaper. At that time I was struggling with my professional and family responsibilities and exploring
spirituality. In that interview you had said that “we at Krishna consciousness believe in following the real
truth, as explained in the real scriptures, for this alone can save humanity and guide us in the path of life.
” You further said that “the basic message is that whatever you do, you should do it as an offering to the
Lord, and you should do it for the pleasure of the Lord”. I was impressed by your simple and precise mes-
sage centered on the teachings of Bhagavad Gita and was therefore attracted towards the noble institution
called Iskcon. That interview made me abandon diverse methods of self-realization which I was trying out
and set me on to explore the path of Krishna consciousness. You will be surprised that even after 20 years I
still have the cutting of that interview and have distributed its copies to several people in my humble effort
to take the message of Krishna to many more people who are seeking self-realization. It is your supreme
kindness and compassion that as a reward for my little service, your holiness blessed me in 2015 by taking
me under your shelter and formally initiating me on the path of spiritual advancement. I feel extremely
grateful to you for doing such a great favour to this fallen soul.
Dear maharaja, you are extremely affectionate, compassionate and full of humility all the time. You carry
an ever blissful expression. Despite your advanced age and health limitations, I find that you are always
leading from the front, travelling extensively, performing mangala-arati as often as possible, delivering
lectures, giving guidance to the devotees and inspiring the whole Iskcon community to achieve higher
levels of Krishna consciousness. This is highly inspiring for me and I always pray to Sri Sri Radha-Par-
thasarathi to be able to qualify to humbly offer my services unto your lotus feet. In this respect I was
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extremely fortunate when I had a chance meeting with you in the temple hall on June 13, 2018 and you
immediately granted me an appointment for the following evening. It was indeed my good fortune to get
an audience with you and your advice on continuing the Namahatta seva as well as taking up scientific
preaching seva. I seek your blessings to be able to overcome my weaknesses, which are umpteen, and that
I come upto the required level of understanding, so that I can carry out your instructions and contribute my
bit towards furthering the mission of Srila Prabhupada and Caitanya Mahaprabhu for spreading Krishna
consciousness.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi to engage me eternally in Theirs and your service. Hare Krishna.
Kindest regards, most sincerely,
Asima Narottama dasa
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
In many cultures, one or two days are set aside each year for honoring mothers and fathers—a day for
remembering the loving care that they showed us and the lessons they taught us throughout our lives. On
this day, we say “Thank you” for the simple training they gave us in the basic skills like eating, dressing,
and mannerly behavior. We take these lessons for granted as we go about our daily routine, and so on these
special days we are reminded to honor our father and mother.
In our Srila Bhagavatpada we have the embodiment of the perfect mother and father, for Srila Bhagavatpa-
da took us from the ignorance of birth in this material world, gave us rebirth, retrained us so that we would
eat, dress, and behave to please Krishna, and taught us everything we need to know to make this lifetime
successful by advancing towards ananya-bhakti.
It is possible that as the years pass and we daily practice our spiritual-life skills, we may forget how we
first heard of Krishna, His prasad, His holy name, and His devotional service. Vyasa-puja is an opportu-
nity to meditate on that extraordinary person who sacrificed his life to give us this precious knowledge.
Vyasa-puja is an opportunity to focus on this mission and plan how we will work together to spread His
message to every town and village. This day is the first day of 365 others in which we can spread Srila
Bhagavatpada’s glories and re-dedicate our lives in his service.
Vyasa-puja is one day, set aside each year, to show our love for Srila Vyasadeva, the saktyavesa avatara
who compiled much of the Vedic literature, and the disciplic succession coming from him. But that is just
the beginning. On this day, we can cooperate and honor Srila Bhagavatpada by making a resolution to
show him, as he showed his guru maharaja, that our bhakti will be manifest throughout the year in fearless
action.
Your servant,
Atma Trupta dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
Guru maharaja ji, on this very auspicious day I want to write something about you, though I am not so
eligible to write about you. Please forgive my mistakes in trying to write something about your unlimited
qualities which are beyond my imagination. I joined Iskcon about five years back. I did not know much
about Lord Krishna but now I have come to know that only Krishna is the Supreme Personality of God-
head. I am very much impressed by your lectures. You are very humble and polite and always smiling.
Book Distribution, preaching, constructing Temples, devotional services for the Lord are some of your
spiritual activities. I remember one instance, once when you were attending the GBC meeting. You found
that the garland which was put on Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai was very heavy. You pointed this out and said that it
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is a very heavy garland, please put some light garland as Gaura-Nitai may feel it very heavy because you
see God in the form of arca vigraha. You showed from your example that how we can serve Lord Krishna.
I pray to Lord Krishna to keep you in very good health so that under your kind guidance fallen souls like
me may take your blessings.
Your useless servant,
Bal Sevak dasa
Dearmost Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you, Sri Pancha-tattva and
innumerable Vaishnavas!
Maharaja, despite my fallen nature, you are kind, accommodating and merciful to me as a loving spiritual
father. You set the correct example by always being present for mangala-arati whichever place you visit.
Your personal deity worship is amazing and we can see that the deities are well decorated and looked after.
This way you are establishing that one must develop attachment towards the beautiful forms of Sri Sri
Gaura-Nitai as this develops love for Krishna.
You have always been a dedicated soldier of Srila Prabhupada who practices himself and also preaches the
divine cult of Lord Gauranga. Over the past years you have trained your senior disciples in pure bhakti and
many of them are dedicatedly spreading Lord Gauranga’s movement by being excellent examples in soci-
ety. By your efforts and motivation, millions of people across the globe have received Srila Prabhupada’s
divine books and got connected to Iskcon devotees and are thus benefiting from Sri Sri Pancha-tattva’s
divine mercy. One can learn from you how to become a pure devotee and pure preacher of Krishna
Maharaja, please bless me so I can somehow improve myself and become spiritually fit for saving myself
from offences and Maya, and developing attraction towards the name, fame, qualities and pastimes of the
Lord so that I can prepare myself to help others in Maya and go back to Godhead
Please forgive me for my offences at your lotus feet and bless me so I can succeed in bhakti
Your fallen disciple,
Balagopala dasa
Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. Jaya Srila Bhagavatpada!
I am very grateful to you as you are performing this preaching work and taking so much of pain. I am
thankful to you as you have translated Srila Prabhupada’s books in Hindi as I don’t know the English lan-
guage that well. This your mercy on conditioned souls like me. You are distributing Krsna consciousness
to the fallen people and you have delivered me. You had established a harinama centre in Chhipiwada in
2014 and I am connected to this centre. In this way you have freed me from the burden of the material
world. Your preaching is limited not only to India but to the whole world, because of which many fallen
souls will be protected from going to hell. Yad yad acarati sresthas. You have taken these words very
seriously. Srila Prabhupada was performing a tremendous amount of work, like writing literatures even
though his health was not good, similarly you do Deity worship and preaching. By preaching in cities
like Delhi and Mumbai where most of the youth is unaware of spirituality, you have rescued them from
the clutches of the material world. Otherwise they would have wasted their life in intoxication and sense
gratification. The training centres established by you have increased our bhakti and preaching to a great
extent. Hence today’s youth is very grateful to you. Maharaja ji presently I am in a pre-brahmacari train-
ing programme in New Delhi East of Kailash under the guidance of Gopibhava prabhu. I like to serve the
devotees and distribute books. Please bless me so that I take my training properly and serve the devotees
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well and distribute books. I pray for your good health.
Your insignificant servant,
Balarama
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, your commitment and faith towards Srila Prabhupada really inspires me. Srila Prabhupada
wanted you to preach in Russia and now under your guidance numerous temples have come up. He wanted
you to serve as a GBC, and 40 years later, you still are determined to serve as GBC. He wanted to have
eleven temples in Delhi. By your determination, now we have over fourteen temples in Delhi.
All of this simply displays your love for Srila Prabhupada. Due to your love, you are willing to take on any
difficulty. I recollect one instance when after a very hectic day of visiting many temples, a devotee came
up to you and asked you to take some rest. Then smilingly you replied ‘rest, is not written in my destiny’.
Guru maharaja, I do not possess any love or attachment for the parampara. Please give me the strength to
serve you, the way you serve Srila Prabhupada.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi for your good health.
Your eternally indebted servant,
Bali Prasad dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila Gurudeva!
Saḿsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam: “Just as a cloud pours water on a for-
est fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing the
blazing fire of material existence.”
My dear gurudeva, I am the most fallen of all living entities. Even after knowing the glories of guru and
Krishna, my mind doesn’t allow me to surrender unto the lotus feet of these two. Only by your causeless
mercy, my mind is able to fix up and I can grow spiritually. I always try to chant attentively and render
myself into the service of Krishna, but my mind always makes me a fool. Alas! I am not able to defeat it.
Gurudeva, you are a perfect example of a perfect disciple. You are unbeatably tolerant, humble, kind and
you possess many other qualities which are beyond my perception.
You are so merciful that you give shelter to all who come to you. Kindly accept this insignificant soul in
your shelter and accept me as your disciple.
I beg for your mercy and shelter. I know that I am not at all fit to be your disciple as I am not even follow-
ing the basics of spiritual life, and am fully engaged in maya, still due to my selfish nature, I beg for your
mercy gurudeva. By your causeless mercy only, I might be able to perform some sadhana and seva and
can please you.
Yours insignificant servant,
Benu
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet again and again. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to you!
On this most auspicious day of your appearance I would like to express my gratitude to you and let me pay
homage at the dust of your lotus feet and beg for your mercy.
Guru maharaja ji, I am totally unqualified to glorify your unlimited transcendental qualities. Please forgive
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me for any mistake.
I was given initiation by you in the year 2015 which is the unforgettable day of my life. It was only due to
your mercy that I got the opportunity to get connected to the disciplic succession.
Please bless me that I truly realize the importance of what I have got. Please make me an instrument in
fulfilling the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Guru maharaja ji, your kind heartedness and your humility is something I always see and want to learn.
And also your emphasis on Srila Prabhupada’s book distribution shows your intense love for your guru
which I also want to develop in my heart for you by adhering to your instructions. I always find your lec-
tures to be encouraging devotees to chant attentively which I try to.
I beg from you to give me intelligence so that I, the most fallen soul, remain engaged in devotional service
eternally.
Your worthless servant,
Bhageshvari devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this auspicious
day of your Vyasa-puja!
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I bow down to your lotus feet. Maharaja, I still remember the
day when I had your darshan for the first time in Kartik Vrindavana yatra in the year 2014. By Krishna’s
mercy I am fortunate to have your association especially in dhama yatras like Vrindavana yatra, Nathad-
wara yatra, Jagannatha Puri yatra by hearing from you. I don’t have enough intelligence with which I can
glorify you to the fullest. Maharaja, you are doing great service to Srila Prabhupada. Hearing from you
is always inspiring. You speak in a way that a fallen soul like me can easily understand. In your lectures
you always ask us to chant attentively, eat only Krishna prasad, read Bhagavad-gita daily, read Srila Pra-
bhupada books. Maharaja by your mercy I try to follow. Maharaja, I am your aspiring disciple. I humbly
pray to you to please accept me in the service of your lotus feet. Without the mercy of guru one cannot
get Krishna. Therefore, please accept me in the service of your lotus feet. Thank you, maharaja, for your
causeless mercy. Jaya guru maharaja! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your most insignificant servant,
Bhawna Kohli
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto the divine dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupa-
da! All glories to you gurudeva!
On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja I have got this opportunity to write about your transcen-
dental glories, although I am insignificant and feel myself incompetent to write anything about your divine
personality. By inspiration from senior Vaishnavas and your divine mercy I am trying to write something
about you.
For the last 50 years you have been continuously serving the Iskcon organization under the guidance of
Srila Prabhupada. It shows your unshakable love and devotion in your guru and Krishna.
You have all the qualities of a true saint; tolerance and genuine humility are on the top.
I pray to Lord Krishna for your long and healthy life, so that thousands and millions of sufferers are deliv-
ered from this miserable condition of life and can go back to Godhead.
Guru maharaja, it is certainly my good fortune which has awakened by Krishna’s grace, because in this
birth I got your divine shelter. But I am so stupid that I am not able to take full advantage of this opportu-
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nity and am trying hard to enjoy material happiness, which is next to impossible. I am feeling myself to be
in a very dangerous situation, but I see a hope. I have one who is ‘suhrda’, a real well-wisher of all living
creatures and he is you gurudeva.
Please bless me on this auspicious day of your divine appearance so that I always remain surrounded by
sincere, serious and genuine humble devotees, and become a servant of the servants of your humble ser-
vants and make my life a success.
Thank you,
Your most fallen disciple seeking to become an honest disciple,
Brhat Svarupa dasa
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji.
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
I am so insignificant and fallen to offer anything to you. With your mercy only, I am trying to purify my
heart to engage myself in Krishna’s devotional service.
When I got to know how you risked your life by preaching in Russia just to bring a smile on Srila Pra-
bhupada’s face, I could realise with my limited capabilities what surrender to a spiritual master actually
means. I feel encouraged towards serving my seniors when I get to see and know how hard you are work-
ing to propagate Krishna consciousness.
Your humility and love for Krishna, encourages me to be instrumental in Srila Prabhupada’s movement.
Your insignificant servant,
Chandra Prakash
Dearest Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories unto your lotus feet!
On the most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I would like to express my gratitude to you. Please let me
pay respects at the dust of your lotus feet and beg for your mercy. Maharaja ji, please be merciful unto me
so that I can follow your divine instructions and apply it to myself. I am badly engaged in materialistic
activity, which affects our quality of attentive chanting. Please remove all the material desires from my
heart and give me strength to overcome such situations, so that I can clean the unlimited anarthas from my
heart and am able to serve you. By your kind mercy I am feeling very fortunate to be under the guidance
of Antaryami Balarama prabhu ji and Ganga Shakti mata ji.
I pray that I always remain attached to the shelter of your lotus feet.
Please forgive me for any offenses and mistakes which I have committed due to my conditioning and in-
significant intelligence.
Your worthless servant,
Chandra Shekhar Rai
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances.
While my overflowing stock of impurities and foolishness are already known, rendering me unfit to speak
even a word to glorify a ‘simply wonderful’ personality like yourself, the one who is all pure, a line by
Srila Prabhupada who was himself writing this Vyasa-puja to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami
Maharaja, enables and emboldens me to muster some words, mixed with elation and awe to offer it at your
lotus feet.
“Herein lies the secret of Sri Vyasa-puja. When we meditate on the Absolute Godhead, we are proud to
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feel that we are his eternal servitors, and we become jubilant and dance with joy. All glories to my divine
master, for it is he who has out of his unceasing flow of mercy stirred up within us such a movement of
eternal existence.”
Your Holiness has consistently and tirelessly executed the mission of preaching Krsna consciousness, a
trait, which you have inherited from Srila Prabhupada and you are always engaged in thinking and execut-
ing Srila Prabhupada’s desire to print and publish books.
Your nature fits the very definition of guru and sadhu namely heavy (grave) as is your nature and the one
who cuts. The best example of the “Lamb at home and Lion outside” brand of preaching is evident in that
very famous video of your preaching in Vancouver, Canada.
Your advocacy of living among devotees and with devotees is best evident by a poem which I contemplat-
ed upon after the successful conclusion of the Jagannatha Puri yatra of January 2018:
The flashing tents and lights
Which corresponds to our hearts fresh and bright,
As we wait for guru maharaja to arrive
Who is surrounded by devotees like bees in a bee hive.
Oh! My blissful mind dizzies
As guru maharaja busies,
In showing that wonderful book all around
With such eagerness that it even leaves its author spellbound.
As the 7000 strong crowd roar
Their intellects happy to the core,
As they gather to witness the unfolding of history
But such, which maybe a few are able to unravel its mystery.
From FAQ’s to stories
Full with prasadam transported in Lorries
The trip leaves a deep impression
As it renders this humbled poet devoid of material expression.”
As I end my humble monologue I only request guru maharaja to please deliver me from the tentacles of
this nasty material world and grant me Krsna-prema so that I obtain real bliss in the very tangible spiritual
world.
May I understand, profess, follow and propagate the real import of this important pearl of Vaishnava
wisdom ‘trnad api sunicena, taror api sahisuna, amanina mana dena, kirtanya sada harih’ and with all
humility in my command, march ahead in life braving all possible disasters in every possible shape.
May I develop the taste for chanting the holy names 24 hours a day, in the mood of this couplet:
“O Glorious Vaishnavas! This frog begs your mercy
Who cherishes to follow the instructions given by the Goswamis per se,
May I even once get into a tizzy
That by chanting Krsna’s name, I be busy.”
Lastly I want more of ecstatic pastimes by the Knight in Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental Army (guru
maharaja) on this earth and so we pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parathasarathi, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri
Sita-Rama-Lakshamana and Hanumana for the fulfillment of this desire.
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja ki jaya! Jagad guru Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!
Your servants,
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Chetkar Aditya, Balesvari Sakhi devi dasi and Richa Jha
Hare Krishna my respectful Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Srila gurudeva, it is my great fortune, that I got your direct association many times. I observed that you
are very conscious of every moment about the preaching going on in different parts of the world. As a
representative of Srila Prabhupada and his mission, your words and actions consciously gives the right
message to the people and society.
Srila gurudeva, I can’t understand my great fortune due to my deep conditionings. When I see my deep
attachment to material objects, along with a strong desire to serve Srila Prabhupada, then I can understand
that it is happening due to your causeless mercy upon me.
Srila gurudeva, please give me the merciful dust of your lotus feet, so that I can be successful in your ser-
vice and in the service of Srila Prabhupada and the disciplic succession.
Your insignificant servant,
Damodar sakha dasa
Dear Maharaja ji,
Please accept my prostrated obeisances at your feet.
I am not able to observe your Vyasa-puja. But for your pleasure I am trying to observe it.
You are the greatest person because you are always trying to spread Srila Prabhupada’s instruction of hari-
nam sankirtan. You made the Iskcon Delhi Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi temple by your hard work. Every
day thousands of devotees come here and get pleasure. This has happened only because of you.
Dear maharaja ji, you are ill, but despite that you are preaching and spreading harinama. I saw you and
your shining face, always in a calm condition, which is a symptom of a perfect devotee. You are so merci-
ful and such a helpful person. You are great soul. I pray to God to always help you in Srila Prabhupada’s
mission and keep your body always in a perfect condition.
Your servant,
Debashish
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
Please accept our humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
We are not able to glorify you. Even if we don’t have any words to glorify such an exalted Vaishnava like
you, still by your causeless mercy we are trying.
Maharaja’s transcendental smile and caring attitude attracts each and every living entity. Maharaja is so
caring even towards the animals and trees, that when he goes for the morning walk, sometimes maharaja
stops nearby a tree and starts chanting for their benefit.
Maharaja cares so much about each and every devotee. I just wanted to share an instance which happened
with us. Some months back we went to meet maharaja without an appointment, and we were sitting in
the waiting room. All of a sudden maharaja came out from the room and he said he will be back after 20
minutes and will meet us. After that we went for the darshan of the Lord and when we came back then we
got to know maharaja is specially waiting for us.
Maharaja’s care and concern is for each and every devotee of the temple. While meeting with devotees
maharaja didn’t get the time to take lunch prasad even at 8:00 o’clock in the evening.
I want to thank Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Sita-Rama-Lakshmana and Hanu-
mana and Srila Prabhupada for giving us your association.
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Although I am a very insignificant soul, still I like to pray for your good health. May you always remain
with us.
Your most fallen servants,
Deepak Kataria and Kalpana Kirti devi dasi
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
Dandavat pranam.
Actually I am not qualified to write this but for my purity I am writing. I just want to say that your preach-
ing mission inspired me a lot to take initiation from you. Please shower your unconditional mercy on me.
Your servant,
Deepak Singh
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to you!
One may be able to count the grains of sand in the sea, one may count the stars in the sky, one may mea-
sure water in the sea but nobody can count or measure your mercy, qualities and your character except
Sri Krishna. But I have faith in your causeless mercy, that I will able to glorify your divine qualities. I am
very fortunate that I got an opportunity to glorify my father His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maha-
raja. Although a child has no complete knowledge about his father, but if a child has a desire to glorify his
father, then the father gets pleased to hear his child’s desire, so immediately the father gives the potency
and blessing in the heart of his child to write about him. As Srila Prabhupada said, I did not write the Sri-
mad-Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita, Krishna book, but it was written by Krishna Himself. Similarly by your
potency and blessing you will glorify yourself through me.
Gurudeva you appeared on this planet on the most auspicious day of Annada Ekadashi, on August 14,
1944, in New Delhi, India and you came here to deliver the fallen souls. You are so kind that you gave
me shelter in the dust of your divine lotus feet. As Srila Prabhupada devoted his whole life to preach the
message of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura you have devoted your life to preach the mood and
mission of Srila Prabhupada.
I have never seen God but I can see his characteristics and quality within you, how you delivered the
fallen souls as Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu did in his pastimes they delivered Jagai and
Madhai and you deliver thousands of Jagais and Madhais. As I know that an animal cannot take the holy
name of the Lord but it is completely wrong, because I am the example, my entire life was spent like an
animal, but by your mercy I am taking holy name of the Lord. When I saw you first time in inauguration
of second floor of Neelanchal Bace, you said how Srila Prabhupada was going door to door for getting one
man to spread Krishna consciousness, but when you saw thousands of devotees surround you, you started
to cry. You are an embodiment of Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Siksastakam that is why you always say please
be humble. If one wants to imbibe the qualities as told in Siksastakam one must learn it by seeing you and
following your instructions as it is. You teach others by your own example, we have seen that your health
is not good still you come in the altar, even if there is no need for you to come, as you are very dear to Srila
Prabhupada and Krishna. You perform all these activities in order to teach your disciples. Srila Prabhupa-
da used to say I do not want many stars, but I want one moon. You are that Moon and it is not the moon
we see in the sky because this moon spreads his light 15 days in a month and 15 days it is dark, but there
is no darkness within you. Someone says you are like the sun, but gurudeva, when the sun gives heat in
summer all living being suffer, and now in the present situation global warming is increasing day by day,
therefore you cannot be the cause of suffering of all living beings, but if someone takes shelter your divine
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lotus feet he gets sheetal as well as he get free from all material suffering.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura said in his song Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu has brought the medicine that
will wipe out the disease of illusion from which we are suffering. Take the holy name of the Hare Krishna
maha-mantra. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura says: “I fall at the Lord’s feet, having taken this mahā-mantra
but although I am not qualified to be present as dust at your lotus feet, and even I have never begged for
harinama but still you have deliberately given it to me, this is your mercy and greatness.”
In every situation you never lose your peace. You always have a smiling face as Krishna keeps smiling
even at the time of the battle in the battlefield of Kurukshetra.
You are engaged in inspiring and completing many of the largest Iskcon temples. Under your guidance
these temples are playing a leading role in spreading the divine message of Srimad Bhagavad-gita As It
Is, spoken by the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna about 5,000 years back, as also other Vedic literatures. These
temples are playing a leading role in college preaching, corporate preaching, as well as preaching in in-
stitutions like the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), engineering colleges and many other management
institutes, inspiring students, philosophers, academicians, politicians, intellectuals and even hard-core
atheists. Some of these temples have stood first in the world in distribution of Vedic literatures. Iskcon
Delhi is like a moon in the entire sky, because it has distributed the most number of books among masses
because of your purity.
By your mercy Iskcon, Delhi Mid-day Meal program is at the moment serving a staggering 1, 75, 000
meals everyday, feeding hungry children of Delhi, Noida, Faridabad and Kurukshetra. Very soon, the ad-
joining areas and cities would be covered under the scheme. United Nations - World Food Program has
appreciated this noble program and has agreed to provide technical assistance. The Government of India
also acknowledges these noble efforts and the State Governments all around want to expand this project
to other cities of their respective States.
All these spiritual activities are just a glimpse of your deep commitment and surrender to Srila Prabhu-
pada, your untiring, dedicated efforts, selfless compassionate nature and inner conviction to spread the
mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu globally.
Srila Prabhupada always admired your qualities of head and heart, and he once remarked, “Gopal is a very
nice boy and he must be encouraged”. Even hard core atheists are attracted to your graceful simplicity.
Every encounter, every gesture and every answer brings out the inner conviction you have, in the mission
you have embraced.
On this auspicious day I am begging for your mercy so that I can follow your instructions as it is. For a
conditioned soul it is impossible to follow the instruction as it is, definitely he will commit mistakes but
you are an ocean of mercy, so punish me as per my mistakes, but please keep me as a dust particle at your
divine lotus feet and please forgive me for my offences.
Your insignificant servant,
Devasretha Nitai dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
It is not possible to glorify our dear guru maharaja with limited words. Every glorification is like beauti-
fying the sky from varying angles.
I happen to be with guru maharaja for sometime due to his causeless mercy. He is so humble, caring, tol-
erant, concerned with every being and temple seva, and thankful for every puny service offered. We are
really blessed that he has adopted us and is providing us with enormous protection, fulfilling Mahapra-
bhu’s vani.
We wish and pray to the Almighty Sri Sri Radha-Shyamasundara, that we should always be blessed and
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protected by guru maharaja and follow the path shown by him.
Your fallen servants,
Dwarkadhish dasa, Jyoti Rupa devi dasi and Vasudeva
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Mukam karoti vachalam pangum langhayate girim, yat kripa tam aham vande sri gurum dine taranam.
Guru maharaja you are a divine ideal personality who is merciful to materially bound souls. You are very
close to Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupada. You are always working hard for Lord Krishna and Srila
Prabhupada and have no self-motive. You always think about fallen souls like us and take all our miseries
away. As written in the shastras:
vipadah santo ta sasvat tatra tatra jagad guru
bhavatah tarshanam yat syat apunah bhava darshan
“You go to insane places for preaching, where all circumstances are opposite. When other people listen to
their hearts get transformed. I am a fallen soul who came near to this sea after so many births. My condi-
tion is still like stool worm, who went back to the stool when brought back. In this way he is wandering
between spirituality and material life. Now I have no other way by which I can come out of this illusory
ocean. Only your causeless mercy can bring me out.”
So, my only desire and prayer is is to do service for Lord and His devotees, so that I could gain attachment
to the Lord’s holy name and follow your divine instructions.
Your insignificant servant,
Dwarkanath Hrishikesh dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to you, gurudeva on this auspicious
day!
Guru maharaja, I read your articles daily, and your spiritual thoughts, on social media. I really feel enthu-
siastic in my spiritual life,
By your mercy only we as souls are connected to Krishna, not only this, people across the world are con-
nected with Krishna consciousness through your unlimited selfless service and unending spiritual energy.
Jaya gurudeva!
guru brahma guru visnu guru devo maheswara
guru saksad param brahma tasmai sri gurave namah
Guru maharaja, your selfless love for Srila Prabhupada and to fulfill his goals, your hardships, and your
struggles is an example for all of us. You have saved millions of souls from the sufferings of this material
world. Jaya gurudeva!
Guru maharaja, as the river flows towards its destination, in the same manner you have engaged the devo-
tees in the divine service of Their Lordships, through the construction of temples across the world. There
is no limit to your glories!
On this auspicious day, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi and Narasimhadeva to remove all the obsta-
cles from your path and always keep you in good health.
On the day of your appearance I want to thank you for accepting me as your disciple and please bless me
so that I always serve you and spread Krishna consciousness everywhere.
Your humble servant,
Ekamurti Radha devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Every year, on your glorious Vyasa-puja, your disciples make an offering to you. I often wonder what can
I offer to you?! I have written several times about how lowly I am and how unworthy I am of your mercy.
But today as I make this yet another offering, those words ring hollow in my ears. I may have written those
innumerable times, but I haven’t meant them even once.
Maharaja, my inability to follow your instructions and my stubborn determination to remain anchored
to my material existence, are testimony to my façade and duplicity. You have always been very kind to
me. You have always egged me on, lovingly and with patience, waiting for my faltering steps. Although
you have exemplified Vaishnava character and behaviour, I have perennially failed to emulate you. Your
simplicity, humility and determination to adhere to the words of your spiritual master have always been
marvellous feats for followers of Krishna consciousness.
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, I pray at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Shyamasun-
dara, that They may bestow you with good health so that you may surge ahead as an ideal disciple and an
ideal guru. It is my greatest fortune that I have attained the shelter of a stalwart disciple like you. Maharaja,
please continue to be merciful to me, for your mercy is my only hope. I am so singularly unqualified that
although by Krishna’s mercy I have attained your shelter I am unable to make use of the opportunity.
I humbly pray at your lotus feet, to shower your blessings on me, so that I may follow your instruction.
Please continue to hold my finger even if I seem to rebel and walk away. I am in need of your shelter, so
that I may become serious in spiritual life. You, and you alone can help me to become a worthy follower
of Srila Prabhupada.
Praying for your good health and unflinching faith in Srila Prabhupada.
Your insignificant servant,
Ganga Shakti devi dasi
Our most respected and revered Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada ji!
Your appearance day is indeed a benediction for us personally. Further, for your disciples, our Iskcon
society, for humanity from all different parts of the planet. Your tireless endeavour to please your spiri-
tual master Srila Prabhupada, is the perfect exemplified teaching for us to follow. Your glorious achieve-
ments are ever-increasing. Your preaching, lectures and dealings with devotees, care for the whole society,
laughing glances, constant unending force of devotion to Sri guru and Gauranga, shall ever-remain for us
as an ideal life to follow. We understand it very well that all the mercy is in your instructions, so please
give us whatever it needs to stick to your simple but soul-saving instructions. Please make us recipients
of your causeless mercy, by engaging us in divine service always. Please accept us as one of your close
associates, either scold us or chastise us, treat us in any way you desire, but please always stay with us.
Your insignificant servants,
Gaurangi Yasoda devi dasi, Radhika and Sachinandana Nimai dasa
Dear Srila Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet on this most auspicious occasion of
your Vyasa-puja. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
guru-krsna prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija
Among all the living entities wandering throughout the universe, one who is most fortunate comes in con-
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devotional service.
Guru maharaja, your divine grace created my good fortune, otherwise there was no hope for a sinful soul
like me to accept this path of Krishna consciousness. I remember the day, after Srimad-Bhagavatam class
in Delhi temple in 2004, you asked me, “Do you chant 16 rounds everyday?” I replied, “Guru maharaja,
I want to but am not able to. It seems difficult.” You mercifully gave me your divine garland and said,
“Chant 16 rounds everyday.” From that day onwards I am chanting 16 rounds everyday. As Srila Bhaktiv-
inoda Thakura says, krsna se tomar krsna dite paro tomar sakati ache. I got strength to chant holy names
only by your causeless mercy.
Guru maharaja, my heart is full of anarthas and aparadhas which stops me from chanting purely. The way
you blessed me to chant 16 rounds, kindly bless me so that I may chant attentively and purely for your’s
and Krishna’s pleasure.
Guru maharaja, you are 100% Prabhupadanuga. You have staunch belief in the words of Srila Prabhupada
and you are repeating his words as it is. Your love and dedication to follow the instructions of your guru
melts my heart.
You are my eternal spiritual father and have given me everything, but I feel very sorry and guilty that I
am not doing anything meaningful in your mission to serve Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada mentions
in B.g. 4. 34 Purport, “The satisfaction of a self-realized spiritual master is the secret of advancement in
spiritual life.” Guru maharaja, please bless me with the strength and qualities so that I may also please you
and serve you the way you want me to do.
jogyata-vicare, kichu nahi pai
tomar karuna sara
karuna na hoile, kandiya kandiya
prana na rakhibo ara
“If you examine me, you will find no qualities. Your mercy is all that I am made of. If you are not merciful
unto me, I can only weep, and I will not able to maintain my life.”
Begging forgiveness for my countless offenses. Thank you for everything.
Your spiritual daughter,
Golokavasini devi dasi
My dear Gurü Mähäräja,
I beg to offer my most fallen obeisances at your divine lotus feet a thousand times.
You are a bona fide representative of Srila Vyäsadeva, and hence you are entitled to receive a Vyäsa-püjä
offering every year. I find myself totally inadequate in expressing my debt of gratitude to you.
In your dealings, you manifest all the qualities of an ideal Vaishnava. Your every thought, word, and ex-
ample is exactly in accordance with Srila Prabhupada’s teachings. Dear gurü mähäräja, I was amazed to
see your humility and you take so much pain to push on Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s movement- I saw
in Raipur, you were going to every devotee, even those who were just a few years in the movement, and
requesting them, “Please cooperate with each other and our only goal should be to build this temple as
soon as possible. We need everyone and should not reject anyone”.
One of the most dear services to Srila Prabhupäda is book distribution, which is your dear service also.
You are very pleased if devotees try to distribute books. You have conviction that Srila Prabhupäda’s
purports are “the only hope for the entire human society”. By your causeless mercy gurü mähäräja, New
Bhakta Program here has distributed 45000 maha books. By your mercy even unqualified persons like us
can also become instruments to spread Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s message. Your divine inspiration and
enthusiasm to spread the glories of Srila Prabhupäda all over the world (ebe jasa ghusuk tribhuvana) even
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at such an advanced age gives us a lot of inspiration to distribute books. You don’t waste even a moment.
Your famous instruction, “difficulty in the path of Krsna consciousness is a festival for devotees” gave me
a lot of strength to do the service.
“In this way, many temples were gradually constructed. For preaching, construction of temples is also
necessary. The Gosvämis not only engaged in writing books but also constructed temples because both
are needed for preaching work. Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu wanted the cult of His sankirtana movement to
spread all over the world. Now that the International Society for Krishna consciousness has taken up this
task of preaching the cult of Lord Caitanya, its members should not only construct temples in every town
and village of the globe but also distribute the books that have already been written, and further increase
the number of books. Both distribution of books and construction of temples must continue side by side in
parallel lines.” [C.c. Antya-lila 7.164]. You are exactly following the mood of the guru parampara. Srila
Prabhupäda wanted a Big temple in New Delhi- A big Vedic Cultural centre and many satellite temples in
surrounding regions (Now known as NCR) you made this come true. Also, many other temples have been
built under your supervision, including Iskcon Mirä Road, Iskcon Kharghar and others.
In Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Lord Krsna is advising Arjuna from various angles to perform his prescribed
duty without attachment to the result. This is the only means of purification for the conditioned soul. Gurü
mähäräja, you also always check whether all the resident devotees are fully engaged. You lay a lot of stress
on this and become very anxious if a devotee isn’t fully engaged.
Srila Prabhupäda used to say, “Please don’t take away my privilege to serve Krsna”. You follow in his
footsteps, gurü mähäräja. Bad health does not stop you from attending to your responsibilities- Taking
calls, meeting devotees, attending meetings, deity worship.
A pure devotee is very attached to his devotional service and can’t give it under any circumstances. This
is evident in your person.
Pure devotees are the only hope for the fallen conditioned souls.
When one devotee approached your divine grace and told you about his fallen condition, you immediately
encouraged him to continue devotional service and you used take feedback about him regularly. Thank
you for teaching us not to reject anyone and always try to engage everyone in Krishna’s service.
One day by your causeless mercy, I got the opportunity to cook for you. Although your health was not
good and the preparation which I made hadn’t come out well, still, to encourage me and make me happy,
you took it and you gave a feedback, “very good”. You always encourage your dependants in serving
Krsna. Thank you for accepting prasädam from the most fallen person. There is no limit to your kindness.
My only desire in my life is to please you and act as you want me to act, every moment.
In the Adi-lilä of the Caitanya-caritämrta, it is described how the spiritual master of Lord Caitanya said
to Him, “My dear child, continue dancing, chanting, and performing sankirtana in the association of dev-
otees. Furthermore, go out and preach the value of chanting Krishna-nama, for by this process you will be
able to deliver all fallen souls.” Gurü mähäräja, I know this is also your desire. On this auspicious day, I
beg for your causeless mercy so that I may be fixed in executing your divine instructions and helping to
propagate the sankirtana movement.
In conclusion, on this most auspicious day, I just want to beg for your mercy so that I keep serving you.
Please bless me.
Your insignificant servant,
Gopi Bhava dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
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Dear guru maharaja, you are so merciful to have accepted me as your disciple. You accepted a fallen con-
ditioned soul as me, as your disciple. That is your biggest mercy on me. That shows how compassionate
you are my dear guru maharaja.
You teach by your example, the importance of morning programs that even if you have not taken rest you
still come to mangala-arati and perform Deity worship.
You are always engaged in preaching Krishna consciousness, even if your health is not good. To ensure
that there is no obstruction in the preaching, you even ignore your health. You are “para dukha dukhi” very
distressed to see the living entities away from Krishna, suffering. Your only desire is to make everyone a
devotee of Krishna, so that they may become happy. My dear guru maharaja you are an ocean of qualities
that an insignificant living entity like me cannot express.
I am extremely grateful to your divine grace, for accepting me as your disciple, you gave me a new birth.
By your kind mercy my separation from the Lord has decreased. Please be merciful unto me guru ma-
haraja, so that I may become your humble servant and always be in devotee association and follow your
instructions always.
Yours insignificant servant,
Guna Sagar Nitai dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Hare Krishna! Kindly accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet.
Today is an honour and privilege to be present here on the most auspicious occasion of your 74th appear-
ance day celebration on this planet.
You have uncountable transcendental qualities in an incomputable quantity. I am mentioning a few known
to me just as a drop of the super vast ocean.
In this Golden Jubilee of your unmotivated and uninterrupted service to Srila Prabhupada, you continue
brilliantly contributing to Iskcon’s major projects. You are on a never stopping Marathon of Iskcon proj-
ects for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada! Surely Srila Prabhupada takes pride in you as his dear disciple.
You know the heart of Srila Prabhupada is in book publication and distribution. You are nourishing his
heart continuously in both, by printing books in many languages in huge quantities. And their distribution
for the real welfare of the world population.
You are a fluent talker guru maharaja ji. Like this businessman who visited our Temple and you expertly
preached to him. Outcome he gave more than nine million rupees for Iskcon Books. Your about ten min-
utes preaching resulted in about 2,40,000 transcendental books distribution.
You are highly learned. The Chairman of a telecom company met yourself during 2017 Book Marathon.
You preached to him and he agreed to participate in Srila Prabhupada’s book distribution, influenced by
your vast knowledge on both spiritual and material topics. Result he very fast got more than seven million
rupees from his friends for Srila Prabhupada’s books.
You preached Krishna consciousness to the managing director of a transportation company boldly and
quickly. You explained to him about Srila Prabhupada’s books. After effect was 110,000 Iskcon Books.
Not only he purchased 60,000 for his company but also got another 50,000 books distributed through his
known friend.
The managing director of a power company you preached to in the Temple. He ordered about 39,000 Isk-
con Books. These have been distributed in places where there is no Iskcon Temple. In different locations
of Himachal Pradesh State.
Your god-brothers tell us that to reach out to the prominent persons of the world; you are the genius and
expert Iskcon preacher to engage them in the service of Srila Prabhupada according to time, place and
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circumstances. Like one high ranking Government official you preached to- you aptly inspired him to help
in Iskcon’s Food Distribution Program. Outcome was that he arranged to donate 77 million rupees to us;
land plus sustainable funds to establish and run the Mid-Day Meal program in Ranchi/Jharkhand. This
happened by your super expert preaching guru maharaja ji.
You are always very caring for devotees. As you are unable to bear another’s distress. Despite your very
busy schedule you take out time to help the devotees in many ways, by your personal warm touch and
quick practical solutions. Recently, your god-brother was ill. You sacrificed your personal well-trained
disciple cook to go to him in June 2018 and serve him besides providing him other necessities. This is just
one example guru maharaja ji where you are always compassionate and you help in removing the anxieties
and stress of devotees.
Your transcendental time management is captivating. Always- you are at the right place at the right time!
You are like Narada Muni ji. Your phone call(s); your email; your sending a devotee to another devotee;
your coming in devotees’ dream; it is all inconceivable. And simply wonderful. You are continuously
serving Srila Prabhupada!
You know what is in the heart of people guru maharaja ji. You know more about them than they know
themselves. You see the future. And caution devotees in advance with your transcendental advice and in-
structions to help them to progress in their Krishna consciousness.
Your god-brothers tell us that your tolerance is more than the width of our Universe. You tolerate and
combined with your humility, and showering pure love. You win people’s hearts, and engage them in the
service of Krishna.
You are forgiving instantly for offences towards yourself, and are mercifully engaging person(s) in devo-
tional service. This is your magnanimity guru maharaja ji.
You are a linguist guru maharaja ji. Speaking English, French; Hindi; Punjabi; Russian and the heart lan-
guage. You expand in their hearts and help people become Krishna conscious.
Iskcon’s festivals at Sri Mayapur dhama; Lord Jagannatha Ratha-yatras; Kartik festival at Sri Vrindavana
dhama; Janamashtami; Russian Black Sea festival; many more you inspire both the classes and masses to
participate and march on the way to Krishna. The Ratha-yatra at Ludhiana spearheaded by yourself is a
benchmark for Iskcon worldwide.
You gave a title “You Can Be Happy.” It is a KIT with Iskcon Books. It has got a good response from many
people and in a short time helped to distribute half a million books where normally Iskcon Books are dif-
ficult to distribute. By your kind grace we hope to distribute maximum books presently and in future thru
KITS medium also. Plus “MY” KIT - “Meditation Yoga” Kit to masses thru classes.
Your memory is super sharp guru maharaja ji. Like in the case of a daughter in US Chicago. When she was
about 5 years; yourself met her family in India. After about 20 years she came to Iskcon program in Chica-
go. You asked her how she was; about her family; her mother? She was completely astonished as how you
recognized her because she was 5 years then when you had met them; and you remembered everything?
You remember everything guru maharaja ji by the grace of Lord Krishna!
You are a prominent person from Goloka Vrindavana, who is specially sent by Lord Krishna to assist Srila
Prabhupada eternally and you are my Super Hero guru maharaja ji!
On this auspicious day, I beg for forgiveness for my many failures and shortcomings. I pray to you that I
may always remember you and your instructions and follow them. I beg that you may kindly always keep
me at your lotus feet and never disown me.
All glories to you guru maharaja ji! Thanking you always.
Your eternal servant,
Hanuman dasa
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Dearest Gurudeva,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We are so happy to celebrate your wonderful appearance day in New Delhi this year. Last year, we had
seen you live from Russia. Hope this year we will participate and do some service during the celebration.
On this auspicious day, and every day I pray for the blessings of my dear god-brothers and god-sisters to
allow me to remain in the shelter of your lotus feet. I have realised the importance of your message. You
constantly emphasize that Srila Prabhupada’s Iskcon is a family and we should all live together peacefully
to enhance our spiritual life.
Guru maharaja, you are such a super preacher in this material world, every time you speak amazing words
useful for me. I feel these words are specially for me. We follow your instructions carefully, your special
instruction to read more and to preach during pre-interview for 2nd initiation. Hope we will fulfill your
wishes with your mercy.
Guru maharaja, with your mercy and support of Sahasnetra Prabhu and several other Vaishnavas, this
March 2018 we started a new Ashraya group in the ashram. Serious devotees are selected from the ashram.
The Namahatta class, is going on every Saturday. Recently we organized a Pandal program in the ashram,
and around 400+ persons attended the sankirtana, dance and drama and lecture delivered by Sunder Gopal
prabhu ji during the pandal program.
All glories to you! All glories to you! All glories to you!
Vyasa-puja maha-mahotsava ki jaya!
Your servant and disciples,
Hari Priya dasa and Akarsini Gopi devi dasi
Hare Krishna dear Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami,
A true soldier of the Spiritual Army of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. I
listen to his lectures which are making my soul very calm and they help me realize that whatever happened
in my life was by the mercy of guru and Krishna.
I pray to the Lord for a long life for His Holiness Sri Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja ji, so that we can
get his grace through his lecture and his blessings.
May Lord protect you and give you enough strength to spread the spiritual mission of jagad guru Srila
Prabhupada. Guru maharaja ji ki jaya!
Your humble servant,
Ishvari Kripa devi dasi
Dear and most respected Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to
Srila Prabhupada!
You are truly Srila Prabhupada’s man, an ocean of compassion and an exemplification of humility. Be-
cause of your compassion, so many fallen souls have been privileged to practice Krishna consciousness,
which was otherwise nowhere in their life’s plan.
You are a tireless captain of Srila Prabhupada’s Army and in this old age also, you are taking all risks to
travel so much. It could be an easier thing for you to be stationed at one place and then devotees could
come and meet you there, but no, you are always on the move and personally want to go and inspire ev-
eryone in Krishna consciousness, and inspire everyone to distribute more of Srila Prabhupada’s books.
Your have enormous responsibilities in Iskcon, and these are only increasing. But along with all these re-
sponsibilities, you have a very strong personal sadhana and worship schedule, which remains unaffected
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by your exhaustive travelling and back to back meetings. Because of your being so empowered by Srila
Prabhupada and the whole parampara, you seem to have unlimited time and energy to keep going on.
You are so easy to access, and anyone can just move in and meet you and you always give us your time. In
case you are able to give less time someday, because of your flight schedule or any other reason, you keep
saying, ”sorry, sorry …sorry I am not able to give proper time today, I will meet you again” even though
the person may not even have any pre appointment to meet you.
Your lectures are very simple and you always emphasize and reiterate what Srila Prabhupada wants us to
do. You have full faith in the process and you are giving that faith to all of us. Sometimes when we feel
low because of our own attachments and anarthas, a glance, a smile from you is sufficient to take us out
of ignorance and put us on the right path. Your association is so very essential for us.
Because of your causeless mercy alone, I am trying to practice Krishna consciousness and I am so happy
that you have kept us in the shelter of your dedicated servant, Ajanma Krishna prabhu ji.
My only lamentation is that I am not able to become the kind of devotee you are instructing us to become.
I have no taste for chanting and reading, and I am affected by the influence of lust, envy and pride. Your
causeless mercy is my only hope to overcome my anarthas and be rightly situated. I wish to become a
properly situated devotee and please you by doing that. Please bless me maharaja and engage us in your
service always.
Please forgive me for my unlimited offenses unto you and the devotees.
Your fallen servant,
Jai Narayan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I am the most fallen soul, patita pavana in this material world, and you are the only one who can give me
eternal love towards Sri Sri Radha and Krsna, so I beg you to please bestow your mercy upon me and bless
me, so that I can keep myself engaged in service towards all Vaishnavas.
I was in deepest darkness before coming to Iskcon. Because of your mercy I have seen a small spiritual
light which I need to follow. Please guide me and bless me so that I keep myself engaged in service to-
wards your lotus feet.
Lot of difficulties are around me which are trying to take me to the deepest darkness of the materialis-
tic world, and without your mercy I would toss in the hands of the material energy. Please bless me for
strength so that I keep myself engaged in the service of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna.
Your most fallen and novice disciple,
Kalpataru Hari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada ki jaya! His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami
Maharaja ki jaya!
We have been very fortunate to receive the blessings of gurudeva. We have come to realize the real goal
of life (going back home back to Godhead). Actually guru maharaja teaches by his acharan the true mean-
ing of a devotee. Like in a recent lecture he emphasized that a devotee should follow the teachings of his
guru even if the guru is not present there physically. We have now come to know the dangers of sense of
gratification. Our sense organs are venomous serpents which keep on degrading us. The lectures of Srila
Prabhupada, guru maharaja and that of senior devotees have made us aware that we have to be always
alert and careful so that we don’t become servants of our senses. We have learnt that if we put our heart
and mind in the service of Lord our senses will get purified.
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By hearing, reading and service we get benefitted. It teaches us that a true disciple should be disciplined,
dedicated, enthusiastic, patient, confident and have the urge to reach his goal (of going back home back
to Godhead). Srila Prabhupada’s lectures are so practical that any layman can easily understand and apply
the concepts in their lives. We have learnt the importance of selfless service. We have also realized the
immense happiness it gives.
Every book of Srila Prabhupada emphasizes the importance of regular japa of maha-mantra Hare Krish-
na Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/ Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare which has
turned my life to be better. I have become more selfless by your grace.
Whenever we listen to your lectures we feel that every word you say goes directly in our heart. Your words
contain so much selflessness and warmth, that we feel so peaceful from inside after listening to them.
As per the instruction of gurudeva, we are supposed to read slokas from Bhagavad-gita and-Bhagavatam
on a daily basis. These transcendental books help us progress on the path of Krishna consciousness and
develop qualities that will help us surrender to the will of the Lord and to remain satisfied in every situa-
tion. Everytime we read these books we feel that all our queries are being solved. We learn how at that age
you used to get up early and write for us without caring about yourself. Following your footprints we try
to do, what pleases our gurudeva.
Even when we go to give lectures, we feel that you are giving the lectures. We are just delivering your
words. It is your grace that you have chosen us for this service. Otherwise we are not even a dust particle
in front of you.
In book distribution service, our siksha guru advised us to pray to gurudeva and the Lord for success. With
their advice we experienced that we always get help from gurudeva and the Lord for the same. Every time
by the mercy of guru maharaja while doing the calling seva we sincerely pray to Krishna, Srila Prabhu-
pada, gurudeva to make us do more devotional service and be more Krishna conscious for Their pleasure.
Srila Prabhupada please help us to be your servant.
Yours most fallen soul,
Kanchan Agarwal
Dearest Guru Maharaja,
I offer my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
I don’t have any qualification to glorify you with my limited mind and intelligence. Still I would like to
say something so that it will purify me to serve you better.
First of all thank you very much for accepting me as your disciple despite my ineligibility. Please bless me
guru maharaja so that I may follow your instructions and stay firm in Krishna consciousness.
Guru maharaja, your dedication and enthusiasm to serve Srila Prabhupada, even at this age with such un-
favorable health conditions, is truly inspirational. So many devotees are benefitted by your dedication for
opening so many temples and centres all around and I was one of them who got connected and got your
shelter.
I just wonder what would have happened if you had not come?
Guru maharaja, I very easily get driven by maya, but your remembrance makes me realize my duty.
I sincerely pray to you to bless me to follow your instructions without motivation and uninterruptedly, just
to please you. I pray to you to bless me with devotees’ association. Please bless me guru maharaja so that
I may get rid of duality and preach strongly at every opportunity.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi for your long life and good health so that you may keep delivering
fallen souls like me. On this most auspicious day I beg for mercy at your lotus feet to please forgive me
for my offences.
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All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Your insignificant servant,
Kaunteya Sakha dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I am trying to write a few words to give you as my offering on the auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja.
This is my first offering and therefore, I am feeling unfit even to offer my greetings. Maharaja, I am your
aspirant student. I have heard from the devotees about your qualities and that you are compassionately
distributing Krsna-prema in every city and village of the world without discrimination. Wherever you go,
your presence makes that place ‘pavitra’ pure, and by just seeing you, others are also becoming pure. You
are very dear to Srila Prabhupada as you are helping him like a sincere disciple, to spread the message of
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
I pray to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai that They bestow Their mercy for your good health.
Hare Krsna!
Your aspirant servant,
Kavita Kardam
My dear beloved Spiritual Master,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Although I have no qualities and no qualification to glorify you, but I am trying to glorify you to purify my
heart. Due to your causeless and unconditional mercy you have rid the darkness which was lurking in my
heart from many births. Just because of your mercy I got a chance to serve you, Lord Gauranga and Srila
Prabhupada. O my beloved spiritual master, please have mercy on me, so that I can also serve you very
nicely and enthusiastically, without any fruitive desires.
Dear guru maharaja you have done many projects for Srila Prabhupada’s mission and you follow his in-
structions very seriously, like book distribution and making temples all over India. Please maharaja give
me your blessings so that I can also serve you. Your humble and calm manner towards every soul makes
you very compassionate. Dear guru maharaja as you have instructed me to distribute the books of Srila
Prabhupada, I am trying to follow those instructions on a daily basis. May Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi ji
shower Their mercy upon you so that you always remain healthy and guide fallen souls like me in this
material world.
Your insignificant servant,
Kirti Krsna dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to guru
Maharaja!
Dear guru maharaja, you have been so merciful unto me, you have given your mercy even to a fallen con-
ditioned soul as me.
You are following the instructions of your spiritual master by preaching Krishna consciousness all over
the world, without considering your health. Thank guru maharaja.
Your insignificant servant,
Lalan Singh
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Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and your divine
grace!
Though I am totally unqualified to write about your glories, which are unlimited, but I’ll try to make an
attempt for my own purification.
Guru maharaja, you are very humble and magnanimous. Even though you have a hectic and tiring sched-
ule, still you give time to anyone who comes to meet you. You don’t care for your own health and work
very hard for spreading the Krsna consciousness movement. On a particular occasion I got a chance to get
your personal association. I saw that inspite of being very tired due to full day travelling, you still gave
your valuable time and association and inspired us to carry on with the devotional activities. You have
totally dedicated yourself for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna.
yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
yasyā ‘prasādān na gatiḥ kuto ‘pi
dhyāyan stuvaṁs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaṁ
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
Without the mercy of the spiritual master, we cannot make any advancement.
Therefore I desire to have a little bit of the service mood that you have and seek your blessings that I can
also develop that attitude towards the service of the Lord and His devotees, so that I can serve and please
you.
The pure devotional service is very very rare. By your mercy, I have got the chance to even think of that.
Now I pray unto your lotus feet that I may develop the proper mood and serve you under the guidance of
your expert disciples.
Aspiring to be your disciple,
Laveen
My most respectful and beloved Guru Maharaja,
All glories to my guru maharaja His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja, a very dear disciple of
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Kindly accept my humblest obeisances unto
your most compassionate lotus feet, wherein the entire mercy of ocean resides.
A fallen soul like me, have been aspiring to become your disciple but without any qualifications. Mahara-
ja, you are most merciful despite my being unqualified in all respects, you out of your unbounded mercy
gave me shelter at your lotus feet and gave me initiation on 16th Nov 2017.
When I first met maharaja, I started trembling before guru maharaja, I was thinking Maharaja would
ask me questions from scriptures or would ask me to recite some slokas from Srimad Bhagavad-gita or
Srimad-Bhagavatam, instead maharaja’s first question was “ Are you enjoying in bhakti and is my chant-
ing going well ? And second question, “What do I do professionally? Although these were the simplest
questions with easiest answers, since it was my first interaction with guru maharaja, I did not know how
to respond, and hesitatingly I said “Prabhu ji, I am Marketing Manager.” Maharaja smiled very gracefully
and said that he should be addressed as “Maharaja”. At once I realized my blunder but maharaja did not
make me feel uncomfortable or embarrassed and at the other hand corrected me appropriately, only a most
elevated person in the line of Gaudiya Vaishnavism can possess these divine qualities. The aura and charm
of maharaja make us realize that only taking the shelter at the lotus feet of our guru maharaja can lead us
in the right path, the path of true bhakti.
It is truly described here in Gurv-astakam:
sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair
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uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ
kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
My guru maharaja wants that all living entities should become free from the clutches of maya, the illusory
energy of the Lord, and all living entities become liberated from birth, old age, disease and death. To over-
come these hurdles namely birth, old age, disease and death, Maharaja instructs us to chant “attentively”
minimum 16 rounds daily and on Ekadashi or special days 25 rounds and engage ourselves in sevas to
fulfill the mission of Srila Prabhupada which leads us to go back to the Kingdom of God “Goloka Vrin-
davana dhama”. Maharaja, your instructions seem very simple but in essence they are very profound and
must be followed in the greatest spirit and enthusiasm, then the ultimate goal is not very far and can easily
be accomplished.
I must reiterate that maharaja’s instructions, and by following them sincerely, pleases our maharaja very
much, especially transcendental book distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books. And study these books
religiously. Nityam bhagavata sevaya.
Our most beloved guru maharaja is an embodiment of mercy, love and compassion. Your Holiness has
been spreading the messages of Krishna consciousness in the entire world, what to speak of India! When
we see the sincerity and devotion of Vaishnava devotees from Russia, we feel very inspired and motivated
about the hard work put in by your Holiness without having any consideration of your health.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi to keep you in good health forever, and your Holiness always remains
instrumental in improving the “spiritual health” of the conditioned souls in this material world.
I pray and humbly submit to my guru maharaja to please keep bestowing your mercy upon me and many
more fallen and conditioned souls like me in this material world.
I humbly seek your blessings so that I may always engage in all the services enthusiastically, whatsoever
is assigned to me, whether any seva related to the temple or book distribution and become your dearest
disciple.
Even a thousand mouths cannot glorify the greatness and glory of our beloved guru maharaja in the true
sense and spirit, but I have tried to write few words to express my great love and respect to my beloved
guru maharaja. In case of any inadvertent error while writing the above few lines, I request the moderator
to forgive me considering me your insignificant servant.
Your insignificant servant,
Madana Hari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Maharaja ji, I came in contact with Iskcon in 2015 and since that time, I have been under your guidance
through your disciples. I have been greatly inspired by you.
Your qualities are like an ocean. You have dedicated your whole life in serving Srila Prabhupada and you
are spreading the message of Lord Caitanya.
You never spend even a single second without remembering Krishna. You are always engaged in serving
Srila Prabhupada upto the extent that you consider even your rest is in serving him. You have excessive
deep love and attachment towards Srila Prabhupada and your faith in him is unmeasurable.
You make even an unknown person feel very comfortable in the first meeting, and the person feels that he
has a very old relationship with you. Guru maharaja you are so humble that no one can stand in front of
your humility. You are very simple and one of the most easy sannyasis to serve in the entire Iskcon.
You lead a life of austerity. It is very painful to see you doing so much austerity. Although we have not
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seen the six Goswamis, but we have seen you guru maharaja who is a true sannyasi.
Guru maharaja, you care very much for the devotees. You take care of every minute detail.
You are very enthusiastic and very inspiring to all the devotees.
You are very expert in dealing with the management and peers. You can sort out even great problems by
speaking a few words.
Guru maharaja, you took the responsibility to carry forward the mission of Srila Prabhupada. You have
built many temples to spread Krsna consciousness to more and more people. Every year lakhs of Srila Pra-
bhupada’s books are distributed to people by your motivation. This shows how merciful you are towards
living entities by giving them Krsna consciousness.
Guru maharaja, I am very thankful to you that although I am a very fallen conditioned soul, still you have
showered your mercy on me by accepting me as your disciple. You kindly bless me so that I can serve you
and other Vaishnavas throughout my life.
Your insignificant servant,
Madhu Smita dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
His holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja always had a tremendous capacity for doing any activity
in Srila Prabhupada’s mission. In his youth, itself maharaja surrendered all his time and every single dime.
Srila Prabhupada always emphasized on book distribution as the most effective means of spreading our
movement and you have taken up this responsibility as your life and soul. Every year, you are motivating
thousands of devotees to distribute millions of books.
It’s really a great treasure in my life when guru maharaja accepted me as a disciple. That was the biggest
achievement in my life and it cannot be compared with anything in this world.
Thank you guru maharaja for accepting me as your disciple although I am not qualified.
Maharaja’s most important instructions include:
1. Attentive chanting
2. Regular reading of Srila Prabhupada’s books
3. Avoiding offenses against the holy name while chanting (dhyan purvak japa karna chahiye)
4. Always take association of enthusiastic devotees
5. Be non-envious against other devotees.
6. Committing offenses against the devotees will destroy our devotional creeper.
7. Attentive chanting is the solution for all our problems.
8. We should always serve in a humble attitude no matter whatever position we may have
materially. King Prataparudra used to sweep the entire area where Lord Jagannatha Ratha was
coming, and by this humble attitude Caitanya Mahaprabhu was pleased.
And many more are the sum and substance to advance in devotional service.
I will try to follow this instruction i.e.
1. Attentive chanting.
2. Avoiding offenses against the holy name as well as devotees.
3. Try to practice be non-envious against other devotees.
Guru maharaja, please give your blessings and mercy to this fallen conditioned soul so that I can follow
the above instructions and become an insignificant instrument in serving the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Also, please bless me so that I can practice Krishna consciousness throughout my life and always remain
in the association of devotees.
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I am earnestly hankering for your mercy. Without your mercy it is impossible to do any activity in devo-
tional service and our endeavors are null and void.
Thank you so much guru maharaja.
Your insignificant servant,
Madhur Madhav dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept most humble obeisances at your lotus feet from your most useless disciple who is your dis-
ciple only by name not by action.
I always think how useless I am that I am and unable to serve you from any angle. Please bless me with
strength, determination, intelligence and courage, so I can serve and help you in expanding Srila Prabhu-
päda’s mission. It is said and realized by many people that you are an ocean of mercy and I’m a recipient
of that (that you have accepted this useless fellow as your disciple) so please give me your blessing so that
this useless fellow can serve you somehow.
You are completely engaged in fulfilling Srila Prabhupäda’s desires, and your every action expresses
that willingness. Please bless me with the same dedication that you have for Srila Prabhupäda. On this
occasion please forgive me for my offences which I have committed at your lotus feet knowingly and un-
knowingly and also give me the intelligence by which I can act to please you, Srila Prabhupäda, the guru
parampara and Krishna.
Dear guru maharaja, you are tirelessly engaged in pleasing Srila Prabhupäda by always engaging yourself
in doing most pleasing activities for Srila Prabhupäda and that is book distribution. You are also tirelessly
engaged in opening temples, restaurants and expanding Iskcon. Please bestow me with some intelligence
so that I can also remain engaged and please you.
On this auspicious day which I wait for the whole year because on the appearance day of a Vaishna-
va, he becomes thousands of times more merciful. You are already an ocean of mercy (tränäya kärun-
ya-ghanäghanatvam) so with my small intelligence I cannot imagine how merciful you are today. I always
see you like a father who is ready to forgive and accept every disciple, but I want to please you. So give
me the intelligence to refrain from committing mistakes and serve you, so I can please you every moment.
End at the end I pray to you to please give me intelligence and knowledge so that I always remember that:
jogyata vicäre, kichu nahi pai, tomära karuna sära
Please let me always remember that any qualification I have is only coming from you. Therefore, I beg you
for the necessary qualification and intelligence to develop a proper service mood.
Your useless servant,
Mahābala dāsa
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja ki jaya!
Guru maharaja, you inspire many by your extraordinary behavior “acharan”. Your actions speak louder
than mere words and moreover you live the example of “Walk the Talk”. Whatever you say or preach, you
practice, like for instance getting up early morning and doing mangala-arati on a daily basis irrespective
of the time you go to bed and irrespective of the place.
Despite your age and health restrictions, you take a lot of pain and responsibility of preaching across the
world as per the instructions of your guru maharaja Srila Prabhupada. From your seamless preaching ef-
forts, dedication, determination, discipline and sincerity in following the instructions of your guru maha-
raja is clearly evident. It greatly inspires everyone to strictly follow the instructions of our guru maharaja
with total determination and sincerity.
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Guru maharaja, your extraordinary politeness and humility demonstrates that you have exceptional love
and compassion towards all. When I start the service of Book Distribution and Temple Program Tickets
distribution after doing a small prayer to you, guru maharaja, then I get success. But when I forget or miss
the prayer, then I am unable to get any appreciable success in these services. I have now understood the
power and importance of prayers unto you. I understood that I get service and also success in my service
only because of your mercy.
Within the core of my heart, I express my gratitude towards guru maharaja who has been so merciful and
kind to me by helping me in multiple avenues, to learn about the rules and regulations of devotional ser-
vice and to appreciate the glorification of the Lord and His devotees through Bhagavad-gita and-Bhaga-
vatam Lectures, temple festival programs, congregation programs, camps, etc. I have now understood the
importance and the goal of human life due to guru maharaja’s favour on me. Sense gratification is not the
purpose of this precious human life and money is not the right measure of success, is something which is
so subtle yet so important, that it may take a number of births for many of us just to realize this fact.
Through the mercy of guru maharaja I have realized that the goal of human life is to obtain the love of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna and not to earn name, fame, money, power and position as
it is generally believed. In the absence of this knowledge, it is just like murdering our own soul - “Atma
Daah”).
With the blessings of guru maharaja, I have understood the importance of services like Book Distribution
and Stall Preaching. When I got insulted a few times during these services, I realized that my guru ma-
haraja is so merciful for giving me such an opportunity to belittle my “ego”. Without becoming egoless,
I now understand that I can never realize God and without an opportunity of such services, my ego could
never have been reduced and I could never ever have realized the importance of politeness and humility
for advancing in devotional life -”Bhakti”. On the big day of “Mandir Marjana”, once I got the opportunity
to do the service of cleaning one of the temple’s toilets. Until this very day I felt indescribable peace and
satisfaction. Later I heard in one of the Bhagavatam lectures that by doing such service, we get an oppor-
tunity to cleanse our hearts of contamination “anarthas” accumulated over our past births.
I get an opportunity to participate in multiple devotional activities/services due to the mercy of guru ma-
haraja. Through the association of devotees I get an opportunity to take a dip in an ocean of enthusiasm,
unselfish love and positivity. Through services like Book Distribution, Stall Preaching, Namahatta Cen-
tre Preaching, Parivartan Seminar Preaching, I experience immense peace and bliss in my mind. When
I participate in kirtan and dancing during Jagannatha Ratha-yatra, Nama sankirtan and harinama, I get
unparalleled peace, happiness and satisfaction and my consciousness continuously chants and sings the
name of the Lord on those days even after the yatra or sankirtan or harinama is over.
By the mercy of guru maharaja, I understood the importance of attending the complete morning program.
When I attend the complete morning program every Sunday (starting from mangala-arati), I get a lot of
satisfaction and peace in my mind.
Lastly I consider myself very very fortunate due to the blessings of guru maharaja that a fallen soul like
me (who has still not got rid of material desires even after getting the knowledge that such material desires
are the cause of our miseries and bondage) get:-
1. Opportunity to associate with pure devotees of the Lord,
2. Get opportunity for services like Book Distribution, Preaching activities,
3. Attending Monday Bhagavad-gita class, Ashraya class and Facilitator Training Program.
Yours most fallen soul,
Mahavira Rupa dasa
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
I take shelter of your lotus feet which are divine and protect me from all illusion. My obeisances to your
lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai!
I am unable to express my internal feelings of my heart, but I will try to do so as far as possible. Gurude-
va, I am fallen and in a material condition of life. Six anarthas have burnt me, and I feel very alone. I am
in family life, and I try to follow your divine instructions. Please give me your benediction so that I can
execute the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu “prithvi te ache nagaradi grama sarvatra prachar hoibe
mora aye naam.” My guru, this time I am unable to spread harinama, but give me your blessings so that I
start at a small level. My only desire is to serve the devotees of the Lord who take shelter of you and Srila
Prabhupada. Please be merciful upon this small servant, so that I distribute the holy name to every house
unconditionally. Please give me your shelter so that I can perform in the sankirtana movement. Please
bless me and my family to remain in Krishna consciousness. Thank you
Your servants,
Manish kumar and Sandhya devi, Madhusudani rupa devi dasi, Caitanya and Nityananda
Respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Maharaja ji, first of all I want to thank you so much that you have accepted me as your disciple. Actually
thank you is a very small word for your mercy which is beyond words. I could not think even that in this
birth I can have the opportunity to be in the list of your disciples and that too with my husband. This has
become possible only with the mercy of your disciples and of course by the ultimate mercy of your divine
grace.
Maharaja ji, I feel so blessed and fortunate to have you as my diksha-guru who is so pure and divine.
Whenever I see the three rounds of Tulasi mala on my neck I still feel “kahin ye sapna to nahi hai” but
this dream became true with your divine mercy only. Maharaja ji, I am getting the opportunity of getting
your darshans from the last 12 years, and the peace and satisfaction and the determination to serve Srila
Prabhupada which was on your face, you are still continuing that as it is, even after 12 years, despite your
health problems and 24 hours service. It looks like you never feel tiredness. Maharaja ji, your humble na-
ture which is equal for everyone is so inspiring. Your smile is million...billion dollar for me, which gives
me energy.
Maharaja ji, inspite of your stress on attentive chanting and daily 1 hour hearing and reading in every lec-
ture of yours and anywhere you meet devotees, I am unable to do the same. I am such a fallen soul that I
need extra blessings like jerk students in the class who needs the extra care of the teacher. Please, please,
please maharaja ji give me extra blessings so that I can follow your instructions 100% and render service
in the mission of Srila Prabhupada and Caitanya Mahaprabhu in which you have given your body and soul
100%.
Maharaja ji, please forgive me for my offences.
Your insignificant servant,
Manohar Anandini devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to guru
maharaja!
Dear guru maharaja, you are following in the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada, as it is. Everyday, you are
present in mangala-arati, teaching us the importance of the morning program.
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You are so dedicated to Srila Prabhupada’s and Krishna’s service that you serve even when your health is
not good. You are very compassionate to all living entities, that you encourage everyone to do preaching.
As Srila Prabhupada made you the GBC, you set an example of an ideal disciple. You follow the instruc-
tions of GBC, and you are preaching in many countries such as Russia, where it is very difficult to preach.
Yours insignificant servant,
Manver
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet on the most auspicious day of your Vya-
sa-puja.
This year, we are celebrating 50 years of your divine service to your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada.
This is your 50th year of the perfection of pure devotional service to Lord Krishna. The perfection of our
life is to seek perfection at your lotus feet. Your contributions to Iskcon will be eternally remembered and
glorified by devotees. Devotees feel indebted to get your blessings in the form of gorgeous temples, won-
derful devotees and worldwide preaching to the conditioned souls.
In 1969, Srila Prabhupada wrote to you saying “Your duty is to construct temples in India”. Since then so
many temples have been coming up all around us with wonderful opportunities to serve. In Delhi-NCR,
you have built over a dozen temples. Krishna is unlimited and your efforts are unlimited. You have proved
that “Impossible is a word in a fool’s dictionary”. Nothing is impossible for you.
Please bless us so that we disciples may work together with love and devotion. Please bless me so that I
can take your instructions seriously and always remain your eternal servant.
On this most auspicious of all days, I am submitting myself to you for punishment and chastisement for all
my sins and offenses and am praying for severe treatment so that I may be corrected and in the upcoming
years, render some meaningful service to your supremely glorious movement.
Your worthless servant,
Mohan Rupa dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this auspicious day. All glories to Srila Prabhu-
pada! All glories to Sri guru, Vaishnavas and Gauranga!
With your mercy instruct me to glorify you because I cannot do so with a contaminated mind. Due to your
mercy I am connected with Iskcon for the last 4 years. I started chanting, reading the books of Srila Pra-
bhupada and got the association of Vaishnavas with your mercy.
Dear guru maharaja, you are like a full moon in the sky which is covered with the darkness of ignorance,
anger, lust and you are spreading the shower of your mercy on all living entities. You are taking care of me
every time like a mother keeps, and you instruct like a father. Srila gurudeva with your mercy I can prog-
ress in Krishna consciousness and give service to you, Srila Prabhupada, Sri Gauranga and Vaishnavas.
I pray at your lotus feet for your continuous mercy on me so that I can follow your instructions and always
be a servant of Lord Krishna. You are my protector and instructor birth after birth.
Your fallen servant,
Mukesh Kumar Nayak
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this auspicious
day of your Vyasa-puja.
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Guru maharaja, I am ever-indebted to you for accepting me as your, disciple despite having no qualifica-
tions. Because of your causeless mercy I have an ocean of devotee association, which is like a ray of hope
in the midst of my struggling phase that doesn’t seems to evaporate, rather keeps on increasing as the days
are passing by.
Srila gurudeva, your gem-like instructions are the only hope to get rid of all the suffering that I am know-
ingly or unknowingly putting myself into.
Gurudeva, I recall the very first day you kindly gave your audience to me and gave an important instruc-
tion to preach. However, I was such a fool that I couldn’t understand it that time. It was again because
of your mercy that your blessed disciple Ajanma Krishna prabhu ji kindly helped me to understand your
instructions and thus gave a meaning to my life. From that day till today, I have been trying to practice
Krishna consciousness in the kind association of Ajanma Krishna prabhu ji.
In this attempt of carrying out your orders, I am continuously failing to practice whatever I try to preach.
Yet I am continuing, and will try to continue this attempt for your pleasure, with the hope that one fine
day I will be able to embrace your instructions as my life and soul, and that I may be able to relish, to the
infinitesimal drop, what you are doing for Srila Prabhupada and what he did for his guru maharaja.
I have a keen desire to serve you and thus need your blessings to carry this spirit, for this is the only hope
and meaning of my life. May I with your blessings try my best to get rid of my sinful activities, and fix my
attention to serve the Vaishnavas.
Aspiring to serve!
Your unworthy servant,
Nagar Krsna dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept our most respectful humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
On this very auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, our most dear and beloved Guru maharaja ji, we beg to
offer our offerings at your lotus feet.
Maharaja ji, we want to glorify you because we want to purify ourselves and get your mercy. You are a
pure devotee of Krishna, you are a paramahamsa and you are a complete shadow of Srila Prabhupada.
Maharaja ji, this our biggest fortune that you have accepted these very low and insignificant ones at your
lotus feet. We have always seen that you are very caring and loving towards everyone. You give blessings
and mercy without knowing whether a person deserves it or not. You are always very concerned about
everyone’s comfort and always ready to give your valuable and precious time to everyone. You are com-
pletely absorbed in the love of your beloved Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai. We can see your great attachment to your
Deities, and you serve so many Deities and Silas.
Maharaja ji, you are very humble just like your spiritual father. That’s why we could open our hearts to
you. You understand our feelings without telling you, because you realise that we don’t know how to speak
and we don’t know how to express ourselves, but you understand everything, because you have accepted
us at your lotus feet. You are an ocean of mercy, and our offering is like a drop in that ocean. By your
causeless mercy we connected to his holiness Bhakti Dhir Damodar Swami. He gives us more love and
care than his disciples and he answers all our queries. Maharaja ji this has only happened by your mercy.
By your mercy many miracles took place in our life, my elder sister’s daughter Sheetal is completely free
from paralysis. Maharaja ji you accepted my mother Subhavrajeswari, 80 years old, she is in a very bad
condition at her home, but she chants more rounds and hears lecture and is very dedicated, and keeps the
Ekadashi fast. Maharaja ji, please bless her so that she can leave her body in Sri Vrindavana dhama. Please
bless my sons Prateek and Nitesh to always get good devotee association and always engage in devotional
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services along with their studies, and spread Srila Prabhupada’s mission. Maharaja ji, my daughter Gaura,
studies in the 12th class. She never ever deviates from devotion, and she always gets the association of pure
devotees and protects herself always from bad association. Maharaja ji, Gaura and Sheetal always make
japa bags and paintings. Please bless them so that they always serve you through their paintings. Maharaja
ji my sister’s daughter Anjali is 28, please bless her to get a very nice devotee to marry. Maharaja ji please
also bless my prabhu ji to become good devotee.
Maharaja ji, apart from you we have no other shelter. We all want to serve you life after life. We beg for
your precious association and we all want to develop a taste for harinama and a great greed for hearing
and reading. Please never ever leave us. We are very insignificant, but please always accept us at the dust
of your divine lotus feet.
Service at your lotus feet are the only greatest treasure for us. We all beg for forgiveness of our countless
offenses. Please never neglect us. We just beg for your mercy so that we may be able to keep serving you.
We always want to follow your instructions sincerely. Please bless us to remain in your eternal service.
Your most fallen and insignificant servants,
Nand nandan patni devi dasi and family
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
I have no qualification to appreciate your limitless divine qualities. For my own purification, I am trying
my best to glorify your personality. It is said that to fulfill the divine mission, Lord Krishna sends His
various confidential associates to this material world. You are known as Srila Bhagavatpada to the world
That itself suggests that Lord has sent you to this world to deliver souls like me. It is said that an acharya
teaches by his own example. Your personality is a personification of a great acharya.
Guru maharaja, you have lived your entire life based on the teachings of Srila Prabhupada. You fulfil the
order of Srila Prabhupada with great enthusiasm. We have practically seen your personality. You exhibit
qualities like humility, tolerance, respect for other devotees and are always appreciating them. Guru maha-
raja, we have read your conversation with Srila Prabhupada, and I realized that whatever Srila Prabhupada
told you to do as devotional service, you have accomplished. Regarding temple construction and book
distribution service, you perform this with great determination and joyfully.
Guru maharaja, currently I am in PBT training course and my allotted service is to serve and take care of
“Sri Vigraha”. I am completely unqualified to do this service but I don’t know how I am doing this. My
innermost desire and ambition is to fulfill your order and instruction with my whole heart and soul. If you
want then you may give me your blessings so that I may be able to serve your instructions very carefully as
you want. Life after life I want to connect to our disciple succession, by taking shelter of you and serving
your instructions perfectly. Thank you very much guru maharaja.
Your insignificant and foolish disciple,
Narottam Prana dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Your holiness has dedicated your mind, actions and speech, and your very existence in the service of His
Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada – for propagating Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s
mission all over the world. Your holiness served the mission in the initial days by donating your huge
paycheck every month to Srila Prabhupada. You were a sannyasi, and even as a grhastha, in Montreal.
Later on you served Srila Prabhupada by becoming the GBC for India. Under your supervision Srila
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Prabhupada’s books most importantly, The Bhagavad-gita and others were translated into Hindi. A great
boost to preaching in India! You also helped to spread the sankirtan movement in the hostile communist
Soviet Union through distribution of transcendental books. After the departure of Srila Prabhupada – you
took up many responsibilities – some of which are – initiating spiritual master – you initiated thousands
of disciples all over the world into this sankirtan movement; fulfilled Srila Prabhupada’s vision to see a
big Vedic cultural Centre in New Delhi – East of Kailash and more than a dozen (Satellite) temples in the
NCR region.
Your holiness is engaged in widely encouraging and personally distributing the Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
Also, your holiness travels tirelessly and incessantly all over India, and the world. Even nations like
Russia, China, Pakistan and the West. With an unadulterated message of the Bhagavad-gita and Sri-
mad-Bhagavatam you deliver the message personally. You spread the holy message amidst the chaos of
Kali, by preaching and inspiring people through your personal purity. Despite your advanced age and
multiple health complications – your holiness maintains a strict sadhana, good Vaishnava relationships,
uncompromising morning program and Deity worship. A standard of at least one arati a day – mostly
mangala-arati.
My dear gurudeva, I am an insignificant nonentity who was being devoured by Maya life after life. This
enlightening message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s, Military General – Srila Prabhupada readied me
through your devoted servant – one of the most active preachers of exemplary purity. After a long strug-
gle with anarthas, I was given the opportunity to join this movement. I am very glad to be a part of this
movement. I struggle to advance and fully acknowledge that I was a saved fool and am constantly being
protected from Maya only by your causeless mercy. I beg to offer this prayer that I may serve Srila Prabh-
upada’s movement, in the most productive manner, with full dedication and cooperation.
Your humble servant,
Nayan
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Maharaja ji, I am writing a Vyasa-puja offering for the first time, please forgive me for all my mistakes.
Thank you so much guru maharaja ji for giving me this wonderful family. I feel so lucky to have devotee
association.
Guru maharaja ji, by your mercy I am engaged in Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi’s service and making gar-
lands for Krishna and Radharani.
Thank you for giving me the association of devotees and the opportunity to engage in devotional service!
Guru maharaja ji, please bless me that I always engage in the service of Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi and
Srila Prabhupada ji.
Thank you. Hare Krishna!
Your daughter,
Neha
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Being on the mental platform, it’s inconceivable for me to see your infinite qualities and pure Krishna
consciousness which resides in your heart and which you are relishing every moment. As it is said it needs
one to know one. Only pure devotees can truly comprehend these wonderful qualities and glories of your
holiness. At my fallen level, I can only see few glimpses of your external activities, that too with a specu-
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lative and judgmental mind. I fully understand that any attempt of mine in the matter of glorification of
your holiness will nowhere be close, and it is an exercise for my own purification, so that by repeated con-
templation, even if it’s with my contaminated consciousness, one day I may actually be able to appreciate
one percent of your glories and spiritual qualities.
You are such a magnanimous personality. Even after someone repeatedly commits mistakes, you still
tolerate and repeatedly forgive them to encourage that person in Krishna consciousness. You have a deep
sense of concern for the devotees as well as non-devotees and you always wish them well. I have seen
that you greet them and you interact with them in a very friendly way so as to make them feel comfortable
and encouraged. You don’t see anyone as your enemy or friend, for you everyone is a jiva who is a part
and parcel of Krishna, and it is only that he has forgotten Krishna temporarily. Day after day, year after
year, I have seen you follow a strict routine, even at the cost of your health. Even when not in good health,
you are still there in the altar for mangala-arati, and you still travel within and outside India extensively.
You take little rest only, and you still meet hundreds of devotees. How is this possible for a normal human
being, it’s not! You are totally above the bodily conceptions and fully situated on the spiritual platform.
You are following Srila Prabhupada’s instructions as it is and you have such strong faith and a special
relationship with him. I pray to the Lord to be merciful on me so that I can develop a small bit of that faith
in your words. It’s our misfortune that instead of asking and enquiring about Krishna consciousness, we
keep troubling you with trivial issues. But you still tolerate and take your time to guide us.
Guru maharaja, I have always felt being loved in our relationship. It’s this relationship which inspires us
to follow the process. I have had the opportunity of going on so many morning walks with you, read for
you, travel with you, interact with you, and discuss with you. There are so many sweet pastimes filled
with love and instructions when I try to remember them. May the Lord always allow me to remember and
relish those pastimes life after life! But alas, even after being so fortunate, because of our carelessness and
laziness, we don’t utilize the facilities given to us properly, and keep falling prey to the attractions of the
material world. We don’t utilize the Vaishnava association that’s been prescribed for us, we don’t chant,
hear and read the way we have been instructed. This shows that definitely there is a huge spiritual benefit
of being in the proximity of exalted pure devotees like you, but if we are not attentive and don’t follow
the prescribed process, then it ends up being a normal material activity which fades away in our memory.
Whereas pure devotees like you have sweet remembrances of Guru and Krishna constantly, and thus are
always associating with them. By your example, we disciples should learn what it means to associate with
one’s spiritual master and how to always be with him by following his instructions.
As I said these are just bits and pieces of what my materially clouded mind could come up with. May the
Lord bless you with good health so that you continue to fulfill the mission of Srila Prabhupada, which you
have been doing so wonderfully!
Your insignificant servant,
Niranjana dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I am eternally indebted to you for bringing the medicine of Krishna consciousness to my suffering life.
Glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is performed in the parampara system; that is, it
is conveyed from spiritual master to disciple. Such glorification is relished by those who are no longer
interested in the false, temporary glorification of this cosmic manifestation. Descriptions of the Lord are
the right medicine for the conditioned soul undergoing repeated birth and death. Therefore, who will cease
hearing such glorification of the Lord except a butcher or one who is killing his own self? (S.B.10. 1.12)
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This medicine has components of sadhu sanga, transcendental knowledge, Deities and Krishna-prasad,
and harinama is its most primary component. It is being administered in hundreds of Iskcon centres,
which are actually hospitals where the soul is cured of its disease of association with matter. Administra-
tion is by the medium of your well-trained representatives, who encompass the same spirit of compassion
as your holiness, and are the only hope of billions who are infected worldwide.
You have been travelling extensively throughout the globe to oversee and expand the distribution of this
sure shot medicine, which is the only cure for the epidemic of lording over material nature. Enechi aus-
hadhi maya nashibaro lagi, harinama maha-mantra lao tumi magi
Guru maharaja, I got to have your divine association on 31st December, and have been blessed to read
from the scriptures for your pleasure, and get firsthand experience of your intense desire to expand the
distribution of the medicine of Krishna consciousness. You are very objective oriented in this expansion
project, seeing that every endeavour, results in some forward motion. In spite of being in the business for
the past fifty years your dedication to your own spiritual practices has never slackened, but has remained
firm and strong like a lining on a rock. Your mission has been accompanied with principles of extreme
humility and tolerance. In fact you do not hesitate to apologize with your beautiful small hands folded
together for a small particle of inconvenience that someone feels while serving you. Which in fact is the
birthright of a disciple.
Gurudeva, I have been a very lazy and unworthy sepoy of your sankirtan army. I am assisting your worthy
commanders in distribution of the transcendental medicine, but I myself am still greatly suffering from
the disease which I am trying to help them in saving others from. I beg unto your divine lotus feet, that I
may be able to conquer my wicked mind in the association of fellow devotees, and thus may not fall into
the dark well of material life. Thus, I might be able to render some service in your mission of Srila Prabh-
upada, the sole hope of suffering humanity, and the glorious Sri Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya.
Please bless me so that I can remain lifelong dedicated in servitude of your commander representatives,
and realize myself as nothing more than an insignificant servant of all Vaishnavas, and of every living
entity in creation.
Your servant,
Padasevan Bhakta dasa
My most dear and respected Gurudeva,
Please accept our humble obeisance unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri
guru and Gauranga! All glories to you dear guru maharaja ji!
Our worshipable dear guru maharaja ji, we pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, to bestow Their bless-
ings on you for your good health, peace and pure devotion, so that the Krishna consciousness movement
spreads all over the world in every town and village for the pleasure of Lord Krishna.
You are a true soldier of the Spiritual Army of His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabh-
upada.
I used to remember every time, your dedication for morning programs, and book distribution guru maha-
raja. You always use this word in your every lecture, that if you chant 16 rounds then chant attentively and
do not commit Vaishnava offences.
We specially thank you so much maharaja for namkaran samskara of our son Lakshmana. You gave
him this name. We beg your mercy for our son so that he can become Krishna conscious and help in this
preaching movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada.
My respected dear guru maharaja, you are an example for all of us, especially for this fallen soul, to in-
spire us to attend morning programs daily without fail. And you taught that this is very important for our
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spiritual health.
But still I am not attending morning programs on a regular basis as per your instruction.
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja, you always glorify your guru maharaja Srila Prabhupa-
da, and always pass on all credit/glorification to the guru parampara. This is the real attitude by which
you taught us.
We pray to you guru maharaja to please keep your mercy and instructions on these fallen souls. We pray
once again unto your lotus feet, that whenever and wherever we live, we want to serve you only and follow
all your instruction as it is. Please forgive us for our offences which we have committed and are commit-
ting unto your lotus feet.
Thank you so much for accepting these two fallen souls as your disciples, even though we were not qual-
ified for diksha. It is your causeless mercy that you accepted us as your disciples.
Your useless servants,
Padma Karuna devi dasi and Ram Kumar dasa and little Lakshman
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We want to express our humble gratitude to you today for your very determined and steady efforts to
preach Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
Your mood is filled with genuine compassion and love. You strongly desire and endeavour to facilitate
Lord Caitanya’s mercy to reach every nook and cranny every town and village. It manifests in powerful,
chanting and singing and ringing for many steady years now, is a dynamic culture of sweet, wonderful
enthusiastic devotees, fully sold-out to the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Thank you for truly caring for devotees and putting their needs ahead of the institution. That’s the formula
for strengthening the institution.
You know guru maharaja how we are very unintelligent, lazy and rebellious souls. But, still it’s said in
scriptures (C.c. Madhya 17.80) that:
mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ, paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande, paramānanda-mādhavam
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead has the form of sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha - transcendental bliss,
knowledge and eternity. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Him, who turns the dumb into eloquent
speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains. Such is the mercy of the Lord.”
May you live a long healthy life and continue your relentless preaching efforts right to your last breath.
Your aspiring servants,
Padma Shayi dasa, Vibhu Shakti dasi and little Damodar Hari
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
I am totally unqualified to write your glories which are unlimited. Your every act teaches us, that you are
an acharya who teaches us by your example. You follow Srila Prabhupada’s instructions totally.
We sing in Sri Guru Vandana: guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete koriya aikya ara na koriho mane asha.
“My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth.”
Guru maharaja, you are fully surrendered to Srila Prabhupada. You have made his instructions, your life
and soul. You are fully dedicated to Srila Prabhupada’s service. The way he instructed, in the same way
you are following and teaching us how we should follow yours instructions.
In any condition, wherever you are, whether your health is good or not, you follow the morning program
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performing deity worship, inspire us to follow.
srī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā-śṛńgāra-tan-mandira-mārjanādau
yuktasya bhaktāḿś ca niyuñjato ‘pi, ande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
“The spiritual master is always engaged in the temple worship of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. He also en-
gages his disciples in such worship. They dress the Deities in beautiful clothes and ornaments, clean Their
temple, and perform other similar worship of the Lord. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet
of such a spiritual master.”
I pray at your lotus feet:
gurudeva!
kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro’ ei dāse, tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna
sakala sahane, bala diyā koro’, nija-māne spṛhā-hīna
“Gurudeva, O spiritual master! Give to this servant just one drop of mercy. I am lower than a blade of
grass. Give me all help. Give me strength. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.”
Dear guru maharaja, you are so kind and merciful unto every living being. Your every act is just a mani-
festation of your compassion. I beg at your lotus feet:
niṣkapaṭe heno, daśā kabe ha’be,
nirantara nāma gā’bo
āveśe rohiyā, deha-yātrā kori’,
tomāra karunā pā’bo
“When will such a genuine ecstatic condition be mine? I will constantly sing the holy name and remain
absorbed in profound devotion while maintaining the material body. In this way I will obtain your mercy.”
Guru maharaja, by your kind mercy I have got service in Iskcon, Delhi. Please be merciful unto me so that
I engage more and more in service. Please be merciful unto me that I am able to distribute Srila Prabhu-
pada’s books and make your instructions my life and soul. You accepted me as your disciple out of your
compassion; please bless me that I am able to be a good disciple of yours.
Yours worthless servant,
Padmanabha Dhama dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja ji, because of my limited abilities, I can neither serve you nor have I the ability to glorify
you.
By your causeless mercy you have accepted this fallen soul as your disciple even though I was not quali-
fied. By your grace, I have been in introduced to Krishna consciousness
You have taken up heavy responsibilities on your shoulders to spread the glories of Srila Prabhupada. You
are spreading the message of Lord Caitanya in the whole world. You are following Srila Prabhupada’s
instructions and mood as it is. We really appreciate these great qualities and your missionary spirit. We
always pray to Srimati Radharani for your good health and well-being.
I am trying my best to follow your instructions like chanting attentively without offenses, read Bhaga-
vad-gita daily and always offer the food and never eat food which is not offered. In B.g. purport it is writ-
ten that if we offer food then special tissues are generated in the brain which leads to clear thinking. This
statement makes me make firm. I cook myself and always offer it. This is really helping me a lot. Thank
you so much.
By your blessings, I will always try to follow your instructions perhaps in this way I can serve you. Please
bless me so that I can live my spiritual life based on the instructions and guidelines given by you and live
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only to please Sri guru and Gauranga.
Your most fallen daughter,
Padmini chitra devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
I am so fortunate that Krishna has very kindly sent you into my life. Guru maharaja ji, one can easily ob-
serve all the 26 qualities of a Vaishnava in you.
You always keep yourself very busy in devotional service. Once when you enquired from some devotees
as to what were their services. They replied “we are sick and we don’t have any service.” You simply told
them “the moment I have no service, I will simply leave my body”. This shows your deep commitment
and attachment to Srila Prabhupada’s movement - You never waste even a single minute!
Despite an incomparably rigorous travelling schedule, you never compromise your morning sadhana, 1
hour walk, at least 1 arati, personal Deities puja, except prasadam. You follow each and every instruction
of Srila Prabhupada as it is.
Although you have built so many temples in New Delhi: Sant Nagar, Punjabi bagh, Rohini, Bahadurgarh,
Ghaziabad, Kurukshetra etc. you have published and distributed so many Srila Prabhupada’s books, made
so many devotees, managing so many temples and rendering huge services in different capacities, you
never take any credit yourself, but give all the credit to Srila Prabhupada. Also you never share the details
of any of your personal interactions with Srila Prabhupada. This shows your genuine humility and selfless
mood in the service of Srila Prabhupada. You teach by your own example.
Guru maharaja, you are also very forgiving. If someone sincerely admits his mistake, you forgive him and
encourage him to keep continuing in devotional service.
Even in bad health, with a swollen foot, and weakness, you never reduce your services to Sri guru and
Gauranga. Still you grant time to everyone. You never share your personal problems with anyone. You
simply tolerate everything and keep moving forward.
You never show your spiritual emotions to anyone. Like Srila Rupa Goswami, you simply hide them. You
have always set exemplary standards as an Acharya ever- blissful, enthusiastic, determined and patient in
devotional service.
When I hear you lead kirtan, I feel happy. On this auspicious occasion guru maharaja, I seek your bless-
ings so that I may always be able to humbly serve you, please you and Krishna, and thus always stay in
this wonderful movement of Srila Prabhupada.
Your insignificant servant,
Panchajanya Nath dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. I am your little insignificant son, but I have a desire
to serve like you. You are serving Srila Prabhupada with your words, mind and actions. You have dedicat-
ed each and every second and energy to fulfill the mission of Srila Prabhupada. Your health is not so good
but then also you travel a lot to preach and inspire devotees to take Krsna consciousness very seriously.
Whenever you come to the temple, even late at night then also in the morning you go for Deity worship. I
am Panchajanya Govinda dasa living in PBT, Sant Nagar under my counselor Gopibhava prabhu ji and my
counsellor Rasaraj prabhu ji. I am fallen because I find faults in devotees, my counselor, and try to become
the centre of attraction. But I have faith in the holy name, Srila Prabhupada’s books and your instructions
to chant attentively and read his books and follow the rules and regulations strictly so that Lord Krsna
will give me protection. Before coming to PBT I was preaching in Bace, doing dramas. I have a desire to
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preach to the youth nicely, so that they come closer to Iskcon and Srila Prabhupada. So please bless me so
that I am able to serve you, Srila Prabhupada and the Divine Couple and make my life successful.
Your insignificant disciple,
Panchajanya Govind dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja, who is a
very dear servitor of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada; and who very com-
passionately has carried the transcendental teachings and sublime message of Lord Caitanya to towns and
villages all over the world. Out of his infinite mercy he has delivered the impersonal and void tendencies
prevailing in the entire universe.
Guru maharaja, your glorious and inexhaustible spirit to print, popularize and push Srila Prabhupada’s
thousands and millions of books in the lap of conditioned souls for their eternal benefit. Srila Prabhupada
in the Introduction to the Eight Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, reveals his feelings, “Sometime in the
year 1935 when His Divine Grace (BSST) was staying at Radha-kunda, I went to see him from Bombay.
At that time, he gave me many important instructions regarding constructing temples and publishing
books. He personally told me that publishing books is more important than constructing temples. I am
continuously trying to publish books, as suggested by my spiritual master. Now, in this year, 1976, I have
completed the Seventh Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam and a summary of the Tenth Canto has already been
published as ‘Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead’. Still, the Eighth Canto, Ninth Canto, Tenth
Canto, Eleventh Canto and Twelfth Canto are yet to be published. On this occasion, therefore, I am pray-
ing to my spiritual master to give me strength to finish this work”.
Gurudeva, as an exemplary acharya in the disciplic succession of “Gaudiya Vaishnava Parampara” you
are exhibiting and setting standards of unflinching devotion and faith in your spiritual master’s order. Your
distinguished personality is an incarnation of selfless service and exceptional commitment in the service
of Srila Prabhupada. During the Book Marathon 2017 your insignificant disciple was extremely fortunate
to experience your intense absorption and herculean efforts to continuously expand the distribution of
Srila Prabhupada’s books. Year after year, decade after decade under your divine leadership inspired and
enlivened many enthusiastic devotees from your Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi Temple, travelled far and
wide in Indian cities to maximize distribution, when one of our Team distributing in far flung areas of
Jharkhand ran out of books stocks and could not be replenished with books in time, you very mercifully
called your servant and questioned me as to why the books ran out of stocks and did not reach in time?
“Drop everything else and perform this important service.” Gurudeva, I was struck with wonder and
amazement as I officially had no role or such service assigned to me in the Marathon Team for transporting
and moving stocks of books. Your call showed your deep concern for engaging everyone and empowering
us to become recipients of the causeless mercy of the guru parampara, by engaging us in loving devotion-
al service of Srila Prabhupada’s Book Marathon.
Attempting to find ways to transport the books to Ranchi, miraculously the books were transported by rail
in nearly 24 hours, many unexpected avenues opened up and unconditional support came from most logis-
tics operators. Srila Prabhupada’s books were shipped to major cities of central and Northern India. More
than 50,000 copies of Bhagavad-gita were shipped and the final shipment for nearly 10,000 books the
transporter rendered service voluntarily free of cost. Gurudeva, it was purely your empowerment, potency
and purity of your selfless service to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books that everyone became favorably
inclined and were benefited. The distributing teams of our devotees received books ahead of their arrival
at various times. Guru maharaja, your constant contemplation created a transcendental effect and we were
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utilized as mere instruments and could witness your intense absorption and continued efforts to expand
book distribution. Guru maharaja, on this auspicious day I submit to be allowed to perform this special
service of arranging books and supplies to our travelling devotees anywhere within the country, praying
at your lotus feet to enable and empower us to serve and assist in your mission to serve Srila Prabhupada
and expand book distribution.
Guru maharaja on the appearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, I had requested for your sanction
and blessings for rendering service for carving marble Deities from Jaipur for our interested Patron and as
always you very kindly encouraged and profusely stated, “You have my full blessings” feeling protected
and empowered by your blessings 2 sets of marble Deities of 48 inches Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, and Sri Sri
Krsna-Balarama were carved and this was a new artist, backed by your blessings both the sets of Deities
were carved immaculately and our patrons were very obliged for the beautiful sets of Deities. Purely it was
your blessings and mercy coming our way.
Gurudeva, on this most auspicious appearance day of your divine grace I beg to submit and express my
gratitude and indebtedness towards the countless mercy bestowed in my life by your natural and compas-
sionate tendencies to uplift and deliver the suffering souls, by inspiring and expertly engaging in loving
devotional service thus granting us an opportunity to enter the spiritual realm of eternal existence.
Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami presents the principle in Adi-lila 1.45
guru krsna rupa hana sastrera pramane
guru rupe krsna krpa karena bhakta gane
According to the deliberate opinion of all revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is non different from
Krsna. Lord Krishna in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees.
The spiritual master is very merciful in bestowing the boon of devotional service upon the disciple. That is
the best possible gift the spiritual master has to offer. Thus, the spiritual master trains his disciples to ren-
der devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is called guru-kripa. It is Krishna
prasad, Krishna’s mercy that He sends a bona fide spiritual master to the deserving disciple. By the mercy
of Krsna, one meets a bona fide spiritual master, and by the mercy of the spiritual master, a disciple is fully
trained in the devotional service of the Lord.
I beg forgiveness and pray for your continued mercy on this auspicious day, aspiring to become an insig-
nificant instrument in your hands to be utilized in some ways in your distinguished services towards Srila
Prabhupada’s Mission.
Your insignificant servant,
Pandava Prema dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Although I don’t have any ability to express my feelings in words for your glorification, still I am trying
to do it for yours and Gauranga’s pleasure, and for my own purification. I am so fallen that whenever I
think about my previous qualities and also my current tendency, I have left those activities. I feel that a
person like me can get a chance to serve you. Somehow or the other, you have accepted me as your disci-
ple. It is only because of your mercy that I am trying to serve you and Gauranga. I was wandering in the
darkness, where I had no idea about the goal and purpose of life. Your mercy made my life meaningful. I
am very inspired by your behavior which is as per the scriptures, and your surrender to your guru maha-
raja. How dedicatedly you are serving your spiritual master. It inspires me the most. You are always busy
serving your spiritual master, by book distribution, temple construction and maintaining them. I am Pan-
kaj Lochan dasa who received initiation this month. I am under my counsellor Rasraj prabhu ji and I got
connected to Lado Sarai Base. Now I am getting training in PBT, Delhi. In Bace, I served by doing book
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distribution daily in the months of Book Marathon, kirtan and marketing. Please always have your mercy
on me and engage me in the service of Lord Krishna. I pray for you to always be engaged in the service of
Sri Sri Radha-Krishna and deliver conditioned souls like me. I pray for your good health.
Your insignificant servant,
Pankaj Lochan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I am your small servant therefore how can I write anything about you? As I don’t have enough knowledge
brain and intelligence, yet this is my small effort.
Guru maharaja always remains busy and ready in the service of his guru Srila Prabhupada, 24 hours and
365 days. He is the best and true successor of Srila Prabhupada ji
Guru maharaja is very courteous, and even though I am unable to serve you, but still you always take care
of us. You know everything about us. By your mercy we are all bonded together and progressing in devo-
tion. It is our duty to help you in your mission.
Guru maharaja is very strict in doing his duties and yet he is very merciful in favouring his disciples. You
always know the capability of your disciples and give us service accordingly, but you yourself do more
and more service.
In the lotus feet of guru maharaja Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja, a small servant,
Your servant,
Parjanya gopa dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, on your divinely auspicious Vyasa-puja we again have a glorious opportunity to discuss
your pastimes in this material world and celebrate it together.
Your enthusiasm to serve Srila Prabhupada is a great inspiration for me. I have not seen Srila Prabhupada
but seeing you following his instructions so rigidly makes me feel like I am seeing him.
Your personal relationship with your disciples gives me a great hope to continue in devotional service.
Your compassion towards devotees has no limit. You neglect all the mistakes and encourage us to continue
serving. I don’t know how I am so fortunate to have such a caring well-wisher personality like you in the
midst of this dark Kali-yuga.
Guru maharaja, even after having such a glorious spiritual master in my life I am not able to serve you
properly, or please you in any capacity. I am not able to execute your instructions in any capacity or
follow the regulative principles properly, but still you are always anxious for our upliftment in Krishna
consciousness.
Guru maharaja, you are so compassionate to everyone always. Therefore, kindly keep showering your
merciful lotus glance upon this fallen soul so that I may be saved under the shade of your lotus feet, from
being burnt in the fire of Maya, and keep continuing in devotional service.
Your most fallen disciple,
Partha Pran dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
Sri guru and Gauranga!
I am feeling joyful to get the opportunity of offering my words for the first time on the wonderful day of
your birthday.
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From the very beginning when I was busy in so called enjoyment of material pleasures at that time, far
from me somewhere your continuous effort to save fools like me actually saved my life when I was drown-
ing. Your life-long struggle is so purposeful and far-visioned, that rays of hope came to me far from heaven
to hell.
Now because of you thousands of conditioned souls are becoming free even in this life and in this world.
I understand the purpose of life and the importance of your efforts.
Please accept me as your servant. I wish I could be a part of one who can serve your purpose. I wish that
purpose to be my highest purpose for this life.
An insignificant servant of your servant,
Parthasarathi Biswas
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.
The day of your Vyasa-puja is a remarkable day for all your followers and devotees. We all are protected
due to your mercy. You fulfil the instructions of Srila Prabhupada perfectly and show this bright example
to your followers, of how to serve. With your activities you inspire us in devotional service. On this day of
your appearance I pray to you to give me the intelligence and the power to fulfil your instructions.
Your most fallen disciple,
Parthasarathi Mitra dasa
natha Puri, Vrindavana, Mathura, Mayapur and many more.
These are some of the many wonderful opportunities, for making spiritual progress that I am getting by
your kind mercy.
Now after getting so much I want to reciprocate, although it is said that the depth of the spiritual master
can never be repaid. But one should attempt to reciprocate to the best of one’s ability, to serve the spiritual
master with his heart and soul. Then in the due course of serving the spiritual master he will realise that
the debt has increased manifold. This is because the more a person becomes Krishna conscious, the more
clearly he is able to see and realize the mercy of the spiritual master in his life.
So on this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, I take this opportunity to beg at your lotus feet for
your mercy in the form of guidance, strength and corrections, so that I can somehow one day become a
humble, menial, insignificant, infinitesimal, instrument in the hands of your representatives, and be able
to use my every thought, my every action and my every word in the service of Their Lordships Sri Sri
Radha-Parthasarathi ji, under the guidance of your representatives and in the association of the devotees,
for the pleasure of Their Lordships.
Your servant,
Pitambar Krishna dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna!

My respected Gurudeva, O Gurudeva! You are so very compassionate,

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! In delivering fallen souls you’ve achieved a doctorate.
On this most auspicious day of your appearance I want to thank you for all the good help and mercy you ‘Word by word’, you always follow Srila Prabhupada,
give me and provide such confidence so that I can write a few words to you. Having taken shelter of Lord you’re ‘Srila Bhagavatpada’.
Without your mercy I am nothing. You have given me a new birth, a new name and you are opening my In every lecture you emphasise attentive chanting,
eyes to know the facts of real life, spiritual life. But still I am fighting in between these two lives. So ma- Pleasing to the devotees, your lectures are so enchanting.
haraja ji, I need more blessings to cut the material binding of this artificial world, and become your real With exemplary morning programs you inspire others,
servant. With so many responsibilities, isn’t it a wonder!
Best regards and wishes.
Your artificial servant, You’ve got deep love for Gaura-Nitai and Srila Prabhupada,
Patita ashraya dasa Preaching vigorously, you are pleasing Srila Prabhupada.
You possess all the qualities of a pure devotee,
My dear revered Spiritual Master, With your mercy, I am trying to become a devotee...
First of all, I would like to express my heartiest gratitude for the blessings that I received by your kind Your aspiring disciple,
mercy. To name a few: Prince Goyal
Although I am utterly unqualified I am getting the association of such wonderful devotees.
I am getting to read Vedic literatures which delineate the timeless principles based on which human beings Respected Gurudeva,
should live their life, so that they are blissful even in this dark and gloomy material world, and at the end Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
of life they can go back to the spiritual world, their original home Srila Bhagavatpada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
By your kind mercy I am getting the opportunity to chant the holy names of the Lord which are the only Many many congratulations and best wishes to you Gurudeva. On the auspicious occasion of your 74th
solace for the heart which is duly burnt in the fire of material existence - samsara davanala. Vyasa-puja I pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi to always keep you healthy so that you
I everyday get to see the beautiful face of the most beautiful and merciful personalities - Sri Sri Radha-Par- can keep on fulfilling the desires of Srila Prabhupada.
thasarathi, Lalita Vishakha ji, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Sita-Rama-Lakshmana and Hanumana ji and You are a beacon of inspiration gurudeva. The way you serve Srila Prabhupada no one can. I am a fallen
now Balaji and Prahlada-Narasimha have also come. soul, I am good for nothing, even then you have accepted me as your daughter because of your causeless
Also I am getting an opportunity to live in the temple. There are regular dhama yatras to places like Jagan- mercy. I cannot thank you enough. On this most amazing day of your appearance I want to thank Krishna

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for letting me meet you because if that would not have happened I would be in a more deplorable state
then what I am in currently. My only request to you is to please keep me under the dust of your lotus feet
even though I do not deserve it. I get swayed by Maya very easily, but with your blessings and guidance
I can still hope that one day I might be able to serve you, Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. With yours’ and
Lord Krishna’s blessings I and Priya Mukunda became parents of a beautiful boy whom you have very
mercifully named Prahlad.
We request you gurudeva to always keep him in your shelter so that he can grow up in a Krishna conscious
environment and serve guru and Krishna when he grows up. I have nothing to offer to you Gurudeva, on
this most wonderful day, but I would like to keep my head under your feet and apologize for all the wrongs
that I might have committed onto the lotus feet of all the Vaishnavas and most importantly you. Please
forgive me gurudeva.
May Srimati Radharani and Krishna always keep you healthy so that you can keep on glorifying Them
like this!
Your good-for-nothing daughter,
Priya Satyabhama devi dasi and your grandson Prahlad
Dearest Srila Guru-Maharaja,
I offer our most respectful and humble dandavat pranams at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to
jagad-guru, Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your loving divine grace.
Wishing you a very happy Vyasa-puja and we pray to Lord Narasimha to bless you with good health, long
life and to continue to serve Srila Prabhupada’s preaching mission all over the world.
This is one of the best occasions for me to glorify you, the most sincere devotee of the Lord that I have
seen in my life.
I offer my respectful obeisances to my beloved Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri
Sita-Rama-Lakshmana and Hanumana and Lord Narasimha and beg from Them for mercy to glorify my
guru maharaja through my broken words as I have no qualification or intelligence to glorify you guru
maharaja.
I first took your darshan in 2015, during the initial days of my bhakti at Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi
temple, on boat festival day and then on your Vyasa-puja day. It was my fortune that I could hear your
divine glorifications from senior Vaishnavas. By seeing your ever pleasing face I get a lot of inspiration. I
remember the day when I was first time called for the harinama diksha interview. I got the chance to have
your divine darshan. I was in ecstasy to see your divine spark from so close. By mistake when answering
your question my tongue slipped and I said prabhu ji, but you are so kind that you corrected my mistake,
that the spiritual master is considered as guru maharaja. Guru maharaja, you have showered your mercy
by accepting this insignificant one as your disciple and given me harinama diksha.
Guru maharaja, you have so many divine qualities and perform so much austerity in spreading Krishna
consciousness all over the world, for liberating all the conditioned souls from the clutches of maya.
Guru maharaja, you are always preaching by your personal example how one must remain always en-
gaged in devotional service. You always urge us to chant attentively, distribute books, accept favourable
things and reject unfavorable things.
Guru maharaja, you have made all arrangements not only for your disciples but for humanity at large,
through your many innovative ways of getting your association through your lectures, live internet broad-
casts, activity reports etc. In every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen our commitment and con-
viction to Srila Prabhupada and his Iskcon. In a very exemplary way, you teach us the mood of becoming
an eternal sishya by displaying your unconditional pure love for Srila Prabhupada. Please guru maharaja,
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instill in our hearts a drop of that mood of servitorship for your divine grace as you have for Srila Prabh-
upada.
Guru maharaja, I must admit today that for a couple of days I am not able to do attentive chanting. I have
a request on this auspicious day to kindly empower me to be able to always abide by your instructions and
always be enthusiastic to serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission. By writing this offering I am getting renewed
energy to do more preaching. I can feel myself being purified while writing this offering. I have read some-
where that writing for the pleasure of guru and Krishna, one gets personal purification. Thank you very
much for this opportunity to write on your Vyasa-puja.
Guru maharaja, in one of your lectures you told us, “Don’t try to see God but act in such a way that God
will see you”. I am sure that I will only be able to achieve this by rendering service to you with all my
heart. Please guru maharaja, instruct me, chastise me for my many offences and guide me to become a bet-
ter servant of all the living entities. Just as Lord Krishna’s glories are unlimited, so are your divine glories.
For a dull minded person, it would take many lifetimes for me to properly glorify you.
On this auspicious day, I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet, O my beloved guru maharaja.
Wishing you the most wonderful Vyasa-puja celebration again and again and hope that someday, I will be
in your personal association to celebrate this day and directly get the nectar of your association.
Srila Prabhupada ki jaya! Srila guru maharaja Vyasa-puja mahotsava ki jaya!
Your most fallen servant,
Puja priya devi dasi
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Maharaja ji, I am writing a Vyasa-puja offering for the first time so please bless me and forgive me for all
my mistakes.
Thank you so much guru maharaja for the Iskcon Delhi family. Srila Prabhupada gave us Iskcon and you
gave us Iskcon Delhi and a very very beautiful and merciful mother and father Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi
and so many loving, caring, pure devotees.
Maharaja ji, I saw you first time on 25th December in 2016. That was the most special day for me. Guru
maharaja ji, thank you so much for the Prabhupada book marathon. In the last marathon I distributed 105
books by the mercy of |Srila Prabhupada. Book distribution is a favourite month for all of us.
Maharaja ji, please bless me so that I chant 16 rounds daily and attentively, I live in devotees association
forever and always engage in the service of Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi and Their pure devotees. Thank
you so much guru maharaja for our everlasting happiness and your humble blessings in Iskcon happy
family.
Your servant,
Puja Singh
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupa-
da! All glories to you my gurudeva!
Today is the day of great joy and happiness on occasion of your divine appearance day, which is auspi-
cious to every creature. You are preaching the teachings of the acharyas and shastras everywhere by your
own conduct “apni achare prabhu sabare sikhay”.
You always give the example of Vasudeva Dutta - Vaishnava para dukha-dukhi and you are also living in
the same way, to show how all creatures take shelter of the Supreme Lord.
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50 years ago, when you met Srila Prabhupada for the first time, you kept his teachings in your heart very yours lotus feet, life after life. I am worth nothing, if separated from this dust.
safely and you have engaged yourself in his continuous service till today. “Guru mukha padma vakya cite Your eternal servant,
te kariya aikya”. Radha Charan dasa
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi for your long healthy life so that millions of other living creatures can
be delivered from this miserable condition of life. Respected Guru Maharaja ji,
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I beg for your kind mercy, please forgive my faults, so that I All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
can develop the mood of dasanudasa. Dear guru maharaja ji, words fall short to enumerate your glories. You are one of those rare beings who
Thanking you. have realised the highest transcendental consciousness. You have not only realised but also worked self-
Yours most fallen disciple seeking to become faithful, lessly to inspire humanity to seek the love of Krsna. You are a pure spiritual master who can expedite the
Pusta Tulasi devi dasi progress of his disciples through your close connection to Krsna as you have the grace of Krsna.
Guru maharaja ji, you teach us the timeless spiritual truth in a variety of ways. Your teachings reflect in
Dear Guru Maharaja, the environment in which you live.
It gives me immense pleasure, joy and unlimited happiness to glorify my spiritual master. Since I am not The lines below are apt to describe you:
capable of penning down all the qualities of our beloved gurudeva, as they are unlimited. It’s like showing
The Guru alone helps true reasoning;
a lamp to the Sun.
He produces light in the intellect
Gurudeva, your qualities are like the rays of the sun, and nobody can count, even the demigods. I need to
Without him, doubts abide, illusion prevails
write down something out of love on this very auspicious divine appearance day of our beloved gurudeva.
There is no path without a teacher
Guru maharaja, I often remember this incident of my life when I was in Bombay temple. You told me to
come and help in the construction work of Delhi Iskcon Sant Nagar Temple, as at that time construction
Abide in the presence of the one
was going on. As construction was my family business, you wanted me to look after the work in the Delhi
Who gives his whole heart to God,
Temple. I still remember those divine words which you told me, “Radha charan tum bhagavan ke liye
Who delights in nought else;
ghar banane mein madad karoge toh bhagavan dham me tumhare liye ghar banayenge.” And as soon as
From whom knowledge and love
the construction work was over in the Delhi temple, by your mercy Srimati Radharani gave me a small
emanates to the world
home in Sri Vrindavana dhama. Such is the potency and power of your words guru maharaja! There is
no doubt that your heart is the resting place of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna. Tomāra hṛdoye sadā govin- On ‘Ang’ page 803 of Sri Granth Sahib Guru Arjan Dev ji sings the glories of a True Guru.
da-viśrām govinda kohena-mora vaiṣṇava parāṇ” Mehlaa 5 Bilaaval, Fifth Mehl:
Guru maharaja I also remember another incident when a cat entered in your room. Since you are so loving
bhoolay maarag jineh bataa-i-aa
not only to people but also to all living entities, you told me, “Radha charan take this cat outside my room
aisaa gur vadbhaagee paa-i-aa ||1||
but remember don’t beat or shout at the cat.” I said, “Guru maharaja then how will the cat go out of the
simar manaa raam naam chitaaray
room. You said, “Take a piece of maha-prasad sweet in your hand and show it to cat in this way the cat
bas rahay hirdai gur charan pi-aaray ||1|| rahaa-o.
will follow you and will go out of my room.”
Guru maharaja, I don’t know what karmas I might have performed in my previous births that you always
kaam krodh lobh mohi man leenaa
engage me in your divine service. When I was in Mayapur you saw me taking vegetables and asked “Rad-
bandhan kaat mukat gur keenaa ||2||
ha charan tumhe gas mil gaya, culha mil gaya.” Even such small small things you care for, despite having
dukh sukh karat janam fun moo-aa
thousands of disciples, and you never fail to take care of anyone. Your room is open 24 hours a day for all.
charan kamal gur aasram dee-aa ||3||
During Gita Marathon when I was doing your Tula daan you were so happy and enthusiastic about dis-
tributing Srimad Bhagavad-gita that I was feeling thousand times more enthusiasm as your energy was agan saagar boodat sansaaraa
multiplying and reflecting upon me. Gurudeva, you really preach by your great examples and I feel as if naanak baah pakar satgur nistaaraa ||4||3||8||
you are much younger than youngest one in terms of preaching.
Meaning :True Guru is
The smile and joy I saw on your lotus face when the side of the Tula in which you were sitting went up.
For preaching you can do anything, and this special lila of yours gave me enormous amount of motivation, He places the one who strays, back on the Path to Godhead;
inner strength and unlimited joy. such a Guru is found by great good fortune. ||1
Just one smile on your lotus face makes our life great and successful. Meditate, contemplate on the name of Lord Rama, O mind.
Gurudeva, there are a number of such pastimes, and if we keep on writing them maybe life will fall short. The beloved feet of the Guru abide within my heart.
I just want to beg at the dust of my beloved guru maharaja’s divine lotus feet, to keep me in the dust of The mind is engrossed in desire, anger, greed and emotional attachment.

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Breaking my bonds, the Guru has liberated me. ||2||
Experiencing pain and pleasure, one is born, only to die again.
The lotus feet of the Guru bring peace and shelter. ||3||
The world is drowning in the ocean of material fire
O Nanak, holding me by the arm, the True Guru has saved me. ||4||3||8||
We pray always to Sri Sri Radha-Shyamsundara to bless you with a very long and a healthy life. It is our
desire to fulfill your wishes. Your order to me to travel to preach which has been the source of strength and
fearlessness for me. This year by your mercy I had a successful preaching trip to Pakistan with a stay in
Karachi and other cities for 25 days with nearly 45 programmes. It is all your blessings. Another preaching
trip I did was to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Alain for ten days. This trip was also very well appreciated with
nearly 15 programmes in these cities.
Rasapriya prabhu has accomplished a task that has been very well appreciated and loved by you: The
Bahadurgarh Temple project. To fulfil your desire Sri Krsna let this beautiful temple be opened. Rasapriya
prabhu worked very hard to please you by making the palatial temple in Bahadurgarh.
Our service is our love for you. Please accept it and keep showering your affection on us. We beg to remain
in your service always as this is the only way, the only way and the only way to please Sri Krsna.
Your Children,
Radhika krpa devi dasi and Rasapriya dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
On this most auspicious occasion of your 74th appearance day, I am getting this great opportunity to ex-
press my gratitude unto your lotus feet and write about your inconceivable and transcendental qualities.
But my real situation is just like a dwarf who wants to touch the moon. Therefore I am feeling totally
unqualified to glorify you.
As it is said in C.c. Madhya-lila 19.151:
brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
“According to their karma, all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them
are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary sys-
tems. Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity
to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. By the mercy of both Kṛṣṇa and the
spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.”
So this is your causeless mercy only that you have accepted me and you are giving your precious associ-
ation to all of us by giving lectures, organizing annual yatras to holy places, and inspiring us to distribute
Srila Prabhupada’s books.
Seeing your strong dedication to serve Srila Prabhupada, inspires me very much to continue on the path
of devotion with firm faith throughout my life. You are a true representative of Srila Prabhupada because
you strictly follow what Srila Prabhupada said and you instruct your disciples to do the same. Your whole
life is centered on Srila Prabhupada’s instructions.
You always instruct that we should not commit any Vaishnava offenses and we can see this quality in you,
that how you are dealing with different levels of devotees, and how you respect and care about each devo-
tee. You are very compassionate to every living entity by giving everyone a chance and somehow or other
engaging them in devotional service according to one’s psychophysical nature so that they can advance in
spiritual life.
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Despite your bad health, you are traveling vigorously, preaching the glories to the Lord, building gorgeous
temples everywhere so that everyone can get connected to Krishna consciousness, and inspiring devotees
all over the world to practice Krishna consciousness enthusiastically.
On this auspicious day, I beg you to please bless me with a tiny fraction of your determination and enthu-
siasm to serve the Lord and the spiritual master.
As Srila Prabhupada said that, “The secret of success in spiritual life is to please your spiritual master.
Then, and only then can you be sure that Krishna is pleased.” So guru maharaja please give me spiritual
strength so that I can serve you throughout my life as a menial servant and develop a real taste for chanting
the holy name.
Please forgive me for my mistakes.
Your insignificant servant,
Raghujivana dasa
My dear Spiritual Master,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Dear guru maharaja, you have described many times that: out of the many qualities of a preacher the best
quality is that he teaches by his own example. This statement is perfectly applicable to you maharaja, as
you are indeed the best among the preachers. I will site a few examples:
No False Prestige
I am paraphrasing an incident narrated by His Holiness Bhaktisiddhanta maharaja in one of the morning
Bhagavatam class. Once he asked you, “Don’t you feel proud that you have established so many temples
along with a good Vaishnava culture in Delhi NCR?” You spontaneously replied, “If I become puffed up,
everything will be spoiled.”
This simple incident shows that although you have definitely done a herculean task in spreading Krishna
consciousness not only in India but around the world, yet you never consider yourself as a doer and give
all credit to His Divine Grace or to Krsna. There is not a tinge of false prestige in you maharaja as you
always take shelter of the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
A Friend of All
Recently there was water shortage issue in the temple, a common problem in Delhi. I was really touched
by seeing your concern on this issue, not only just for devotees, but also for the whole world. Guru ma-
haraja, you immediately arranged for a meeting where you expressed how important it is to use Krishna’s
resources very carefully. Seeing everything in relation to Krsna shows your absorption in Krsna con-
sciousness, which is the quality of a pure devotee.
Vaishnava Etiquette
Guru maharaja, you are living Bhagavatam, each and every action of yours is as per the scriptures. You
even give respect to new devotees which is the limit of humility.
My dear spiritual master, my only prayer is that this fallen soul may be utilised somehow or the other in
your service in fulfilling the desires of Srila Prabhupada in the service of the Lord.
Your unqualified servant,
Raghunatha dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I have realised that you represent Lord Krishna, My guru maharaja ji has a very humble nature. I always
try to follow his pious foot prints.
May Lord Krishna keep him healthy, so that, he is able to serve Lord Krishna to the maximum and give
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us his valuable blessings!
Your servant,
Raja dharma dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Maharaja, you have all the transcendental Vaishnava qualities which are mentioned in the shastras. You
are very humble, tolerant, polite, equal to everyone, ready to serve and always engaged in the loving ser-
vice of Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani, at every moment of your life. You are the true disciple of
Srila Prabhupada as you are fulfilling his dreams by spreading this movement all over the world.
Maharaja, I pray to Lord Krishna for your good health so that we can take your holy association as much
as possible.
Your aspirant servant,
Rajeev Kardam
Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept the most humble obeisances of this fallen soul at the dust of your lotus feet.
I admit that I am the most unqualified soul to glorify you, but for my purification I will try to say a few
words: True Servant: You are the true servant of your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada. Guru-mukha-
padma-vakya, cittete koriya aikya. You have taken each and every instruction of your spiritual master as
your life and soul. You never thought of anything else besides serving his instructions. You never thought
about comfort or discomfort while executing his instructions. From the first day of meeting your spiritual
master till today you have never stepped back in executing his instructions. Because you were very loyal
towards your spiritual master you got success in all your endeavors.
Qualities: Maharaja ji you are a mine of Vaishnava qualities. You have all 26 qualities of an ideal Vaish-
nava. Out of these 26 qualities the few that I like the most are your humility, quality time management
etc. You are never puffed up despite being highly qualified, rather you always maintain a humble position
amongst other Vaishnavas. Managing so many temples in different parts of the world and at the same
time never compromising with your sadhana is extraordinary. Maharaja ji you have never wasted a single
minute. You are fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness 24 hours a day. Maharaja ji, you are very com-
passionate to the fallen/conditioned souls. This is the reason you give them your shelter even if they are
unqualified.
Achievement: Temple construction: Maharaja ji, you are famous for carrying out big tasks. In Delhi and
NCR there are 14 temples, which are like an oasis in the desert of the material world. Conditioned souls
from different areas are taking advantage of it and becoming Krishna conscious day by day.
Book Distribution: Amongst all achievements this is the biggest area you are working for, as it is one of
the instructions of your guru maharaja. Under your guidance the program of book distribution is going
very nicely. Every year Delhi temple is doing very good book distribution, and this is because of your
guidance and blessings. It was the vision of Srila Prabhupada to preach in Delhi and you helped to fulfill
your guru maharaja’s mission.
New Bhakta Programme: This is one of the greatest achievements, to train new devotees and make them
surrender to the Supreme Lord. Under this program many youths are getting a chance to associate with
senior devotees and getting unending bliss.
A True Leader: yad yad acarati sresthas, tattad evetaro janah sa yat pramanam kurute, lokas tad anu-
vartate. Maharaja ji you are an exemplary leader for your disciples. You preach by your activities. Bhak-
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tisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to say, “I do not make disciples, I make gurus”. In the same way your
disciples are tomorrow’s gurus. Following in your footsteps, these disciples are fully qualified to preach
Krishna consciousness throughout the world. In Delhi itself, we can see, that there are such nice leaders
created by you. They are preaching and trying to save conditioned souls like me. Maharaja ji, please be
merciful on this conditioned soul also. I am practicing Krishna consciousness for about 10 years, under the
guidance of Ajanma Krishna prabhu. I have joined the PBT as a trainee few months back in March 2018
on the auspicious day of Rama Navami. I want to serve in this mission as a book distributor or playing dif-
ferent instruments and assisting in the field of preaching. At last I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, Sri
Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Sita-Rama-Lakshmana and Hanumana to bless you with good health so that you
can preach Krishna consciousness to the conditioned souls for a longer time. Aspiring to serve you always.
Your insignificant servant,
Rajender
My dearest respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
First, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Narasimhadeva to please protect
my gurudeva from all health issues and difficulties so that this transcendental soul serves his own guru
maharaja and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai.
I am your useless aspiring servant, and I want to serve you through vani seva, as I am not qualified to serve
you through vapu seva. However, I am not eligible for vapu seva, but I beg you gurudeva, to please shower
your mercy on me for doing vani seva for the pleasure of Lord Krishna.
Your each and every quality always attracts me and gives me inspiration to serve Sri guru and Gauranga
by imbibing at least a fragment of the qualities that you possess.
Your useless aspiring servant,
Rajni Sharma
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
On this most auspicious occasion of your divine appearance day, I am feeling very fortunate and joyful
that every year I am getting a repeated chance to contemplate on your incredible spiritual qualities.
Gurudeva! Your life time dedication, trustworthiness, loyalty and dependency on Srila Prabhupada is
mind-boggling for a conditioned soul like me. Your vows, commitment and non-stoppable nature in the
service of the Lord and Srila Prabhupada, in such an old age, faints even demigods and highly successful
people in this world.
I am very fortunate to have such a highly advanced spiritual master, who has been delivering many pollut-
ed, corrupted, stubborn and spoilt souls to the path of eternity.
As a useless and unworthy disciple, I am not able to help and support you in anyway in the mission of the
Lord.
Guru maharaja, only due to your mercy, I am able to survive in this renounced order of life, although my
mind is very lusty, heart is very polluted and filled with a jam-packed ego and envy. I am always hanker-
ing for imperishable glittering illusion of this world. I have not developed even a single seed of love of
Godhead. I am still taking pleasure in sense-enjoyments.
Without your hope and mercy, I will not be able to move even a single inch from this material world, what
to talk about going to the spiritual world.
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Please give me strength, so that I can become your real and genuine servant in this life itself.
As per your divine instructions, I have been trying to continue my insignificant service at Patna, Ludhiana,
Jalandhar, Amritsar, Bareilly, Rudrapur and Gurugram.
At last, I have only one desire, when will I realize that I am your eternal servant? Krishna is yours, I don’t
have sufficient potency to serve Krishna, it is only you, who can give Him to me. Please always keep and
bind me at your lotus feet birth after birth as your dog, so that I can follow this, as BVT mentioned
bosiyā śuiyā, tomāra caraṇa,
cintibo satata āmi
nācite nācite, nikaṭe jāibo,
jakhona ḍākibe tumi
(BVT 4)
“While sitting up, while lying down, I will constantly meditate on your lotus feet. Whenever you call, I
will immediately run to you and dance in rapture.”
At last, by seeing you as an ordinary person and not following your instructions carefully, surely I have
committed innumerable offences at your lotus feet, if possible please forgive me for that.
Thank you very much.
Your dull and insignificant servant,
Ramabhadra dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
the glorious disciples of Srila Prabhupada!
Dear guru maharaja, I heard in a lecture that if we are not well versed with different mantras of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, then in such a situation we can chant the guru pranam mantra. Guru
pranam mantra is sufficient to please, this shows the power and our connecting link between us and the
Supreme Personality. Without the spiritual master, no one can approach Krishna. Sri gurudeva is a direct
representative of the Lord who teaches us how to serve predecessor acharyas and Krishna. With his own
example Sri guru serves and sets an example for all the disciples. Taking pain and working beyond one’s
own capacity is your identification maharaja.
You are like ‘vibhu’ and we are like ‘anu’ a very negligible dust particle, but somehow trying to be in the
queue to get your mercy. We have seen in the past how everything gets arranged, whether its facilities or
devotees, everything gets arranged like a miracle, if we simply follow the instructions.
I would like to pray at your lotus feet to please give me strength so that I can follow your instructions, as
it is, without any dilution and become eligible to be called your true disciple.
Your fallen servant,
Rasaraja dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet on the occasion of your divine appear-
ance day. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your divine grace!
I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to pen down a few words about the glories of your divine
grace, although I am not equivalent to even a speck of dust at your lotus feet.
The Supreme Lord when he advented in this age as Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He declared
pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma
sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma
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This Prophecy came true with the appearance of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada who spread the holy
name to every nook and corner of this world in a short span. Your divine grace led by your personal ex-
ample, and you have epitomized the role of a perfect disciple by dedicating your life to the furtherance
of Srila Prabhupada’s mission. Your tolerance, compassionate nature, magnanimity and tireless service to
Their Lordships are a demonstration of the mercy a pure devotee receives from his spiritual master and Sri
Sri Nitai-Gaura-sundara in delivering countless souls caught in the trap of this material world.
I cannot forget the blessings I received through your merciful, fatherly touch and compassionate glances
when I was relocated. Although I was unworthy and unqualified in many respects, it was by your mercy
alone that I could do some insignificant preaching at a small place with no presence of Iskcon.
On this auspicious day I pray to Their Lordships for your protection and good health. I pray at your lotus
feet to always bless me with the strength to remember and faithfully follow your instructions and also to
please forgive me for the offences I commit in not being able to follow your instructions at all times.
On this occasion may I also respectfully beg for your mercy, your divine grace, so that I am able to fix my
mind at your lotus feet and not be swayed by the false lure of the material energy! May I always be able
to act as an instrument of your desires and divine plans!
Your insignificant servant,
Rasikapriya Shyama dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
On this auspicious day of your divine appearance I beg for your mercy to be able to glorify you. Lord
Krishna says to Srutadeva in Srimad-Bhagavatam 10. 86. 52.
devāḥ kṣetrāṇi tīrthāni, darśana-sparśanārcanaiḥ
śanaiḥ punanti kālena, tad apy arhattamekṣayā
Which means one can gradually become purified by seeing, touching and worshipping temple the Deities,
places of pilgrimage and holy rivers. But one can attain the same result immediately, simply by receiving
the glance of exalted sages”. Guru maharaja, this is the only hope of my life. Just by having your divine
darshans, my weakened batteries get charged by devotion. But as the years are passing by, we are seeing
many of your god brothers leaving this material planet and going back to Godhead. By your mercy I am
realizing the pangs of material nature (samsara davanala) which are exactly like a burning forest fire,
which seems to be never-ending actually. Dear guru maharaja, it is only by your causeless mercy in the
form of clouds and rain that can save fallen souls like me.
Dear guru maharaja, I have always seen you emphasizing on the basic and essential principles- chanting
attentively, reading Srila Prabhupada’s books, doing devotional service and remaining in devotee associa-
tion. You emphasise most on chanting every time. But I am so foolish that even after realizing the pangs of
material nature and the importance of devotional service, I am so tied up with material attachments related
to family, money, house, job etc., that I am not able to chant my rounds seriously. Multi tasks and tremen-
dous responsibilities make me so tightly packed, that I am missing on chanting my rounds attentively.
Thank you so much for everything guru maharaja. Your words are very powerful, and just by your think-
ing or looking at us sympathetically, changes our life stars and gives us immense fortune to somehow
keep continuing this process of Krishna consciousness. You have personally instructed me many times
–‘to continue chanting’. On this auspicious occasion of your appearance I beg you to grant me just a drop
of that sincerity that you have for Srila Prabhupada’s words, so that I can at least take this instruction of
yours very very seriously till the last breath of my life.
I pray to Lord Narasimhadeva for your good health and long life.
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Your fallen servant,
Rati Preistha devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
Dear guru maharaja, you are the real mahatma as you possess all the qualities of a mahatma described in
the Bhagavad-gita.
You have made the distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books as your life and soul and you are encouraging
your disciples to do the same. You are the true servant of Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi as you have dedicat-
ed your life to preach Their names and glories in every town and village.
I pray to Lord Krishna that your health remains good and that we may get your mercy forever. We always
get inspiration from you to engage ourselves in devotional service.
Please forgive us for our offences.
Your insignificant servants,
Ravinder Kumar and Uma Gaurangi devi dasi
My worshipable and respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru
and Gauranga!
I, Revati pujya dasa, is a fallen soul and you accepted me as your disciple so that I achieve the goal of this
human birth. But still I am so fallen because I am not following your instructions with my heart.
I am not able to get up for mangala-arati, not chanting 16 rounds attentively nor reading Bhagavatam
daily. I am so lazy, but I am trying to follow. Also I wait for the taste of harinama when I chant properly.
I have seen and heard from senior devotees about your busy schedule and your presence on the altar during
mangala-arati which inspires me.
I always pray at the Lotus Feet of Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, to bestow Their blessings unto you for your
good health, peace and pure devotion. So that Krishna consciousness spreads all over this world- Every
town and village, for the pleasure of the Lord.
May Lord empower me to serve you in every possible way at all times in your mission!
On this auspicious day, I wish to have your blessings so that I strongly follow your instructions.
Your insignificant servant,
Revati Pujya dasa
My dear Gurudeva,
Kindly accept my insignificant feelings of humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet on this most
auspicious 50th year of your having joined Srila Prabhupada’s incomparable mission on this planet.
As I offer the first bhoga of the day through you to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai everyday, I count my blessings that
your merciful glance has fallen upon me. I don’t know Krishna, Lord Gauranga, even Srila Prabhupada.
But because of you, I have faith in Them; if such a Mahatma as you who is the rarest of all, is following
Them, how great will Their Lordships and your gurudeva be!
A life spent in sin,
Your merciful glance-
Now I have a chance.
Prabhupada saved Me
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Gave you to Me
Miss it and it would Mess Me
Trouble shooter, Stress Buster, Manager par Excellence
Not one spot of black on your character through any Lens
Simplicity, humility, tolerance, control over every sense
Cutting through my layers of False ego, So…. Dense
Whatever I know, you know more, whatever I can do, is your mercy
Engaging me despite my severe conditioning that all can see
I am the handicapped child in the house, neglected by all
Picked up and nurtured by you father on every fall
“I forgive you but don’t repeat it “you said
Need to keep repeating it to this dull head
“Just try your best” you said, forgive me my father, for I didn’t try my best
“Useless, inefficient, disorganized, funny guy, a bad manager,” a painful pest
I bring in my immature behavior and live my life in harmful jest
My mind and senses wander unfettered never allowing Me any rest
There is so much more to do, and I am a burden that you bear yet in love
Bless me to be your instrument birth after birth and certainly now
Want to offer each austerity for your pleasure and my sadhana for you
Stretch beyond my capability to think, act, speak and work for you
Prabhupada’s “insignificant servant” is my master forever
Do engage this worthless soul too in his service, so that I may fall never.
Always your servant, your fallen spiritual son
Rishi Kumara dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
At the age of 70 Srila Prabhupada went to the west keeping full faith in the words of his spiritual master
and on the power of the holy name. Even before going to the west, Srila Prabhupada didn’t give up hope,
but was continuously struggling hard. In the morning today, one new devotee who has just connected to
our family a few months back, expressed his heart by saying that while reading “Prabhupada’s - short
biography” brought tears in his eyes. Few hours later in my devotee friends circle we were just realising
how fortunate we are that we have temples equipped with all facilities, hard bound books, what to say of
prasadam and uncountable festivals to celebrate. This is all due to His Divine Grace.
Similarly guru maharaja, the level of spiritual commitment you have towards Srila Prabhupada is remark-
able in the history of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. In history, you single-handedly faced different managerial
challenges standing in front, but you keep struggling on the strength of deep core faith in the words of
Srila Prabhupada. In the future, all will remember the depth of dedication for the movement and society
that you have shown guru maharaja.
The grossness of this material world will be less if we can see your compassionate nature towards fallen
souls like me. It appears that you want to spend one day of Brahma in this lifetime or may be less to sup-
port Srila Prabhupada - that is your service attitude. If we start counting your qualities, the number of stars
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will be less in this creation. My dear Spiritual Father,

You have done so much for us. I cry because when people will ask me after 50 years “Are you a disciple Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
of his holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja?” Whether I will be able to realise the gravity of this or I have no words to glorify you that is why I am repeating the words of our previous acharyas.
not! saḿsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-
Guru maharaja you always stress on book distribution, opening temples and preaching - I always think of trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanā ghanatvam
how I can please you. Will I be able to put a smile on your face? prāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇār ṇavasya
One hope I have! Whenever I meet you and discuss about preaching, you always show concern about NIT vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
Jld. It’s not one time but several times. “Gold Mine” - these are your words for this college. I have joined
mahāprabhoḥ kīrtana-nṛtya-gīta-
full time for your benefit guru maharaja. I internally feel that I somehow or the other will be able to do
vāditra-mādyan-manasorasena
something for this college. I expect your mercy upon this fallen soul. I have full faith in your words. I
romānca -kampāśru-tarańga-bhājo
have always heard from my senior god-brothers like Mohan Rupa prabhu, Rukmini Krishna prabhu how
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
merciful you are. Hence, I beg you for strength, determination, tolerance and spiritual purity to start this
journey! śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā-
Your insignificant servant, śṛńgāra-tan-mandira-mārjanādau
Rupanuga bhakta dasa yuktasya bhaktāḿś ca niyunjato ‘pi
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
Hare Krishna my dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. catur-vidha-śrī-bhagavat-prasāda-
I am very fortunate that you have accepted me as your disciple although I don’t have any qualification. svādv-anna-tṛptān hari-bhakta-sańghān
This shows your greatness and vishal hridaya. You are taking risks just for the sake of the badha jiva’s kṛtvaiva tṛptiḿ bhajataḥ sadaiva
welfare. Your humility, honesty, dedication (and many more qualities) to serve Sri guru and Gauranga vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
is really very very inspiring for me, and yes, your staunch faith in Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi and Srila
Prabhupada attracts me to devotional life. Actually, when I heard about your daily hard routine, honestly śrī-rādhikā-mādhavayorapāra-
I was stunned and I decided to have your darshan and finally I saw you in Vyasa-puja and then I realized mādhurya-līlā guṇa-rūpa-nāmnām
that you have a very very simple living and high thinking and your life is not only meant for a town, city, prati-kṣaṇāsvādana-lolupasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
state or country but for the whole world or rather for whole universe. My dear guru maharaja, because
of my past deeds knowingly/unknowingly I had done guru avagya, which is a great Vaishnava offence. I nikunja-yūno rati-keli-siddhyai
don’t know how to get out of all these anarthas, but if I get your blessings I will be able to serve Sri guru yā yālibhir yuktir apekṣaṇīyā
and Gauranga honestly. tatrāti-dākṣyād ati-vallabhasya
I am praying to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, Sri guru and Gauranga for your better health so that we can vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
get your divine association more and more and learn divinity from you.
sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair
Your servant,
uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ
Sachi Manohar dasa
kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya
Dear Guru Maharaja ji, vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
This is my humble offering to your grace on this auspicious day of your holy appearance. yasyā prasādān nagatiḥ kuto ‘pi
I am so fortunate to have your grace as my spiritual father. I am so thankful that your grace has accepted dhyāyan stuvaḿs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaḿ
a fool like me as your disciple. vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
Gurudeva, I am an insignificant disciple and I get a lot of inspiration from your daily messages. You are the object of my meditation whenever I hear or sing these prayers because you perfectly personify
My heart sometimes bears the pain of this material world, but when I see your beautiful face and hear your each and every stanza of the Gurvastakam.
soothing voice, these pains become so insignificant. I pray that I always remember your lotus feet and that I may be able to follow your instructions as sincerely
I pray to you to please bless this insignificant servant so that I may become humble, do more practical seva, as possible.
chant attentively, serve with the correct attitude and always remember my position as a servant’s servant. Your servant,
Your insignificant servant, Sad Goswami dasa
Saci Madhuri devi dasi

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My dear Gurudeva,
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
First of all I would like to offer my humble obeisances unto my instructing spiritual masters and all the
devotees by whose mercy I have got your shelter.
Dear guru maharaja, although I was not qualified, it was just because you are very kind and merciful to
fallen soul as me. It is just like the sun rays falling on an impure thing and making it the purest. Guru
maharaja, I cannot even explain your mercy upon me with this tiny mind. I have seen and heard from
devotees, guru maharaja you are very dedicated to the instructions of your spiritual master Srila A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. You always worry about people who are engaging in this material
world. You always think and make a plan of how to bring these people in Krishna consciousness and make
them Krishna conscious people, so they can make their life successful. You are the real well-wisher for all
conditioned souls. You are always conscious about even an ant, worm, animal any creatures to bring back
to their real identity Krishna consciousness. You are following the footsteps of your spiritual master His
Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivendanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
You always focus on attentive chanting and reading Srila Prabhupada’s book daily and distribute this
message of Krishna among all people, by engaging them in preaching seva, through your instructions and
classes. I have been realizing this in my life, it is so nectarine and powerful, that even I think about these
instructions and try to do the same. I feel encouraged, motivated and feel your presence in front of me.
I am such a fool and rascal that I did not take it seriously before. Srila gurdeva, I beg your mercy, to get
strength to follow your instructions lifelong, so, I can try to serve you. I am nothing but a very fallen soul.
You are a friend of fallen souls. Srila gurudeva you can make me useful. You are so kind.
My only request to you is to always keep me in your shelter so that I can completely surrender unto you
and be able to do vani seva and vapu seva towards your lotus feet. I have no knowledge but I only hope
for your kindness towards this soul.
Srila gurudeva, my mind is so restless that it is not focusing on devotional activities, but please bless me
so that one day I may also develop attachment to it.
Yours insignificant servant,
Sakha Gaura dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I want to express my gratitude to you for accepting me as your disciple and share some things that I notice
about you or have heard about you. Your life is surrendered to fulfill the desire of Srila Prabhupada. Srila
Prabhupada considered Iskcon as his own body, so to take care of that body you are always in front when-
ever any difficult situation comes to the movement. Despite such a hectic schedule and old age and having
suffered so many diseases, you always do your sadhana and follow all the regulative principles. You make
sure book printing, book distribution and opening of nice temples for Krishna-katha is on. You always
have a broad smile on your face, which gives encouragement and inspiration to all. Just by seeing you one
is convinced about the goal of life, to become Krishna conscious, and the process to attain that is bhakti.
You are an acharya, practicing as well as preaching. You are carrying on with this great responsibility of
distributing this message of the Lord and the guru parampara to all the people of this world. You do so
much but you never expect any respect or prestige.
Your aspiring servant,
Samarpita Gaura dasa
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this most special occasion of your 74th Vyasa-puja ceremony, please accept my most respectful and
humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This auspicious day is a very wonderful and most awaiting opportunity for me to glorify you for my pu-
rification. I seek your blessings so that I can share a drop of the ocean of your unlimited transcendental
qualities and uninterrupted service to Srila Prabhupada.
titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ, suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām
ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ, sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ
You are completely decorated with all these ornaments.
You have unflinching faith and are surrendered to your spiritual master. You are carrying His Divine Grace
Srila Prabhupada’s orders as your only life and soul. Your every decision and action is based on Srila Pra-
bhupada’s instructions. You always tell, “We will do it like this because Srila Prabhupada wants this.” No
other reason. This is the secret of success in spiritual life, and you have fulfilled the desire of Srila Prabh-
upada by opening so many wonderful temples all over the world and are remarkable at book distribution.
At this age, you are travelling constantly all over the world, managing so many temples, guiding your
disciples and giving knowledge and the bliss of Krsna consciousness to everyone. I have seen in Mumbai
that you have given 4 lectures continuously at different places. This is an unimaginable task for a person
above 70 years. But you are able to do so by your missionary spirit and unalloyed service attitude for guru
and Gauranga.
You are like a father and mother for each and every disciple. I have personally seen that you attend to
every disciple and new boys and speak about the reality of life. Along with this, you discuss about each
and everything that can hamper our Krsna consciousness. In your very hectic schedule, you take out time
to give your association to everyone, because by your mercy only can one attract the mercy of the Lord.
This shows how merciful and compassionate you are towards everyone.
You are always joyful because you are completely filled with the pastimes and activities of Krsna. Your
way of delivering the pastimes of Krishna and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or narrating stories is very
interesting. These pastimes become lively by your hand gestures and voice modulation. It looks like the
pastimes are going on in front of you, and you are relishing them and you make us also relish them.
Your attachment towards the Deities is very great, and you worship your own Deities daily. Whenever I
have seen you in the Juhu temple, you often worship Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari in mangala-arati.
You always inspire devotees to chant very very attentively and attend morning programs very sincerely.
This shows your faith in the holy name, previous acharyas and Srila Prabhupada’s instructions.
We also get to know from other disciples of Srila Prabhupada that you are constantly serving in a very
humble mood from the very inception of Iskcon, when everything became topsy-turvy after Srila Prabhu-
pada’s departure from this world. We have seen at the time of the GBC meetings that you meet with every
god-brother on every dining table, and ask about their well-being. I heard one time, that once one Srila
Prabhupada disciple Umapati maharaja came to the Delhi temple. You were very delightful and cheerful
to see him. You were constantly saying ‘Umapati Maharaja ki jaya’. This shows your love and respect for
your god-brothers and Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada also says, ‘Humility in Iskcon means Gopal’.
Your great qualities inspire me to practice Krishna consciousness. I was living a sinful life that would
definitely make my life more disastrous, but by the mercy of the Lord I got connected with you via a
transparent media. After that, all positive changes started happening in my life. Now by your mercy, I
have really begun to understand the meaning of ‘positive change’ in one’s life. My faith in the scriptures
and devotees, attraction towards Lord, faith in the holy name, understanding about oneself and material
nature is gradually developing.
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Please always engage me in the service of the Lord, and bless me so that I can understand the importance
of human life and the precarious condition of this material world.
Just by a little association of great Bhaktivedantas, transcendental knowledge got revealed in the heart of
Narada Muni, I pray to Lord to please give me an opportunity to serve you personally, understand your
instructions and apply them in my life.
I also pray to Lord Narasimhadeva for your good health so that you can save more conditioned souls and
fulfill the mission of your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada.
Praying to become a servant of your servants,
Sameer Malpani
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila guru maharaja!
Guru maharaja ji, you are very merciful to have accepted me as your disciple, since I am a person full of
vices.
I haven’t met you personally for a long time since more than 1.5 years and I can’t judge myself whether I
am doing my sadhana properly, but still I am chanting, reading Srimad-Bhagavatam and doing morning
and evening arati, mostly at home.
I am also associating with the IIT and the scientific preaching group of devotees.
As far as doing service to others is concerned, I try to talk about Krsna consciousness with people whom
I meet, but it is on a very small scale.
I am not eligible to offer you anything, but still if my above mentioned activities are spiritual in any way,
then that’s an offering to you.
I am sorry if I am late in offering, as I was not clear about the dates.
Your servant,
Sanatana Acyuta dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna. All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
You are very dear to Srila Prabhupada as you not only know and understand the desires, mood and mis-
sion of Srila Prabhupada but you also execute it in an effective and efficient way. You have achieved
milestones in book distribution which in itself is the desire of Srila Prabhupada. You are unparalleled in
building temples in Delhi even at such an elderly age and in an unhealthy bodily condition. May I have an
utmost desire to serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission through serving your lotus feet. Few times I got some
opportunities to meet you but couldn’t behave in a proper Vaishnava manner in line with the Vaishnava
etiquettes, kindly forgive me and bless me so that I develop a pure desire to serve pure devotees like you
and thus please Krishna.
Your useless aspiring servant,
Sandeep Kumar Sharma
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
This year we are going to celebrate the Vyasa-puja of your 74th appearance year. This is also a very special
year as it completes the 50th year of your continuous service in Iskcon. With your sincere efforts this move-
ment is spreading widely. The number of congregational devotees are increasing, book distribution has
increased manifold, and many new temples are being opened. Guru maharaja, you are one of the leading
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commanders of Srila Prabhupada’s army. Even with the increase in your age, your activeness and energy
for preaching has not shown any symptom of slackening, rather it is increasing at a superfast speed day
by day. Irrespective of your bad health, you are always travelling, taking care of the devotees and you are
ready to apply all your effort to spread the mission of Lord Caitanya. May Lord Krishna bless us always
in the form of your sound health and long life. Guru maharaja, with your mercy, I am saved from gross
materialistic life. I beg for your mercy to become firm and steady in my devotional life, develop a service
attitude and follow your instructions.
Your insignificant servant,
Sankarshan Rupa dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja ji, you are always showing us the right way towards Krsna, but because of my samskara I
am again and again committing mistakes. After all, I am ignorant. You always give me hope.
The way you deal with others, the way you live your life, the way you eagerly serve Sri Sri Radha-Par-
thasarathi has forced me to change myself. All I need is your causeless mercy.
Guru maharaja ji, you are giving me the same instruction again and again that I fail to follow.
I am sorry! Kindly give me your blessings to change my life so that I can serve your lotus feet in this life.
Your most insignificant servant,
Sankirtan Ananda dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you
guru maharaja!
Dear guru maharaja, being a neophyte devotee. I am not pure enough to glorify you. When I attended your
lecture for the first time six years back, I came to know what guru maharaja means. I am truly inspired by
you as I consider you as the guru who can deliver me from this material world. I felt I have found some-
thing which I was searching eternally. You teach by your example the importance of morning program.
Even if you have not taken rest you still come to mangala-arati and perform Deity worship I am chanting
this pranam mantra since 2014 Vyasa-puja. I remember you once touched me on my head. It’s your mercy
for me, I am truly grateful to you for that guru maharaja. Please bless me to remain in the service of guru
and Gauranga.
Your insignificant servant,
Saroja Kumar Mohanty
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
On this blessed day of your appearance let me express my deep respect and esteem for you. For me you
are an inexhaustible source of inspiration and a perfect example of devotion to the mission of Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Your enthusiasm in service to Srila Prabhupada, faith in his instructions, help me
to continue to practice devotional service to the Lord. I want to thank you for the opportunity of distribut-
ing the books of Srila Prabhupada and I ask for further blessings to perform this service. You mercifully
engage me in this sankirtana mission, by forgiving my disqualification.
Dear guru maharaja, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to associate with you during your
visits to Delhi Temple. Hearing about your remarkable nature helps me to realize the importance of the
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true values of life and also to be able to see material life as perishable and transitory.
Your servants,
Sarva Saranaya dasa and Bhumi Seva devi dasi
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet on your divine appearance day. All glo-
ries to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and all glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I am not qualified to glorify you guru maharaja. But by the mercy of all Vaishnavas I want to say some-
thing. The word saviour resembles you only. You are the real saviour who has come to save us from the
disease of birth and death. Despite bad health your dedication in the service of the Supreme Lord is very
strong, and it inspires millions of people.
I am the most fallen and degraded soul and am trying to uplift myself from this material world, but my
heart is filled with unlimited materialistic desires, ego and negative thoughts. You are the only ray of hope,
who can take me out from here to our real home, back to Godhead. You are the biggest ocean of mercy
and I beg for just a drop of it, to get cured from this worldly disease. Kindly bless me so that I can do my
chanting well with a desire to chant.
Surely I know that I am always imperfect and do not deserve to say anything. I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Par-
thasarathi for your good health for which I am always worried. Once again I beg for your mercy and am
pleading you to forgive my offences which surely get committed.
Your useless and worthless servant,
Sarvasaksi Vishnu dasa and Rukminitusti devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
We glorify the Vaishnavas by the following mantra:
vancha-kalpataru bhyas ca kripa-sindhubhya eva ca
patitanam pavanebhyo vaishnavebhyo namo namah
Kalpataru or a wish fulfilling tree bestows whatever the seeker requests. Similarly guru maharaja, you
bestow according to the intention and capacity of the seeker. For example some devotees are simply sat-
isfied by seeing you, some seek words of care and affection, some seek encouragement, and some seek
guidance to manage their material affairs. And accordingly you respond. Not giving heavy instructions to
one who is not seeking them. You simply ask about their well-being and inquire about their basic Krishna
consciousness and not embarrass them by asking tough questions. In that way you are gentle and caring.
Rarely does one inquire about one’s ultimate benefit and for them you have a treasure trove of instructions
general and specific, again depending on the qualification of the recipient.
Kripa-sindhu: Though you do not instruct one who is not seeking to be instructed, yet being a compas-
sionate emissary of the Lord, for the ultimate benefit you gently suggest the person to engage in devotional
service without being very specific or explicit about it.
Guru maharaja, you are very compassionate to people in general. You do this by making yourself easily
accessible. Sometimes devotees in general feel that you are busy and inaccessible. But in my personal
experience I have found it to be on the contrary. Your compassion comes into display, especially when
you agree to give audience to an insignificant devotee like myself, who has no good qualities and of no
particular assistance to you in your mission to serve Srila Prabhupada. You have so many responsibilities
and for that you are most of the times in meetings with senior devotees in management and leadership
positions. Yet you squeeze time for insignificant souls like me. This showcases your immense compassion.
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Patitanam pavana: You are a purifier of the fallen souls. I remember the Vaishnava bhajana by Srila
Narottama dasa Thakura which glorifies the devotee that, one is purified simply by seeing a devotee of
Lord Hari. Of course you purify the fallen souls by your instructions. But even observing you, looking
at you, seeing your dedication to serve, I feel inspired to purify my heart of all misgivings and engage in
pure devotional service following in your footsteps. In that way one sight of you curbs my plans for sense
gratification and inspires me to a higher stage of consciousness – Krishna consciousness.
Dear guru maharaja, you are a pure devotee of the Lord and therefore have unlimited qualities. Being an
insignificant conditioned soul, I am able to understand only a few and my capacity to glorify you is even
lesser. Therefore please accept this small offering of love and reverence and bless me with your mercy as
always.
I pray to our Lordships, Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi to bless you with good health and a long life, so we
get your association for a long time.
Your insignificant servant,
Satsvarupa Shyam dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! Please accept my humble obei-
sances.
Our spiritual master is an ocean of mercy, a friend of the poor, and the Lord and master of the devotees. O
master! Be merciful unto me. Give me the shade of your lotus feet. The lotus feet of our spiritual master
is the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service.
Guru maharaja ji, please bless me to be able to chant 16 rounds attentively and obey the instructions given
by you. Your fame is spread all over the three worlds.
Your humble servant,
Satyavati Bhavana devi dasi
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances maharaja.
First of all I would like to thank you maharaja for giving me the opportunity to be in a condition so that I
am able to write and hear the words of pure devotee like you, which is never possible for anyone to do in
this whole universe. After that I want to thank you for giving me the shade of your lotus feet by providing
such a wonderful acharya Sunder Gopal prabhu, Rambhadra prabhu and other respective siksha gurus un-
der whose guidance and mercy I am trying to do all the spiritual activities in my life. Maharaja I remember
in one lecture, of yours I was feeling sleepy, as I always do, but was hesitant to get up and walk behind
as so many devotees would get distracted because of me, so I kept siting and tried to fight with the sleep.
Then I noticed that you are giving me special attention - it proves that you care for the devotees who care
for other devotees, so I realized that Krsna does the same. Your every step is exemplary, but due to my
anarthas, my uncontrolled mind and my inattentive chanting I still have so many faults, strong material
desires and a rebellious mentality, so I pray to your lotus feet to please keep me engaged in your service
and of Gauranga Mahaprabhu, in a way you feel befitting, so that I may be able to chant purely and never
offend the Vaishnavas even in my dreams, and be relieved from the suffering of the mind and get rid of
my anarthas.
Your servant,
Shivam
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Dear Guru Maharaja, Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja!

Please accept our humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and your divine It’s your causeless mercy that you gave me a chance to write an offering at your lotus feet on your most
grace! auspicious upcoming Vyasa-puja 2018.
Guru maharaja, we have no qualifications whatsoever for presenting even a simple glorification offering at I and my mother are very lucky that we have got a spiritual master like you. Gurudeva, you are totally
your lotus feet. Not exaggerating, we were the most fallen people living in awful and atrocious conditions surrendered to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada and the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
before we met you. I don’t know how Krishna took pity on us and created conditions to meet you in Sri We get few chances of meeting you or talk to you, however, you often give darshan to us in our dreams
Sri Radha-Parthasarathi temple. Just on having your darshan for the first time we immediately decided and inspire us regularly. This is actually your causeless mercy.
that you are going to be our guru. Each time I take your darshan at Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi temple, my eyes are purified. Even after
Since then I and my wife started coming to the temple quite regularly to have Lords as well as your dar- having health problems, you regularly go for walks, attend full morning programs. You inspire us each
shans. Your mercy showered on us and soon you accepted us your disciples not even knowing what busi- day guru maharaja.
ness we were in. It was only when we are planning to go abroad for our business and came to you to ask I always feel that I am a burden on you, however I have a hope that one day I may become your good dis-
what should we eat while in the western countries, you asked us what business are we in. When we told ciple. My mother, Kalindi Yamuna devi dasi, regularly cooks for Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi in the Deity
you that we are exporters of leather garments you were shocked and said Oh Krishna save them. Krishna kitchen. She is also your disciple.
heard His dearest and purest devotee’s words and from then our leather business started going down and My mother always says that “It’s because of gurudeva’s causeless mercy only that we are able to survive
down, and consequently we had to close down. It was your ahaituki mercy that we came out of this de- in this material world”.
graded business. My maternal uncle, Ganadhiraja dasa, who introduced us to Krishna consciousness is also your disciple.
Guru maharaja, you are the most kind, generous and merciful guru we have ever seen and met. You are one He is also very dedicated towards your lotus feet.
hundred percent following your guru maharaja Srila Prabhupada. You are rendering service day and night We all are always praying for your good health maharaja.
all over the world, managing many many temples to spread the message of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Please forgive me for any offences ever committed knowingly or unknowingly at your lotus feet.
Though we have no qualifications as we said above, still you have been so merciful to us. We feel and are Please bestow your causeless mercy on us so that we can advance in devotional service.
sure that our relations with you are not from now but are eternal. Like children always waiting to see their Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja ki jaya jaya jaya!
parents closely, we are consistently and eagerly waiting to have your darshan whenever possible. Please Your most fallen servant,
give us more and more opportunities to serve you whenever you happen to be in Vrindavana, as we are Simantadvipa Gaura dasa
now quite old and are at the last leg of our life
Your insignificant servants, Hare Krishna respectable Guru Maharaja ji,
Shyam Govind dasa and Prashantnaina devi dasi All glories to Srila Prabhupada !
On this Vyasa-puja day of yours, this fallen soul just wants to thank you from the inner core of the heart,
Hare Krishna Sri Guru Maharaja ji, for saving me everyday, as everyday I fall by committing many mistakes, yet you allow me to chant and
On this most auspicious day for all your disciples, I beg you to please accept my obeisances at the divine serve by your mercy. It has rightly been said that words will always be less to thank a spiritual master, yet
dust of your lotus feet. an outpour of feelings is a way to remind me that I was, am and will always be indebted to you. This is a
Guru maharaja, you are an ocean of unlimited transcendental qualities. I am highly obliged to you as you short composition especially for you:
have accepted me at your lotus feet. Sri guru maharaja you are very compassionate to fallen souls like me.
You are calm and tolerant. You have come to this material world to deliver the conditioned souls. No one What an obnoxious life I was living until I met you!
else other than you can give us Krsna-prema.
With a jewel of human life in hand
Guru maharaja ji, you are engaged in spreading the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu without caring
Unaware I was roaming like a beggar
for your own health. You are no doubt a pure devotee of the Lord. I bow my head at your lotus feet.
You held my hand and touched my soul
Guru maharaja, I have no qualification to glorify you. Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus
Protected it like a Creger
feet. Your mercy alone can deliver me from the entanglement of this material world. Please forgive me for
my offences committed at your lotus feet. Please always keep me at your lotus feet. What an obnoxious life I was living until I met you!
Jaya gurudeva!
Wandering in lakhs of species
Your disciple,
I became a fish an insect or even a crab
Shyama Citta Harini devi dasi
I would have been permanent amongst them
If your mercy didn’t fall and grab
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila What an obnoxious life I was living until I met you!

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Burning miseries of this world and baggage of my desires glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
Had made me the greatest fool First and foremost, I beg for your mercy as being a fool, I have committed so many offences at your lotus
You have taught a getaway feet so please forgive me for all my misdeeds. It said that a disciple should be very attentive and trust-
Thanks for showering a breeze so cool worthy to his spiritual master’s instructions. However I find myself tiny and insincere with regards to this
statement. Although I am trying to give my best to serve you by my mind, words and body, but Maya is so
What an obnoxious life I was living until I met you!
strong, and as a result sometimes I find myself in her lap. So I am begging you again and again for your
When the waves of life go up and down mercy so that I can fix myself in devotional service.
And my conscious starts to frown O Srila gurudeva, you are one of the tireless soldiers of Srila Prabhupada’s Army who is always eager
Your teachings remind me about the shore to spread the message of Lord Caitanya. Your loving and caring nature is a symbol of your humility. As
For you always say; tides high or low I have many times observed that you always take the responsibility to preach Krishna consciousness
Waves target the shore nothing less or more throughout the whole world despite your ill health. By only seeing and hearing you, all my anxieties run
away. It is a great fortune for all of us that we are practicing bhakti yoga under your guidance and learning
What an obnoxious life I was living until I met you!
to please the Lord by our little service.
Your aspiring but the most incompetent disciple, Srila gurudeva, many times we hear from you that we should be very attentive while practicing our sad-
Simple Kapoor hana and try to engage ourselves in devotional services at every moment. We can see practically whatever
you say, you follow. This is the greatest symptom of an acharya. You make us learn by your practical be-
Hare Krishna my dear Guru Maharaja, haviour and activities. When Srila Prabhupada’s book marathon begins, your enthusiasm to distribute and
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! publish the books can been seen on a peak level, as a result you always emphasize to read and distribute
My words cannot express the gratitude and appreciation I feel towards you. I am truly grateful to Srila Srila Prabhupada’s books. As Srila Prabhupada says that if one reads and distributes his books, automat-
Prabhupada and Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi for giving us special mercy, the mercy of your presence, to ically he will come to understand the Lord and finally he will devote himself in the service of the Lord.
teach fallen ignorant souls like me. You have given me so much. You have given me the goal of my life, Now I am seeking plenty of your blessings so that I can devote myself at your lotus feet, and of Sri Sri
devotees association, holy names and the way to Krishna. You are an ocean of auspicious qualities. Your Radha-Parthasarathi, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri Sita-Rama-Lakshmana and Hanumana ji.
full dedication to Srila Prabhupada’s mission is always inspiring me. You are a perfect example of a disci- Praying to the Lord Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi for your good health so that we can have more opportunity
ple to every follower in the path of Krishna consciousness. to get your association and take your blessings and instructions.
Please bless me maharaja so that I can take full advantage of everything that you have given me. Please Your unworthy servant,
forgive me for any offences that, I might have committed in following your instructions. Sitaram Hari dasa
Guru maharaja, kindly keep me under your divine shelter always!
Your servant, My very dear and respected Guru Maharaja,
Sita Aradhana devi dasi On this auspicious day of your divine appearance, please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of
your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your divine grace!
Hare Krishna, our dear Guru Maharaja, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura sings about Lord Nityananda:
Please accept our most humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet. den suddha krsna-siksa, jati, dhana, vidya, bala na kore apeksa
Though we both are the most fallen souls and have no qualification to glorify any Vaishnava, but we “Lord Nityananda gave everyone the pure teachings of Lord Krishna, not caring for their birth, wealth,
know that all Vaishnavas are always very merciful, and specially my dear guru maharaja, you are so kind education, or strength. Indeed, He did not even see these things.”
towards both of us. Though we are engaged in mundane material issues and always try to excel in these Similarly, you overlook the fallen condition of everyone you encounter and give them pure Krsna con-
areas only, but your endless mercy always showers on us. sciousness, without reservation. You are carrying on the tradition of Lord Nityananda, and you have de-
Dear guru maharaja, all your actions are exemplary and you teach us with your behaviour. You are a syn- livered so many Jagais and Madhais and others, who are certainly otherwise hopeless cases, doomed to a
onym of humbleness. hellish state, completely lost due to the influence of Maya.
On the occasion of your Vyasa-puja, we pray to the Lord for your good health so that millions of souls In the Hari-bhakti-vilasa 4. 360 it is stated:
may be benefited with your mercy. harau ruste gurus-trata gurau ruste na kascana
Your aspiring servants, tasmat sarva-prayatnena gurum eva prasadayet
Sita Sevika devi dasi and Sadananda Baladeva dasa “Even if a person incurs the displeasure of the Lord, the spiritual master may still give him protection, but
if the spiritual master is displeased, there is no one to give him protection. Therefore, one should please
Dear Guru Maharaja, Sri gurudeva by all the endeavors of one’s body, mind, and words.”
On this auspicious Vyasa-puja mahotsava, please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All Guru maharaja, may every one of my endeavors be for your transcendental pleasure! On this occasion, I

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pray to follow you—whatever you say, whatever you do. If I were truly humble I would take that mercy
you are showering on us all. To be always conscious of your presence at every step, free of selfish moti-
vations and desires to enjoy in gross and subtle ways. Today, the offering I hope to make is my life. May I
truly become grateful and at every moment recognize the true greatness of your mercy. This is your mira-
cle and your glory that you have allowed someone like me a place at your lotus feet.
You said about Srila Prabhupada that he was “a Vaikuntha man” and that he came to this world to execute
the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. You too are a Vaikuntha man, or more specifically, a Vrindavana
man.
It is an amazing testimony to your unlimited mercy that a deceitful person like me is still allowed to asso-
ciate with you and your mission. Despite my countless shortcomings, my mountain of anarthas and my
continuous desire to enjoy in this world, you tolerate me and encourage me to perform devotional service.
Like an over-indulgent father, you overlook my transgressions and instruct me to go on.
Guru maharaja, please give me the ability to see that I don’t need anything in this world except devotional
service. I beg to remain sheltered at your lotus feet to receive the unbounded mercy of Krsna. Then I will
understand that I have everything.
Today, I beg you to bless me to develop purity, compassion, and determination to follow your instructions.
Please bless me so that I can become a tiny instrument in your divine mission.
I pray to Their Lordships to always protect you, and may all the obstacles in your path become insignifi-
cant by Their mercy.
Your very fallen daughter and servant,
Sitarani devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Koti Koti pranam at your lotus feet.
I am feeling myself very low to write something for you as I am nothing in front of the qualities you pos-
sess.
I have experienced your humility, your control over the senses, your service attitude towards Srila Pra-
bhupada and your dedication towards executing devotional service. Maharaja you are an ocean of mercy
and love.
As I am aspiring for initiation from you, I am waiting for the day when I will receive those transcendental
and divine beads of initiation from you.
Maharaja, I have got to know how many sacrifices you have made for building the temple, and still you
are contributing a lot.
I have also heard about your first meeting with Srila Prabhupada. That made my eyes wet. Your mood was
to serve him rather than to see him. May that mood be imbibed in me! Maharaja, when you smile I feel
like heaven and I seek your blessings, so that I may be able to bring a smile on your face.
I know book distribution makes you happy, so I will try my best to do this seva with all my instincts in
your service.
Bless me maharaja so that I may be able to serve you.
With all love and respect.
Yours insignificant service,
Sonakshi Kandari
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. I am very thankful to you that you have accepted
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me as your disciple.
Gurudeva, I have seen that you always address and respect your god-brothers. I have seen in the case
of Sridham prabhu and many other sannyasis. I heard that you always protect yourself from Vaishnava
aparadha. You are very humble with your disciples also, although shastra says, it is the prime duty of a
spiritual master to find faults in his disciples. Gurudeva, please accept my offering, although I am writing
from my contaminated mind. You are running temples and practically the whole Iskcon movement from
the last 50 years. You are one of the greatest and purest personalities along with your god-brothers, on this
earth. Iskcon Delhi is like a Kohinoor Diamond. It is a great gift to Srila Prabhupada, and from this temple
lakhs of people are getting purified and benefitted. Maharaja, because of your causeless mercy and your
love for Srila Prabhupada, I got attracted. You are delivering millions of souls in India, Russia, China,
America etc. By your grace, today we have 14 temples in Delhi. You are a pillar of Iskcon as GBC. You
were also appointed as BBT Trustee and by your faith in Srila Prabhupada, you are inspiring devotees to
distribute his books. That’s why Iskcon Delhi remains number 1 in book distribution. How much you have
love for Srila Prabhupada, and you are always grateful and surrendered to him. You are exemplary! You
never miss your sadhana, especially mangala-arati, Deity worship, etc. I love your sweet and humble
glance. You have undivided faith on chanting the holy name. That’s why you always glorify harinama and
attract our attention to protect ourselves from Vaishnava aparadhas.
Guru maharaja, I connected to Iskcon the day of Srila Prabhupada appearance day 2014 in Patna. There I
saw Rambhadra prabhu glorifying Srila Prabhupada. In the year 2015, I joined Bace and helped Rukmini
Mohan prabhu and Ishwar Naam prabhu in making a standard of the Bace. There I served as Bace OC
(Overall coordinator), started book distribution and started preaching in local areas under their guidance.
Thereafter I joined Iskcon Delhi in November, 2016 and served Rambhadra prabhu’s personal assistant
and now I am pursuing training (PBT) since March 2018. Maharaja, I like kirtan also which I learnt from
Rambhadra prabhu, and these days I am getting an opportunity to do kirtan in harinama as well as in the
temple hall.
Gurudeva, I beg you to bless me so that I may become a servant of your servants. You gave me the name
Sri Nitaipada dasa. So, please bless me so that I may follow in the footsteps of Nityananda Prabhu and His
followers (my counselors). I beg for you mercy that I may develop a taste for chanting the holy name of
the Lord and some taste for pure devotional service. I need special mercy so that I may also have a good
relationship with all devotees, mainly, equals, seniors and juniors.
Your fallen insignificant servant,
Sri Nitaipada dasa
Respected Gurudeva,
I offer my obeisances unto your lotus feet and my best regards.
You are most humble and merciful as well as very dear to Lord Krishna. Today by your grace and mer-
cy I am able to know the importance of the holy name and understand God. If we had not received your
causeless mercy we would certainly be somewhere in the street. This is your mercy that you have sheltered
fallen souls like us under your lotus feet and made our faith strong in the holy name.
Gurudeva, you are very dear to me because you have showed us the right path. By gurudeva’s mercy we
can get the mercy of Lord Krishna. We cannot get Krishna-prema without you, so I pay my respect and
obeisances at your lotus feet. Today at this Vyasa-puja ceremony I pray to the Lord that you live long so
that you can make help fallen souls cross this ocean of birth and death and give us love for Lord Krishna.
This is only possible by your mercy.
Your fallen servant,
Sthira bhakti devi dasi and Jagannatha dasa
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Respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Following in the footsteps of your spiritual master, you are spreading Krishna consciousness all over the
world by giving people transcendental knowledge and guidance, resulting in solace, happiness and love
of God.
You being an empowered representative of Lord Sri Caitanya, engage tirelessly in distributing Lord
Gauranga’s message.
You are always engaged in the service of Srila Prabhupada in such a devoted manner, that by seeing your
faith in your guru maharaja our faith in you increases. You are tirelessly engaged in expanding the move-
ment, you never seem to be tired / exhausted. Now as we seem to be connected on social media like Face-
book, Instagram, etc., we can easily get our maharaja ji’s instructions and we get to know about his busy
schedule. Like many times he is giving lectures twice a day. Certainly you are getting the transcendental
energy directly from the spiritual world as you are very dear to the Lord. By your ideal behavior you are
motivating everyone.
Although you are such an exalted personality, seeing that we are so fallen, you give spiritual lectures /
instructions in such a simple and easy way so that we can understand. At the same time they are so pro-
found and inspiring that it touches the heart. Whenever we are having any material or spiritual problem,
we always find the solution in your lectures and quotes. It seems that you are always there with us inspite
of such a busy schedule.
Thank you very much for everything in our life.
Yours insignificant servant,
Subhuddhi Gaura dasa and Kalyani Lila devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Darsane pavitra karo ei tomar guna. My first interaction with you Srila Bhagavatpada was actually very
purifying wherein you just glanced over me and I could figure out that you are my divine guru who will
bring me out of the ignorance I am struck in.
I am actually born in deepest ignorance and you Srila gurudeva have mercifully accepted this fallen jiva
unto your lotus feet.
Despite having taken initiation I have not added any value to the system. In fact I am a complete liability
on your shoulders, but you Srila gurudeva have accepted me and by your mercy I am sure one day Krsna
will allow me to enter His eternal kingdom.
Such a magnanimous contribution you have given wherein all these years Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi
temple is number 1, no matter what, in book distribution.
I certainly remember the instruction that you had given me during initiation and I am trying my level best
to live up to it.
Please be kind Srila gurudeva and keep showering your mercy on me and let me be a tiny dust particle at
your lotus feet. May in all the corners of the world your glories be sung.
I am extremely fortunate that you have come into my life and I’ll surely try my best to become one of the
best disciples of yours and will serve your vani birth after birth.
Hare Krishna!
In service of Srila Prabhupada.
Your humble servant and disciple,
Sudama Vipra dasa
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Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded
by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge.
This is a great opportunity for me to glorify my beloved spiritual master. First of all I pay my humble
obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
It’s my great fortune and I’m very thankful to you for giving me shelter unto His Lotus Feet.
brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva guru krsna prasade paye bhakti lata bija.
The spiritual master is a direct representative of God. He is a very confidential devotee of the Lord. Ser-
vice unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who has a great character and is filled with compassion
is the perfection of one’s life. Worshipping the lotus feet of such a great spiritual master is the only way
to please Krsna.
Guru maharaja you are a humble servant of Srila Prabhupada and a pure devotee of Lord Hari. You are one
of the very dedicated disciple of Srila Prabhupada.
You are a successful leader of the Krsna consciousness movement and are continuously serving as a GBC
for more than 30 temples and you are a BBT trustee in the movement from a very long time.
Guru maharaja, in spite of your constant bad health, you are continuously serving this mission in various
ways and in a variety of services. As a humble servant of Srila Prabhupada, you have been serving in BBT
India and have translated books in Indian languages and spread the distribution of books in an extensive
way in India to fulfil the desire of Srila Prabhupada.
By your constant effort to increase Srila Prabhupada’s book distribution, today there are books in every
corner of the world.
Guru maharaja, you have been traveling extensively all over India, preaching Gaudiya Vaishnavism. You
are also the main person behind the grand opening of Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi temple Delhi, and Iskcon
Pune.
Although you are a great leader and initiating spiritual master, yet you are very humble and have a very
good relationship with your god-brothers. You are very polite in your behaviour.
You have all godly qualities and are completely surrendered unto Krsna. You are my eternal master. Please
give me your shelter. Give me your blessings so that I can purify myself from the 6 kinds of doshas, and
can subdue the six kind of vegas and develop six great qualities of Vaishnavas.
All glories to you, my divine master!
Your insignificant servant,
Sujnana Shyam dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
Guru maharaja ji, I am not so intelligent to describe your unlimited qualities, but I am trying to write
something about yourself. I joined in congregation group of Iskcon Delhi, under the guidance of Sehes-
tranetra prabhu ji about 5 years back. Guru maharaja ji, I came to know that you are so much dedicated to
fulfil the mission of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada ji for distribution of books. You are very humble
and polite and attracts fallen souls like me to encourage in devotional service of Lord. I remember one
instance showing your dedication in the service of Supreme Personalities of Godhead “Krishna’. Once for
your health treatment you had gone to Kerala for 15 days. But there you found that there was no service
on the lotus feet of Krishna and you returned back within 3 days. This itself shows that you are so much
attached to Krishna consciousness without bothering about your health and you could not remain without
the service of Lord Krishna. In your every lecture you emphasized on the importance of japa and Book
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Distribution. Without taking care of your health you are always engaged in preaching the people all over
the world so that more and more people become Krishna conscious. I have taken diksha from you in
November, 2017 which is a golden day for me. Though I am not so qualified to take diksha from you but
you are so much kind that you always want fallen souls like me to advance in the Krishna consciousness.
I pray to Lord Krishna to keep you in good health so that under your humble guidance more and more
people join Krishna consciousness Movement. Your blessings always remain on us.
Your useless servant
Sukheshwari Madhuri devi dasi
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Thanks to Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupada I have got a chance to write an offering.
My guru maharaja is a wonderful inspiration for the whole world. Your holiness is full of transcendental
qualities and humbleness. On the occasion of Vyasa-puja I pray to Lord Krishna that you continue to
shower your blessings and presence so that fallen souls like me get a chance of your physical association.
My guru maharaja, please help me to get attached to your lotus feet. Without your mercy I will not able to
achieve it. Like your holiness being the dearest to Srila Prabhupada, I do want a little quality to become
dear to your lotus feet.
You are spreading the mission of Srila Prabhupada and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, day and night without
any rest.
Please accept and help me so that I do become a useful missionary in your mission.
With folded hands I request your holiness, to keep me in your association forever.
With best regards your servant,
Sumit Kumar Vij
Dear Guru Maharaja,
We are absolutely unable to write your very exalted glorification in context to Krishna consciousness and
pure devotion. I am a very innocent person, but I am trying to glorify you, so please give me some mercy
by which I can know of your glorious activities.
You are very dear to Srila Prabhupada, and I heard from many guru maharajas that you are a very senior
Vaishnava in the Iskcon society. Your relation is very sweet with your god-brothers. Whatever you do in
Krsna consciousness is very glorious. You translated Srila Prabhupada’s books in Hindi, although you
were a household devotee in the early time in Iskcon, but your faith was undeterred. You gave 90% of
your salary to Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada told you to make ten temples in Delhi but you made 14
temples to please him. As exalted you are in preaching activities, you are also a humble servant of Krish-
na. At present you are the GBC and BBT trustee in Iskcon. Your health is not so good, yet you are busy
preaching. Your goal is that Srila Prabhupada’s books must reach every person. How can one understand
your preaching mood. We are very innocent, so I beg you to please be merciful upon me. I pray to Sri Sri
Radha-Parthasarathi for your health. By your mercy preaching is going on very fast. Please do take care
of your health, because this society need the help of a humble and special personality who is very dear to
Srila Prabhupada.
Your innocent and humble servant,
Sundar Keshav dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
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Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, although I am unworthy to write about you as I never serve you and am very much un-
aware of the divine qualities you have.
But as a compassionate soul, you give a chance to useless souls like me to glorify your transcendental
qualities.
As I heard from many senior devotees about you and from the little experience I have about you, I only
understand that without your causeless mercy on me I will not able to survive in this Krishna conscious
movement.
As guru means ‘heavy’, this word itself is powerful and I don’t know whether in this lifetime I may be able
to realize this word. Still I am trying my best to serve you by your divine instructions.
I still remember a day in Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi temple, Delhi in the morning program when Sik-
sastakam prayers were been recited, you just touched me while walking in the temple and then you very
humbly said sorry. I was shocked that I am such a low class so called bhakta and still you said sorry to me,
this humility of yours melted my heart and I understood that a personality like you is always dear to your
guru and Krishna, who cares for each and every devotees in every manner.
Maharaja, by your mercy only I will continue in Krishna consciousness as there is no other hope for me,
a disciple like me has nothing to give you on this special occasion of your Vyasa-puja, but I always beg
for your mercy.
Maharaja, please forgive my offenses which I have committed towards you knowingly and unknowingly,
as I never did anything tangible for you, for Srila Prabhupada or for this mission, and always like a parasite
in this society causing trouble to others, but I am trying to improve to serve you in every possible way I
can.
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada, please be merciful on this useless soul.
Your unworthy servant,
Sunil Madhava dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
While I sit down to reflect on my offering to you this year, I run short of words. Rather, I am totally de-
void of the sincerity that is required of a disciple. Last year on 16th November 2017 you initiated me in
the process of Krishna consciousness. I am ever grateful that you accepted me as your disciple with all
my shortcomings. Being ‘Para dukkha-dukhi’, you mercifully discounted all my faults and gave me an
incredibly rare opportunity for reformation and purification. I wish that I am able to deeply appreciate as
well as understand the gravity and importance of this relationship, and reciprocate. Maharaja, I have been
trying to chant my 16 rounds attentively, reading Srila Prabhupada books and hearing his lectures. Under
the kind patronage of your disciple, Ananya prema prabhu, I am attempting to serve this movement of Sri-
la Prabhupada which you are spreading worldwide. Your conduct in spreading this movement, taking care
of your disciples and god-brothers, leading mega-projects and performing personal sadhana is a source of
great inspiration. Dear maharaja, I am insincere and ungrateful. Kindly bless me with the intelligence to
come closer to Lord Krishna and thus be of some use to you.
Aspiring to serve your lotus feet.
Your servant,
Surendranath dasa
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O Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.
The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a
forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the material afflicted world by extinguishing the
blazing fire of material existence.
Whenever I come to the temple you are present at the altar of Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and visiting all depart-
ments caring for everyone’s needs and concerns and devotees feel fulfilled. Always a serving attitude of
how can I please my guru maharaja. You have taken so much responsibility as a manager of the GBC and
BBT.
First time His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja inquired if he could render some service, and
he was immediately sent to clean Srila Prabhupada’s apartment.
“I was fortunate to receive this as my first assignment in devotional service”, maharaja said. He cleaned the
doors, shelves and windows of Srila Prabhupada’s apartment. In this way, Gopal Krishna’s service attitude
for Srila Prabhupada was manifested even before he actually met him.
So it is a fact that anyone who wants to understand the Bhagavad-gitä must follow the line of Arjuna, who
is recognized by Krsna, his spiritual master, as being a sincerely surrendered soul. A bona fide spiritual
master is in the disciplic succession from eternal time, and in his teachings there is not the slightest devia-
tion from the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as it was first imparted millions of years
ago to the sun-god Vivasvän. (See B.g. 4.1) One should be careful to avoid self-interested people who seek
aggrandizement and who deviate others from the actual path. One should understand that just as the Lord
is transcendental, so is His representative, the bona fide spiritual master.
“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render
service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge because he has seen the truth.” B.g. 4. 34.
The singular importance of the spiritual master is even more explicitly declared by the Lord Himself in the
Ädi-puräna, as quoted in ‘The Nectar of Devotion’ by the author His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupäda.
“My dear Pärtha, one who claims to be My devotee is not so. Only a person who claims to be the devotee
of My devotee is actually My devotee.” Ädi-Puräna
On the supreme authority of Lord Krishna Himself, you cannot approach Him directly, but only through
His pure devotees. Thus a Vaishnava always first accepts a spiritual master and then renders service to him.
Your servant,
Upananda Gopa dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
I am too insignificant and speechless to find suitable words to glorify you. But your divine qualities shine
out and are visible even to a person having limited perception like me. Guru maharaja, you nurture us
spiritually with tender affection. Your complete dedication towards Srila Prabhupada’s preaching mission
inspires me and shakes me off my sleep.
Having taken shelter under your lotus feet, a right direction and purpose has been given to my life. But to
realize that goal, I pray to you for your mercy and blessings so that I am able to follow your instructions
(especially regarding attentive chanting). Please bless me so that I always remain under your caring shelter
and am able to serve you and all the Vaishnavas the way Krishna wants me to serve.
Your servant,
Urjita Daya devi dasi
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My most beloved dear Srila Bhagavatpada.
On this most auspicious occasion I offer my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of my beloved
eternal gurudeva Srila Bhagavatpada.
This is the most glorious and special year for the entire Iskcon, as in this year of 2018 is the Golden Jubilee
year of your meeting with Srila Prabhupada in the Iskcon Montreal temple on 1st June 1968 i.e., 50 years
back. Every moment of your life in these 50 years has proved that you are a perfect Prabhupadanuga. All
senior Vaishnavas always remember you as one who is fully surrendered and dedicated to the desire and
instructions of Srila Prabhupada. You are doing so much hard work to fulfil the desires of Srila Prabhu-
pada.
Gurudeva, your compassion is overflowing. No one is as compassionate as you are in all the three worlds.
You are compassionate on all the living beings without seeing any qualification or disqualification in them.
Your humility and tolerance is not less than what Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sets in His Siksastakam. In a
true sense you are the personification of this 3rd verse of the Siksastakam prayers. Your loving and caring
attitude is exemplary.
Gurudeva under your guidance and inspiration millions and millions of Srila Prabhupada books are being
distributed all over the world, and still this book distribution is going on increasing day by day. This ser-
vice of book distribution is so dear and pleases you the most, as it is the life and soul of Srila Prabhupada.
Please grant your unlimited blessings on me, so that I can become an instrument in your hands to distribute
the books of Srila Prabhupada.
Gurudeva, I beg forgiveness for my countless offences unto your divine lotus feet. Please engage me in
your service as you want.
Gurudeva, please give me your mercy so that every moment of my life I keep trying to please you, satisfy
you and serve you. And if someday I can satisfy, and please you, then I will consider my life successful.
Your humble servant,
Vaikunth Naam dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja you are surrendered to Srila Prabhupada and following his instructions faithfully and sin-
cerely, as you are opening newer and newer temples all over the world and initiating more than 10,000
disciples. You are serving the guru parampara tirelessly day and night.
For more than 50 years, guru maharaja, you are attending mangala-arati every day. Your determination
for good sadhana is unbreakable, it shows that devotional service is beyond old age and diseases, it gives
me inspiration that nothing is impossible by the mercy of the Lord.
You are very much concerned and caring about my health, you always ask about my health.
You are providing me with all kind of care like doctors, proper prasadam, proper rest, proper sadhana and
different fields of services.
You are cautious about my fall down in Krishna consciousness, so you are concerned about my services
that I am executing them properly or not.
Guru maharaja, your faith on the holy name has given me a foundation in Krishna consciousness, you
teach by your own example how one should serve the Lord daily.
You are spreading Lord Caitanya’s mission everyday in the whole world.
These are a few offerings to you, guru maharaja, I am always waiting to serve you through vani seva and
vapu seva.
Your insignificant servant,
Vaiseshika Priya dasa
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Most Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet on this very auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja.
I would like to request you to please forgive me for my inability to properly pay respects. Being a neo-
phyte in the spiritual path, I have no qualification or sufficient intelligence to properly glorify your tran-
scendental qualities.
You are a very sincere disciple of Srila Prabhupada and your whole life is engaged in following his in-
structions. Please give me your blessings and mercy so I can follow your spiritual instructions and make
Krishna consciousness the only goal of our life, and render pure service unto the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, through the guru-parampara. Without the mercy of the spiritual master, it is not possible for
anybody to make any spiritual advancement.
The rays of knowledge have penetrated into our minds, simply due to your blessings, I pray to Sri Sri
Radha-Parthasarathi, to give me the power to serve your divine grace life after life.
Forgive my offenses and relieve us from the clutches of maya. I have suffered enough in the material world
and do not want to leave the shelter of your lotus feet.
This fallen soul desires only to remain at the dust of your lotus feet, forever. I pray to the Lord, that you
live long, to save the fallen souls.
Your eternal servants,
Vaishnava Thakura dasa and Mukti Janani devi dasi
Srila Guru Maharaja ji,
My spiritual master Gopal Krishna Goswami guru maharaja ji, I am offering my humble obeisances unto
your holiness. Let me express my appreciation of your grace.
Only by your mercy am I able to stay in the association of devotees, and hear about Lord Krishna and His
past times. I am blaming myself that I am not able to glorify all your qualities, but I firmly believe that you
have all the qualities of a maha-bhagavata.
You are very dear to Lord Krishna because you continue to fulfill Lord Caitanya’s mission, by carrying
out the instructions of your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada, whose shelter you have found. I am begging
you, to please give me permission to bow down at your lotus feet. I am like a blind man standing in the
street, not knowing where to go.
You are my guide. Only you can show me the right way. Please accept my clumsy efforts of glorifying
you as my service unto you. Please give me your causeless blessings, so that I can always fulfill your in-
structions.
On this great and holy day of the celebration of your Vyasa-puja, please accept my deep and most respect-
ful obeisances to your lotus feet. All glories unto Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai! All glories unto Srila Prabhupada!
All glories unto Srila Bhagavatpada!
You lead and direct thousands and thousands of conditioned souls on the path of devotional service. With-
out your mercy victory over maya is not possible. You are an unlimited ocean of mercy. By touching each
one of us we get happiness. You shine with the nectar of divine love, given by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
The biggest fortune for a person is to meet a pure devotee of Lord Krishna, and I am eternally happy,
because I was fortunate enough to meet you. You planted a seed of devotional service in my heart, and I
think that by your causeless mercy I will be able to achieve the goal of this life, to develop Krishna con-
sciousness.
Your servant,
Vana Girdhari dasa
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Dear beloved Guru Maharaja ji,
You are so kind to the baddha jivas like us, who hardly have any interest to be in Krishna consciousness.
I came to know about you from Sarva priya prabhu ji. He does not let us go without discussing your qual-
ities. He is very merciful to me. All devotees are merciful to me and they are trying their best to save me
from this material luxury. They always explain to me about you and your compassion for me, baddha jiva.
I have no words to appreciate your benevolence, no words for your offering, and I am feeling very helpless
to explain your qualities.
I try very hardest to reduce my sinful acts, as I don’t want you to suffer for me and my misdeeds. Please
accept my obeisances. Never leave me alone in this mysterious material world. Hold my heart and hand
as I am unable to cross this bhava sagar, and without your benevolence I may not be able to cross it at all.
May Lord Krsna give you a healthy and long life so that you can save more baddha jivas like me!
I am the worst amongst your numerous kids, and I am spoilt and wild. Only you have the capacity to save
me. I am very hopeful I will be able to reduce my sinful acts. I will try to follow all your instructions but
I don’t know for how long. Please keep showering your mercy on me.
Param pujya maharaja ji, I have no knowledge how to please you. Even when I think of paying you my
obeisances, I get nervous. What can I write, I have been hugely involved in sin. Sometimes I was innocent
and sometimes I was arrogant, I never tried to find a way out of this darkness. Yes, I was blinded by mate-
rial pleasures. But since I came in touch with Iskcon, I have tried to involve myself very determinedly in
spiritual services, even if I did not have interest, but as soon as I came in contact with Srila Prabhupada’s
books, I got to know a little about the importance of devotional service. I would get chance to do my little
service on the sunny path of devotional service, as there are so many pure devotees who do a lot of atten-
tive chanting.
Your servant,
Vandana Jha
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances.
I am simply like a person who has never seen Kohinoor but is asked to describe it.
The qualities of it, yet maharaja, it is also a fact that great souls are not seen but heard, and you are that
spotless and that transcendental personality, whose glories are spread and sung in the three worlds as stat-
ed in ‘Sri Guru Vandana’, “ha ha prabhu koro doya deho more pada chaya, ebe yasa ghusuk tribhuvana.”
So taking solace by this fact, this fallen soul would dare to glorify the unending and ever- increasing glo-
ries of your transcendental personality.
You always employ your every word and action in the service of the transcendental autocrat [Sri Krsna]
and teach us to do the same.
Your qualities and glories have no end, so it would even take millions of years to explain all your qualities.
Please guru maharaja, please bless us that we are able to follow your instructions and please Srila Prabh-
upada by serving in various ways like preaching, and respect the Vaishnavas by serving them.
Your insignificant servant,
Vedavit Gopinath dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
By your causeless mercy only I am on the path of devotional service. You are like a lion who is roaring in
this material world in the name of devotion to Krishna. It is your blessing that even though I am a most
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fallen soul retching in this material world, I have got a glimpse of Krishna consciousness in association
with your dear devotees. It is your unlimited mercy that even to a fallen living entity like myself you are
giving me an opportunity to favourably practice Krishna consciousness under your guidance. Just like
Vasudeva Dutta, if insects bite him and fall down, still he puts them back in his body, similarly like my-
self a fallen living entity, you are engaging me in the service of your lotus feet. You are distributing Srila
Prabhupada’s books on a great scale all over the world. Just like Lord Varahadeva took hold of the earth
on His Tusk, similarly you are holding the whole world through soldiers, to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s
books all over the world. As Lord Parasurama eradicated the godless civilization from the world, similarly
you are also doing this by your extensive preaching. Thousands and thousands of people are becoming
Krishna conscious. One takes bath many times in Mother Ganga and gets purified, but just by seeing your
lotus feet, one develops attachment to Krishna and his/her contaminations go out. Just give me one drop
of your devotion, so that I can carry out the preaching mission of Srila Prabhupada.
O my sweet gurudeva, I pray to Lord Krishna that your health remains good always and for thousands and
thousands of years, your deliver the fallen souls of this material world.
O gurudeva!
chaya bega domi, chaya dosa sodhi
chaya guna deho dase
chaya sat-sanga deho he amare
boshechi sangera ase
O my dear gurudeva, teach me to control my six passions; rectify my six faults, bestow upon me the six
qualities, and offer me the six kinds of holy association.
O gurudeva, the sun in this world removes the darkness of this world, but you are eradicating the darkness
within my heart.
Your most fallen disciple,
Vibhu Keshava dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
You are aptly given the name Goswami Maharaja. With Radharani’s blessing, I was given the seva of pre-
paring your prasad and was surprised to see that you don’t take spices in any form, with very little salt and
no ghee. You have no fixed time for your breakfast, lunch or dinner. Most of the time you skip one or two
of your meals. You have complete control over your senses. All your sense organs are always engaged in
worshipping Lord Krishna. After a long innings in Krsna consciousness, even in this old age you are still
busy attending to various meetings pertaining to the propagation of Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s movement,
and worried about quickly spreading the Krishna conscious movement to uplift fallen souls who are en-
gulfed in the fire of material desires. Your only moment of pleasure is fulfilling Srila Prabhupada’s desire
to establish temples at places parched of Krishna consciousness, to enable to deliver fallen souls. You are
so humble that you thank us for the menial services we perform in Krishna consciousness. I wonder what
would my life have been had you not accepted me under your umbrella of Krishna consciousness. Your
brigade of senior devotees are always engaged in finding out new means to propagate Krishna conscious-
ness under your guidance, which has delivered so many souls in distress. On this happy occasion of your
Vyasa-puja, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi to give you a long and healthy life and may the Lord give
me the strength to do my bit of service to make you happy.
Your servant,
Vidya Vadhu devi dasi
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Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, and his dearmost disciple His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maha-
raja!
You have been serving Srila Prabhupada so dedicatedly for so many years. You have pleased your guru
which is the ultimate objective of a disciple. You have all Vaishnava qualities. Actually you are the role
model for all Vaishnava communities in terms of everything like Vaishnava qualities, service attitude and
much more. You have been a source of inspiration for all leaders.
Guru maharaja, thank you for giving me your shelter in spite of so many anarthas in me. I feel fortunate
to get your lotus shelter but, yet I have not been able to behold your lotus feet as I aspired. It has been one
year and till now I have not been able to follow your instructions. Please bestow your causeless mercy
upon this fallen soul so that I can serve to please you and the whole guru parampara. I am totally unqual-
ified to glorify you who is like a mahatma, but for my purification I tried to do so. Please forgive me for
any mistakes that I may have committed.
Thank you.
Your insignificant servant,
Vilasa Padmanabha dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept my prostrated obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet on this most auspicious occasion of
your divine appearance in this world.
I would like to take this opportunity today to reaffirm my surrender unto your lotus feet. Gurudeva, I want
to dedicate my life to serving Srila Prabhupada’s mission under your able guidance and leadership. Of late
it has dawned on me that I cannot serve Srila Prabhupada directly, but it is only through his confidential
servant, Srila gurudeva, that I can serve him. This was corroborated by Lord Caitanya in His statement
‘gopi bhartu pada kamalyor dasa dasa-anu-dasa’, so we can serve Srila Prabhupada by serving and there-
by pleasing his servant, Srila gurudeva.
Gurudeva, one time I came across a letter that Srila Prabhupada had written to you. If I recall correctly,
in that letter he had instructed you to go to India and take up some responsibility. Then Srila Prabhupada
made a prophetic statement – ‘and your example may be followed by others.’ So gurudeva, you were al-
ways meant to lead by your example. The Lord sent you to this world to setup an example for us to follow.
Thank you for being such an inspiration in my life.
So, I would like to bring this Vyasa-puja offering to a close with an appeal to you to kindly shower your
blessings so that I can follow in your footsteps and do you proud.
Begging your merciful glance,
Your unworthy son,
Vrinda kunda dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I pay my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja.
Now nearly one year has passed, since the day I got Maharaja’s mercy in the form of my harinama initi-
ation. I am not qualified for that mercy, that I am able to understand in this last one year. He banishes my
sins while giving initiation, but I am so ungrateful as I break the four principles many times.
Maharaja knows everything about his disciples from his divine sight, and I believe he knows about my
activities also, but he never ceases his mercy and does not throw me out from the bhakti process. He gives
me unlimited chances to recover from this fallen stage in the form of my siksha gurus instructions.
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And I realize that when I try to follow the instructions of my siksha guru, chances of breaking the regula- kind mercy. It is by your mercy only that preaching is flourishing in and around Delhi.
tive principles are minimized or stops. Thank you maharaja
My siksha guru Rasaraja prabhu has also told me many times about maharaja’s unlimited mercy. Maharaja Your servant,
said that if we throw some fallen devotee, then who will save him? From that statement we understand Gaurav Singh
that maharaja is so merciful.
Please maharaja, forgive my offenses, I continuously try to avoid offenses, but without your mercy I am Dear Guru Maharaja,
unable to do anything. Please accept my honorable obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
Few more glories about maharaja I saw are: you on this auspicious occasion of Vyasa-puja!
1. Deity worship: Maharaja never misses a chance of Deity worship even after a busy schedule. Even if yasyaprasādādbhagavat-prasādo, yasyā ‘prasādān na gatiḥ kuto ‘pi
he comes late at night from somewhere, he is ready on time for Deity worship. Mostly I take darshan of dhyāyan stuvaḿstasya yaśas tri-sandhyaḿ, vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
Maharaja in Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai altar. “By the mercy of the spiritual master, one receives the benediction of Krishna. Without the grace of the
He also has a separate altar and many Saligram Silas. He is very affectionate to Them. spiritual master, one makes no advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual
I hear from some devotees that one time a very heavy garland was offered to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai for Sri- master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual
ngar. Maharaja asked to change them and said that Gaura-Nitai are not comfortable due to heavy weight. master.”
It shows how They reciprocate with him or how conscious he is about the Deities. I am very fallen and insignificant to express and sing your glories. I thank Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi for
2. He is merciful to every living entity. One story my siksha guru told me was that when maharaja takes a delivering me unto your lotus feet. I want to thank you for accepting me as your disciple last year even
bath he instantly and loudly chants Haribol Haribol Haribol. When maharaja came out, his disciple asked though I was unqualified. You gave me valuable instructions in the first meeting itself on how to progress
maharaja why he chants so loudly. Maharaja showed a cockroach that laid on his back and moved his legs, in spiritual life. You asked me to stay in the association of devotees and maintain a good morning sadhana.
maharaja said he gave association to him, and he is dancing and chanting. You also warned me about the attachment towards parents and family members which were impediments
3. He is an eternal servant of Krishna. Maharaja never wants to stay in a place where he has no service. in the path of bhakti. Your instructions gave me hope in my spiritual life and these instructions were in line
Maharaja said I can’t live without service. with the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada.
There are many many glories of maharaja, but due to my conditioned senses, I am not able to memorize You are a faithful disciple of Srila Prabhupada. You took his desire of publishing and distributing books to
much. your heart. Millions of people are now able to take to the teachings of Lord Caitanya. Every year the book
Thank you maharaja for accepting me. distribution scores are touching new heights. Despite your hectic and tiresome schedule, you still never
I always try to become a good disciple. compromise on your sadhana. You preach by your own example. Your simplicity and compassion show
Sorry again for my misdeeds. your merciful nature. You are endowed with the twenty-six qualities of a Vaishnava.
Hare Krsna Maharaja. Dandavat pranam. Srila gurudeva, please be merciful upon me and bless me so that I can come out of the clutches of Maya
Your disobedient servant/ disciple, and assist Srila Prabhupada and Vaishnavas in preaching the glories of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Yadav Balarama dasa Your insignificant servant,
Padmalochan Ram dasa
KATWARIA SARAI
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Please accept my humble obeisances. I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami, who is very dear to Lord
You are so merciful. By your grace I also associate with you to get the boon of bhakti for which I am not Krishna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
qualified. “By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krishna. Without the grace of the
Please always be merciful to me so that I never forget Sri Krishna and always associate with you and your spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the
disciples and chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of
Your servant, my spiritual master.”
Ashish Prakash dasa Srila gurudeva, every year whenever I write the Vyasa-puja offering I just keep thanking you for the mercy
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, you shower on us.
Dandavat pranam. brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
You had been my spiritual master from the very beginning. I didn’t realise it before but now I know for guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija
sure. “According to their karma, all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them
It is your mercy only that I have gotten the gift of harinama. I have learnt everything in bhakti by your are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary sys-

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tems. Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to
associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the
spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.”
Your servant,
Rameshwar Maurya
LADO SARAI
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
By the grace of the spiritual master the cloud of the mercy of the Personality of Godhead is brought in, and
then only, when the rains of Krishna consciousness fall, can the fire of material existence be extinguished.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.21.17: Only by the mercy of both Krishna and the guru Maharaja, I am able to get
the seed of the creeper of devotional service.
Guru maharaja, you are the confidential servitor of Krsna, you guide me how I can become Krsna con-
scious by education and culture.
Since I cannot visually experience the presence of the Supersoul, you appear before me as a liberated
devotee. Such a spiritual master is none other than Krishna Himself.
Only under your guidance guru maharaja I am able to develop the Vaishnava cult inside myself and know
the importance of Vaishnavas in my life.
Guru maharaja, you have given me eyes to understand the scriptures and realise Krsna, as I have no qual-
ification to understand it.
You are just like an axe who is cutting my attachment from my heart by giving divine knowledge to me.
O guru maharaja! I have no words to express how indebted I am to you. You have given me a new birth.
Please keep your mercy always on me.
Your servant,
Darshan Manohar dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble pranam at your feet.
I don’t know how to write a Vyasa-puja offering but I am trying to write it. If I make a mistake please
forgive me.
Maharaja, you have so many sincere disciples and I don’t even deserve to stand in their line because I am
so “patita”.
I want to thank you for all the efforts you are taking for us to make us Krishna conscious. I remember
that day and can’t forget when I, my brother and my friend met you in the temple coincidently, and I felt
like I am not on the earth, because for the first time I met a pure devotee of Krishna. You asked us to keep
chanting, and that moment was the happiest moment of my life. I want to thank you for that moment also.
Maharaja, because of you Iskcon is still a happy devotee’s family and I request you to please add me as a
member of this family.
Maharaja please bless me so that I can do attentive chanting and always engage in the service of the dev-
otees.
And lastly maharaja ji, thank you for everything.
Your daughter,
Deepika Singh
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Maharaja ji, it’s my first Vyasa-puja offering so please bless me and forgive me for my all mistakes. Thank
you for the morning programs, lectures and the most delicious Krishna prasadam always attracts me to
Krishna consciousness and the Iskcon family. By the mercy of pure devotees I got garland service of Sri
guru and Gauranga, and it was my first step in Krishna consciousness. Thank you for giving me the asso-
ciation of devotees and the opportunity to engage in devotional service.
Srila Prabhupada always says about following the four regulative principles and chanting 16 rounds. But
I had started 16 rounds from the beginning of Purushottama month.
Please bless me so that I chant daily and attentively.
Please allow me to take shelter of your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Your daughter,
Komal kumari
PANCHASHEEL
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja.
As in the past, I would like to mention that I am really not qualified to glorify a pure devotee of the Lord,
like you. It is purely your mercy that you accept everything and everyone, to encourage people like us who
always want to remain in a state of illusion.
In one of your Vyasa-puja offerings to Srila Prabhupada you mentioned the following:
“Before writing my present offering, I read and reflected on the offerings written by your other sincere
followers. My conclusion is that they are all far more sincere and dedicated to your instructions than I am.
They have dedicated their lives to your mission, whereas I am only pretending to do so.”
And after reading these few lines my little intelligence could only conclude that a real acharya is never
forced to appear but simply comes to fulfill Krishna’s most cherished desire – to preach HIS message to the
conditioned souls. Guru maharaja, you are beyond humility personified. [Perfect example of “vyavasäyät-
mikä buddhir” with only one aim in life].
I would like to quote from a beautiful translation from Srila Prabhupada in Srimad-Bhagavatam:
“We think that we have met your goodness by the will of providence, just so that we may accept you as
captain of the ship for those who desire to cross the difficult ocean of Kali, which deteriorates all the good
qualities of a human being.” [S.B.1.1.22].
This actually pertains to me and I feel that if somehow I am able to keep your instructions foremost in my
mind I will never get bewildered.
Guru maharaja, you with your determination to follow the instructions of your spiritual master; with
your patience in handling most complicated situations; with your compassion in accepting conditioned
souls like us; with your tolerance in accepting wrong doings of others; with your kindness in pardoning
everyone and with your devotion in serving the deities – just amazes me. My awe only increases at your
mystical prowess.
I simply offer you my most humble obeisances and beg you to please continue showering this unworthy
soul with your blessings. Please bless us so that we are able to, day and night try and see how to remain
loyal to you and fulfill your vision for spreading Krsna consciousness.
Your servant,
Advaita Krsna dasa

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PUNJABI BAGH
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
At this auspicious ceremony of your Vyasa-puja I feel very unqualified to glorify you. Your glories are un-
limited and this poor servant of yours is a very insignificant person to say anything about your personality.
samsara davanala lidha loka
tranaya karunya ghana ghana tvam
praptasya kalyana gunar navasya
vande guroh sri caranaravindam
“The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a
forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing
the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual
master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.”
It is only by the mercy of a bona fide spiritual master, coming in the disciplic succession beginning from
Krsna, that a conditioned living entity bound up in the network of material illusion is freed, and regains
his constitutional position as the servant of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna in the spiritual world. Just as the animals
caught up in the forest fire cannot be saved by any amount of human endeavour, but only by the mercy of
rain clouds which bring water from the ocean, similarly a conditioned soul rotting in the material world
can be delivered only when a bonfire like spiritual master showers the mercy of the Supreme Lord on him.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says, that ones’ advancement in Krsna consciousness can be known by his
ability to give Krsna consciousness to others. Guru maharaja you are giving Krsna consciousness to in-
numerable living entities. You have initiated thousands of devotees throughout the world in our Gaudiya
Vaishnava sampradaya. In such an advanced age you are constantly travelling throughout the world to
deliver the forgetful jivas. You fearlessly and boldly preach even in communist countries like Russia and
China and also in Islamic countries like Pakistan. Recently you even opened a temple in Pakistan.
Maharaja, thank you for everything you have done for me. It is only by your blessings that I can practice
Krsna consciousness. You kindly accepted me as your disciple even though I was not qualified. When I
was facing trouble from my family at the time of joining the Punjabi bagh temple, you immediately agreed
to see me in spite of being so busy managing the 40th anniversary celebrations of our Sri Sri Krsna-Balara-
ma Temple in Vrindavan. With your valuable guidance, all my impediments in joining the temple were
immediately vanquished. Recently also you gave me so much love while we were accompanying you in
the morning walk during the opening of Sri Sri Giridhari-Dauji Temple in Jaipur.
Maharaja presently I am serving as a book distributor in the Punjabi Baug Temple. Maharaja, you always
emphasize on attentive chanting, daily reading of Srila Prabhupada’s books and devotional service, but
I always fail to follow your instructions. Please bless me maharaja, so that I may be able to very strictly
fulfil the promise of the dos and don’ts that I learned of before my diksha ceremony. My unlimited desire
to enjoy this material world is constantly haunting me and driving my mind and senses astray. Without
your mercy maharaja, it is impossible for me to practice spiritual life as taught by Srila Prabhupada and
the previous acharyas.
Thank you so much maharaja.
Your insignificant servant,
Adiguru Nitai dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
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Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupa-
da! All glories to you!
It is my great fortune that I have the opportunity to glorify such an exalted devotee. I would like to thank
you for all that I have got in my life. It is only because of souls like you who are constantly doing good for
the people in general as you have emerged above the material conception of life. As you repeatedly say
in all your offerings to Srila Prabhupada, that let us re-dedicate our lives to Srila Prabhupada, I think we
should also join in again and again. Maharaja ji, you are one of the rarest souls on the earth. I thank you
for the love and care we are getting in Punjabi bagh.
I am in this material world tied all around. When I look back at my life, it was impossible for me to come
to Krishna consciousness. You have given me this gift. On this auspicious day I beg for your mercy to
protect bhakti in my life. I am very afraid because it takes only one moment to fall down.
Trying to be your servant,
Advaita kripa dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Dandavat pranam. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We consider ourselves to be fortunate to be your disciples. You are like a guiding light which shows us the
path and leads us out of this dark materialistic world. We pray to Krishna to bless us with the potency to
serve you better each passing year. To serve and dedicate all our resources to the service of devotees is the
only way for purification in this Kali-yuga. We beg for the shelter of your holy feet in Uttarakhand, so that
we can benefit from association and service. We express our profound gratitude and pray for your long life
and good health. You are the most precious gift of Krishna in our lives.
Your servants,
Adyaavatar dasa and Abhaya Jahnava devi dasi
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
Gurudeva, on this auspicious occasion, I would like to share and recall various instances, reciprocations
and instructions that you have kindly bestowed upon me for my ultimate benefit. Lord and His devotees
are kind to everyone and every moment they are devising various plans to deliver the conditioned souls
like me and thus darshans, instructions, blessings and chastisement are for their supreme welfare.
Gurudeva, you came to the Punjabi bagh temple on Nandotsava day, on Srila Prabhupada’s appearance
day. I was bedridden at that time due to severe headaches and Rukmini Krishna prabhu took me to meet
you personally. And you very caring inquired about my health and gave a suggestion which blew me off,
“Make the best use of a bad bargain” I was expecting sympathy and rather you made a practical point.
This body is full of suffering and we are suffering the threefold miseries. So, rather than concentrating on
that, I should focus on how to make best use of whatever condition I am in to perfect my life as devotional
service cannot be hindered by any circumstances. This relieved me of great anxiety and calmed me down
and acted as a support system during my six month bedridden time. Thank you for such a practical insight.
I remember the meeting between you and His Holiness Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Goswami mahara-
ja in EOK temple. The way you treated him, showed the love you have for Srila Prabhupada and your
god-brothers. It inspires me to have the same attitude towards my god-brothers and god-sisters. And you
gave me specific instructions to “Take nice care of maharaja”. Gurudeva, I have tried to serve him nicely
by serving his Deities under his guidance. I have committed so many offenses while serving him. I would
like to take this opportunity to beg forgiveness from you and Maharaja for the same. Also, please forgive
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me that I touched your lotus feet while you were honouring prasad after the completion of the meeting.
The lectures which you delivered at Punjabi bagh temple during marathon inspired me a lot to distribute
more and more books. Though, I hear similar lectures during every marathon, but every time I personally
hear from you with expressions and dedications, it raises my enthusiasm to the next level. Sorry, I could
not distribute any books personally this year, due to health reasons. To carry out your instructions, I dis-
tributed Bhagavad-gitas in Govardhana during the Purushottama Month.
This year on 10 June, you awarded me a precious gift of the sacred thread. While taking the interviews
and explaining why one should take 2nd initiation, you said, “It is meant to serve the brahmanas and the
Lord in His Arca incarnation”. Somehow by your blessings, next day only I was posted to Pune to serve
His Holiness Bhakti Madhuraya Govind Goswami Maharaja and his Deities Sri Giriraja, Saligrams, Ja-
gannatha, Baldeva, Subhadra and Neela-Madhava. Thank you for giving me the qualification to serve and
for service itself.
Hoping to have more such experiences with you, which could bring deeper realizations in my heart.
Though, you have kindly accepted me as your disciple, I am not at all worthy of it. I am barely able to
chant attentively and follow your instructions with my full heart. Still, I plead for your mercy and your
forgiveness.
I am highly obliged that you have accepted me as your disciple.
Thank you
Your servant,
Aja Nitai dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this auspicious occasion of your appearance on this planet, please accept my most humble obeisances
at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! We feel so unfortunate that last year we were
unable to attend your Vyasa-puja at Russia.
Guru maharaja, you always encourage all your disciples to render service to Srila Prabhupada and Lord
Krishna, and you also have deep love and compassion for them. You are a perfect heart surgeon, as you are
always aware ―What‘s going on in the hearts of all your disciples and you are a perfect doctor in curing
all the subtle heart diseases- lust, anger, greed, envy etc.
Guru maharaja I am suffering from all the above diseases, kindly cure me and make me qualified to serve
this mission of Srila Prabhupada. On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja I want to give my spir-
itual master a small promise that I will always try to follow your instructions and teachings.
On this most auspicious occasion guru maharaja, please give me your blessings so that I may serve in
this mission under the guidance of your authorized representatives till my last breath, for your and Srila
Prabhupada‘s pleasure.
Dear guru maharaja, I sincerely beg for forgiveness for all my gross and subtle offences and seek your
blessings. Guru maharaja, you have made Srila Prabhupada‘s instruction of book distribution as your life
and soul. I can see your eagerness even now to inspire devotees to distribute his books more and more.
Dear guru maharaja, you are an ocean of transcendental qualities, so it is very difficult for a person like me
who is on the material platform to describe your divine qualities, kindly bestow some of your causeless
mercy upon me so that I may pick some drops of nectar from the ocean of your endless qualities.
Guru maharaja, we beg for forgiveness for all our offenses, we pray on the lotus feet of Sri Sri Krishna
–Balarama and Sri Sri Radhika-Ramana ji to bestow upon you a very long and healthy life.
Hare Krishna!
Your most undeserving disciples /children,
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Anila Gaura Hari dasa and Acintya Priti devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my highly glorious and magnanimous guru mahara-
ja. It’s the highest favour from the Supreme Lord Krishna that I am blessed with such a merciful and expert
spiritual master, who is connecting me with a bona fide disciplic succession making himself a transparent
via medium. I am feeling highly blissful and spiritually protected under the shelter of my guru maharaja.
If I focus on the qualifications of guru as mentioned in ‘Nectar of Instruction’ by Rupa Goswami, I find
all these qualifications in him.
If I contemplate about the qualifications of a Vaishnava, i.e., “how many persons he can convert into
Vaishnava”, I find that he is a true Vaishnava. He is preaching on a very wide scale even in countries
like Kazakistan, Pakistan, China, and many more places. He is showering a rain of mercy, by receiving
the same from Krishna through the disciplic succession, on conditioned souls, by taking so many physi-
cal and mental inconveniences. Numerous dedicated devotees are sprouting up from these countries and
others like Russia, India, and so on. He plays the role of a sannyasi, sadhu, spiritual master as well as a
loyal disciple, very carefully. Whatever he speaks, whatever he does, is properly backed up by shastras.
He is always very concerned about the welfare of his disciples. His dealings with Vaishnavas and even
with non-devotees is exemplary and ideal. I consider my guru maharaja as a role model in various kinds
of dealings which are enriched with Vaishnava culture and etiquettes. I seek blessings from him on his
glorious Vyasa-puja, so that, I can also imbibe those qualities in me.
A sadhu is not recognized by his clothes but by his conduct and surrender to guru and Krishna. Gurudeva
is perfect example of a sadhu. I have seen him in a Pathani suit (for Pakistan preaching), shirt-pant and
cap (for preaching in China and Kazakhstan), but whatever the dress may be, his conduct and surrender
to Srila Prabhupada is never missing. In China, he met with priests of the Buddhist temple. There he won
everyone’s heart by his saintly conduct.
By his personal example, my guru maharaja makes it very clear that, if a disciple remains surrendered to
guru and Krishna and properly connected to the scriptures, he gets all kinds of empowerment for spiritual
advancement. With these few words which are quite trivial for his glorification, I conclude.
Yours trivial servant,
Bali Svarupa dasa
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
You have saved this fallen soul from the ocean of material existence. By your mercy only I am able to
associate with the holy name. By harinama, you have given me the greatest benediction a human being
can get.
Please accept me in your shelter and impart me with Vaishnava qualities. Please make me a servant of
your servants.
Your servant,
Brijesh Kumar
His Holiness Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This is my humble offering to your grace on this auspicious day of your holy appearance.
I am so fortunate to have your grace as my spiritual father, and I am so thankful that you have accepted a
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fool like me as your disciple.
Gurudeva, I am an insignificant disciple and I get a lot of inspiration from your daily messages.
My heart sometimes bears the pain of this material world, but when I see your beautiful face and hear your
soothing voice, these pains become so insignificant.
Guru maharaja ji we are trying to distribute Bhagavad-gitas every year. Please bless us to preach more.
I pray, please bless this insignificant servant so that I may become humble, do more practical seva, chant
attentively, serve with the correct attitude and always remember my position as a servant’s servant.
Your insignificant servant,
Dasaratha nandan dasa, Jagat sevika devi dasi and Bhakti prabhu devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Our respectful obeisances are unto you. All glories to the divine master and Sri Krishna Caitanya Ma-
haprabhu!
It has been said by Srila Visvanätha Cakravarti Thäkura:
samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam
praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasya, vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
“The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a
forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing
the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual
master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.”
These are the symptoms of a bona fide spiritual master, and anyone can see that you, Srila Bhagavatpäda,
out of your causeless mercy and kindness, are delivering so many fallen souls from this blazing fire of
material existence.
In material consciousness, we have found no peace, no happiness, no satisfaction, but now, Srila Bhaga-
vatpäda, we have hope, because we have tasted a higher pleasure and that pleasure is simply to try to
please you and Krsna.
He is immersed in the mood of Prahläda Mahäräja, who prayed to Lord Narasimhadeva:
naivodvije para duratyaya-vaitaranyäs
tvad-virya-gäyana-mahämrta-magna-cittah
soce tato vimukha-cetasa indriyärtha-
mäyä-sukhäya bharam udvahato vimüdhän
(S.B. 7.9.43)
“O best of the great personalities, I am not at all afraid of material existence, for wherever I stay I am fully
absorbed in thoughts of Your glories and activities. My concern is only for the fools and rascals who are
making elaborate plans for material happiness and maintaining their families, societies and countries. I am
simply concerned with love for them.”
brahmända bhramite kona bhägyavän jiva
guru-krsna-prasäde päya bhakti-latä-bija
(C.c. Madhya 19.151)
“Upon traversing this whole material creation of Lord Brahmä, one fortunate soul might get the bhak-
ti-latä (seed of devotion). This happens by the grace of guru and Krsna.”
The dog in the street is engrossed in trying to satisfy his senses, but the rays of your lotus feet have caught
his eye, and now he is trying to drag himself past the flickering mundane pleasures which line the road to
the dust of your lotus feet.
These lotus feet are satisfying. The dog is not very intelligent, but he knows pleasure from pain. The
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senses burn like fire, but your lotus feet are putting out this fire with the higher taste of spiritual pleasure.
I am relishing your association through the medium of Book Bhagavatä and also chanting my rounds,
serving the Deities, eating Krishna prasädam, going on sankirtana and associating with such nice devotees
here in the Punjabi bagh temple. After one year I want to take to the vanaprastha ashram in Vrindavana
dhama and seriously read Srimad-Bhagavatam and Caitanya-caritamrta to His Holiness Probodhananda
Swami maharaja. And I may take sannyasa after six or seven years and join the preaching movement. This
is the aim of our spiritual life. I know that this is all you ask me and also these activities are most pleasing
to your grace.
We have been indulging in so much sense gratification for so many hundreds and thousands of lifetimes,
and finally by the grace of Lord Krishna we have come in contact with a pure devotee like yourself, Srila
Bhagavatpäda!
So this is my only prayer to you with all the humility at my command to fully engage my body, mind,
words, and spirit soul, in the transcendental loving service for your satisfaction. “Yasya prasädäd bhaga-
vat-prasädo, yasyäprasädän na-gatih kuto ‘pi. Due to the mercy of the spiritual master one is benedicted
by the mercy of Krishna. If the spiritual master is displeased, one’s whereabouts are unknown. Let me
become Krishna conscious. I have no other business or duty on this planet, or any other planet for that mat-
ter. But still, my words of praise are so dry. Just let me continue to serve you. Please forgive our countless
offenses and bestow your causeless mercy on me. We prostrate at your lotus feet again and again.
I beg to remain,
Your insignificant servant,
Daya rupa dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja.
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
you on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja!
You are one of the most confidential servants of Srila Prabhupada, increasing book distribution by leaps
and bounds. I offer my endless gratitude to you for your infinite mercy of engaging me in the loving devo-
tional service of Lord Krishna, though I have always been so unworthy of this.
brahmända bhramite kona bhägyavän jiva
guru-krsna-prasäde päya bhakti-latä-bija
“According to their karma, all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them
are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary sys-
tems. Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity
to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Krsna. By the mercy of both Krsna and the
spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.
It has been almost two years since you first instructed me to go to Iskcon Bahadurgarh and serve there after
finishing my training, but I was not able to go. Now things have turned around, and I am destined to get
service in Bahadurgarh. All this shows your divine spiritual vision.
Following are your some of the instructions I will try to follow and focus in the next one year, for which
your divine blessings are the only hope.
1. Attentive chanting of 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra
2. Attending S.B. class daily
3. Daily study of Srila Prabhupada books
4. Distribution of Srila Prabhupada books
5. Improving morning program
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I think if I can do all these aspects of devotional service properly, then you will be pleased and subsequent-
ly Krishna will be pleased, which is the goal of the human form of life.
One of your instructions I like the most is ‘Solution to all problems is attentive chanting’.
Thank you guru maharaja for being an exemplary role model and encouraging me in following aspects of
devotional service:
1. Your attachment to Deity worship
2. Your humility towards all jivas
3. Your deep faith in the holy name of Krishna
4. Your deep faith in Srila Prabhupada’s books
5. Your deep faith in sadhana-bhakti
6. Following Srila Prabhupada’s instructions as it is
Please bestow your mercy unto a fallen soul like me to somehow or the other imbibe all these devotional
qualities.
I am a very envious and doubting personality, and have committed offences at your lotus feet many times,
knowingly and unknowingly, so kindly forgive me for them.
Your servant,
Dhira Shanta dasa
Dearest Guru Maharaja,
We offer our most respectful and humble dandavat pranams at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to
jagad-guru, Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your loving divine grace.
We wish you a very happy 74th Vyasa-puja and pray to Srimati Radharani for many happy returns of this
auspicious day. Guru maharaja, this past year has been full of realizations and new spiritual experiences by
your blessings. Keeping you at the centre of my life, each day I can feel how your causeless mercy flows
unconditionally in the upkeep of my devotional service. Although it’s been 10 years since Lord Krishna
mercifully sent you as my master and saviour, that first darshan of your divine grace is still afresh to my
vision.
Guru maharaja, you have made all arrangements not only for your disciples but for humanity at large
through your many innovative ways of giving your association through your lectures, live internet broad-
casts, Bhakti Vriksha activity, etc. In every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen our commitment
and conviction to Srila Prabhupada and his Iskcon. In a very exemplary way, you teach us the mood of
becoming an eternal sishya by displaying your unconditional pure love for Srila Prabhupada. Please guru
maharaja, instill in our hearts a drop of that mood of servitorship for your divine grace as you have for
Srila Prabhupada.
Guru maharaja, for me you are specially merciful by constantly reminding me about the goal of life,
sometimes in dreams, by chastising to follow the instructions correctly or sometimes via your confidential
disciples. Although now I am living quite near to the Delhi Temple, but still I am not able to serve you in
person, which reminds again and again, how I am wasting my life by not rendering service to my master.
Guru maharaja, by your mercy I was very fortunate to serve one of your most wonderful god-brothers, His
Holiness Bhakti Madhurya Govinda Goswami maharaja. I got to learn a lot from them. Maharaja displays
unlimited compassion and humility for the suffering souls
Guru maharaja, I must admit today that for a couple of months I haven’t been doing much service. My
preaching work has practically stopped, but yes, writing this offering I am getting renewed energy to do
more preaching. I can feel myself being purified while writing this offering. I have read somewhere that
by writing for the pleasure of guru and Krishna, one gets personal purification. Thank you very much for
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this opportunity to write on your Vyasa-puja.
Please guru maharaja, instruct me, chastise me for my many offences and guide me to become a better
servant of all the living entities. Just as Lord Krishna’s glories are unlimited, so are your divine glories.
For a dull minded person I am, it would take many lifetimes for me to properly glorify you.
On this auspicious day, I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet, O my beloved guru maharaja.
Wishing you the most wonderful Vyasa-puja celebration again and again. .
Srila Prabhupada ki jaya! Srila guru maharaja Vyasa-puja mahotsava 2018 ki jaya!
Your most fallen children,
Harinama Sevak dasa and Neha
Respected Guru Maharaja,
I beg to offer my most fallen obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
In a letter to his holiness Satsvarupa maharaja (Los Angeles, 27 July 1970), Srila Prabhupada writes: To
accept disciples means to take up the responsibility of absorbing the sinful reactions of the life of the
disciple. And then in a letter to his holiness Brahmananda Swami (Los Angeles, 31 Jul 1970), he writes:
It is the injunction of the Vedas that the spiritual master should not be treated as an ordinary man even if
sometimes the spiritual master behaves like an ordinary man. It is the duty of the disciple to accept him
as a superhuman.
Reading these letters, I came to contemplate on your special position in my life as my revered spiritual
master. A disciple should always treat his guru as a superhuman being even though sometimes he may be
found acting ordinarily. I contemplated on the mercy that has been shown to me by yourself by accepting
me as your disciple. To play the role of a spiritual master is not an easy task. One has to be ready to absorb
the sinful reactions of a disciple. Yet this task has been seriously undertaken by yourself on behalf of the
Lord to reclaim fallen conditioned souls like me. While executing this task, all personal considerations
have been neglected by yourself including the suffering that one may have to face by accepting the most
sinful people of Kali-yuga as disciples. Complete dependence on the Lord has been shown by yourself in
this regard and therefore you are most dear to the Lord. Kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya vande guroh
sri-caranäravindam
Very recently in January 2018, I had the opportunity of understanding your concern for every single penny
that belongs to Srila Prabhupada. When I was in the main Jagannatha Puri temple, I saw yourself arriv-
ing with a group of devotees at night 11 pm to have the darshan of Lord Jagannatha. First of all, it was
amazing to see your eagerness to have the darshan of the Lord. Despite a very busy schedule of lectures,
meetings and services, you found time at night to have personal darshan of the Lord. And then I saw that
the pandas were demanding a donation from yourself, when you were just passing near the altar along
with a brahmacari. The brahmacari devotee brought out a note of five hundred rupees and wanted to put
it on your behalf. The panda even pushed his hand to put that donation in the vessel. But he was stopped
by yourself by an indication and he had to keep it back in his pocket. And then around one or two hundred
rupees were brought out by yourself and donated from the side of Iskcon. I thought five hundred rupees is
not a big thing for Iskcon to donate as we are not so financially backward. But I could feel that your con-
cern for Srila Prabhupada’s money is certainly very big. I was just observing this from a distance and there
were not many people who could view this pastime. At that time, I had some money which I was thinking
of donating at Sri Jagannatha temple. But seeing your concern for Iskcon, I thought, if at all I have to make
any donation, it should also be to Iskcon only. I consider myself fortunate to be able to understand how
much we should be concerned about Srila Prabhupada’s money from your actions personally.
You are a totally sold out servant of Srila Prabhupada. I feel very inspired by seeing your untiring en-
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deavours to make the movement grow. I find yourself conducting meetings, guiding disciples, conducting
preaching programmes, travelling to all different Iskcon centres and so on, just in order to achieve that. I
aspire to also be as active as yourself in spreading Krishna consciousness. Please forgive me for my count-
less offences that I may have made knowingly or unknowingly at your lotus feet. Kindly bless me so that
I can take up your instructions more seriously, thinking myself to be your servant who is meant to obey
your orders at all times, places and circumstances.
Trying to be your fully obedient servant,
Hayagriva bhakta dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This is my humble offering to your grace on this auspicious day of your holy appearance.
I am so fortunate to have your grace as my spiritual father. I am so thankful that your grace has accepted
a fool like me as your disciple.
Guru maharaja ji, I met you surprisingly at Ratha-yatra, on the same day was my wife’s birthday, so when I
greeted Rukmini Krishna prabhu ji and told him about her birthday, then all of a sudden he told us, “Chalo
maharaja ji se blessings dilwata hoon,” we were totally shocked that in such a crowded and extremely
hectic schedule how is it possible, and we hesitated to meet you, but he insisted that there is no problem
and at last we met you. You gave us time and your precious blessings and you even told us that at this
moment I do not have a garland to give you. We were overwhelmed by your soft and humble gesture. You
put your hand on my shoulder and I am fortunate enough to be blessed by you.
On the other hand, I am the most fallen person, I need your help. I know you help us in two ways, vapu
and vani, but being the most degraded and deteriorated, I always missed your guidance and mercy. I have
heard if any pure Vaishnava like you showers your kripa on any sinful, fallen and degraded person like
me, he can do bhakti in a proper manner. Even though I know I cannot do anything on my own, as I tried
many times but every time I failed. So it is my humble request on your lotus feet to please please please
give your mercy always to me, so that I become a devotee and in a real sense I want to become your ser-
vant’s servants’ servant.
Your insignificant servant,
Jagadbandhu Jaideva dasa
Honourable Guru Maharaja ji,
Hare Krishna! Kindly accept my most humble and respectful obeisances unto you. All glories to Sri guru
and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
First of all, I offer unto your lotus feet my heartfelt thanks and most sincere gratitude for kindly providing
me divine shelter under your transcendental lotus feet. Despite being totally unworthy of being able to
receive the mercy of your lotus feet, your divine grace, out of immense compassion upon all the fallen
souls, you have kindly accepted this poor soul as your disciple, by bestowing me shelter under your divine
lotus feet.
Although I feel completely incapable to glorify even a fraction of the ocean of Vaishnava qualities your
divine grace possesses, I just endeavour to attempt your divine glorification for the pleasure of your divine
grace and of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna.
Guru maharaja, you are none else but the most confidential servitor of the Supreme Personality of God-
head, and the most dear to the Lord. You are beyond the modes of material nature, completely transcen-
dental, and have kindly appeared to bestow upon us all, the causeless mercy of your divine lotus feet. As
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Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura writes in his prayers unto the spiritual master, you are to be honoured
to the same degree as the Supreme Lord, for you happen to be most intimate and most confidential servitor
of the Supreme Lord. It is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, who has manifested before
us all as your divine grace, to teach us the most confidential, rarest and the most sublime method of un-
alloyed, unmotivated and uninterrupted devotion unto His lotus feet. It is only by your causeless mercy
maharaja, that we can receive the merciful glance of Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
You are a great spiritual master guru maharaja, for you have always been amongst the most sincere disci-
ples of your spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada. Your intense devotion, immense love, unalloyed sincerity
and determination to execute his instructions and complete surrender unto the lotus feet of Srila Prabhu-
pada is beyond my capacity to glorify. You have always been a true follower of Srila Prabhupada’s teach-
ings, adept in understanding the most confidential desires of your spiritual master. Your divine grace has
shown by your own example, how to serve the instructions of the spiritual master, with all our heart and
capacity, by keeping aside everything else. Your divine grace has undergone all the troubles of the world,
undergoing all kinds of personal inconveniences, just to realise the inner desires of Srila Prabhupada and
to please him in all ways under all circumstances.
Amongst various important services performed to please Srila Prabhupada, you have always been giving
greatest emphasis on book distribution. Book distribution has always been your life and soul maharaja. It
is only because of your tireless endeavour and kind encouragement and divine blessings that devotees are
distributing books with great enthusiasm across the globe. I am extremely poor at book distribution ma-
haraja. Bowing down unto your divine lotus feet, I humbly beg for your kind blessings maharaja. Kindly
bless me so that I may also be engaged in this most valuable service of book distribution to please you and
Srila Prabhupada. Managing the huge BBT so efficiently for so long is in itself unimaginable and beyond
my capacity to glorify. As a member of the GBC of Iskcon for so long, you have always endeavoured so
much to give us all, Krishna consciousness, the very way Srila Prabhupada had desired. Iskcon is flourish-
ing across the globe only because of the valuable and esteemed guidance of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples
as you.
Besides endeavouring so much for intensifying book distribution, you have always worked tirelessly to
realise Srila Prabhupada’s dream of opening many Temples across India and the entire globe as well. It is
because of your mercy maharaja, that we have so many Temples in Delhi/NCR (with a new one coming up
in Bahadurgarh) and in other parts of the nation. You travel so much, keeping aside all personal inconve-
niences and health issues, just to make sure that more and more people take to this most sublime process
of Krishna consciousness. Despite bad health conditions and an advanced age, you are always engaged to
please Srila Prabhupada in every possible way.
Your intense love and attachment for the Deities is so inspiring maharaja ji. Disregarding difficulties of
any kind, you engage yourself in rendering service to the Deities and in performing Their worship in
whichever Temple you happen to visit.
Above all, your holiness is an emblem of heaps of Vaishnava qualities. Full of love and compassion for
one and all, possessing a humble attitude, tolerating difficulties of every kind, you are in reality, our true
saviour, and our most confidential friend indeed. The nectarean words coming out of your lotus mouth,
are in reality, our very life and soul, which can protect us in all circumstances, in times of the greatest
difficulties.
I beg for your kind forgiveness maharaja, for all the offenses that I might have committed knowingly or
unknowingly, unto your lotus feet. I beg unto you to please be merciful upon me and kindly bless me, so
that I may follow your divine instructions with intense faith and devotion without reservations of any kind,
whatsoever. Please bless me so that this year I participate with all my heart and capacity in the valuable
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service of book distribution which is so dear to your divine grace and to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktive-
danta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
I thank you maharaja, from the deepest chambers of my heart, for bestowing upon me your causeless mer-
cy, and providing me the shelter of your divine lotus feet, which is capable of giving relief from all kinds
of miseries of this material world.
Begging desperately for your kind blessings and divine shelter under your lotus feet for eternity, maharaja.
Your servant,
Janakipati dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances.
It is only by your mercy that I am able to continue in the progressive path of Krishna bhakti. Recently, I
have joined Iskcon Punjabi bagh as a full-time devotee. I beg for your kind glance upon me so that I re-
main as a brahmacari with full enthusiasm and time to serve in Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
By the mercy of Krishna and yourself, I got a personal audience with you thrice this year. Your instructions
to preach in the scientific community has given me a great shelter. In this connection, I must acknowledge
the guidance of your dear disciple Murali Krishna prabhu. Everyday, as I reflect upon your instructions, I
get increasingly stronger enthusiasm to carry out your wish. I know Krishna has chosen me as a puppet.
It is actually your desire and Krishna has to find means to fulfil it as you are a sold-out servant of his dear
devotee His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.
I am very grateful that you have created so many expansions of Vaikuntha in a hellish city like Delhi in
order to reclaim fallen souls like me. Now, it is our duty to maintain and expand the mission of Lord Cai-
tanya. In this connection, I beg at your lotus feet that I never ever fall in the trap of puja-labha-pratistha.
Please bless me so that I may not become proud of my devotional achievements and always see them as
your mercy, and myself as a puppet.
I know I have committed so many offences. Nevertheless, please continue to shower your mercy on this
wretched soul who has a very natural inclination towards speculative knowledge. I know I can also be pu-
rified to relish Krishna bhakti if I can surrender at your lotus feet. But, my mind is like a monkey jumping
from one branch to another. Please bless me so that it always takes the shelter of guru, sadhu and shastra.
Your most fallen servant,
Jyotisvara dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and
Gauranga!
You embody all the transcendental qualities of a param-Vaishnava mentioned in revealed scriptures and
exhibited by previous great personalities. Recently, just about a month back, there was a discussion go-
ing on in our temple about Vaishnava qualities and in particular empathy. There one of the participants
inquired that how to get so much time for the devotees to give an empathic ear for their difficulties in life.
And the speaker very boldly said that this is our only duty, what else are we to do? This immediately re-
minded me of you, when on one occasion you asked me to come and meet you frequently. And I said that
I hesitate that I may spoil your time which you can use for some much more important work. I remember
that you immediately put down some papers and, whatever was in your hands and by opening your arms
you said that “what else have I to do, I just meet people everywhere.” I cannot express the emotions of
gratitude that were created in my heart by this gesture of yours.
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We beg for your mercy on this Vyasa-puja day that we may somehow act as per your instructions. I am
still trying to understand the import of your statement – “Vyasa-puja of the spiritual master is the most
important day in the life of a disciple.” Please bless us to overcome our inner obstacles on the spiritual path
so that we may develop real appreciation for the nectar of the holy name.
From the last about 3 years now, under the benevolent guidance of your beloved disciples at Punjabi Bagh
temple, Rukmini Krishna prabhu and Nama Prema prabhu, my wife Rangavali Shakti devi dasi and I are
trying to serve the devotees in a Bhakti Vriksha group. Besides that I am also trying to assist in proofread-
ing for Bhagavad Darshan and some other services which I get time to time.
Guru maharaja, please shower your mercy on these fallen souls that we may understand the purpose of
life and engage wholeheartedly in unmotivated and uninterrupted pure devotional service of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Dedication that you have in the service of Srila Prabhupada is a vast ocean; if we
can get a drop of that for your pleasure, we would consider this life to be successful.
Most insignificant and fallen servant of your lotus feet,
Keshava Krishna dasa and Rangavali Shakti devi dasi
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila
Bhagavatpada!
We are unqualified to glorify your unlimited qualities but it’s been a great fortune for us to glorify you as
by glorifying you we will get purified.
By your mercy and blessings we entered the grihastha ashram in September 2017 at Sri Sri Radha-Par-
thasarathi temple. As you were also there on that day in the temple, your divine presence in the temple
made everything more auspicious.
You are always engaged in Krishna’s service. Just by seeing you anybody gets purified and develops the
eagerness to know Lord Krishna and serve Him. Your dedication to serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission,
towards his instructions is exemplary. We just pray at your lotus feet to have a tinge of that quality in us.
Your love and care for everyone is unconditional. We can see your loving and caring hand in our life ev-
erytime. In one of the lectures about you we heard that tolerance and mercy always go along. You teach
us by your example how to tolerate and to forgive. May we will also develop that mood of tolerance and
forgiveness in ourselves.
We are struggling to obey your instructions. Please give us strength, so that we can chant attentively, and
read Srila Prabhupada’s books every day and we will be able to become a tiny instrument in his mission.
May our mind, body and senses always remain engaged in service to please you!
O spiritual master, we pray to Sri Sri Radha-Radhika-ramana, Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama, Sri Sri Gaura-Ni-
tai, Sri Sri Jagannatha-Baladeva and Srimati Subhadra that may you have good health always. Guru maha-
raja, please forgive us for all the offences which we have committed knowingly or unknowingly.
We desire the dust of your holy feet in every birth we may take.
Your insignificant servants,
Lakshmana Nath dasa and Nirmala Devaki devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This is my humble offering to your grace on this auspicious day of your holy appearance.
I am so fortunate to have your grace as my spiritual father. I am so thankful that your grace has accepted
a fool like me as your disciple.
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Gurudeva, I am an insignificant disciple and I get a lot of inspiration from your daily messages.
My heart sometimes bears the pain of this material world, but when I see your beautiful face and hear your
soothing voice, these pains become so insignificant.
I pray, please bless this insignificant servant so that I may become humble, do more practical seva, chant
attentively, serve with the correct attitude and always remember my position as a servant’s servant.
Your insignificant servant,
Madan Mohan dasa
My dear Revered Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my prostrated humble obeisances.
I seek your blessings to be able to offer my sincere appreciation and gratitude for the mercy you have
bestowed upon me by initiating me on the path of pure devotional service and connecting me to this most
exalted and glorious Gaudiya Vaishnava parampara.
In the legacy left behind by Srila Prabhupada, there are many pure devotees, the shining moons, who by
their purity and innumerable sacrifices have successfully carried on with the preaching of Krsna con-
sciousness. As we have heard, time and again, from many senior devotees, you are one such empowered
general in the sankirtana Army of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. At such an advanced age, you are tirelessly
travelling, preaching, managing and guiding the activities of this huge organization, the Iskcon society.
You have always been very kind and encouraging towards me. When I was serving in Sri Sri Rad-
ha-Rasabihari, Iskcon Juhu temple, you always lovingly pushed me to take up services from which I
would shy away. When the temple management made a rule that no can stay in the temple VTA for more
than 3 years, for this insignificant person, you were ready to speak to the temple management to allow
me to continue staying there and also carry on with my professional work outside. Whenever you visited
Juhu, Mumbai, you would very mercifully ask me to come and read for you during your personal deity
worship hours. When I expressed my desire to you, that I wished to take guidance and inspiration from His
Holiness Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami maharaja and travel with him and serve him, you very lovingly
allowed me to do so. You have always been extremely caring and protective so that we fallen conditioned
souls, who are always prone to fall in the traps of the illusory energy of Krsna, remain steady and march
on in our Krsna consciousness. My respect and love for you increased many times when HH Bhakti Dhira
Damodara Swami maharaja once told me that you had called him and asked him to take good care of me.
Your good qualities are innumerable guru maharaja. The whole world knows the amount of invaluable
services you have rendered to the movement of Srila Prabhupada and thousands of devotees worldwide.
May your glories be spread far and wide and we, though too insignificant, pray to Lord Krsna that He
protects your physical body for many more years to come so that the whole world and we, your unworthy
disciples, continue to remain blessed with your divine association.
Though you have made me eternally indebted to you for all the causeless mercy and kindness you have
bestowed upon me, I have failed to do any genuinely pleasing service for you. You have taken great re-
sponsibilities for Srila Prabhupada’s movement and you have always expressed the desire that I should
also become more responsible, so I pray at your lotus feet on this very auspicious occasion of your ap-
pearance on this planet, that I become strongly situated in the path of pure devotional service and shrug off
my hesitations and doubts, my mental weaknesses, my lack of submissiveness, and humbly and faithfully
carry out the orders of my spiritual master without any reservation.
Your servant always,
Madhusudana Visnu dasa
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
On the occasion of your 74th Vyasa-puja, please accept our most humble obeisances unto your divine lotus
feet.
While writing this offering, my hands are shaking because I don’t have the ability to write a single world
about my spiritual master whose glories are spread all over the three words. However, with your empow-
erment only, I am trying to write something for my own purification.
Our faith and determination in devotional service remains high when we associate with you via vapu or
vani. We feel proud and inspired when we hear your transcendental glories from the lips of so many dev-
otees. This year I was fortunate to meet you few times at Iskcon Kanpur and at Leela Purushottam prabhu
ji’s house at IIT Kanpur. The more I meet you, the more I get inspired to practice devotional service with
enthusiasm and determination. With your blessings, I got selected as faculty at NIT Rourkela this year.
I am trying to engage myself in preaching activities here under the guidance of Jugal Kishore prabhu ji.
Though you travel around the globe each year, the care and attention you gives to each individual, attracts
the hearts of the devotees. Being my spiritual father, you only supply what I lack in devotional service. The
relationship with one’s material father is temporary, but our relationship with our spiritual father is eternal.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu being the Lord Himself taught the devotees the cult of devotional service by His
own example. Similarly, you also teach us the standard of pure devotion service by your own example.
Under your divine guidance, Iskcon is progressing as a leading spiritual institute around the globe.
Guru maharaja! I am drowning in an ocean of deep nescience, it is your divine mercy and vision which can
save me. I pray unto your lotus feet to please never leave me alone and keep beating me a thousand times
whenever I make a mistake or deviate from the guru parampara. Please forgive me for my innumerable
offences of not executing your instructions strictly.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madhava, Sri Pancha-tattva and Sri Narasimhadeva, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Srila
Prabhupada to keep you physically fit so that all devotees can remain spiritually fit by receiving your di-
vine instructions and serve humanity at large.
Your eternal servants,
Mahayajna dasa, Anjana and Nimai
Dear beloved Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to your divine grace, who is
always very loving, encouraging, caring and compassionate towards fallen conditioned souls like myself
with no material or spiritual qualifications.
Recently I was meditating on the verse C.c. Madhya 19. 151 –
brahmända bhramite kona bhägyavän jiva
guru-krsna-prasäde päya bhakti-latä-bija
I simply wonder at my very good fortune that out of countless living entities I got an opportunity to as-
sociate with devotes and practice Krishna consciousness in Srila Prabhupada’s movement. Thank you
guru maharaja for sending your disciples for preaching in our area and furthermore for giving your divine
shelter and connecting us to Srila Prabhupada.
By Krishna’s grace, I got an opportunity this year to witness your compassion and care during the Juhu 40th
Anniversary festival. I had come to get your darshan and inform you about an old issue. By my mundane
mind I estimated it to be a short formal meeting with your blessings in the end. Yes, I did get blessings but
never imagined it to be in such proportions. You not only gave personal time once, but called for multiple
meetings even after the festival. You even phoned my counsellor after our meeting. I was overwhelmed.
But that was not the end.
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The Juhu festival was followed by the Jagannatha-yatra. It was attended by around 5,000 devotees. After
the second day’s evening lecture, you had called my counsellor and out of nowhere also discussed about
me. This is definitely mind blowing! While taking care of the most crucial services in our society, meeting
hundreds of your very sincere and dedicated disciples, solving issues, coordinating the whole yatra – you
remembered an insignificant confused lost disciple. Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts.
Again when you visited our Bahadurgarh new temple, you recognized me and very warmly encouraged
me. You also empowered me for “smart preaching”, and asked me about my parents. Thank you for show-
ing so much attention. And recently, your holiness mercifully considered me for second initiation. The day
of initiation was a special time when you had personally called us for giving the sacred thread and uttered
the mantras. These are the most memorable moments of my life. At that time, I could feel your internal
ecstasy pouring out while you were reciting the mantras. They still intensely vibrate in my ears.
Guru maharaja, I can just stand with folded hands and thank you for your causeless mercy. I also thank
you for being an acharya of vandanam (paying obeisance to Deities). At Juhu, I just got a glimpse of your
love for the Deities, when you dutifully and lovingly paid obeisances to all the pictures and dioramas in
the temple hall. Thank you again for constantly inspiring and pressing us for the most important activity
of book distribution.
In 2013 Vyasa-puja celebrations of your holiness, I had heard from one of your sannyasi god-brothers
that “Your life and soul is Srila Prabhupada and his mission. You live for it only”. This is clearly visible
in your accepting the most crucial responsibilities in the movement – GBC and BBT trustee. Srila Prabh-
upada made you GBC in 1975 and since then, for 40 years you have been serving untiringly in this very
tough and demanding role. Beside institutional services, your personal rigid standards of Deity worship,
sadhana, and dealing with devotees are exemplary. Thank you for teaching us how to be ideal disciples.
Please bless me so that I become a good disciple like you and cultivate some portion of your divine qual-
ities. This is possible only by your mercy. Kindly be merciful to this fallen disciple of yours. Kindly free
me from all anarthas, give me the power of determination, and allow me to be a little instrument in your
great services to Srila Prabhupada.
Please forgive me Maharaja for my offences at your feet. In the past I assumed a lot and could not share
my heart fully whenever we met, but now I promise that I will reveal myself fully. Lastly, I sincerely pray
to Their Lordships to bestow you with good health and a very long life.
Hare Krishna,
Your insignificant servant,
Manvantara dasa
Respected Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Although I am not qualified to write anything about you, but for my purification I am writing some words
for you.
Just as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is patita pavana and Srila Prabhupada is maha patita pavana, you are
providing us the real aim of life by taking on the same mood. Kindly give me shelter at your lotus feet
and accept me as your disciple. Although I am not qualified, by your causeless mercy it can be possible.
I will consider my life successful if I get a fraction of the faith you have for Srila Prabhupada. May your
instructions be the only aim of my life! May I serve you all my life! This could be possible only by your
mercy.
guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä
sri-guru-carane rati, ei se uttama-gati, je prasäde püre sarva äsä
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Thank you very much.
Always in your service,
Mohan
Respected Guru Maharaja,
All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my respectful obei-
sances at your lotus feet.
On the auspicious occasion of your 74th appearance day celebration, I am trying to offer myself with my
body, mind and words at your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja, you are an extraordinary personification of the principle of true love. One can very visibly
see your great attachment to Srila Prabhupada. In your last year’s Vyasa-puja lecture, you mentioned that
you had never met a saint before Srila Prabhupada and no one after that. That shows your unalloyed ex-
clusive devotion, loyalty and chastity towards Srila Prabhupada. We have heard from many of our senior
god-brothers about your reply regarding studying books by previous acharyas, and that Srila Prabhupa-
da’s books are sufficient for me in this lifetime. In the recent past, I observed this phenomenon multiple
times how for every stand you refer to Srila Prabhupada’s way.
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu explains to Srila Sanatana Goswami about the qualities of a Vaishnava
krpälu, akrta-droha, satya-sära sama
nidosa, vadänya, mrdu, suci, akiïcana
sarvopakäraka, sänta, krsnaika-sarana
akäma, aniha, sthira, vijita-sat-guna
mita-bhuk, apramatta, mänada, amäni
gambhira, karuna, maitra, kavi, daksa, mauni
“Devotees are always merciful, humble, truthful, equal to all, faultless, magnanimous, mild and clean.
They are without material possessions, and they perform welfare work for everyone. They are peaceful,
surrendered to Krsna and without any material desires. They are indifferent to material acquisitions and
are fixed in devotional service. They completely control the six bad qualities—lust, anger, greed and so
forth. They eat only as much as required, and they are not inebriated. They are respectful, grave, compas-
sionate and without false prestige. They are friendly, poetic, expert and silent.
We easily see that you are a personification of all these qualities and all these qualities can be consistently
seen in your character owing to your cent percent surrender to Srila Prabhupada’s instructions.
My dear master, on this auspicious occasion I sincerely beg for your blessings so that I can assist you in
some way by becoming a proper instrument and sincere in following the process of sadhana bhakti. I
pray to Their Lordships for your healthy life so that we may get benefitted from your association. I seek
forgiveness for my countless offenses and lethargy in the process of devotional service.
Thank you for your mercy. Seeking your blessings.
Your servant,
Murali Krishna dasa
Hare Krishna dear Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. Srila Prabhupada ki jaya! Srila Guru maharaja ki jaya!
rahüganaitat tapasä na yäti na cejyayä nirvapanäd grhäd vä na cchandasä naiva jalägni-süryair vinä
mahat-päda-rajo-’bhisekam. (S.B.5. 12. 12)
My dear King Rahügana, unless one has the opportunity to smear his entire body with the dust of the lotus
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feet of great devotees, one cannot realize the Absolute Truth. One cannot realize the Absolute Truth sim-
ply by observing celibacy [brahmacarya], strictly following the rules and regulations of householder life,
leaving home as a vänaprastha, accepting sannyäsa, or undergoing severe penances in winter by keeping
oneself submerged in water or surrounding oneself in summer by fire and the scorching heat of the sun.
There are many other processes to understand the Absolute Truth, but the Absolute Truth is only revealed
to one who has attained the mercy of a great devotee.
As it is stated in the above verse, that the Absolute Truth is only revealed to one who has attained the
mercy of a great devotee. I did not know about the Absolute Truth before coming to Krishna conscious-
ness. Your representative gave me true-real knowledge of the Absolute Truth. As Rahügana maharaja was
engrossed in material life before meeting Jada Bharat, a great devotee. Similarly, I was fully engrossed in
material life without knowing the aim of life. As Rahügana maharaja met Jada Bharata and got enlight-
ened in spiritual knowledge, similarly you have sent your soldier to bring back conditioned souls like me
to Krishna consciousness. By your mercy, I have some understanding of the Absolute Truth, Lord Krishna.
I have heard and I have seen also that you have a deep concern for Srila Prabhupada’s movement. Your
only desire is to spread Krishna consciousness throughout the world. You have so many physical challeng-
es, still you are giving your full energy to spread this movement. I just heard from my friend, Jyotisvar
prabhu that you want to preach to the intellectual class – the PhD’s, scientist’s, professor’s etc., You have
done so much, still you want do more. That is your compassion upon fallen souls.
As I had mentioned in my last offering, that I joined the temple on Gaura Purnima 2017. I have completed
my FTVT training and serving as a full time servant. During the last year I have managed to participate in
the Bhagavad-gita Marathon entirely. By your mercy maharaja, 2.25 lakh Gitas were distributed during
the last marathon.
In this month you have given me 2nd initiation on Parama Ekadashi. I am trying to develop brahminical
qualities. For this I have taken one step that I would keep only those things which are absolutely necessary
for my devotional service. I had some extra things which I submitted to the temple. Please bestow your
mercy so that I can develop Vaishnava- brahmin qualities and chant the Gayatri and the Maha-mantra
attentively.
I pray on a daily basis to Sri Sri Krsna-Balarama to please bestow your mercy so that I can perform ahai-
tuki and apratihata bhakti according to Srila Prabhupada’s siksha, unto your lotus feet life after life - and
serve my spiritual master and Srila Prabhupada throughout my life as a brahmacari.
Please bestow your mercy on this soul.
At the end this is my prayer unto your lotus feet:
äniyächo jadi prabhu ämäre näcäte
näcäo näcäo prabhu näcäo se-mate
kästhera puttali jathä näcäo se-mate
Make me dance as you like, make me dance as you like, make me dance as you like.
Your insignificant servant,
Murari Sevak dasa
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
The Vyasa-puja day for a disciple is the greatest day in the whole year. This is the day when you have ap-
peared on this planet to reclaim countless conditioned souls unto the lotus feet of Krishna. By the mercy of
guru one gets Krishna and by the mercy of Krishna one gets a bona fide guru. In the present age of chaos
and world of cheaters and cheated, getting a bona fide guru is only possible by the mercy of Krishna or
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due to the compassion of pure Vaishnavas only.
Guru maharaja, you have been especially empowered by Srila Prabhupada to spread the chanting of the
holy names in every town and village. You have great compassion for your disciples and you ensure that
all of us chant the holy names till the last breath of our lives. Your tireless preaching work in the form of
book distribution, temple construction, making disciples and constant travelling all over the globe only
shows your deep love for Sri guru and Gauranga. Your attachment for the Deities and impeccable morning
program only shows your spiritual position totally unaffected by the modes of material nature.
Guru maharaja, by your mercy I have been engaged in this divine mission in Punjabi bagh yatra as a brah-
macari for the last 10 years.
Recently we have started corporate preaching in Gurugram under the name EVOLVE (Enlightened voice
of learnings through Vedic education). We need your kind blessings in order to fulfill your desire of saving
the corporate youth from the clutches of maya.
Once I was in Mayapur and you asked me to teach and preach the science of Bhagavad-gita nicely.
Sometimes I feel incapable to execute your instructions properly. Kindly give me strength so that I can
come up to the ideal standards.
Guru maharaja, as per your instruction of attentive chanting of the holy name, I find myself incapable to
chant attentive rounds, kindly bless me so that I can chant the holy names with my full heart and soul and
with full attention.
Kindly forgive me for the countless offences which I have committed unto your lotus feet due to my arro-
gance and immaturity.
Your insignificant servant,
Namaprem dasa
Dear Gurudeva,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On this day of your auspicious appearance in this world, please accept my
humble offering of thanksgiving to Krishna for the gift of your being.
Honestly, I feel a bit lost as to how to celebrate this truly blest day, your Vyasa-puja, and other special
times of the year like ‘Kartik’, and many more.
My dear guru, in the light of your generous self-giving, so that others see the light of truth about God, I
feel truly small and undeserving. I must be your most weak student.
All glories to you for opening up the eyes of anyone who wants to know the facts of real life- spiritual life.
I thank you for showing me the way back to Godhead.
Thank you guru maharaja.
Your servant,
Narendra Kesava dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This is my humble offering to your grace on this auspicious day of your holy appearance.
I am so fortunate to have your grace as my spiritual father.
I offer my deepest thanks and appreciation to you, for giving me this golden opportunity to become your
disciple.
Guru maharaja ji, you are very loving and caring to all devotees, irrespective of their spiritual qualifica-
tions.
We are fortunate to have received your mercy.
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Your servant,
Navadipa Sachi devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja ji,
Hare Krishna and dandavat pranam. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, some qualities I highlight as below:
Chanting: I have heard from many devotees. Guru maharaja’s schedule is very busy. He wakes up at 4
am and sleeping has no time. Most of the time he sleeps around 12 – 1 am. So he hardly sleeps for 3-4
hours. This is a real Vaishnava. Krishna has given the strength. He is always thinking about Krishna and
Srila Prabhupada’s services.
Guru maharaja always says, in his lectures, to please read Srila Prabhupada’s books, but I forget to read
and you know the human nature. That is why you remind in every lecture to read Srila Prabhupada’s books
all the time.
Deity Worship: One time I saw guru maharaja in the Punjabi bagh temple doing Deity worship. Then I
felt this old man is doing Deity work so nicely, in cold, at 4.30 am. Guru maharaja is always ready to do
Deity worship. In Mayapur also I saw the same.
Simplicity: Simplicity is one quality in devotional service. Guru maharaja has a very simple nature. He
always asks to be simple.
Your lectures are so simple and straightforward. He knows the public’s nature. That’s why he always gives
simple lectures. He always says, please hear Krishna’s lecture. But I do not.
If you read guru maharaja’s books, you find simplicity in them. I read guru maharaja’s book “Purpose of
Life” there it is written to eat Krishna-prasad. Then your body fills with Krishna consciousness. Gradually
I am doing the same. In the beginning I always enjoyed Krishna prasad.
Temple building: I heard in one lecture by Radhe Shyam prabhu from Pune. He said in a lecture, that one
big donor did not give money for temple construction, but he committed for donation. And guru maharaja
asked Radhe Shyam prabhu about that person’s donation? He said, he wants to give, but till now he did
not give. Guru maharaja said, ok. Please plan to go to his home. Guru maharaja and some devotees went
to that person’s home. The same person gave a grand reception to guru maharaja, and after some time he
gave a cheque also, as he had committed. But maharaja never asked for a cheque. This is a true Vaishnava.
Guru maharaja is a master to build big temples. Guru maharaja called Mayapur temple devotees and gave
donations.
Guru maharaja you always talk about Srila Prabhupada and tell many stories in your lectures. You are
100% committed to him. You remember each and every conversation, that is why you build and help for
temple construction. You work hard for Krishna.
Devotee Care: Guru maharaja always cares for every devotee, even grihastha or brahmachari. You re-
member everyone’s name and ask each and everything.
Commitment: I have seen many times, that guru maharaja is very committed. At the time of book distri-
bution he always takes a high target, and fulfills it also.
Please forgive me for any offences.
Your servant,
Navina Nityananda dasa
Respected His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble obeisance unto the dust of your divine lotus feet, on this most auspicious
day of your divine appearance. All glories to you, gurudeva! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
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Guru maharaja, I thank you for accepting me as your disciple last year in Jan’2014 and I am obliged for
this causeless mercy of yours!
You are a vast ocean of transcendental qualities! You are very charitable, sympathetic, tolerant, kindheart-
ed, humble and benevolent. I do not have the vision to see your divine qualities, but just by remembering
them, I become purified.
I am very fortunate to be your disciple and I wish to get your association, to hear you and serve you. I
talk to your lamination daily, just like I talk to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and I know that even
though I am not able to see you physically daily, but you are listening, accepting my prayers by always
guiding me. I feel overwhelmed and fortunate to have your darshan when you are physically present in
New Delhi.
I pray that I can succeed in following your instructions to distribute books and to preach. I follow the man-
tra given by you that an intelligent devotee does not listen to the mind, does not care for false ego, does
not care for material desire of mind but only cares for guru, sadhu and shastra. Please bless me so that I
can serve selflessly like you, receive the mercy of the Lord and fulfill the goal of this human life!
All glories to you, gurudeva! May your glories be proclaimed in all the three worlds!
I remain, your eternal servant,
Pandav Sakhi kripa devi dasi
Revered Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
On the occasion of your Vyasa-puja please let me offer you my poor attempt to glorify you and to express
my deepest gratitude for everything you have done and what you are ceaselessly and tirelessly doing for
me, for our wonderful Krishna consciousness family and for all fallen living beings in this world. May
Krsna bring all sincerity and love in my heart to make this simple offering worthy of entering your ears
and pleasing your heart.
You are my inspiration and aspiration. Simply by your presence one becomes purified. Simply by hearing
your lectures one understands more and more about Vaishnava philosophy, about spiritual life and about
the nobleness of the movement of which we are part. Simply by following your instructions one is protect-
ed from the traps of the material energy and attain the perfection of life. By your mercy one is saved from
the blazing fire of confusion fueled by the illusion of enjoyment.
Your sadhana is immaculate. Every morning you are there at the altar, worshipping Their Lordships, no
matter where you are. It is amazing that in spite of your busy schedule and weak health condition, you
keep on performing mangala-arati without fail. Then you worship your own Deities with similar loyalty
and love. After performing mangala-arati, you leave for japa walk where you give us a chance to have
your intense association. Showing great importance to Srila Prabhupada’s morning program you unfail-
ingly attend guru-puja and Srimad-Bhagavatam.
Undoubtedly, you are one of the most exemplary devotees of our movement not only because of your re-
markable achievement in terms of a chain of temples, scores of books distributed, but also for your noble
behaviour. You have always been glorified by your god brothers, which demonstrates your loving, caring,
humble and tolerating nature even when “off stage”. Since your early days you have maintained a very
humble and submissive attitude even if someone behaved provokingly or aggressively. All these divine
qualities prove gurudeva, that you are not from this world.
Although I do not deserve it, you saved me. You did not ask whether I want it or not, because I was so
fallen that I was not even able to understand what this saving means. You simply compassionately came
into my life and gave me your unconditional mercy. You accepted me with all the impurities in my heart,
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with all the offenses I had done before and am still doing. Without you I would fully drown in Maya. I’m
still drowning in Maya, but now I’ve got a life ring which you have thrown to me, safely protecting me
from sinking completely under the surface. I shamefully admit my casual attitude towards my promise
to struggle for advancement in Krishna consciousness. On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja,
please allow me to recommit to my diksha vows. By your mercy only, my words shall turn into action.
I pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi ji for your good health. Once again, I want to express
my gratitude to you for having saved me from material life and pray that I always remember your lotus
feet and divine instructions.
May your glory be spread in all the three worlds!
Koti koti thanks for accepting me as your disciple.
Desperately crying for your mercy,
Parthasarathi Mohan dasa brahmacari
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
On this most blessed day of your divine appearance, I am making this humble attempt to offer my sincere
gratitude unto your lotus feet.
Only a bona fide spiritual master can save a conditioned soul from this miserable existence in this material
world.
saḿsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam
prāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇavasya,vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
“The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a
forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing
the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual
master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.”
Nobody can save himself by his own efforts. Just as a drowning man in an ocean can only be saved by
external help. Only by the mercy of a spiritual master can a conditioned soul be saved from the miserable
cycle of birth and death and be reinstated in his eternal, blissful, spiritual life full of knowledge. The
mercy of the the spiritual master is bestowed in the form of his teachings and instructions which he imparts
to his disciples. Siksha anusar vartma. By following them strictly one can undoubtedly gain full release
from material bondage and go back home back to Godhead.
Dear guru maharaja, you are one hundred percent surrendered to your own spiritual master, Srila Pra-
bhupada and therefore you are a transparent via medium through which the pure teachings of the guru
parampara are being transmitted down to us. Your complete life and behavior is fully centered on Srila
Prabhupada’s teachings. Srila Prabhupada told us to become pure devotees ourselves and to preach the
message of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu - janma sarthaka kari kara paropkar. You exemplify both achar
and prachar in your conduct.
Your unfailing presence in mangala-arati daily, despite your heavily tight schedule and nonstop travel,
proves your dedication towards the basic fundamental rules and regulations of sadhana-bhakti. Once
when you were very sick, the doctor advised you more rest, also during mangala-arati time, and therefore
you had to miss mangala-arati. You said then - “I am paying the biggest price for my health.” Your rigid
adherence towards the basic rules of bhakti and your deep attachment to them is the evidence for your
exemplary practice of Krishna consciousness and your impeccable personal character.
As far as your vigor and enthusiasm for preaching is concerned, you are famous throughout Iskcon for
constructing huge temples and for the widespread distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books.
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Dear guru maharaja, I am feeling very fortunate to have obtained the shelter of your lotus feet. You are full
of all the virtuous qualities of a bona fide spiritual master. My heart wants to dance like a jubilant peacock
does upon seeing rain clouds. Now that after millions of births and deaths, after rotting in this material
world for time immemorial, I have got this golden opportunity to go back home back to Godhead, I want
to make full use, and don’t want to lose it at any cost. I am extremely grateful to you for giving me this
rare opportunity and making me so fortunate. I can never repay you, but can offer my sincere gratitude by
strictly following your instructions and by assisting you in the preaching mission.
Your divine instructions are my only refuge. You have given me many valuable instructions through your
simple yet deep lectures. You tell us in almost each and every one of your lectures that “Attentive chanting
is the solution to all the problems, and inattentive chanting is the cause of all problems.” You also tell us
to read Srila Prabhupada books daily for at least one hour; to daily attend the full morning program; to
preach and to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books; to avoid Vaishnava aparadha; and to avoid prajalpa.
These divine instructions are like great valuable jewels which can destroy the darkness of ignorance from
my heart. However, dear guru maharaja, I must honestly admit that I struggle to follow them nicely. On
this divine day of your appearance, I wish to beg you for your mercy to please grant me inner strength so
that I can give up my laziness and with great determination follow your divine instructions making them
my life and soul.
I want to beg forgiveness from you for my laziness and discrepancies in following your instructions
wholeheartedly. Please give me your blessings so that I may improve and thereby genuinely please you.
I pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Radhika-ramana, Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama, Sri Sri Jagannatha,
Baladeva and Subhadra Maharani, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Srila Prabhupada that you may always have
good health and a long life.
Your insignificant servant,
Pavitra Hari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and your divine
grace!
I offer my deepest thanks and appreciation to you, for giving me this golden opportunity to become your
disciple.
Guru maharaja ji you are very loving and caring to all the devotees irrespective of their spiritual qualifi-
cations.
We are fortunate to have received your mercy.
Guru maharaja ji we have no qualifications, material or spiritual. Without your blessing we feel ourselves
quite feeble and not able to move even a step forward in this direction. Kindly bestow upon us the ability
to move ahead and successfully render unalloyed service unto your lotus feet and unto Lord Gauranga.
Your servant,
Pawan Aggarwal
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to your divine
grace!
I offer my deepest thanks and appreciation to you, to have given me this golden opportunity to become
your disciple.
Guru maharaja ji you are very loving and caring to all the devotees irrespective of their spiritual qualifi-
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cations.
We are fortunate to have received your mercy.
Guru maharaja ji we have no qualification material or spiritual. Without your blessings we feel ourselves
quite feeble and not at all able to move even a step forward in this direction. Kindly bestow upon us the
ability to move ahead, and successfully render unalloyed service unto your lotus feet, and unto Lord
Gauranga.
Your servant,
Pawan Grover
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept humble obeisances from your very insignificant servant. On this very auspicious day of
your appearance day it is my small attempt to genuinely glorify and express my gratitude to you for
my own purification. As Lord Krsna has innumerable qualities which even Lord Ananta cannot count
from his millions of hoods, similarly devotees of Krsna also possess innumerable qualities and I am not
able to appreciate all by my impure and imperfect senses. But I know Vaishnavas are very merciful to
fallen souls and by your mercy this small effort can be successful. Having taken shelter at the lotus feet
of Krishna you are very dear to Krishna and everyone is dear to you. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu desires,
pṛthivīte,āche,yata,nagar,ādi,grāma, sarvatra,pracāra,haibe,mora,nāma”
Being blessed and empowered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the guru parampara, specially by Srila
Prabhupada, you are distributing Krishna’s mercy by traveling to every nook and corner of the world in
spite of your critical health, teaching the ignorant about the science of Krsna, publishing and distributing
Books which is the most lovable service of your beloved spiritual master Srila Prabhupada. Whenever
devotees, due to their loving care for Srila Prabhupada resisted him from travelling and preaching due to
his critical health, Srila Prabhupada used to say don’t take my privilege to struggle for Krsna. I want to
be like Arjuna to fight in the battle field. Following the same mood of Srila Prabhupada’s compassion for
fallen souls, you are encouraging, inspiring devotees by your association, by your vani and by your own
personal achar and prachar.
When I was going into the dark well of ignorance you saved me by giving me association of devotees
which is the rarest thing in the three worlds. It is by your causeless mercy that you have accepted me as
your servant although I have no qualification yet. Guru maharaja, although I am staying with the devotees,
still I have not developed attachment to serve Krsna and Vaishnavas, due to offences to the holy name
and unto the lotus feet of Vaishnavas (especially fault finding in devotees, envious when others advance,
puffed us by my sadhana), due to which Krsna has withdrawn His mercy by not allowing me in His
service from last 2 years, because Krsna does not tolerate offences to His devotees and a person who is
envious of others. As a worm in the stool doesn’t want to come out, he takes pleasure in it and goes deeper
into it, such a situation is mine, who outwardly shows off diplomacy of Vaishnava qualities and inside
takes pleasure in puja, lobha, pratistha. My heart is a store house of lusty material desires, which a sincere
and serious devotee can easily identify. Presently guru maharaja, I am struggling with my body, mind and
senses but also trying to give up unwanted things coming in the way of performing pure devotional service
and trying to increase my attachment to guru and the Vaishnavas, by understanding their mood and service
attitude. By your mercy only Krsna will again accept me and be pleased with my continuous efforts to
become His sincere devotee. You always desire that your disciple’s chant attentively, read Srila Prabhupa-
da’s books, avoid Vaishnava aparadha. More or less I mechanically follow them, but I beg for your mercy
so that I follow your instructions as you desire. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wants, “bhārata-bhūmite haila
manuṣya-janma yāra, janma sārthaka kari’ kara para-upakāra. (C.c. Adi-lila 9.41)
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I am fortunate to have the shelter of a bona fide guru parampara, but unfortunate due to my incapability to
serve by any means. Iskcon has given everything to me but I am not doing anything as expected. Guru ma-
haraja, I want to be fully engage in the service of Sri Sri Radha-Madana-gopala, but I am struggling with
material conditionings. I am a puppet in your hands, whom you can engage by any means. My humble de-
sire to always be in the association of advanced and enthusiastic devotees who can correct me and engage
me in the selfless service of Krsna. Separation is felt when I am away from my well-wishing devotees.
Please forgive me for my offences, knowingly, unknowingly, mentally I may have committed to the holy
name, to your lotus feet, all the Vaishnavas and to all the jivas. I pray to Krishna for your good health and
long life so that for long devotees will be inspired by your association.
Yours insignificant servant,
Pitambar Govind dasa
My dear Spiritual Master,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
May you kindly bless me to get proper words for your glorification, as I have no capacity to write about
your glories.
Dear master, whenever I hear Srila Prabhupada’s lectures or I read his books, I find him urging and
instructing us to surrender unto Krishna. Often, when Srila Prabhupada shares his deepest feelings, he
quotes ‘Yasya deve para bhaktir’ and ‘Vyavasayatmika buddhi’ verses in his lectures. He also says that the
secret of my success is to carry out the instructions of my spiritual master.
So this great quality of surrender to the spiritual master is very visible in your words, actions and aspi-
rations. Your love and surrender to Srila Prabhupada is of an infinite degree. Shastras also say that the
development of this quality is the perfection of being a disciple, yasya deve para bhaktir. My dear master,
I am a very low-grade and unfortunate person, but because you are an ocean of boundless mercy, I beg you
to give me this quality of surrender unto your and Srila Prabhupada’s lotus feet.
Dear guru maharaja, you are an embodiment of all Vaishnava qualities. You are so simple, that a foolish
person like me can be easily deluded in understanding your true greatness. You have done innumerable
significant services in the mission of Srila Prabhupada. You have served by printing millions of books and
distributed many millions to the people merged in ignorance, caused by the darkness of Kali yuga. You
have steered the Iskcon movement for a long period, and faced many challenging phases for the Iskcon
movement. Your integrity for Srila Prabhupada is of the highest degree. You are maintaining and building
hundreds of temples. Each temple is giving us spiritual shelter and an opportunity of engaging in devo-
tional service to help thousands of people. You rightly say that the temples are spiritual hospitals. During
old age when people generally need emotional shelter and become physically inactive, you are giving
shelter to many leaders and to so many of your disciples for their projects, personal dealings and spiritual
advancement. By your great services you have brought millions of people out of dense darkness and given
them spiritual shelter.
Dear master, your instructions are the highest conclusion of the shastras, and yet easy to implement, even
for a simple person. You say that sometimes repetition is necessary to drive a point home. Your repeated
instructions are - i) Attentive chanting ii) Attachment to Srila Prabhupada books. iii) Vinamrata ka bhav
iv) Seva ka bhav
You also kindly answered my question in Q-A session for brahmacharis in the Punjabi bagh community.
You said that the goal and constant aspiration of a brahmacari should be to be a lifelong brahmacari.
My dear master I feel very incapable of following your instructions, but I have a desire to keep your kind
instructions as my prime aspiration in life. May I get your generous blessings, so that I may follow your
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instructions enthusiastically and rigidly! Also, may the only goal of my life be to please you, Srila Prabh-
upada and your representatives!
Your aspiring servant,
Radharaman Deva dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam.
We are grateful that you have accepted us as your disciples. We feel safe when you instruct us to do our
chanting attentively, regular reading and always remain in the association of devotees. We’d love to be-
come faithful disciples as you are to your spiritual master.
Your most fallen servants,
Ramananda Prem dasa and Radharani bhakti devi dasi
Most Revered Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhu-
pada!
I beg to offer my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. Your mercy turns the dumb into elo-
quent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains. You are an ocean of all transcendental qualities.
I find myself unqualified to write about your qualities, still for my purification, I will try to glorify your
unalloyed devotion to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya. Your fame is unlimited in the three worlds.
Srila Prabhupada’s only anxiety was that his books must be distributed in the whole world in different lan-
guages. Srila Prabhupada used to say, ‘When one book was published he felt he won the empire, because
his books could create a revolution in this material world.” Srila Prabhupada personally instructed you to
translate and publish his books. By dedicating your life to the fulfillment of the mission of your spiritual
master, you always inspire your disciples and followers to preach with great enthusiasm through your own
personal example. That is why your absorption in devotional service impresses and inspires everyone.
Despite all obstacles you are truly exemplifying the qualities of an acharya by following the footsteps of
Srila Prabhupada. By publishing and distributing books, guru maharaja, you made Srila Prabhupada fresh
and lively forever.
Kindly save me from the darkness of ignorance as I firmly believe that your divine grace and the mercy
of Lord Krishna and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu can rescue your disciples from the ocean of material
troubles of this Kali-yuga. You always desire that all your disciples should follow your most important
instructions which are:-
1. Attentively chanting 16 rounds daily.
2. Read Srila Prabhupada’s books daily.
3. To have a humble relationship with the devotees.
Guru maharaja, I admit that I cannot do attentive chanting. My mind wanders in many directions which
prevents me to keep my promises. I am trying my best but I fail most of the time. Also from time to time, I
am unable to follow your instructions and have also committed many offences knowingly or unknowingly.
Please forgive me for my offenses and please give shelter to my material family at your divine lotus feet.
Please bless me to chant harinama and read Srila Prabhupada’s books more seriously so that I can taste
the holy name of Lord Krishna at least in my remaining life. I am praying and impatiently waiting for the
day when I will be able to truly follow your instructions by heart. I thank you for showing me the way
back to Godhead.
Moreover, guru maharaja, I am so fortunate to receive protection and guidance from you. You are very
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merciful and compassionate to us. You see everyone as Krishna’s eternal servant and work very hard to
engage everyone in the Lord’s service.
Guru maharaja, kindly bless me so that I can strictly follow these instructions in my life. May the Lord
grant me everything that I need to make my spiritual master fully pleased with me and remove everything
in me that causes even a slight disappointment to my master! You are the light of my life.
Guru maharaja, a moment’s association with a pure devotee of the Lord can be most beneficial for a per-
son. When I got a very close darshan of your good self recently at the Punjabi bagh Book distribution
function, I felt very proud and remembered the bhajana of Srila Narottama dasa Thakura -
gangara parasa hoile pascate pavan, darsane pavitra koro—ei tomara gun
I have no words to describe that moment as it was very short. I am really touched by your compassionate
mood, so much empathy, love and attention was there, just to encourage us spiritually. Your only goal is
to inspire everyone in their Krishna consciousness.
No one can forget your kindness and loving care. Whenever you start your lecture you always enquire
how all of us are? Whether all of us are able to listen or not? This simple question increases personal touch
among us. You are patita pavana and all the sacred scriptures glorify such a spiritual master like you.
As you yourself always engage your mind and senses by lovingly glorifying Lord Krishna, you also advise
your disciples not to indulge in prajalpa. You always give us only one solution for all material or spiritual
problems – “chant your rounds attentively”. This shows your determination and firm faith in Krishna’s
holy names.
I pray to Lord Narasimhadeva from the deep core of my heart for your good health, so that you can con-
tinue delivering many souls and we can also have your divine association for many coming years. Please
once again forgive me for my countless offenses committed knowingly or unknowingly.
Your insignificant servant,
Ramchandra kripa devi dasi
Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaja,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Yet again we have a wonderful opportunity to thank you and glorify you.
Your humility, personal behaviour, sensitivity, expert time management, dedication to serving Srila Pra-
bhupada and lots of other qualities act as magnetic attractions for all conditioned souls towards Krsna.
Longing for more of your association and also for your service.
Thank you for making us serve under the guidance of your sincere disciples which is helping us to stay
connected with Krsna consciousness.
Whenever we lose enthusiasm, we look upto them and regain our spirits. They are a representation of your
divine mercy for us. Your personal association empowers them and that mercy flows to us.
By your mercy we, along with few more devotees, are trying to open a small preschool for very young
kids. As per Srila Prabhupada’s instruction we are trying to serve these kids with a purpose of nurturing
them in Krsna consciousness. We need your special mercy for putting in our full efforts with the right
consciousness of service.
We hope to offer these kids for your and Srila Prabhupada’s movement’s service in future.
Your aspiring servant,
Sachinanadana Vishvambhar dasa and Vidyavati devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
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Sadhu sanga sadhu sanga sarva shastra kaya lavamatra sadhu sanga sarva siddhi haya.
Maharaja ji, by your grace we had a chance to meet you personally, when there was Deity installation in
Iskcon Jodhpur. Though you were too busy and it was even late at night, still you gave us your precious
time. At that time, all the guidance I got was convincing and penetrating my heart, and I was simply filled
with gratefulness. By your mercy, all my doubts were slashed and I got strength to fight with my anarthas.
There you were seeing devotees serving hard in Iskcon Jodhpur, and it filled me with eagerness to carry
out your instructions seriously.
mukam karoti vachalam pangum langhayate girim
yat-kripa tam aham vande sri-gurum dina-taranam
“I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy
turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains.”
Then maharaja ji, you showered your mercy when we had a personal talk for initiation. I was simply
struggling through dwindling phases of spiritual activity. But simply by having your darshan, seriousness
penetrated my heart and I became more determined to dedicate myself in service to Srila Prabhupada. Ma-
haraja ji, your lectures are straightforward and deeply convincing. Thus, the missionary spirit takes birth
and it makes me more and more serious and sincere in devotional life.
Though I don’t deserve, still being most compassionate, you gave me harinama initiation and shelter at
your lotus feet. Thankyou maharaja ji for accepting this fallen soul. It’s all your mercy that I have been
given loving and caring spiritual mentors and shelter in Surabhi kunja Bace Roorkee.
Your servant,
Sanjay Mohan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet and also my humble attempts to glorify you.
samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam
praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasya, vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, my grandfather uplifted this whole world by establishing a military
commander of Lord Caitanya, through his sankirtana movement in the form of Iskcon and BBT. He
preached, established centers, gave guidance, and a whole structure of morning programs, festivals and
devotees for providing association, to the jivas struggling in this material world. When Srila Prabhupada
disappeared there was another challenge of maintaining and expanding what he had left behind, with the
spirit which he had given.
Dear guru maharaja when we see your heart and actions for this challenge, we see the deep love and
affection you have for Srila Prabhupada and his instructions. When the qualities of a bona fide disciple
are discussed, as taking the instructions of the spiritual master as our life and soul, we see the perfect
embodiment of such qualities in you. Your dedication to what Srila Prabhupada wanted establishes you
as the acharya representing him amongst us. Your love towards his society and his mission of sankirtana
and book distribution shows your deep relationship with him. Srila Prabhupada had given you the ser-
vice of managing India as a GBC which you continue to render till date, although we can only imagine
what a challenging position it is, you render it with transcendental love for Srila Prabhupada and Sri Sri
Gaura-Nitai which is evident by the unbiased compassion which you carry while dealing with everyone.
Your tireless dedication to keep this family of Srila Prabhupada united is seen by your tireless travelling all
over the world, giving the devotees shelter, inspiration and spiritual vision in this world, which is so dark
and illusory. Especially during the times of December Marathon your spirit of a missionary is very incon-
ceivable when you move city to city, state to state, and nation to nation to inspire everyone to distribute
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books which is impossible on the material platform for even a youth to do.
Your vani provides shelter to the jivas suffering for want of spiritual emancipation in this age. Your lec-
tures like Srila Prabhupada are very simple, sticking strictly to what Srila Prabhupada has said in his pur-
ports and giving shelter to devotees by your kind words and encouragement, to focus more on sravana,
kirtan, associating with devotees, avoiding Vaishnava offences, being humble, developing a service atti-
tude, preaching and not wasting time. In times of hope the first place we seek is your vani, full with your
kindness and compassion it encourages and inspires us to get back on the track of pure devotional service.
And in management you establish by your actions, that pure devotional service does not depend on any-
thing external, since even in such a challenging service you maintain equal vision, tolerating the mistakes
of others and at the same time being compassionate too. Titiksava karunika suhrda sarva dehinam, ajata
shatravah santa sadhavah sadhu bhushana. Thus, you unite the family of Srila Prabhupada like his eldest
son carrying on yourself the concerns he would have.
I thank you guru maharaja for saving me from this very dangerous place and providing me shelter at your
lotus feet. I was in NIT Allahabad when your disciples had come to take sessions. I was heading towards
hell when you came to save me. Later when I heard of how you used to ask devotees to go and preach
in Allahabad and Roorkee I understood that it was your great concern that saved me. From that time on
I have tried to render several services for your pleasure. In this past year under the direction of my elder
god-brother Mohan Gaura-chandra prabhu I tried to render services of taking care of the BACE in Ro-
orkee, along with rendering preaching services and taking care of the devotees who live in BACE. I also
tried to participate in Book Marathon for your pleasure and I could collect donations and distribute a total
2500 Gitas. Guru maharaja, via my preaching efforts and the team I was in, there are 8 students of IIT
Roorkee who are coming to the summer camp. Along with these services I tried to cultivate some qualities
which you stress on while rendering services of management, like humility, tolerance and friendliness to
other devotees. For that I tried to render services like serving prasad and other Vaishnava sevas which
often came on my way. For developing a missionary spirit I tried to improve on that, and I took a batch
for preaching. I take to go in every opportunity to preach. My current services guru maharaja will be in
Roorkee, along with Dehradun, where I have got a job as a professor, which will be more helpful, and also
in fund collection for Iskcon Bahadurgarh.
Through my various services guru maharaja, each time I have got deeper realisations of your glory, of how
as a manager and leader of an international society you are acting. Managing just a few devotees who are
properly oriented in devotional service seems tough to me. But you not only manage, you inspire and give
shelter to so many devotees of every kind. I realise that this is only possible due to your loving relationship
which one has with the spiritual master and Krishna. When we met in Jodhpur along with other devotees
from Roorkee, you said that you remembered me, and this was again the case when we met in Kanpur,
when the festival of expressions had got cancelled. I felt that the success of my life has been recognised
by you.
But guru maharaja, this life is not becoming successful, as in my heart these thorns of material desires
are haunting and hurting me. I really wish to be a disciple like you, but more often than I remember, I
forget you, your mission and your service. This troubles me very much. Now in life, whatever lies ahead,
I wish and pray to you to bless me with the dedication that you have for your spiritual master. I want your
instructions to become my life and soul, but that is not happening, which shows my own weakness of
heart. But I have more faith in your mercy than I have on my weakness. Your mercy will overcome all my
disqualifications. Please bless me with servitude, with the strength to become a servant, to overcome my
self-centeredness and serve your instructions. I am not doing that now and am living a life of a hypocrite,
by calling myself a disciple.
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For now, please accept whatever faintest tinge of service attitude that I might have or at least imitated, and
please be satisfied with me, bless me with servitude to your mission, and please do not reject me, although
even the scriptures show that a person like me will be rejected by Lord Caitanya. You are my hope.
Aspiring to be a disciple, your servant,
Sri Vasudeva dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
brahmanda brahmite kona bhagyavana-jiva
guru krsna prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija
It is my great fortune that by the mercy of Krsna I have got your shelter. You have given me the bhakti-la-
ta-bija. You are a bona fide spiritual master who is sent by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri
Krishna, to deliver conditioned souls, who are miserably suffering the three pangs of material miseries
from time immemorial, because of forgetting their relationship with Him. Without the mercy of the spiri-
tual master, nobody can be saved from this miserable existence of this dark material world.
You are a genuine disciple of Srila Prabhupada, which qualifies you to become a perfect bona fide spiritual
master. You have taken his instruction of management as GBC and book distribution as BBT- trustee to
be your life and soul. You have kept the institution of Srila Prabhupada united, and protected it from all
external dangers.
I am very inspired by your conduct and behavior. Srila Prabhupada mentions that “one’s greatness is
tested by one’s ability to tolerate provoking situations” which is filled in your character. Because of your
humility and tolerance you can deal and engage all types of devotees in Krishna’s service. This shows your
unalloyed and condensed love for Srila Prabhupada and his movement. You want everyone to be somehow
or the other engaged in Srila Prabhupada’s service and in his movement, which is the perfection of his life.
You are a perfect devotee, exhibiting all the qualities of a Vaishnava mentioned in the scriptures. You are
unparalleled in your sadhana, following all the regulative principles of bhakti, like coming for manga-
la-arati even at the bodily age of 74. Your attachment for the holy name and the mission of Srila Prabhu-
pada makes you a perfect devotee.
Respected guru maharaja, although you have given me many instructions, I am struggling to follow them
nicely. You have said – “Chant your rounds very attentively”, “read Srila Prabhupada books daily – at least
for one hour”, “attend the full morning program daily”, “do preaching and book distribution”, “with full
determination surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna”. But honestly speak-
ing, I admit that I am struggling to follow. I pray at your lotus feet to please give me your mercy so that I
may be able to follow them very nicely for your pleasure.
At last I want to beg forgiveness from you for my laziness and discrepancies in following your instruc-
tions. Please give me your blessings so that I follow them whole heartedly, considering them my life and
soul. I pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Radhika-ramana, Sri Sri Krishna Balarama, Sri Sri Jaganna-
tha, Baladeva and Subhadra Maharani, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Srila Prabhupada for your good health, so
that you go on assisting Srila Prabhupada in saving conditioned souls from suffering the pangs of material
existence, by bringing them in contact with Iskcon.
Your insignificant servant, Thank you to Srila Bhagavatpada for giving me your shelter. I am very fortunate to have you as my
Srikarta dasa
Dear Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja ji,
Dandavat pranams at your lotus feet.
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Maharaja ji, I hope you will find this mail in good health. You always serve Lord Krishna and the Vaish-
navas. As you always follow the orders and principles of guru and acharya, I also try to follow your
instructions and temple authorities’ instructions. Please excuse me for any mistakes. I pray, that Sri Sri
Radha-Radhika-ramana always keep you in good health, so that I get your blessings always.
Your servant,
Sripad Padma dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances to my spiritual master his holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja.
You are serving Srila Prabhupada very dedicatedly. As Srila Prabhupada was a missionary in this preach-
ing movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, so are you guru maharaja.
Even at this advanced age, maharaja is travelling from one place to another to give his association to var-
ious devotees, his disciples and to the people in general. He wants that everyone should raise himself one
step above the previous one in terms of spiritual advancement continuously. In the Sunday feast lecture or
in some festivals, the first thing maharaja asks is how many people come to the temple daily, how many
have Srimad-Bhagavatam sets or Bhagavad-gita in their home, and how many read the shastras daily. So
this shows that he is very concerned about his disciples and the devotees, so that they follow the morning
programme given by Srila Prabhupada completely, read Srila Prabhupada’s books daily and hence take
the shelter of Krishna. He also focuses upon attentive chanting. Almost in his all the lectures, he says that
chanting is certainly beneficial, but if someone wants to derive the actual benefit of chanting then he must
chant the holy name of Krishna attentively, as this is a symptom of a true sadhu. A sincere sadhu connects
a soul to Krishna and does not artificially claim to be God.
Other god-brothers of guru maharaja also glorify him. Once I along with a group of around 40 devotees
were in Jagannatha Puri and we met one foreign devotee who was not known to anyone of us. Later on
he introduced himself to one of the temple devotee brahmacharis, and thus he came to know that he is
Srila Prabhupada’s disciple from Italy. When asked he replied that he is the disciple of his holiness Gopal
Krishna Goswami maharaja, and Srila Prabhupada’s disciple immediately said, “O Gopal Krishna Goswa-
mi, The Great.”
Similarly, one of the US disciples of Srila Prabhupada once said about guru maharaja, “O, he is an eternal
associate of Srila Prabhupada!”
Another way by which a spiritual master can be known is through his disciples. There are many disciples
of yours who are practically serving like you and therefore have won your trust.
I don’t know how to properly glorify because so many senior disciples will be writing to him. I wish to
develop the desire of guru mukha padma vakya, citte te kariya aikya, aar na karihe mana asa.”
If I can develop this, my life will be perfect.
Your servant,
Sudarshan Priya dasa
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada
All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!
spiritual master. Your books and lectures have given me a meaningful life. You told us about our eternal
relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna. Your sacrifices and efforts are endless.
No conditioned soul can perform them. Krishna sent you for us who are suffering in this material world.
Guru maharaja ji give me your blessings so that I can follow your instructions. I pray to you so that I can
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serve you, the disciplic succession and devotees throughout my life. Also I pray to you to take me back
home, back to Godhead.
Yours servant,
Sudevi Priya devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
brahmanda bhramite kone bhagyavana jiva
guru-krsna prasade paya bhakti lata-bija
There are millions and trillions of living entities everywhere, and they are engaged by mäyä in suffering
and enjoying the results of their fruitive activities, life after life. This is the position of the materially con-
ditioned living entities. Out of many of these living entities, one who is actually fortunate (bhägyavän)
comes in contact with a bona fide spiritual master by Krishna’s mercy. [C.c. Madhya 19.151 Purport]
One of the qualifications of a bona fide spiritual master is that he is a bona fide disciple of his guru. And
Srila Prabhupada explains one of the most important qualities of a bona fide disciple:
The secret of success of advancement in spiritual life is the firm faith of the disciple in the orders of his
spiritual master. The Svetasvatara Upanishad 6.23 confirms this:
yasya deve para bhaktir, yatha deve tatha gurau
tasyaite kathita hy arthah, prakasante mahatmanah
“To one who has staunch faith in the words of the spiritual master and the words of the Supreme Personali-
ty of Godhead, the secret of success in Vedic knowledge is revealed.” The Krsna consciousness movement
is being propagated according to this principle, and therefore our preaching work is going on successfully,
in spite of the many impediments offered by antagonistic demons, because we are getting positive help
from our previous äcäryas. [C.c. Adi 12.8]
Guru maharaja, this purport of Srila Prabhupada can be seen completely in your life, activities and deal-
ings. Your life is completely dedicated to fulfilling his every instruction. The result is as Srila Prabhupada
states in this purport. Under your divine guidance Srila Prabhupada’s preaching mission is increasing
multifold all over the globe.
In Delhi we are seeing new temples rising, millions of books being distributed and millions of devotees
being made. All this is only by your effort, inspiration and ardent desire to please Srila Prabhupada.
In the same mood of Srila Prabhupada, guru maharaja, preaching is your life and soul. I remember one
initiation ceremony in Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi Temple, Delhi where you asked all the initiates to
loudly accept ‘preaching’ as one of the initiation vows. Here in Iskcon Punjabi bagh, you gave darshan
to brahmacharis in which we could see your intense pleasure and satisfaction with devotees preaching.
In one of the purports Srila Prabhupada explains that after coming in contact with a bona fide spiritual
master, how one surrenders to Krishna:
Lord Krsna wants everyone to surrender unto Him, and this surrendering process begins when one touches
the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master. By sincerely rendering service to a bona fide spiritual master,
one begins his spiritual life in Krsna consciousness. Touching the lotus feet of a spiritual master means
giving up one’s false prestige and unnecessarily puffed-up position in the material world. S.B. 4.26.20
Purport.
Guru maharaja, in your lectures you always stress that the most important activity for spiritual develop-
ment is: attentive chanting, avoiding Vaishnava aparadha and preaching the message of the Lord. In spite
of my great fortune of getting your shelter, I have not been able to surrender unto you completely. Because
of maintaining this false prestige, I am inattentive in chanting, envy devotees and fail to preach properly.
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It is said in scriptures:
mükam karoti väcälam, pangum langhayate girim
yat-krpä tam aham vande, sri-gurum dina-täranam
Please bless me guru maharaja so that following your instructions become the only goal of my life. Guru
mukha padma vakya cittete koriya aikya, ar na koriho mane asa
Please give me strength so that my only desire is to fulfil your divine instructions. Sakti-buddhi-hin, ämi
ati din, koro’ more ätma-sätha. Please give me strength and intelligence to follow those instructions.
Your insignificant servant,
Sukavaka dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. I am completely insignificant to glorify your
unlimited qualities. Please bestow your mercy on me so that I can write something for my own purifica-
tion.
As stated in Gurvastakam stanza 6:
nikunja-yuno rati-keli-siddhyai
ya yalibhir yuktir apekshaniya
tatrati-dakshad ati-vallabhasya
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
The spiritual master is very dear, because he is expert in assisting the gopis, who at different times make
different tasteful arrangements for the perfection of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna’s conjugal loving affairs
within the groves of Vrindavana. I offer my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual
master.
Similarly you are also expert in following Srila Prabhupada’s instructions. You are making so many tem-
ples which are spiritual hospitals providing relief to the conditioned souls to mitigate their material mis-
eries. Maharaja I heard Seva atulaya prabhu’s glorification on your Vyasa-puja, who was telling us how
expertly you managed to acquire the Panchkula temple for Iskcon. Everything was in the name of Iskcon
even after giving money to that Swami ji.
Your dedication to Srila Prabhupada and his mission is deeply felt in your words, actions and conscious-
ness. Once Mohan Rupa prabhu was telling when Rohini bhumi pujan was there you told him to please
take Srila Prabhupada on tour in the whole temple area. Mohan Rupa prabhu ji was telling his own reali-
zation that he felt so personal, and your deep connection to Srila Prabhupada felt as if he was personally
present.
Srila gurudeva, you are bestowing such a great mercy on this Delhi area, by constructing so many temples.
Srila Prabhupada instructed you to make 11 temples in Delhi but you increased it to more than 15 temples
and now after some time a new temple is coming up in Bahadurgarh which is itself such a big glory. This
shows your complete obedience and concrete faith on Srila Prabhupada.
Srila Prabhupada has said, “Example is better than precept” and your exemplary behavior instills faith
in Iskcon. Once His Holiness Radhanath Swami maharaja was telling us that after Srila Prabhupada the
most respected person for him is your holiness. This makes us proud and inspires me that I should also be
exemplary in my dealings and behavior.
Guru maharaja, you are always thinking and encouraging devotees to do book distribution which is the
one of the dearest service to Srila Prabhupada. This is only because you are carrying Srila Prabhupada in
your heart and following what he desires.
Guru maharaja, please bestow me with your kind mercy so that I can follow the four regulative principles
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properly in detail and try to read Srila Prabhupada books daily. Please forgive my offences at your feet
and bestow me with your blessing so that I keep progressing steadily in Krishna consciousness and do
something tangible for Srila Prabhupada’s movement.
In your service, your insignificant servant,
Sundar Krishna dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances.
I wish I had enough spiritual understanding and realisation to even thank you for accepting me as your
disciple. Alas, I have taken it for granted. Gurudeva, you are an epitome of mercy that you accepted me
who is sinful to the core. Despite knowing that my mind and intelligence dwell in Maya, everytime you
meet me you have encouraged me to serve Krsna in all situations.
Like the onset of monsoon brings pleasant winds that give relief from the scorching and sweltering heat,
similarly you are the monsoon of motivation that shuns my negativity and languidness.
You have been serving Srila Prabhupada’s mission of spreading Krsna consciousness by opening temples,
distributing books, making millions of devotees and many more countless services for almost half a cen-
tury now with relentless efforts and ever increasing gusto. Even if I develop the minutest of this zeal to
serve you, my life will be successful.
While compering for Iskcon Kanpur’s youth festival, and when I was introducing you and you stood be-
side me just before I finished, I realised with all my material skills also I can never imagine or describe
your spiritual exuberance and laudable contribution to Iskcon.
With my so-called efforts to advance in Krsna consciousness, I will continue to fail abysmally until you
shower your causeless mercy. When I see my god-brothers burning the midnight oil to serve the mission,
and I’m factually doing nothing, I really don’t know on what basis shall I seek your blessings. Indeed,
it can be only causeless. Guru maharaja, please bless me so that I may serve you and this most beautiful
society of Vaishnavas forever. If any of my wishes would ever come true, I wish for your good health so
that we keep getting your valuable vapu sang.
Seek your blessings.
Your ostentatious disciple,
Vallabha Hari dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Pra-
bhupada!
Prema-bhakti jähä hoite, avidyä vinäsa jäte, vede gäy jähära carito.
“It is by his mercy that divine knowledge is revealed within our hearts, bestowing pure love for Krsna and
destroying ignorance. The Vedic scriptures sing of his character.” Sri guru vandana by Narottama dasa
Thakura.
Every day, when I attend guru-puja, I hear these words “vede gäy jähära carito, The Vedic scriptures sing
the glories of the spiritual master’s character”. By your mercy, my realization and understanding of the
actual meaning of these words are becoming deeper with every passing day. I am able to appreciate the
statements of the scriptures that glorify your transcendental qualities. A reflection on a few of your quali-
ties glorified in the scriptures, which I came across in the past year, will be a small humble offering at your
lotus feet from my side on the auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja ceremony.
Selfless service attitude:
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Srila Prabhupada mentions in his purport to the Bhagavatam verse 3.23.6 - “It is indicated here that one’s
body is very dear, yet Devahüti was so faithful to her husband that not only did she serve him with great
devotion, service and respect, but she did not even care for her own health. That is called selfless service.”
Similarly, your service to your spiritual master is completely selfless. You are handling some of the tough-
est positions in Iskcon - GBC, BBT Trustee and Iskcon Bureau chairman. So naturally from morning till
night you are thoroughly engaged in so many meetings, preaching programs, issues and complains, travel-
ling etc. yet you are always present in the mangala-arati to worship the Deities. Even at such an advanced
age without caring for your own bodily comforts you are sacrificing so much for the propagation of this
sankirtana movement.
Mood of being a servant of the servant:
Guru maharaja, you are a personification of humility and tolerance. Everyone can easily decipher that
you are always decorated with the necklace of humility and tolerance which Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
instructs every devotee to wear in the third verse of the Siksastakam. You not only wear it yourself, rather
through your actions and words you constantly encourage others to wear it too. You always caution us in
avoiding offenses to Vaishnavas by your famous words -”nehle ka jawab dehle se mat do”. I was reading
in the purport to the verse of C.c. Madhya-lila 19.156, “One should always think of oneself as a servant of
the servant of the ächäryas, and thinking this, one should live in the society of Vaishnavas”. Devotee asso-
ciation is the most important for advancing in Krishna consciousness, and the mood of being a servant of
the servant is the qualification by which one can always stay in this association. Adhering to the different
backgrounds and natures of the devotees, it becomes a challenge at times to serve the mission together and
many a times there are clashes at various levels. In my short span of Krishna consciousness, by your mercy
I am able to understand that this lesson of humility and tolerance is one of the most important teachings
in the Krishna consciousness journey. Because you are adorned with the jewels of this mood of being a
servant of the servant, we see that you have seen so many challenges, and ups and downs in the Iskcon
society, still your determination to serve Srila Prabhupada has not shaken even an inch. That’s why you
are able to call the struggles in Krishna consciousness as “Sweet struggles”. I thank you guru maharaja
from the bottom of my heart for being the ideal example of this mood and teaching it to me through your
words and actions.
Perfect link in the guru parampara - Being empowered and passing on empowerment:
The role of the spiritual master is to connect the disciples to the mercy of the guru parampara and to train
them so that they can be the instruments to carry the same mercy. Guru maharaja you are empowered to
distribute the mercy of the guru parampara and at the same time you are empowering so many of your
disciples to become similarly powerful carriers of that mercy. In C.c. Madhya 19.117 we read:
sri-rüpa-hrdaye prabhu sakti sancärilä
sarva-tattva-nirüpane ‘pravina’ karilä
“By entering the heart of Rüpa Gosvämi, Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu empowered him to ascertain proper-
ly the conclusions of all truths. He made him an experienced devotee whose decisions correctly agreed
with the verdicts of the disciplic succession. Thus, Srila Rüpa Gosvämi was personally empowered by
Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu.” On reading this, I thought how in a similar way the pastimes of Sri Caitanya
are still going on. I do not have any personal experience, but I have seen you spending quality time with
your senior disciples and empowering them through valuable instructions and guidance, so that they can
further responsibly carry out the missionary activities. I have seen and heard from devotees, that even
when you are at Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi temple you call leaders from Delhi NCR temples and have
meetings with them to guide them for further actions. By the grace of Krishna, I am connected to the per-
fect link in the disciplic succession who is empowered by Srila Prabhupada and the guru parampara and
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who is passing on this empowerment to others. Also, I thank you for keeping me under the able guidance
of many devotees at Iskcon Punjabi Bagh especially Rukmini Krishna prabhu ji, Murali Krishna prabhu ji
and Karuna Chandra prabhu ji.
Fulfilling the desires of the spiritual master and Supreme Lord:
Srila Prabhupada’s desires are your life and soul. Each and every moment of your life is dedicated to ful-
filling those desires. Srila Prabhupada said – “I will always be alive in my books”. So, you are travelling
all over the world to inspire devotees for book distribution, meeting renowned dignitaries and giving them
Bhagavad-gita as it is and overlooking the publishing of the books as BBT Trustee. Srila Prabhupada
wanted a Krishna Arjuna temple in Kurukshetra, you strived so hard for many years to get the land there
and now a nice temple is coming up under your supervision. Srila Prabhupada wanted a dozen temples
in the capital city of India, and you underwent so many sacrifices to bring up around 15 temples in Delhi
NCR. Such instances to show your dedication for fulfilling the desires of your spiritual master are endless.
In C.c. Antya-lila 1.117 purport Srila Prabhupada mentions -”The special function of Srila Rüpa Gosvämi
is to establish the feelings of Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu. These feelings are His desires that His special
mercy be spread throughout the world in this Kali-yuga”. The whole and sole purpose of your life is to
establish the feelings of Srila Prabhupada. In the month of May 2018, when you visited Iskcon Rohini
temple, you decided to open the Rohini temple in Kartik 2019. The urgency and importance of soon open-
ing Rohini temple to fulfill the desire of Srila Prabhupada was clearly visible in your mood and reflected
by your words. Please bless me guru maharaja so that I can tangibly assist you in fulfilling the desires of
Srila Prabhupada by bringing huge collections for building the Rohini temple.
Unflinching faith in the words of the spiritual master:
In the purport of Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.1.6 verse Srila Prabhupada mentions - “Prince Priyavrata regu-
larly served the lotus feet of Närada, and thus the Prince perfectly understood transcendental subjects in
truth. If one has unflinching faith in the Supreme Lord and the spiritual master, the essence of all Vedic
knowledge is revealed to him”. Due to your unflinching faith in the words of your spiritual master, even
the simple words in your conversations and lectures carry so much potency. My conviction about this be-
came even stronger when I was blessed with your association at two different occasions. Once when you
addressed the Punjabi bagh temple devotees for a question and answer session on 30th December 2017,
in which you dispelled many of our doubts. All your answers were very motivating and faith boosting. I
could feel the same nourishment which I feel by hearing Srila Prabhupada. In answer to one of the ques-
tions you said, “It is better to stay lonely in the ashram than to associate with the opposite sex”. These
words were as strong, as spoken by Srila Prabhupada. And another time at the second initiation interview
on 3rd June 2018 I asked you -”How can we constantly increase our service attitude as we grow old in
Krishna consciousness?” You replied -”By regularly reading Srila Prabhupada’s books, chanting atten-
tively and keeping ourselves always busy in the service of the Lord. Do not be idle even for a minute, idle
brain is a devil’s workshop”. Please bless me guru maharaja so that I can also develop a similar unflinch-
ing faith in your words.
Merciful and Compassionate:
In Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.24.46, King Satyavrata says to Lord Matsya – “In hopes of becoming happy in
this material world, the foolish conditioned soul performs fruitive activities that result only in suffering.
But by rendering service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one becomes free from such false desires
for happiness. May my supreme spiritual master cut the knot of false desires from the core of my heart!”
Thanks for being compassionate on this fallen soul by bringing me out of the whirlpool of false desires
of becoming happy in this material world and saving me from so many sufferings that accompany such
false desires. Thank you for engaging me in devotional service of the Lord under the guidance of your
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representatives. By your mercy, I am serving as a Bhakti Vriksha leader in IYF Punjabi bagh, assisting
Karuna Chandra prabhu ji in the Iskcon Rohini fund collection and Bhagavad-gita marathon. I seek your
blessings so that my sincerity in my service increases day by day and my efforts are pleasing to you and
to the other Vaishnavas. I want to thank you for kindly accepting me as your second initiated disciple and
giving me a saffron dress on 10th June 2018. Please bless me so that I can inculcate brahminical qualities,
engage in serving the Deities and strictly follow the dharma of brahmacari ashram. Guru maharaja, I want
to share that chanting of Gayatri mantra during the three sandhyas has really helped me in developing a
strong connection with you. I am very grateful to you for such causeless mercy.
I pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama, Sri Sri Radha-Radhika-ramana,
Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Mai and Sri Narasimhadeva to shower Their blessings on you
by keeping you in good health. On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja ceremony, I would
like to beg forgiveness from you for all the offenses which I intentionally or unintentionally committed at
your lotus feet. I would like to apologize for all my shortcomings in serving you wholeheartedly.
Guru maharaja, I feel that my desire to please you and my endeavors to fulfill your desires are both very
weak. I humbly beg you to please fan the little spark in my heart to serve you with the wind of your mercy,
and inflame it so much, that this fire to serve you may burn up all the other rubbish desires which are hin-
drances to your service. I want to seek your mercy and blessings so that I can chant my rounds attentively
and develop a taste for chanting the holy name. May I develop strong determination and enthusiasm to
fulfill your desires! Whatever be the circumstances may I always consider your instructions and the in-
structions of your representatives as my life and soul!
Please bless me so that I can become an instrument in receiving and spreading the mercy of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. Trying to fulfill your desires.
Your insignificant servant,
Visnu Svarupa dasa
ROHINI
Respected Gurudeva,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
You are such an expert preacher guru maharaja, each time I hear you speak I am amazed at how you are
able to say exactly what I need to hear. I remember your instructions to me every day. They are my inspi-
ration.
You are such a personalist, the way you develop and maintain such personal relationships with everyone.
This testifies to your realization of your personal relationship with Krishna.
Krishna says in Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.80.34, I, the soul of all beings, am not as satisfied by ritual wor-
ship, brahminical initiation, penances or self-discipline, as I am by faithful service rendered to one’s spir-
itual master.
How dear you must be to Krishna for your faithful service to Srila Prabhupada. You are always absorbed
in service to your spiritual master, setting such an exalted example for all your disciples to follow.
Gurudeva, it is my sincere desire that I may be able to assist you, in some small way, in your service to
Srila Prabhupada. Please allow me to stay in devotional service and please allow me to stay close to your
lotus feet.
I can never actually express to you how much I appreciate you and all that you give me and how much
effort you extend to try to teach me. I can only try to serve you and I sincerely pray that one day I will have
no desire other than your service.
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I always pray to Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani for your good health.
Your aspiring fallen servant,
Avinash Kumar
My most dearest Gurudeva,
On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I would like to pay my humble obeisances unto your
most auspicious lotus feet and beg Lord Krishna to give you a very very long and healthy life!
You have been a true soldier of Srila Prabhupada’s mission and you have taken his mission to great heights
and made it prosper!
Although I am extremely imperfect, I wish to get your most auspicious blessings! You are my only shelter.
You know what is going on in my mind even before I tell you about it. You know me better than I know
myself! Please bless me so that I can put my 100% into bhakti.
I am unable to express my feelings in words, but as you are perfect, I will not be able to glorify you ade-
quately. I do not wish any ‘punyas’. It’s all an illusion. I beg for your mercy. I have got your association
from the beginning of my life in this material world and I wish to get your association till the end.
Without you I would have been lost somewhere in a dark place here. You showed me light by directing
me towards Goloka Vrindavana.
Guru maharaja, I am eternally grateful to you for absolutely everything I have been given, or anything
which I have not been given. It’s your perfect arrangement. I have been with you from the beginning of
my life, so I don’t have any life changing story, but I know that you are configuring my mechanism so that
I can serve Krishna, Srila Prabhupada and you in the right way even without making me know that you
just did something for my benefit! You are spending your life for us foolish people. My dearest gurudeva,
help me plan an escape route to go towards Lord Krishna! I want to surrender myself unto your lotus feet
and get unlimited interest so that I can serve you and Gauranga properly.
Ebe jaśa ghuṣuk tribhuvana!
Your fallen son,
Harikesh Madhav dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I being a very negligible soul am not in a state to glorify a spiritual master like guru maharaja ji, who is
capable of delivering the whole world, and it is only possible for a bona fide guru, who is in the lineage of
guru sishya parampara, from param bhagavan Sri Krishna. My spiritual master is always engaged in the
divine service of Sri Krishna in accordance with the instructions of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. He is always worried about the spiritual progress of his disciples despite his health problems.
I can only pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Mai
to bestow Their causeless mercy upon my dear guru maharaja ji, so that he purifies more and more human
beings on the globe
All glories to His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja ji! All glories to His Divine Grace Srila
Prabhupada ji! I offer my obeisances from core of my heart onto the lotus feet of Sri guru and Gauranga.
Your eternal servant,
Jagat Karta dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja I feel it is my great fortune that you accepted me, a
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fallen soul, as your disciple. Srila Prabhupada says “Krishna has created this imperfect world perfectly.”
And we know that this is true. We are lucky to have someone very prefect as our spiritual master, His Ho-
liness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja. It seems that all the perfection begins with him in this material
world:-
• A perfect disciple
• A perfect devotee
• A perfect spiritual master
• A perfect leader
And many more perfections beyond my understanding and imagination. You not only obeyed your spiritu-
al master, but served him wholeheartedly without any ifs and buts. All your perfection comes to you with
your gurus’ blessings and Krishna’s mercy.
You are the person who inspires us. A living legend with an unmatchable energy level and a smile like
morning sunshine.
Guru maharaja, please bless me so that I can follow your instructions wholeheartedly and help myself and
my children to be Krishna conscious, so that we can serve in this mission of Srila Prabhupada, which is
now the mission of our life too.
Yours insignificant servant,
Jagat mata saci devi dasi
Respected Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
Please accept my humble sashtanga obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you and to Srila
Prabhupada!
On this most auspicious day of your appearance. I have an opportunity to glorify you. But I am so fallen
that I cannot glorify you due to my fallen condition, but still I will try. In our Iskcon society, you are known
as Srila Prabhupada’s man because you are strictly following his footsteps. Srila Prabhupada served his
spiritual master till his last breath. And you are also doing the same.
You are very humble and very personal. You take care of each and every person, whether he is a devotee
or a non-devotee. You always try to make everyone a devotee and encourage devotees to chant very at-
tentively, which is the foundation of our spiritual life. You are very strict in your sadhana, and you never
miss mangala-arati. It doesn’t matter what time you’ve slept, you do the Deity worship in the temple altar,
which shows your love for Sri Sri Radha-Krishna. You are a perfect spiritual master. Please bestow your
mercy upon these fallen souls so that we can be devotees and serve you and our great parampara.
Your fallen servants,
Jaya Ram dasa and Bhavasvarupini devi dasi
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam! Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Wandering throughout the universe in different types of bodies for many millions of lifetimes, I had com-
pletely forgotten my eternal father-Krishna. Being His representative, you opened my eyes and gave me
the knowledge of my true identity and real purpose of life through your representatives.
Maharaja, I don’t know how Krishna became so merciful upon me although I don’t deserve a tinge of it
to come under the shelter of your lotus feet. Maharaja, your glories are oceanic and it is completely spiri-
tual beyond any material contamination and I am a small tiny soul bereft of any spiritual quality, it is not
possible for me to describe your vast oceanic transcendental glories with my mundane senses. Still I am
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doing a small attempt for my own purification and this gives immense pleasure to me. Please forgive me
maharaja, for all the offences committed at your lotus feet.
Dear gurudeva, your dedication to Srila Prabhupada and his mission of spreading the Krishna conscious-
ness movement all over the world gives me lots of inspiration and faith to stick to this process. You always
give importance to the foundation of devotional life: attentive chanting, reading of Srila Prabhupada’s
books and Bhagavad-gita daily and hearing. You always tell not to miss morning program and you show
it by your own example which inspires a lot. Your divine instructions and quotes help a lot in overcoming
the obstacles on the path of bhakti and always remind me the ultimate goal of life.
The way you are surrendered to the divine lotus feet of your guru maharaja, by properly executing every
of his instructions, helps me time to time to try to follow my authorities sincerely. By your glance only I
feel very much enthusiastic to execute all devotional service.
My only shelter my gurudeva, I always feel inspired by seeing your simple faith on chanting of the holy
name of Hari which can remove all the hurdles in devotional service. Your attachment to your deities and
deity worship where ever you go, increases my faith towards this ultimate Krishna consciousness process
following which I can serve the Supreme Lord eternally and by your mercy I can get the most valuable
gift – Krishna-prema.
Guru maharaja, please forgive me, for all the offences committed at your lotus feet by this fallen soul.
Your insignificant servant,
Kunjavasi dasa
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
you!
By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krishna. Without the grace of the
spiritual master one cannot make any advancement. Therefore I should always remember and praise the
spiritual master.
I will be eternally grateful to you for showing us the correct path and saving us from impersonalism and
showing me the right way of bhakti. Without your help I would be bewildered. You are always inspiring
us to perform bhakti fearlessly in any circumstances, and never leaving the side of the truth.
Gurudeva, today when I look back I feel I have wasted so much time by not listening to you initially. My
life is so much better now and I am much happier and peaceful. It took me so long to understand though
you kept repeating this, had you not patiently preached and cared for all your devotees, I would be com-
pletely lost. My fortune is boundless to have your grace.
I don’t know how my future is going to be. I don’t know in what circumstances I will be put. But if I can
know that you will be near me, I don’t fear anything. I just want to get more understanding of what it
means to serve the spiritual master and Krishna and become more selfless.
Guru maharaja, please bless me so that I remain your menial servant forever and not leave you even for
a moment.
A menial servant of your lotus feet,
Manisha Pritam
Most respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All
glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Gurudeva, on this glorious occasion of your Vyasa-puja please accept this unworthy attempt to glorify
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you. Our words are like showing a tiny lamp to the brilliant sun. Your glories are spread far and wide in
this world and throughout the whole universe. Just like Krishna, your glories too are unlimited. But with
our conditioned senses we are unable to fully perceive them.
O most merciful gurudeva, you have brought countless fallen souls like us to the path of Krsna conscious-
ness. You have most mercifully saved us from the burning heat of the material world and very kindly
placed us in the most cooling shelter of your lotus feet. Only by your mercy can we attain pure love for
Krsna. It is stated in the shastras that the guru is non-different from The Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Krishna. Without your mercy we are unable to please Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. But we are so foolish
that we are not utilising this golden opportunity to have your association and follow your instructions and
make our lives successful by pleasing you and thereby pleasing Krsna.
You are constantly endeavouring to spread this movement to every town and city. To do so you are always
traveling from one place to another, not thinking about your own health, but to give the spiritual medicine
to the souls who have forgotten their eternal relationship with Krsna.
Guru maharaja, your dedication towards Srila Prabhupada is truly unmatched. Whatever you do is to
please your guru, Srila Prabhupada.
Gurudeva, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for accepting
us as your disciples, as your children. You are so magnanimous that you are always showering us with
your blessings even though we are most unworthy and ungrateful.
Guru maharaja, please bless us so that we may follow your instructions properly and remain at your lotus
feet forever.
Your most fallen children,
Nitai Caitanya dasa, Aradhya devi dasi and Lakshmana
Respectful obeisances from all sides to His Divine Grace
Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja, who is a true champion.
Empowered, he accomplished his mission at an incredible pace
Thus giving ultimate meaning to the words “pure devotion.’’
Most respected guru maharaja, unto you I surrender my life.
The power of your words has slaughtered the ignorance
Which, for many births, I protected dearly as a wife.
Chewing the chewed, I had become a victim of Maya’s dance.
Through your transcendental vision, of the spiritual sky I can get a view
And in my imagination, like thousands of suns, it is glittering.
This is because of the luster of Lord Krishna’s hue.
Please keep me near you, for with my own eyes I need to see Him shining.
I am so unworthy but I still get your causeless love
And this is what makes you my only true father.
Your compassion is like a great cloud above
That refreshes the dried out souls erring hither and thither.
Unfathomable is your greatness
Only the Lord can know you verily.
May I be graced to assess
The significance of your words truly.
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I pray that I may remember your instruction senior to me, like Radha Keshav prabhu ji.
At the time of quitting this bag of flesh Your eternal servant,
So that I can come back to pursue your mission Raas Raman dasa
Birth after birth and start afresh.
Respected Gurudeva,
Your most insignificant servant, Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Pradhyumna Janak dasa Every year this festival of Vyasa-puja energizes us all with new commitments, and a desire to serve and so
on. You are mercy personified and we get your mercy always, but on this day we get your special mercy.
My dearest Gurudeva,
Gurudeva, it is very difficult to describe your glories since you are on the absolute platform, and I am blind
There are a million things in my head and words trip over thoughts as I sit down to write an offering for the
due to ignorance. Even in ignorance I find you as a true friend, true guide, humble and sincere servant of
joyous occasion of your appearance day. I fear I would be merely repeating myself, reiterating the same
your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada, a caring father and true companion and well-wisher. If an ignorant
point that I always do, that you have saved my life from the clutches of darkness.
man can describe you like this I wonder how much more can be said if one describes your glories from
As my very dear grandfather, Srila Prabhupada says, repetition is necessary to drive the point home. And
the absolute platform. It is very difficult to count your qualities. You have appeared on this earth to save
this perhaps is my way of reminding myself of how indebted I am and forever will be to you. Often dev-
us from dangerous situations. You are a mercy representation of the Lord.
otees say they don’t know where else they could have been if not for your mercy. I think I know where I
How to engage your follower’s energy in the transcendental service of Krsna, more particularly engaging
would have been gurudeva, I can pinpoint many of the wonderful ways in which you have steered me in
one in a specific devotional service according to one’s special tendency. This is something like an amazing
the right direction time after time. You have always known what was there in my heart and have always
quality.
given me the medicine to cure me.
You are injecting knowledge in our hearts by which we can extinguish the fire of material existence.
I am incapable, unqualified and unsuitable to put a single drop of ink on paper in your vast glories, let
sri vigraharadhana nitya nana
alone write something to be able to glorify you. My ego is too inflated, my intelligence too weak and the
sringara tan mandira marjandau
effects of my sins, accumulated in this life and the many billions of births before it, are cataclysmic. So
yuktasya bhaktams ca niyunjato ‘pi
tumultuous that I am unfit to be on the same planet as you, let alone at your feet.
vande guroh sri caranarvindam
It will take me many births to be able to even begin to understand your mercy, your compassion and your
One cannot describe in words about your attachment to Deity worship, and your quality of Deity worship.
dedication towards Srila Prabhupada. Let alone being able to follow in your footsteps.
You have set such high standards that even senior devotees are surprised to see all this. You don’t compro-
And yet here I am, despite my shortcomings you have given me shelter, the gentle chidings of a patient
mise on anything in Deity worship. By your own example you are teaching us all about the importance of
father (a very concerned father, if I might add) you have bestowed me with your affection and directions
Deity worship.
despite my obvious shortcomings, despite my failures.
Offering my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet to relieve me from the miserable condition of my
Dearmost gurudeva, you always recognize what I am fit for and have always given me instructions that I
soul from the ocean of nescience.
could achieve, protecting me from the heinous aparadha of guru avagya.
Unfortunately I don’t have sufficient strength, intelligence, devotion or faith. My only hope is you. I pray
Gurudeva, it is for these million reasons why I rejoice on your appearance day, I rejoice having your as-
at your lotus feet to bless me so that I can begin faithfully and sincerely to serve you to the best of your
sociation, I rejoice the opportunity to be a speck of dust at your lotus feet. I pray to you gurudeva that you
satisfaction.
continue to bestow the same affection upon your grandson Prahlad, as you have upon me. My life despite
Yours useless servant,
all of its failures will be a success if Prahlad grows up to be a devotee. It is my request that you please
Radha Keshava dasa
bless him and give him the necessary intelligence to be able to understand the true purpose of life and the
ability to serve you his entire life and make it a success. Dear Guru Maharaja,
I remain humbly at your feet my dear gurudeva, awaiting your instructions. All glories to Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! The
Your most fallen and useless son, appearance day of our beloved spiritual master his holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja ji ki jaya!
Priya Mukunda dasa Today is the most special, important and wonderful day in the history of Iskcon and my life too. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto him, who opened my eyes which were blind with the darkness of ignorance,
My dear Guru Maharaja,
with the torch light of knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that is Krishna. Maharaja is
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
one who has given me shelter at the Lotus Feet of Krishna. Today I can only pray to Sri Sri Jagannatha,
to Srila Prabhupada!
Baladeva and Subhadra Maharani and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai under the shadow of the mercy of guru mahara-
Thirteen years have gone by, but I don’t find myself fulfilling your desire of being a good preacher. You
ja. I can just pray to Lord Krishna to please maintain the mercy of my guru maharaja on me so that I might
have made my personal and family life quite smooth. Gurudeva, you’ve given me direction. Before meet-
be able to concentrate on bhakti and purify myself with his dust. He is my role model, my inspiration. He
ing you my life was rudderless in this ocean of material miseries, but now at least I know the ultimate aim
is the only one who made me see the right pathway of life that is bhakti.
of life. Thank you maharaja ji for giving me your shelter and in turn to your other devotees who are quite

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All glories to his holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja! All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhak-
tivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada!
I offer my obeisances from the core of my heart to the Lotus Feet of Sri guru and Gauranga.
Your eternal servant,
Raghu Nath Chander dasa
Dearest Guru-Maharaja,
We offer our most respectful and humble dandavat pranams at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to
Maharaja!
We wish you a very happy Vyasa-puja and pray to Srimati Radharani for many happy returns of this aus-
picious day. Guru maharaja, this past year has been full of realizations and new spiritual experiences by
your blessings. Keeping you at the centre of my life, each day I can feel how your causeless mercy flows
unconditionally in the upkeep of my devotional service. Although it’s been 2 years since Lord Krishna
mercifully sent you as my master and savior, that first darshan of your divine grace is still afresh to my
vision.
Guru maharaja, you have made all arrangements not only for your disciples but for humanity at large.
Through many innovative ways we are getting your association through your lectures, live internet broad-
casts, activity reports and more. In every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen our commitment
and conviction to Srila Prabhupada and his Iskcon. In a very exemplary way, you teach us the mood of
becoming an eternal sishya by displaying your unconditional pure love for Srila Prabhupada. Please guru
maharaja, instill in our hearts a drop of that mood of servitorship for your divine grace as you have for
Srila Prabhupada.
Your servant,
Rekha devi Gauri dasi
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama! All glo-
ries to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to the Vaishnava acharyas! All glories to guru maharaja! All glories
to all Vaishnavas!
On this very auspicious day I would like to thank gurudeva for all the mercy he has bestowed upon me
by accepting me as his disciple. I am nothing, but because of the association of devotees I have been able
to understand the science of self-realization. By listening to the lectures of guru maharaja, I am able to
develop love towards jagad guru Srila Prabhupada. Gurudeva, your attachment to Srila Prabhupada is so
strong that anyone in your association is also imbued with the love of Srila Prabhupada. However, I am so
unfortunate that gurudeva is not able to give darshan to me personally. On behalf of Mauritian devotees I
am praying to Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupada to always keep guru maharaja in good health so that he
can continuously preach the message of Godhead to innumerable fallen souls like me.
Long live guru maharaja! Long live Srila Prabhupada! Long live Iskcon!
Your servant,
Sanatana Giridhari dasa
My dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, I have always seen you speaking about Lord Krishna and nothing else, I am most fortu-
nate to have found shelter at the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master. Krishna has kindly manifested
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Himself to me in the form of boundless, fathomless, dizzying mercy. Although I am a fool and a rascal,
I have been blessed with the essential advantage of Sri guru, whom I must serve. It is the perfect system
-- service to Sri guru will bring spiritual advancement, but more important is attachment to His lotus feet
which is a sweet, loving relationship. By your grace I have begun to understand so many things and I am
able to share it with others, despite my disqualifications.
Please forgive my constant rampant offenses and bless me.
Your unworthy servant,
Sarvagya Keshav dasa
O my dear Guru Maharaja,
I don’t find proper words to glorify you. But whenever I see you, my situation becomes like Dhruva Maha-
raja, before whom when Lord appeared, he was unable to speak. Whenever I think about you I am always
surprised thinking the miracle that how is it possible to start guru maharaja’s service the very first day even
before meeting him, but you did it for Srila Prabhupada, your dear spiritual master. How is it possible to
leave a lucrative job and high position in a foreign country and surrender to the spiritual master, but you
did that. How is it possible to surrender all your earnings to guru maharaja and keep nothing for yourself,
but you did it. How is it possible to understand that everyone is Vasudeva’s son, and begin to do all activ-
ities accordingly and immediately, but you did that! It is not possible to leave the dear family members at
very young age and lead a renounced life, but you did it. How is it possible that a spiritual master in place
of engaging his disciples in worshiping the Deities, asks him to engage in printing the spiritual granthas
and distributing them. Fools like me may think this is irrelevant work, and not devotional service to God,
but you accepted it happily and dedicated your life to fulfill the words of your guru maharaja Srila Prabh-
upada.
There are so many such things which surprise me and look like dreams. Since all these are true in your ho-
liness’ case, so I fear coming before you and face you, because I don’t think I am able to do even a small bit
of service. I realize why simply your presence motivates so many people to accept Krishna consciousness.
Your simplicity, very humble treatment, your dedication, continuous engagement in spreading Krishna
consciousness and so many such qualities are a great source of inspiration to masses in India and abroad.
Guru maharaja, I wish you a very long and healthy life, and beg to continue to hear your nectarean mes-
sages and have your smiling face darshan always in my heart and in person. Kindly forgive my offences
and keep me near your lotus feet. Hare Krishna.
Your insignificant servants,
Shivarama dasa and Sita Lila devi dasi
Most respected Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Vyasa-puja, the appearance day of a guru is a very special day in a devotee’s life. This day is known as
Vyasa-puja because the Vaishnava’s spiritual master is a representative of Vyasadeva, who is the author of
Srimad-Bhagavatam.
I deeply thank Sri Sri Radha-Krishna for letting you appear on this very day on earth, as your grace has
done many great and extraordinary services for your beloved Srila Prabhupada. Bless this servant my
master, so that I may always serve your lotus feet with love and surrender, not tainted by any pride or
recognition for myself.
You are such a personalist. The way you develop and maintain such personal relationships with everyone
surely testifies to your realizations of your personal relationship with Krishna. You show such compassion
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to the living entities who are in a state of forgetfulness of Krishna, by constantly preaching and giving
so much of your time, guidance and care. You are so merciful that you have given me this opportunity of
devotional service. Gurudeva, I can never actually express to you how much I appreciate you and all that
you have given me, and above all, how much effort you give to try to teach me. I can only try to serve you
and I sincerely pray that one day I will have no desire other than your service.
Hare Krishna
Yours eternal servant,
Uddharini Golokeshwari devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
This is my first offering. I had never written an offering in the past, and I am glad to write about you. This
is my fortune. I would like to express my gratitude to your lotus feet which always gives me the inspiration
to practice devotional service. The most beautiful thing I like about you maharaja is your beautiful smile.
Whenever I see your blissful smile it shows me how beautiful spiritual life is and it encourages me to go
on. Another beautiful thing about you maharaja that I like the most is specifically your lecture regarding
our dear Srila Madhavendra Puri, the Khirachora Gopinatha story.
To be truthful, on previous couple of occasions I had seen you in my dream. First, date I can’t remember,
but you were in karmi cloths distributing prasadam. On the second occasion, I saw you some days ago,
and you gave a lecture. On your way back you were in a lift, but you got off the lift, talked to me and then
you took the lift and I dropped you till the exit, and you took your bullet bike and left. I had heard in some
lectures that when Vaishnavas like you come in someone’s dream, they come to give an instruction, but
that doesn’t happen with me. So, it may be my mind or whatever, but these dreams are special for me.
Maharaja currently I am a part of BYS bhajana kutir, Manipal near Udupi dhama, which you had visited
previously on a few occasions. I request you, that whenever you come again to Udupi dhama, please do
visit our Centre and guide our BYS family. Please forgive me for any offences that I may have committed.
In your service,
Vasudevan Mittal

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Respected Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Krishna gives us guru and guru helps us to go back to Krishna. I am very fortunate that Krishna made
arrangements for me to live near Iskcon Ahmedabad. I started attending the Tuesday programme. Slowly
and gradually I started chanting 16 rounds and following the 4 regulative principles. I came to know about
you through your disciples and met you and was enlightened. You are very practical and always telling us
to chant sincerely and avoid Vaishnava aparadhas. I don’t have words to express my feelings. You have
changed my life. I need your blessings always to grow in bhakti. I am praying to Sri Sri Radha-Govinda
ji for your good health and success.
Your servant,
Abhay Gauranga dasa and Radha Lila devi dasi

Respected Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your
holiness!
I do not deserve to glorify your lotus feet, however due to your mercy only I can think of offering some-
thing in words, rather if we offer the world, at your lotus feet it would still be less. You are very dear to
Srila Prabhupada and Lord Sri Krishna. You are here to shower the mercy of Lord Caitanya.
Guru maharaja, I have experienced your mercy, still my material desires are not reducing. Maharaja you
are very merciful. Please bless us so that we can surrender our lives at your lotus feet. Please bless us that
your words become the object of our lives.
On the auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, I beg for your mercy so that I can render service at your
lotus feet.
All glories to your lotus feet.

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Your servants,
Achintya Dashrathi dasa, Padmaseva devi dasi and bhaktin Krishna
Most revered Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to your
divine grace!
We offer our deepest and profound gratitude to you for being our savior from the unending miseries of this
material world, by accepting us as your disciples. Whenever we had the opportunity to have your darshan
at different places, we found you to be an ocean of mercy. Always with that loving smile! You are follow-
ing in the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada and serving him to your utmost.
Wishing you a very happy Vyasa-puja. We are praying to Srimati Radharani for your good health. Please
bless us so that we are able to fulfill all that we had committed at your lotus feet. We constantly look for-
ward to your teachings, guidance and instructions. This inspires us to improve and advance in our spiritual
life.
Your insignificant servants,
Adi Sevaka dasa and Kusumlila devi dasi
Param Pujya Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This is once again an opportunity for me by your grace to say a few words on your Vyasa puja. Time flies
and its 2018 already.
There is not a single day in my life, wherein I am not inspired by you. The more I hear about you, I wonder
what a wonderful creation Krishna does by creating divine souls like you. May you live long for hundreds
of years and shower your mercy on fallen souls like me.
You are such an energetic soul in Krishna consciousness. We all are just like neophytes and need to learn
a lot from you. Your style of preaching by extensive travelling around the world has helped in spreading
the cause of your spiritual master, and engaged lakhs of conditioned souls in devotional service to Lord
Krishna, who were otherwise rotting in this material world. By your causeless mercy they have been saved
from material pangs and punishment in hellish conditions after death.
Kindly shower your mercy on me forever for fulfilling my spiritual desires, and forgive me for all the
unintentional sins committed by me.
At your service in Krishna consciousness.
Amala Sita devi dasi
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I am Atipriya Anadi dasa initiated on 19. 04. 2016 at Ahmedabad. I am associated with Iskcon from 2009.
I am very thankful to Vishnunama prabhu and Vishnu Bhakta prabhus for their guidance. They regularly
guide us to progress further in spiritual life and also give us instructions of what to do and how to follow
and act in daily life. I am trying to develop our image that I am to follow in Srila Prabhupada’s mission
like your senior disciples.
Please bless me to serve you like your other disciples. I am seeing here what they are doing as a commit-
ment. I am very thankful to our Ahmedabad devotees, to my gurubhai and siksha guru’s. I would like to be
disciple like them. But still time I am unable to serve like 0. 1% like Vishnunama prabhu, Vishnu Bhakta
prabhu and Mukunda mala mata ji.
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Regards,
Atipriya Anadi dasa
Dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to you and Gauranga!
Guru maharaja, you are the perfect example to know how one can keep oneself focused in Krishna con-
sciousness. Generally, Maya is around us, surrounding us, to divert our attention away from the proper
goal and intoxicate us with all types of anarthas. To overcome Maya, you are one of the best examples
amongst the other disciples of Srila Prabhupada. You have made your routine as instructed by Srila Pra-
bhupada and the scriptures. This has protected you from Maya. You are so focused on the words of Srila
Prabhupada, that Maya cannot even come near you. By your deeds, like Srila Prabhupada you are showing
and teaching us how one should stick to the instructions of the spiritual master. You have all the qualities
of a pure Vaishnava, by your deeds and attitude. You are always alert that nobody gets hurt by your deeds
and you are always enthusiastic and active to keep and get other souls into Krishna consciousness. You are
so focused that you never care for your body or for your personal desires. Infact your personal desire is to
please Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krsna. In this age of Kali, where Maya is very strong; pure Vaishnavas
like you are very few. By the blessings of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna you are uplifting many souls
back to Godhead. As a spiritual master you are one of the best representatives of the Lord who is constant-
ly focused in following instructions. It is due to pure Vaishnavas like you, that the people of Kali, like us,
are enrolling in Krishna-bhakti and getting a taste of it.
On the pious day of your appearance, we request you to bless us with special mercy, to remain focused in
Krishna bhakti, and in following your instructions, and on sadhana. We never forget our spiritual respon-
sibilities, and by your mercy take some portion of your load and receive your special blessings.
We pray to all the Deities of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda dhama to keep you always healthy to take back more
and more souls back to Godhead.
Guru maharaja, please forgive us for any offence made by us. Hare Krsna. Dandavat pranam.
Your most fallen son and daughters,
Atmavan Krsna dasa, Radhika Bhavna devi dasi and Alhadini
Respected Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
Sastanga pranam! Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Sri Radha-Govinda ji! All glories to Srinatha ji! All glories to you Srila
gurudeva!
Guru maharaja, you are an ocean of mercy and by a drop of your mercy we can continue our spiritual
life and activities (Like book marathon and many others). So please bless us to please you and Srila Pra-
bhupada. Guru maharaja, a sanctified person like you can deliver neophytes like us. In this age of Kali,
auspicious things produce good effects immediately so we pray to your lotus feet to please bless us on this
auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja. Guru maharaja to show us the perfect stage of Krishna consciousness,
to make an example for us in the years to come, you have surrendered all; your body, mind, intelligence,
speech, life, property everything to Lord Sri Krishna. This shows us how much Krishna consciousness we
have to practice. It is impossible for fallen souls like us to practice Krishna consciousness, but a little drop
of your mercy can change our spiritual path, so please bless us on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja.
Gurudeva, we humbly pray for your mercy. You are the only mystic preceptor for us in this age of Kali,
please extinguish all our sins by a drop of your mercy, we are crying and begging for your mercy. We are
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highly obliged to you for this. We pray that the almighty Lord Sri Krishna gives you a happy, healthy and
long Krishna consciousness life, to deliver more fallen souls like us. Thank you guru maharaja for always
being a source of inspiration for everyone to be in Krishna consciousness, and giving strength and always
saving us, and giving us an opportunity to glorify you. Magnanimity is the symbol of my guru maharaja
please bless us.
Your insignificant and unworthy servants,
Balarama Vallabh dasa, Priya Gopika devi dasi and Janardan
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Thank you for accepting me as your disciple even though I am not eligible. You have also given me saffron
cloth without my qualification. I am fortunate to be your disciple.
Please bless me so that I can struggle for Srila Prabhupada lifelong.
Thank you,
Your insignificant servant,
Chandra Mohan dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on the auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja.
Within your heart is the Vrindavana of devotional qualities. Everywhere are desire trees and desire creep-
ers catering to fulfil the desires of Srila Prabhupada. These trees and creepers blossom with flowers like
tolerance, austerity, simplicity, and humbleness which appear in unlimited colours and a variety of fra-
grances. As a fallen soul, I am not eligible to glorify you, but I am giving it a small attempt to do so.
I wanted to write something about you in a different way, so I have tried something new.
G - Greatest among the great, you are as good as God, and Giver of Gauranga’s mercy roaring – Gaura
Haribol
U - Urgent is your mission, unenviable is your task. Saving useless urchins like me from Maya’s ugly
clutch.
R - Renowned redeemer of Kali-yuga’s remorseless rogues; resounding reverberator of Sri harinama.
U - Unplugging fallen souls like me from the clutches of Maya.
D - Dearest gurudeva dearer than diamonds or Demigods!
E - Empowered emissary of truth eternal! O Krishna’s own expansion!
V -Vaishnava Thakura – having victorious vibrations of Krishna-katha gushing from the voice of your
loving heart
A - Armed with the Absolute Truth, armies of our anarthas you annihilate.
Your humble and polite nature, has made me follow your footsteps. Please bless me so that I can serve
more and more. May you live long so that you can preach and awaken fallen souls like me! It is for the first
time that I am writing about you, and I have written very little to glorify you, for me the sky’s the limit. I
have just tried to glorify you. I apologize if there is any mistake.
Your most fallen soul,
Daiva Rama dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of gurudeva who has removed the darkness of igno-
rance and opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge.
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Guru maharaja you have come to this material world in order to rescue the fallen souls back to their orig-
inal destination back to Godhead.
Guru maharaja, in your personal dealings with everyone you always set an example for all of us as an ideal
Vaishnava as defined in the scriptures. You are taking care of a lot of managerial activities, but you always
remain humble and you are a pure devotee of Lord Caitanya. You set a practical example for all intelligent
human beings so that they can achieve spiritual success while living an exemplary life of balance between
material and spiritual duties. You always bring steadiness in the lives of your disciples by guiding them
in their spiritual lives. Your emphasis on waking up for mangala-arati, chanting rounds attentively and
reading Srila Prabhupada’s books daily are imprinted in the minds of your sincere disciples. You set an
example of how to surrender opulence and talent in the service of Sri guru and Gauranga - opulent Deity
worship, wonderful projects, all levels of talents in the service of Krishna. Your purity is out of this world.
I always pray to Sri Sri Radha-Govinda to give you a long life so as to bring the whole world into Krishna
consciousness.
A fallen soul and your disciple,
Daivi Gunamayi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your
divine grace!
Your ebullition to spread the message of Krsna consciousness all over the world and your dedication to the
instructions of Srila Prabhupada gives me a lot of encouragement and strength, and are the driving force of
my spiritual life. You always emphasize on the basic fundamentals of devotional life which is – attending
the morning program, chanting attentively, daily reading Srila Prabhupada’s books, respecting and honor-
ing Vaishnavas and avoiding offenses. Your instructions and teachings always helps us to overcome any
kind of impediments in our devotional life. My life sustains only through your mercy.
guru krsna-rüpa hana sästrera pramäne
guru-rüpe krsna krpä karena bhakta-gane
(C.c. Adi 1.45)
According to the deliberate opinion of all revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is non-different from
Krishna. Lord Krishna in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees.
Regardless of your health, you are taking on more and more projects, mainly preaching, building temples
and travelling round the globe. You are always vigilant and persistent to maintain the integrity and pres-
tige of this movement. Practically, your desire is only to fulfill the desire of Srila Prabhupada and your
attachment to him is so strong, that nothing in this world can stop you from that. Only by your grace we
can cross the ocean of this material world.
tvam nah sandarsito dhäträ, dustaramnistitirsatäm
kalim sattva-haram pumsäm, karna-dhära ivärnavam
“We think that we have met your goodness by the will of Providence, just so that we may accept you as
the captain of the ship, for those who desire to cross the difficult ocean of Kali, which deteriorates all the
good qualities of a human being.” (S.B. 1.1.22)
Guru maharaja, I have no other shelter but your lotus feet. May I always live by following your instruc-
tions and never deviate from the path that you have shown us, even for a moment.
Your insignificant servant,
Haresh Govinda dasa
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our most fallen obeisances at your lotus feet, which are giving shelter to unlimited condi-
tioned souls.
Gurudeva, you have opened our eyes which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance. You are an ocean
of mercy. You are mercy personified, and with your grace Lord Krishna gives eternal and everlasting hap-
piness. Please always shower your mercy on us.
On this auspicious day of your appearance, these insignificant servants of yours would like to beg to re-
ceive your causeless mercy so that we can continue to serve the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda ji.
Your insignificant servants,
Harivansha dasa and Padmini Chandrika devi dasi
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
I am a very fallen soul in this material world. I do not even deserve the position of a servant of a kanish-
ta-bhakta. Please bless me so that I can remain associated with devotees and keep chanting attentively.
However, I am not qualified to express my view, but on this auspicious day of Vyasa-puja, I pray at the
Lotus Feet of Lord Gauranga for your good health and long life, so that your mercy is always with us and
purifies fallen souls like me.
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Seeking your blessings.
Your servant of servant,
Hitendra dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this wonderful and auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, with deep respect we prostrate at your purest
lotus feet. All glories to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Srila Prabhupada appeared in the age of Kali to realize the prediction of Lord Caitanya of distributing the
holy name in all cities and villages. Dear guru maharaja, you continue the mission of your spiritual mas-
ter Srila Prabhupada, by travelling worldwide and preaching the glories of the Lord. You build temples
and Vedic Cultural centers worldwide. By organizing Ratha-yatras in every city, you are glorifying Lord
Jagannatha.
By your own example you teach us, your disciples, spontaneous loving service to the Lord, Deity worship,
to revere the feet of the Lord and to attentively hear the philosophy of Krishna consciousness. You teach
us to be patient and to be more humble than a blade of grass.
O gurudeva, please bless us to continue to serve the Iskcon movement, to be in the association of dev-
otees and glorify the name of the Lord. Your divine grace, we wish you good health and strength in the
preaching mission of Krishna consciousness in this Kali-yuga, in purifying the consciousness of the fallen
conditioned souls. We ask you to pardon us for all the offenses that we have committed.
With greatest respect and humility, we bow down unto your lotus feet.
Your useless disciples,
Jay Balarama dasa and Hari Chhaya devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept the earnest and humble obeisances of your unqualified servant at your lotus feet. All glories
to my most revered spiritual master His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja!
My attempt to write this Vyasa-puja offering is like an attempt by the finite to describe the infinite. Even
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the Vedas seek the opportunity to glorify the spiritual master, the external manifestation of the Supreme
Lord’s causeless mercy, and I can only make a humble attempt on this most auspicious occasion.
‘Dedication’ realizes its true meaning when it sees your devotion to your spiritual master then, now and
forever. At times of your failing health, your determination never fails to serve your spiritual master, Srila
Prabhupada. Just like a father doesn’t think about his comforts while raising his child, you incessantly
embrace struggles for the growth of your disciples in Krishna consciousness. You never take anything for
yourself, but engage everything in the service of the Supreme Lord. You are so magnanimous; you are
always so sensitive to everyone’s spiritual needs. Your personality is the embodiment of perfect Vaish-
navism. Your every thought and act is the epitome of perfect devotional service. Most exalted principles
of pure devotional service can be read in the scriptures, but they can be realized in your person.
No one is a friend of anyone in this material world as no one knows what the real self-interest is of the
other. No one can hope to cross this ghastly ocean of perpetual suffering until he takes the shelter of the
lotus feet of the spiritual master. You are the real benefactor and friend of everyone and you have no ene-
my as you are non-envious. You are a mine of all divine qualities and so who would be to not take shelter
of your lotus feet?
Please excuse me for this poor offering, and I beg you to always place me as dust at your lotus feet, birth
after birth.
Your insignificant servant,
Jaya Tirthcharan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
you, our dear spiritual master!
In the holy scriptures it is said, that to meet a spiritual master, a pure devotee, is a sign of great fortune in
life, and a very rare opportunity. Completely giving yourself, your energy and time, you give Krishna to
everyone without exception, just as Lord Caitanya preached Krishna consciousness worldwide. Leading
a very austere life, day and night you serve the mission of your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada, only
for his pleasure. I bow down to your lotus feet. Your divine feet, the feet of my spiritual master, are like
an oasis in a hot desert, which is the only rescue for all of us, who were almost lost in this world, our only
chance.
Thank you guru maharaja, for having come in our life by your own will, by your causeless mercy. You
have given us devotional service which is capable of purifying us and bringing us closer to Krishna. We
do not have qualities to glorify you on this day of your appearance, and there is no pure heart, that can be
offered at your lotus feet. We only ask for your mercy sometimes, to be sincere and constant and not to
afflict but only to please you, guru maharaja.
Your servants,
Krishna svarupa dasa and Sevamurti devi dasi
Respected Guru Maharaja,
We offer our most respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of your holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami ma-
haraja. All glories to you!
You are a genuine representative of Srila Vyasadeva and therefore entitled to receive offerings from your
disciples every year. You are the most faithful and confidential servitor of the Lord and therefore deserve
as much respect as Lord Krishna. In the Caitanya-caritamrta it is said that although every living entity is a
servitor of God, the genuine spiritual master is a direct manifestation of the Supreme Lord Krishna. I was
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such a fallen soul and I owe you a great debt.
I have to dedicate myself to your instructions and help expand your preaching efforts by distributing books
which pleases you. By your mercy both me and my wife got initiation this year. We were not qualified, but
you showered your mercy on us. We both are praying for your good health so that you can shower your
mercy on many devotees.
On this auspicious day, I your most fallen disciple pray that you give me strength to realize that you are
always with us and that you are intently watching all our actions.
Your useless servant,
Laxman Keshav dasa and Madhurya Premika devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on the most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-pu-
ja. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your divine grace!
I have a golden opportunity to offer you my humble words on this day of your Vyasa-puja. I am your most
fallen servant and have no qualification to glorify your holiness on this most auspicious occasion.
Guru maharaja, this past year has been full of realizations and new spiritual experiences by your blessings.
Keeping you at the center of my life, each day I can feel how your causeless mercy flows unconditionally
in the upkeep of my devotional service. Although it’s been 10 years since Lord Krishna mercifully sent
you as my master and savior, that first darshan of your divine grace is still afresh in my vision.
Guru maharaja, I must admit today, that for a couple of months I haven’t been doing much service. My
preaching work had practically stopped, but yes, writing this offering I am getting renewed energy to do
more preaching. I can feel being purified while writing this offering. I have read somewhere that writing
for the pleasure of guru and Krishna, one gets personal purification. Thank you very much for this oppor-
tunity to write on your Vyasa-puja.
Guru maharaja, in your last visit to Ahmedabad, in one of your lectures you told us, “Don’t try to see God
but act in such a way that God will call you”. I am sure that I will only be able to achieve this by rendering
service to you with all my heart. Please guru maharaja, instruct me, chastise me for my many offences and
guide me to become a better servant of all the living entities. Just as Lord Krishna’s glories are unlimited,
so are your divine glories. For a dull minded person that I am, it would take many lifetimes for me to
properly glorify you.
I am doing daily 16 rounds of chanting, reading Srila Prabhupada’s books and I always remember yourself
and Krishna.
On this auspicious day, I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet, O my beloved guru maharaja.
Wishing you the most wonderful Vyasa-puja celebration again and again.
Srila Prabhupada ki jaya! Srila guru maharaja Vyasa-puja mahotsava ki jaya!
Your most insignificant servant,
Lokbandhu Priya dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your
divine grace!
On your 74th Vyasa-puja, I feel honoured and blessed to glorify your divine qualities. Only by your divine
mercy can a fool like me even give a thought about your transcendental qualities.
You are known and famous all over Iskcon as ‘Prabhupada’s Man’. All devotees and your dear god-broth-
ers are inspired by your divine dedication and surrender to Srila Prabhupada. We can see how you are
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manifesting the will of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada, by travelling all over the world,
and by inspiring so many conditioned souls.
It is said that a living entity by misusing his free will, has come to this material world. The Supersoul is
witnessing and fulfilling his desires without any interference. But pure devotees like you can interfere in
the karma of conditioned souls and purify them, so that they can surrender to Krishna.
Guru maharaja, on this auspicious day, I beg you to please be merciful to me and purify me from material
desires. Let my consciousness flow towards serving your lotus feet without any deviation, and may I re-
main in the shelter of your lotus feet birth after birth.
Please bless me with the pure holy name.
Your fallen servant,
Madana-mohana Krsna dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
Thank you very much guru maharaja for accepting me as your disciple. I repeatedly pay you my obei-
sances for bestowing your mercy on me. By your mercy I am chanting 16 rounds of the Hare Kṛṣṇa ma-
ha-mantra and reading Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books every day. I feel happy in executing devotional service.
I beg you to give me your mercy so that I can distribute books and preach.
Your humble servants,
Madhava toshini devi dasi and Kanai-sakha dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet on the most auspicious day of your
Vyasa-puja. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your divine grace!
We are blessed to make an attempt to write a few words in the glorification of your divine grace. No one is
more merciful than your divine grace. You always give the right direction to everyone. You are a true sav-
ior of the fallen souls and a transcendental ocean of mercy. Your lotus feet are the only means for us to at-
tain pure devotional service. Our only desire is to perfectly follow the instructions from your lotus mouth
and thus purify our consciousness. Kindly do us a favor, that we never forget or be separated from your
divine grace and chanting of the holy name. You always take spiritual care of us, as well as every concern
connected to our lives including financial matters. Your caring nature for your disciples is matchless. By
your spiritual potency, you easily know the hearts of your disciples. You are constantly engaged in serving
Srila Prabhupada even without taking proper care of your health. Kindly bless us so that we can make
spiritual advancement properly. We beg to serve your lotus feet and glorify your divine grace life after life.
Your fallen servants,
MahaSringa dasa and Madhavapriya devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Today is the day when I would like to glorify my dear guru maharaja.
I hope your health is good and in spite of being a fallen down soul, I still pray to Sri Sri Radha-Govinda
ji, Srinatha ji Gopala ji, Sri Sri Laxmi Narasimhadeva, Sri Sri Sita-Ram-Lakshmana and Hanumana ji, Sri
Sri Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra Maiya, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, and Srila Prabhupada to give you more
strength so you can pick more souls like us from this merciless material world.
My family and I always try to follow your instructions, and we beg for mercy so that we can advance more.
At last would like to pray to Their Lordships to have an opportunity to have your association as early as
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possible.
Dandavat pranam guru maharaja.
Your patita sishya,
Mahavir Madhusudan dasa, Sukhadia Family – Shilpa, Dhanurdhar and Mukund
Respected Guru Maharaja,
We offer our respectful dandavats unto the lotus feet of our spiritual master His Holiness Gopal Krishna
Goswami maharaja. All glories to you!
You are a genuine representative of Srila Vyasadeva and therefore entitled to receive an offering from your
disciples every year.
I have to dedicate myself to your instructions and help expand the preaching efforts by distributing books
so that we can please you. I also want to tell you that by the mercy that you shower are always with me. My
husband whose name is Barbaric prabhu, is a disciple of His Holiness Navyogendra Maharaja and also my
son Abhinav are both praying for your good health, so that you can shower your mercy on many devotees.
On this auspicious day, I your most fallen disciple pray that you give me strength to realize that you are
always with us and that you are intently watching all our actions. Please give me strength to take shelter of
your vani. Please make me your faithfully surrendered puppet and an instrument in helping and expanding
your glories.
Your useless servant,
Nila Manjari devi dasi, Kala Keshav dasa and Tarasvi Priya devi dasi
Dear Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to your divine instructions, which are
continuing to guide the fallen souls of Kali-yuga on the path of back to Godhead.
You appear in this world for spreading the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Thoughts of your divine
grace inspire us to think about Lord Krishna. And your actions inspire us to serve Lord Krishna and His
devotees.
I can’t associate with you very much. I’ve only heard about you and when I hear about your divine actions
and seva, I am inspired for doing bhakti, and serve Lord Krishna and His devotees.
I don’t know about you very much but still I have tried to write an offering to you. Please accept my
humble offering and give me your divine mercy for doing ahaituki and apratihata bhakti and doing best
services for Lord Krishna and His devotees with my full strength.
Your most fallen servant,
Nitin Bhandari
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to asso-
ciate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. By the mercy of both Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual
master one receives the seed of devotional service. It is our great fortune that we have come in touch with
a pure devotee and a great soldier of the sankirtana Army of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
It was the desire of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura to print and distribute transcendental lit-
eratures. He called it bṛhad-mṛdaṅga. Śrīla Prabhupāda fulfilled this desire by printing books. Śrīla
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Prabhupāda said that book distribution is my heart. You have pleased Śrīla Prabhupāda greatly by printing
and distributing books. Under your leadership, book distribution has reached new heights. Your devotees
have great enthusiasm and determination for book distribution. You are fulfilling the desires of the previous
acharyas. We wish that we also develop a similar kind of enthusiasm and determination for book distribu-
tion, so that we can please you and the guru-parampara.
After many many births, one gets this human form of life and meeting a pure devotee is even more rare. So
far we have simply wasted our life in sinful activities. By reading Śrīla Prabhupāda›s books and hearing
from the devotees, we have come to know that to develop love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Kṛṣṇa, is the ultimate purpose of life. On this auspicious occasion we beg you to bestow your mercy so
that we can become sincere and serious towards the real purpose of our human form of life. By your
mercy only it will be possible for us to develop the character of a sadhu, otherwise we will simply remain
impostors.
Your aspiring servant,
Nitin Pranami
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept the humble obeisances of your most fallen servant.
By your special mercy I have become joyful by surrendering myself at your holy feet. Unhappiness has
gone away and no more anxieties. I see joy in all directions.
You are a reservoir of immortal nectar where one may live free from sorrow and fear. I have found peace
in your shelter.
By your blessings my family and I are settled at Kathwada to serve Lord Sri Jagannatha ji. I am feeling
that I am living in Goloka in this birth only. This is your special mercy on me. You are the only source for
me who can deliver this conditioned soul in the service of Lord Krishna.
I get so many services here in Kathwada. Kindly shower your mercy upon me so I can do the best service
for my entire life and can follow your instructions.
Your most fallen servant,
Parama siddhi dasa
Dear beloved Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam. Today is a very auspicious day for us, please accept our humble obeisances at your
lotus feet. Your appearance in this material world is very significant for us because you delivered the mes-
sage of Srila Prabhupada and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu throughout the world, and your life is a unique
example for us to perform Krishna conscious activities.
With your mercy, we try to deliver the message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Ahmedabad with book dis-
tribution, nagar sankirtana and namahatta programmes. Now we are thinking of starting one new preach-
ing programme in Ahmedabad so please give us your mercy for our success.
We beg for your mercy because each and every step in this material world is miserable and we have lots
of desires to fulfill. Lust, anger and enviousness is in our hearts, so please give us your causeless mercy to
remove it. Please shower your mercy to understand our real form as Krishna’s dasa.
Many times we have personally seen that you do not take care your health for preaching Krishna con-
sciousness. Please take care of your health. We pray to Sri Sri Radha-Govinda ji for your good health and
long life.
Your patita disciples,
Pushkar dasa and Sita Sundari devi dasi
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My dear beloved Guru Maharaja. Your servant,

I beg to accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you and all glories to Sachisuta dasa
Srila Prabhupada!
I was unqualified to become your disciple but you are so merciful that you have accepted this most fallen Dear Srila Gurudeva,
soul as your disciple. I feel sorry because of my inability to put my feelings in words. I don’t know if this Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet.
is impersonalism in my heart. But I have full faith that this disease will go away by your grace. Once again I am trying to write a Vyasa-puja offering on your most glorious appearance on this planet, and
Although you know everything that I am doing, so many nonsense things, still you are tolerating me. So, I am feeling totally unable to describe your numerous transcendental qualities and achievements. I hope
I beg for mercy at your lotus feet, as only by your mercy I will able to stop this. I am very inspired by you will accept this humble offering.
you as you never compromise with your standards of sadhana and service, like Deity worship, hearing In your dealings, you manifest all the qualities of an ideal Vaishnava. Your every thought, word, and exam-
Bhagavatam while doing deity worship of your personal vigraha, always following your schedule. Out of ple is exactly according to the shastras. In spite of thousands of followers, comfortable living conditions,
all Vaishnava qualities in you, I am specially inspired by your simplicity and innocence. You always want receiving donations, etc., you always remain the humble and pure devotee of Sri Krishna.
to see everyone happy in their life. By following each and every standard even if it is very small, you inspire me to follow them very strictly.
You are showering mercy all over the world. You always serve Srila Prabhupada wholeheartedly. I beg for Although you are very busy in your service to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna, you always take care that
mercy at your lotus feet, to please shower your mercy on this useless soul, so that I can become steady in you please every disciple by personally meeting them.
Krishna consciousness and be able to help you in spreading Krishna consciousness. Kindly bless me so Dear gurudeva, you are very dear to your spiritual master Srimad A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Pra-
that I make your instructions my heart and soul. bhupada. You know how Srila Prabhupada, by waking up in the middle of the night, has written all this
Your insignificant servant, books, and so you always inspire your disciples to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books as much as pos-
Rati Ranjana dasa sible. Due to your strong compassion for the conditioned souls, every year you come to Ahmedabad and
meet your disciples to encourage us to be more enthusiastic in distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.
Dear Guru Maharaja, Your faith in chanting the holy names, reading Srila Prabhupada’s books, worshiping Deities makes me
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! more faithful to execute my devotional service every day.
O Krishna, O Krishna I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to glorify you. Kindly excuse me for writing this poor offer-
You send our Gurudeva with Hare Krishna ing. On this auspicious day, I beg you to bless me to develop purity, tolerance, and determination on my
To worship Radha Krishna path of devotion. Bless me so that I can serve Lord Jagannatha here in Kathwada in the association of all
To tell us about Ram and Krishna the devotees.
O Krishna, O Krishna Again I offer my humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet.
Your activities are transcendental Your insignificant servant,
Activities of your pure devotees equally transcendental Sakshi Mohan dasa
Vyasa-puja day most auspicious
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Devotees want to be guru conscious
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to my
Please bless our Gurudeva
guru maharaja!
Your eternal cowherd friend
It is our great fortune that you have appeared in this world to save us from this darkest material existence.
His Holiness Gopal Krishna
brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
O Krishna O Krishna
guru krsna prasade paya bhakti lata bija
O Parthasarathi Krishna
Whatever insignificant devotional service I am practicing is only because of your causeless mercy.
O Gopijana Vallabha Krishna
The lotus feet of our spiritual master is the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service. I
O Radhika-Ramana Krishna
bow to your lotus feet with great awe and reverence. By your grace, one can cross the ocean of material
Our humble request and sincere prostration
suffering and obtain the mercy of Krsna.
Please listen, listen to our heartfelt pain.
My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from your lotus mouth. At-
Improve his health
tachment to your lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires.
Increase the lifespan and strength
My spiritual master is the ocean of mercy, the friend of the poor, and the Lord and master of the devotees.
Of our beloved master
O master! Be merciful unto me. Give me the shade of your lotus feet.
His Holiness Gopal Krishna
Despite all my shortcomings, deficiencies and unlimited offences towards devotees and especially towards
O Krishna Hare Krishna
your beloved disciples and aspiring disciples, very mercifully forgiving, you have accepted me as your

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disciple although I do not deserve it at all. Guru maharaja, I can’t repay you with any amount of anything
of this world.
My dear guru maharaja, with your oceanic compassion please forgive me for all my offences that I have
committed at your lotus feet, as I am the most fallen soul.
Your insignificant servant,
Utsahi Gopi devi dasi
Rohini
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble dandavat pranams at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Dear gurudeva, please give me blessings on this auspicious occasion to glorify you.
Guru maharaja, you are so special because you have renounced all material possessions and are engaging
yourself in the pure devotional service of the Lord. And you have dedicated your whole life to preach this
mission of Srila Prabhupada and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Guru maharaja, you are very simple, humble and tolerant towards a fallen soul like me. Dear guru ma-
haraja you have completed building so many beautiful temples after the departure of Srila Prabhupada.
You are preaching the holy name of the Lord in the whole world without taking care of yourself. In any
condition, you are always kind to preach the holy name around the world. Despite your busy schedule, you
always keep time to give darshan to your disciples and are meeting new people to spread the message of
Srila Prabhupada and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. You are so merciful. You always preach and give so many
opportunities to become serious and humble in spiritual life.
Guru maharaja, everything is difficult without your blessings, even to serve you and Lord Krishna. On
this auspicious day we pray to Lord Narasimhadeva to give you good health, and a long life to spread the
Krishna conscious movement throughout the world. Kindly keep your hand on my head. So that I may
inculcate my firm determination and strength to follow your instructions.
All glories to you Srila gurudeva!
Your insignificant servant,
Uttam Mohan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your divine grace! Please accept our most humble obei-
sances at the dust of your lotus feet on this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja.
We are unable to glorify you. Your glories are spread all over the world. You have all the qualities of a
perfect Vaishnava. We feel fortunate to be your disciples. We are grateful to have your shelter and receive
guidance from you in all phases of our lives. But being fallen souls we are unable to reap the maximum
advantage of it.
Oh gurudeva, you have allowed us to be in your shelter so please forgive us if we have committed any
offenses towards you and please do not abandon us from your ‘vapu’and ‘vani’ service. Please bless us
so that we can follow your instructions carefully and can make advancement in our spiritual life. Please
shower your mercy so that we can serve in Srila Prabhupada’s mission till the last breath of our life, with-
out committing any offenses, and can attain Krishna-prema. Being your children, you are everything to us.
With your mercy only can we go back home back to Godhead.
We pray to Sri Sri Radha-Govinda ji for your better health and long life so that you can deliver more and
more fallen souls like us.
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Your children,
Vicharu dasa and Satya devi dasi
My most beloved Guru Maharaja,
On this most revered and auspicious day, I beg to offer my most fallen obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
Another year has already passed since the last time I wrote my offering at your lotus feet on this most aus-
picious anniversary of your divine appearance in this world. Each year brings new opportunities to glorify
you throughout the year, and with that, new realizations of your infinite glories. Begging for your mercy,
I continue my modest attempt to describe a drop from the ocean of your transcendental qualities.
This year marks the golden jubilee of your first meeting with Srila Prabhupada in 1968. As the perfect rep-
resentative of Srila Prabhupada, you are showing us how to make the mission of the spiritual master one’s
life and soul. From the day you met Srila Prabhupada, you dedicated yourself absolutely to following his
instructions and fulfilling his desires. You tenaciously worked very firmly to push forward his mission, as
your determination has always been excellent from the very beginning. Once you decide something you
make your best efforts to accomplish it. We always hear from your god-brothers that you are the busiest
personality within Iskcon in rendering your service to the mission and fulfilling the desires of Srila Prabh-
upada. Your every action loudly proclaims your sincerity in following his footsteps.
Once a journalist mentioned to Srila Prabhupada that he must encounter a lot of problems when traveling
all over the world. Srila Prabhupada replied, “I don’t have any problems. You have problems.” Similarly,
your divine grace is dynamically roaming everywhere to protect and expand the mission with ever-grow-
ing matchless enthusiasm. You always say that enthusiasm is the key for spiritual advancement. At this age
even, despite physical struggles, your eagerness to serve Srila Prabhupada is a symptom of your spiritual
potency specially empowered within you by Srila Prabhupada. You echo the same words of Srila Prabh-
upada that please do not take away my privilege to struggle for Krishna. Thus you are teaching us the
genuine love for the spiritual master by a disciple.
Srila Prabhupada has repeatedly emphasised that book distribution was his dearest service, which is also
the family business of our parampara. He has said, “More than anything I want that my students should
distribute my books and literatures profusely all over the world, and this should be our foremost concern,
how to do it properly… if I could induce even one person to Krishna consciousness through my publica-
tion, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, then I shall think my labour is successful. Practically our Society is built on
books… My ambition is to spread these books far and wide all over the world so that everyone should
read at least one of our books and that will change his life. If only 1 % become devotees that will change
the world.” Your zeal for book distribution is ever-fresh and ever-rising from the beginning and even now.
Your astonishing aptitude to empower devotees worldwide for distributing books and your solid faith
in book distribution is very well renowned by everyone. In 1977, by your great efforts the Soviet Union
recognised the books of Srila Prabhupada and gave a certificate. You showed that to Srila Prabhupada and
even though his health was not good, he felt great ecstasy on getting this news. You have taken special
interest in Russian preaching from the beginning, and today the numbers of devotees have increased to
thousands. Recently in the month of May, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi while visiting Mos-
cow glorified book distribution by saying, “be it in taking these timeless values of the Bhagavad-gita to
the world or in popularising the spirit of devotion, organisations like the International Society for Krishna
consciousness through their various chapters like the Moscow society for Krishna consciousness have
done yeoman service to humanity.” The numbers say that since 1967, more than 500 million books are
already distributed throughout the world so far. Which means practically 20 books per minute or one book
every 3 seconds is being distributed throughout the world. The largest contribution in these accomplish-
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ments is from India, and the principal source of the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and the key person for such
incredible results, is no other than my own spiritual father, your divine grace.
I am blessed to have such a glorious spiritual master. However, I beg at your lotus feet and wish to be a
disciple of whom you may feel proud. My position is like that of a child who is helpless in every situation,
depending on your mercy. This may be one of the reasons for my being a little greedier for your associ-
ation and favour without qualification. Lord Caitanya delivered the dog of Sivananda Sen just because it
was the dog of Sivananda Sen, who mercifully took special care of the dog while coming from Mayapur
to Jagannatha Puri. I am shamelessly begging at your lotus feet to kindly consider me a very insignificant
dog of yours so that I can get a little mercy from the parampara. I am useless for you in every way, how-
ever you are trying to engage me in service to protect me from a hellish condition in the future. Material
activities are compared to stool. Worms cannot get out of the stool by their own endeavour. Similarly,
those who are overly attached to material existence like me, cannot get out of materialism and suddenly
become Krishna conscious. “Unless one serves a Vaishnava, he cannot be delivered. The spiritual master
initiates the disciple to deliver him, and if the disciple executes the order of the spiritual master and does
not offend other Vaishnavas, his path is clear (C.c. Madhya 1.218)”.
Please kindly engage me in your service so that I can feel a little satisfied that I could also please, you at
least a little bit, my guru maharaja. I have already wasted my hopeless life in illusion, however I beg to
employ the remaining time to please your divine grace by my insignificant endeavours and thus assist you
in the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Your fallen servant,
Visvarupa dasa
BARODA
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja, we don’t have any qualification to glorify you, but by your mercy we are trying to write
few words. We find ourselves very fortunate to have become your disciples. We have taken shelter of such
a wonderful guru who is always busy serving his spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, Caitanya Mahapra-
bhu’s mission and all the Vaishnavas. We are born in a very low caste (chamar) family, but by your count-
less mercy we are able to do sadhana-bhakti of chanting, reading, hearing and associating with senior
devotees. Before joining Iskcon sampradaya, we did not know anything about devotional life.
On this auspicious occasion we pray to Lord Krishna and Gauranga Mahaprabhu to give you good health
to serve Srila Prabhupada, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and all the Vaishnavas.
We assure you that we are chanting 16 rounds daily and following the regulative principles.
Please also bless us so that we can continue serving Srila Prabhupada, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and all
the Vaishnavas without any offence.
Your insignificant disciples,
Gauranga Sundar dasa and Jaya Gaurachandra dasa
Rajkot
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is indeed only due to your causeless mercy that I continue to survive in spiritual life, in spite of my faults
and ignorance. On this day, I promise you that I will wholeheartedly try to follow your instructions to the
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best of my ability and help to propagate the Krishna consciousness movement wherever I go.
On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, I pray to Lord Krishna to bestow you with good health
by which you can deliver fallen souls like me from the clutches of Maya and keep guiding and inspiring
me like you have always done.
Your insignificant servant,
Rambhadra Rupa devi dasi
BHAVNAGAR
Most beloved Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet on this most auspicious
day of your Vyasa-puja.
Maharaja, you have unflinchingly dedicated your entire life in the service of Srila Prabhupada, so much
so that when I meet you I feel that I am also meeting Srila Prabhupada. Having merely a darshan of a
personality like you is even more purifying than taking a bath in Ganga, so what to speak of taking ini-
tiation from you! After joining Iskcon, this is my 21st Vyasa-puja. Since the past 13 years we are here in
our native town which is 7 hours away from any big centre. As an important part of preaching we have
to celebrate Janmashtami and Srila Prabhupada Vyasa-puja here, so after doing this we need a gap of 48
hours to reach Delhi, which we are not able to, so we feel really sad. However, since 13 years there isn’t a
single Vyasa-puja that we did not attend by watching live on internet, from mangala-arati upto 10 o’clock
at night. We have always received your loving blessings and pray to Sri Krishna and Srila Prabhupada that
we keep receiving your divine blessings eternally.
We feel your blessings in our lives such that we had a hurricane in our material and spiritual lives before
13 years. We were in a state of shock, but my daughter Rukmini priya has gradually flourished materially
and she has been able to serve you in your preaching mission which seems to be impossible and it is just
due to your merciful blessings. Her material life is settled so nicely that even a doctor or an engineer would
have to struggle hard to set up such a life. And what to speak of spiritual life! A young girl could never so
easily preach in a small town where one had hardly heard of Iskcon’s name but many many people have
come in contact with us and have taken advantage of the glorious Hare Krishna sankirtan movement. Be-
ing pleased with her efforts, that are beyond her capacity and are possible only due to your mercy, Yasho-
mati Nandan prabhu ji so kindly blessed her by making her the leader of Iskcon preaching Mahuva. All
our god-brothers and god-sisters and also other devotees from every Centre of Gujarat have supported her
when she asked, just as they would have supported their younger sister or daughter. This all has happened
only due to your mercy and I am so grateful to you for showering your divine blessings on us all.
Your fallen servant,
Bhaktanidhi devi dasi
Most beloved Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, kindly accept my most humble obei-
sances at the dust of your divine lotus feet.
It is indeed Sri Krishna’s causeless mercy that He has so kindly sent you to rescue us from the stringent
clutches of maya. You are a pure devotee and you teach us by your personal example how to endeavor
sincerely to please guru and Krishna. You are very very dear to Srila Prabhupada and Sri Krishna. Any
disciple who follows your instructions sincerely would certainly feel your presence in his life. Since the
past 13 years I am living in a small town that is far far away from Iskcon, so I strongly feel the pain of
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separation from you, but I try my best to have your divine association through the internet. I hear your
lectures, try to keep your instructions in my mind and humbly try to follow them, thus I feel that you are
with me and you are showering your blessings on me.
Whenever I meet you in person, I feel protected and blessed. Whenever you call me, I am so honored as
if I got an award. Thank you for being so merciful, affectionate and protective. Thank you for everything
that you have given us. I am sure no language of the world can phrase the feeling of gratefulness we ought
to offer you. On this auspicious day, I beg at your lotus feet to just keep me as your servant eternally.
Your worthless servant,
Rukmini priya devi dasi
SURAT
Dear Guru Māharaja,
You keep showering blessings on fallen souls like me,
I was the luckiest after you came into my life.
I love you guru maharaja!
Whenever you come to Surat it feels like actually someone of our own, who I can really call mine has
covered my arena of happiness. I always have a fear of losing you, all the time.
I always pray to Krishna that the Almighty never spares me from your purest lotus feet, as you care for
us so much. This is your love and affection towards us, despite being so tight in your schedule, you look
after us.
I do harinama serve, being so impure and unconnected, yet you praise me so much and listen to me. You
always push us towards gradual promotion on the spiritual path.
I pray and beg unto your lotus feet that I keep serving harinama, guru and Gauranga forever and ever.
Your insignificant servant,
Bhagavat Prasad dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Maharaja, I have no qualification to glorify you, as your glories are unlimited, but still I will get purified
by describing some of your glories. Maharaja you always emphasize on doing good sadhana – chanting
attentively, and reading and distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books in your lectures. Maharaja you also
emphasize on always remaining in the association of devotees, so that we all can be saved from Maya.
Maharaja your concern for me and my family is so personal. Whenever I had the opportunity to meet you
whether in Surat, Pune or Juhu temple, you gave your valuable time to my mother and sister. Maharaja I
was hearing how concerned you were about Vrindavana dhama to not be given the name Bhaktivedanta
Swami Marg, and not to any other organization. Maharaja in Gurv-astakam we sing, pratikshana svad-
ana lolupasya vande guroh sri caranaravindam. By your actions you speak to your disciples. Maharaja
I beg you to please empower me so that I can follow Krishna consciousness seriously and follow the 4
regulative principles. My mind gets agitated by the opposite sex very much these days. May I read Srila
Prabhupada’s books on a daily basis for at least an hour, and please you in all respects.
Your eternal servant,
Gokulananda Caitanya dasa
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VAPI
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Eagerly waiting for your appearance day to glorify you and hear about your glories. Taking advantage of
this opportunity I am writing a few words for you. Although we remember you throughout the year, and
perform services for your pleasure, but on this occasion glorifying you is the most memorable and pleas-
ing to the heart. To glorify you we have to think deeply about your divine qualities and activities. It gives
immense pleasure and satisfaction to the heart. The only way to get out from the clutches of Maya is to
remember you.
Recently I heard from devotees that when you went to Remuna for the darshan of Lord Khirchora-Gopi-
natha He had stolen kheer for you as He had stolen 500 years ago.
On one Ekadasi the temple president told you that maharaja your health is not good, so no need to fast
today, anyhow you are seventy plus now. Below 7 and above seventy people need not fast. You just smiled
and said I will fast.
One day one devotee came to you in the morning to ask for a Saligram Sila from you, as he got an instruc-
tion from the Lord in his dream. As soon as he entered your room to explain about his dream, before he
spoke anything, you told him, please take this Saligram Sila with you. He was shocked and said, maharaja
how do you know that I came for a Saligram Sila. You just smiled.
When you interview devotees before initiation, you ask many questions to the devotees. Once from our
temple some aspiring devotees went to meet you. You asked different types questions to different devo-
tees. You asked one mata ji “how many rounds are you chanting” she said sixteen. You said ok you can
take initiation. And you asked her husband from how many days are you chanting. He said from only six
months. You said you shouldn’t take initiation this time. Everyone present there confirmed that you know
everyone’s heart.
In the meeting you asked one mata ji, “since how many days are you chanting my pranam mantra?”
because she was connected with some other guru to take initiation, but for some reason she couldn’t.
And guru maharaja you knew very well what her problem was, and that is why you asked that particular
question. It created a deep impression in the heart of the devotees that you know everything about your
disciples. We can’t hide anything from you.
Once you were coming from Russia to Mumbai. So one devotee arranged a VIP welcome for you, with
red carpet and police force. When you landed and were walking through on the path, there were security
walking in front and behind. And the devotee thought you will be impressed, but you just said to that dev-
otee, “prabhu I am not a thief or rogue, why are there police with me?”
There are many pastimes in which we can see your humility, tolerance, compassion and austerity.
Although there are constant health issues, you never reduce or stop your service to Srila Prabhupada.
Without considering your age and health you are teaching us how to engage ourselves in the mission of
Srila Prabhupada without any personal motive.
Even in your lectures you never show us your knowledge. You just request your disciples to follow the
rules and regulations.
You visit every place where you endeavour to preach Krishna consciousness, whether there is one devotee
or hundred.
By your causeless mercy you visited Vapi once when our Centre was in a rented flat. You climbed the
stairs as there was no lift. Inspired by you, the devotees continue their devotional service and preaching.
By your inspiration and blessings the temple is growing day by day.
Now the temple is under construction. Preaching is increasing. The Deity worship standard has also in-
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creased. The full time devotees are happily serving.
Although we are struggling with many anarthas, but still we are continuing our service just to please you.
Dear guru maharaja please bless us so that we can follow your instructions properly.
Your servant in the service of Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Maharani, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai
and Srila Prabhupada,
Dayalu Gaura dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances gurudeva.
Although today is the last date for submitting an offering still this wretched mind is so absorbed in think-
ing of so many things, but really forgetting myself in the clutches of time. Gurudeva, I remember your
glance which was so clear in its purpose of purifying conditioned jivas like me and forcing me to intro-
spect, that, oh dear please think of your fortune that has got you such a rare and auspicious association of
caring devotees, like a father and loving like a mother, and correcting you all the way, by touching upon
the anarthas and on the false ego which keeps one entangled.
Gurudeva, you have always mercifully protected me from committing offenses at your lotus feet, but due
to accepting this conditioning as mine and considering dear devotees as aliens, I myself am making my life
critical. Whenever I take shelter of your vani and your auspicious darshan gurudeva, it forcibly reminds
me of my fallen and forgotten condition and really helps me to awaken from that horrible dream which I
always see.
Gurudeva, on this auspicious day of your appearance please bestow this fallen servant of your divine grace
a benediction of your remembrance, as it reminds us of Krishna. “krsna se tomar krsna dite paro tomar
shakati ache ami to kangal krsna krsna boli dhai tava pache pache.
Your servant,
Dev Hari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this most revered and auspicious day, I beg to offer my most fallen obeisances at your lotus feet, my
eternal spiritual master.
I feel obliged and privileged that even after being so fallen and not having any eligibility to glorify you,
you as my kind master, have again given me an opportunity to write my heartfelt feelings for you! My
heart is filled with gratitude for your compassion towards fallen conditioned souls like me!
Due to material contamination, my mind goes blank when I try to chant your glories, still on this blessed
day, with the help of your causeless mercy, I take the opportunity to try to glorify the innumerable pure
Vaishnava qualities you possess that attracts even a stone-hearted person like me towards Krishna-bhakti.
I am so amazed by your spirit of surrender towards the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, your purity,
your unlimited affection towards your disciples and your complete dedication and deep love for Srila Pra-
bhupada! Your love for Srila Prabhupada is unparalleled, and it is so inspiring to see your tireless, selfless
service attitude towards him. Even in an extremely poor health condition, you never compromise in your
efforts to distribute the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to all of us. It is so amazing how wonderfully
you render tireless services, like building so many gorgeous temples, inspiring thousands of devotees for
book distribution, traveling intensely for managing the affairs of so many temples worldwide, managing
so many GBC projects, holding Ratha-yatras, yet you never miss mangala-arati wherever you go! I feel
that just by watching you performing mangala-arati cleanses the material contamination of thousands of
births! It works like a ‘marjana’ for the contaminated conditioned mind.
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Also when I think of your personality, I remember the 1st sloka of ‘Upadesamrta’ “Vaco vegam manasa
krodha vegam, jihva vegam udaro upastha vegam, etan vegam yo visaheta dhirah, sarvam apimam prith-
vim sa sisyat” – “Only a sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind’s demands, the actions
of anger and the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals is qualified to make disciples all over the world.”
So, while being in complete control of all these six urges, you set a perfect example of a real ‘Goswami’.
O ocean of mercy! Due to my offensive and uncontrolled mind, I am not able to make any progress in
bhakti. In your lectures you always urge us to do the following four things: Attentive harinama japa, sin-
cere reading of Srila Prabhupada’s books, keeping a pure servitor mood and avoiding Vaishnava offenses.
So as an aspiring disciple of yours, I pray to your lotus feet to please shower your mercy on me so that I
can succeed in my efforts to follow your instructions and make my human birth successful!
Your most insignificant and fallen servant,
Jyotsna
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Your glories are endless and only Lord Sesa can glorify you. Please forgive me for every offence com-
mitted against your lotus feet and towards all the Vaishnavas. I am very fortunate to be able to write an
offering on the auspicious day of your appearance.
Dear guru maharaja, your dedication to Srila Prabhupada and his mission of spreading the Krishna con-
sciousness movement all over the world gives me lots of inspiration and faith to stick to this process.
When I came to know that a small child also can write an offering, at that time I was feeling very glad.
Guru maharaja, you are a boatman of my life so please bless me so that I can progress in Krishna-bhakti.
When I heard that you are coming to my place, I was very very excited. But for some reason it was can-
celled, so I felt very upset.
Please keep me always under your shelter
Yours servant,
Krishna priya Yadav
Forever worshipped Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my dandavat pranam at your lotus feet.
This is the first time, I got a wonderful opportunity by my siksha guru, Sri Shastra svarupa dasa, to glorify
you on the auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja. I know I am not capable to glorify you or even think
about you properly. I accept myself as your most insincere servant.
First time in my life I got the darshan of your lotus feet at Iskcon Surat and I was highly inspired by you.
It is so difficult to travel to different places in such poor health conditions. You inspire new devotees like
me by your pravachans and by delivering God’s messages. It is a big kripa of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda that
I got a divine chance to see you. The next time I got your wonderful darshan at Iskcon Juhu and that was
a very auspicious moment for me to talk with you, which I never thought of even in my dreams. It is very
difficult to glorify your unlimited glories and achievements, for an insincere devotee like me. I feel myself
as the most fortunate person of the world to have such a wonderful opportunity in front of me, whenever I
get your darshan. I also see your lotus feet on Youtube. I feel very excited and happy that I have chances
to have the darshan of your lotus feet as and when desired. I am studying in VIII standard. I am busy with
my school work, but when I get time I often start listening to your lectures which inspire me a lot! I feel
like I am in the lecture hall listening to your lectures by your lotus mouth. I also get very inspired by just
a sight of the dust of your lotus feet. I also try to get sevas in our temple, Iskcon Vapi and now it is a time
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of struggle for our temple, as construction of a new Sri Sri Radha-Govinda Temple is going on. I beg for
your mercy and guidance for our new temple. Because of your mercy on me, I do three rounds of japa
everyday and also follow every Ekadashi fast. Being your most insignificant servant, I beg you for your
blessing on me so that I can develop some bhakti and continue it.
Begging for your mercy,
Nivedita Chaudhary
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I have been trying to write a few words as an offering on the occasion of your Vyasa-puja. Though I am
your student, I still feel unfit to offer you my greetings. I still am covered with a lot of material desires.
Your weekly lessons have guided me onto the right path. I only request for your mercy to get out of my
illusion.
The only glorification I can offer unto you is the mantra of the guru.
om ajnana - timirandhasya jnananjana - salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri - gurave namah
My dear gurudeva I am trying to please you, how can I do this? All glories to you!
Humbly I bow my head unto your lotus feet and beg for your mercy and instructions.
Your eternal servant,
Palace Bhuva
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Gurudeva, I am impure, ignorant and a very fallen soul. I am neither eligible nor qualified to glorify you.
I have no words to thank you for your causeless mercy that you have showered on me by taking me under
your shelter. By your mercy only I got initiated by you.
I am not very fixed in exacting devotional service. My condition is miserable due to my attachment to-
wards different aspects of this material world which causes me to fall down again and again.
Maharaja, your repetition of emphasis on the importance of Krishna-bhakti giving me strength to sustain
in Krishna-bhakti.
Please bless me and give me strength to follow your divine instructions which you have delivered in your
lecture at Vapi on your first visit: “Don’t lose Krishna-bhakti at any cost”.
I am very much thankful to God that he has planned the perfect spiritual master in the form of you in my
life.
Your servant,
Priya Sundari devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Maharaja ji, I have nothing much to say, as, I am your little devotee. You are the one who help us Krishna
consciousness.
I remember that day, first time when I saw you. I was in the 4th standard, and you came to Vapi the second
time, when there was my mother’s diksha ceremony and many times afterwards. I and my little sister al-
ways help my mother in Deity dressing seva, book distribution prasad making seva and much more, but
now I am not getting time to do seva because of studies. Maharaja ji, please bless me so that I can do seva,
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and can pay attention to my studies.
We are requesting you to keep us always under your shelter at your lotus feet. Please give us your blessing,
so that we may engage ourselves in devotional service. Maharaja ji, please shower your mercy on Iskcon
Vapi’s devotees. The construction of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda temple has begun so, please give us mercy to
collect more funds for temple construction and to make more devotees.
Your little servant,
Sanatani Vishakha devi dasi
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Dear maharaja, it is said a tree is known by its fruits. We are getting an opportunity to associate with one
of your fruits - Shastra svarupa prabhu ji in Vapi.
Through him we get glimpses of the dedication for spreading Krishna consciousness that you have been
exhibiting throughout your life.
Maharaja, I was told about you converting so many Russians into devotees. You went an extra mile to
learn the Russian language, just to communicate with them and make them feel comfortable. Similarly,
our Shastra svarupa prabhu ji, very mercifully extends his association without any expectation and talks
with us in our language completely understanding about my ‘dehatma buddhi’ status.
Maharaja, I had one opportunity of having your darshan at Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari temple in your room
and inspite of your busy schedule, you mercifully agreed to meet me. You gave me an opportunity to sit
next to your lotus feet.
I had a constant smile on my face throughout my brief meeting with your good self. This smile was dif-
ferent, I thought, I am meeting someone whom I know from a long time. The excitement to meet you was
like meeting an old ever well-wisher.
While walking up the stairs to have your darshan, I met an old friend of mine. I met him after more than
20 years. He and his wife immediately joined us to meet you. To my big surprise, you spoke to them too.
Your first opening statement to them was “how are you?” You didn’t ask them who are you, what do you
do? From where are you coming? Instead you said, “How are you?” I thought only I am feeling special
sitting next to your lotus feet but you made everyone in the room feel special.
Shastra svarupa prabhu ji brought us to you, just by coming along with him to meet you, so many good
things took place that day.
1) In the morning we had darshan at Sri Sri Radha-Gopinatha temple,
2) We had an opportunity to have darshan at Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji,
3) For the first time, I visited Srila Prabhupada quarters at Juhu,
4) Met an old friend at the temple,
5) Had a completely different experience/feeling while and after meeting you, I guess, I experienced
what bliss is.
6) Maharaja, I have heard “Lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya” I am a stone-hearted person,
and transformation of my heart is almost impossible. My personal endeavors have all gone in vain.
The only hope is sadhu sanga, unfortunately my diseased state is such that I have no taste whatso-
ever for sadhu sanga or for chanting.
I pray at your lotus feet for a benediction that someday this stone can be of some use to the devotees.
We pray for your good health and long life.
Seeking an opportunity to serve devotees,
Sandeep Agarwal
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Respected Guru Maharaja, Dear Guru Maharaja,

Dandavat pranam by touching your lotus feet. Dandavat pranam.
May Lord always shower you with good health! My tongue is not pure for your glorification, but because I always pray to Krishna for your good health and Krishna consciousness. I do not have that much intel-
of your mercy and the association of Vaishnavas, I always get an opportunity to glorify you each year on ligence to glorify you guru maharaja. I do remember the day when I met you for the first time with my
your Vyasa-puja. cousin sister Radhe at Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari temple. You had given one sweet to Radhe. After finishing
Day by day your disciples are increasing because of your dedication and surrender to Srila Prabhupada ji. that sweet she demanded one more sweet from you then you replied, ‘No’ then she started crying and then
The way you serve the Deities inspires me. You never miss mangala-arati. you gave her one more sweet.
When I had your darshan for the first time, I did not know you properly. Those who take shelter of you and Your servant,
follow your instructions, he will reach back to Godhead. But I am unfortunate that I am not taking them Vishnupriya Y. Yadav
seriously, only because of my heart’s anarthas.
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja I beg for your blessings and mercy so that, I may always be
able to follow your instructions and develop an attitude of a servant of your servants. This is only possible
by your mercy and blessings.
Thank you for all that you have given us.
Your servants,
Sangeeta and Yadavendra

Dear Guru Maharaja,

I was born in the darkness of ignorance, and you opened my eyes by the torch of knowledge.
I was not qualified to serve you in this movement of Srila Prabhupada, but, by your grace somehow, I came
in this movement to do some service for the pleasure of guru and Vaishnava.
Guru maharaja, you always enforce in your lectures, about, Vaishnava offenses but unfortunately, I am so
dumb that I always come under the influence of anarthas in my heart as I cannot control any of my senses.
I am very greedy. I always get angry
But by the grace of all the Vaishnavas, I wish to be free from these anarthas.
I don’t have any words to count my negative points as I am very bad in my behaviour with Vaishnavas.
I have no qualification to glorify your numerous qualities
But I always want to be in this movement and always want to serve the words of the devotees and stick to
the words of my spiritual master.
I always want to be a tiny servant of the servant of your servant.
Most insignificant servant,
Sunil

Dear Guru Maharaja,

Hare Krishna! Please accept mine and my kid’s humble and heartful dandavat pranam at the dust of your
lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your loving divine grace! May Lord Krishna
keep you healthy always for the seva of Srila Prabhupada!
I and my kids are very far from the mercy of Krishna. There are many obstacles coming in my spiritual ser-
vice. It’s all because of our karma I know. I want to do sincere seva at the Lotus Feet of Srimati Radharani.
You are the only soul who can help me. As you are very pure hearted, your devotional service is sincere.
Please maharaja, give your mercy to me and my kids, so that my kids can progress in devotion from their
childhood. I know guru maharaja you will definitely fulfill my wish by your mercy.
Haribol Haribol
Your servants,
Sunita, Devarsh and Radhey

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Dear Guru Maharaja,

cakṣu-dān dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei,
divya jnān hṛde prokāśito
prema-bhakti jāhā hoite, avidyā vināśa jāte,
vede gāy jāhāra carito
He opens my darkened eyes and fills my heart with transcendental knowledge. He is my Lord birth after
birth. From him ecstatic prema emanates; by him ignorance is destroyed. The Vedic scriptures sing of his
character.
Guru maharaja is like an Ocean, we can’t measure his depth.
Even at this age guru maharaja is deeply involved in devotional service and he sets an example for all
other devotees and motivates us to serve Srila Prabhupada and Krishna.
Guru maharaja is so dedicated to Krishna and Srila Prabhupada that by following his footsteps we can
practically learn how one should surrender to guru and Krishna. He is so humble, polite, gentle and mer-
ciful that he forgives and forgets all our mistakes and gives us the shelter of his lotus feet and accepts us.
Guru maharaja’s face is the reflection of his love for guru and Gauranga. His smile is the world’s best
smile which makes us forget all our tensions and problems. We cannot even imagine our world without his
mercy, blessings and guidance.
In last we want to pray to guru maharaja to please forgive all our mistakes and always keep us under the
shelter of his lotus feet.
Your faithful servants,
Achala Dharak dasa, Adhisha Kripa devi dasi, Abhaya Gaurahari dasa and Khushboo (Jangra
Family)

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Hare Krishna respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
As stated in S.B. 11.29.6.
naivo payant ya pacitiṁ kavayasta veśa
brahma yuṣāpi kṛtamṛddha-mudaḥ smarantaḥ
yo ‘ntar bahistanu-bhṛtām aśubhaṁ vidhunvan
ācārya-caittya-vapuṣāsva-gatiṁvyanakti
Sri Uddhava said “O My Lord You appear in two features—externally as the acharya and internally as the
Supersoul to deliver the embodied living beings by directing him how to come to You”.
Also in Sri Gurvastakam prayers, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says:
“The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a
forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing
the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual
master, who is an ocean of all auspicious qualities.”
By your simple acharan, you are encouraging, and motivating devotees all over the world. You are fol-
lowing Srila Prabhupada’s instructions like emphasizing on book distribution, harinama sankirtan, open-
ing new centers for preaching, following strict standards of Deity worship, following sannyasi dharma
by preaching and travelling all over the word. It shows being a perfect spiritual master you are an ideal
disciple also. You have also taken other responsibilities of being a GBC of many temples all over the word,
BBT Trustee and so on.
Guru maharaja, your diehard service attitude to Srila Prabhupada’s mission is a living force for me to
practice Krishna consciousness.
Srila gurudeva, you always emphasise in your lectures on attentive chanting, and to be careful not to
commit any Vaishnava aparadha. By not following your instructions properly I have committed many
offenses at your lotus feet. I ask for forgiveness from your divine grace. My eternal prayer to Sri Sri Rad-
ha-Madana-gopal is to give you best of health and a long life.
As Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote in one of his bhajanas:
saisave-yavanejada-sukha-sange
abhyasa hoilo manda
nija–karma-dose e deho hoilo
bhajera pratibhanda
“Due to attachment to worldly pleasures in childhood, youth, I have developed bad habits, because of
these sinful acts my body has become an impediment in my service to the Supreme Lord.”
Srila gurudeva, now I have taken your full shelter please be kind to this unworthy disciple of yours with a
shower of unconditioned blessings.
Your insignificant servant,
Naamkirti dasa
Respected Gurudeva,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Vyasa-puja is a special day for a disciple for showing his gratitude towards his spiritual master, who is
trying to save the disciple from the repeated cycle of birth and death. Actually, a disciple should pay his
gratitude everyday to his spiritual master. Guru is the representative of Krishna. Saksad dharitvena sa-
masta shastrair. All the Vedic Scriptures reveal that guru is as good as Hari. Kintu prabhor ya priya eva
tasya. Guru is the dearmost devotee of the Lord. Guru is the mercy incarnation of Krishna, through whom
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millions of fallen souls have got a chance to go back to Krishna after this lifetime.
All the above features of a bona fide representative of Krishna and guru parampara, are found in your
personality, gurudeva.
Gurudeva, you are tirelessly travelling all over the world to save the conditioned souls from the material
mire. Whether it be China or Russia, in spite of your constant bad health, less sleep, you are giving hope
and you inspire many conditioned souls like me, to please guru and Krishna, which is the only goal of our
life. Gurudeva, you are the true representative of Srila Prabhupada, as he once said to his disciples, “don’t
take this privilege from me to serve Krishna” in the same line, you are preaching and managing the entire
Iskcon through your compassion and love for devotees and Krishna.
Gurudeva, since the last 9-10 months, I got the chance to associate with you personally and imbibe the
Vaishnava qualities displayed in your behavior. One time I remember, one devotee was literally shouting
and insulting you, but with folded hands, you showed us how to deal with opposing circumstances. In
another instance, I was insisting you should give me some area of preaching near Bahadurgarh, but your
loving jokes and thrashing of my false ego makes me enlightened. Another time, gurudeva I was very
aggrieved by one senior devotees’ behavior and attitude. When you came to Bahadurgarh, you personally
gave me instructions, that “don’t worry, people will come to this place for sure, you just wait and watch”
that makes my weak mind very strong.
Gurudeva, please bless me with the potency to serve you in the mission of Srila Prabhupada. Please be
merciful to me.
Your fallen servant,
Nityanand Ashraya dasa
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet.
I don’t have any qualification to glorify your holiness with this limited mind and intelligence because your
glories are unlimited. Please bless me so that I can get the association of devotees. One of your dreams is
coming true as Iskcon Bahadurgarh. Please engage me in the service of Sri Sri Radha-Madana-gopala ji.
I am fully engaged in sense enjoyment and I have no taste for the holy name. Please take me out of this
mud of material attachment and keep me at your lotus feet. You are so merciful, compassionate, humble
and polite. You are an ocean of mercy and I am the most fallen soul.
Your most fallen servant,
Padamanabhahari dasa
FARIDABAD
Our most merciful and caring Spiritual Master,
All glories to your pure devotional service, unto your most adorable spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada,
and to the most enchanting Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Krsna-Balarama and your beloved Saligrama Silas!
On this most holy of all holy dates, we beg to offer our most humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus
feet. In the ocean of nescience, or bhava-sagar, your lotus feet are the only place of solace and comfort.
This material world has been compared to an ocean, as it is full of never- ending waves of miseries. In this
great ocean your feet are like the lotus, which though in the waves are still out of it. Anyone who takes the
shelter of your lotus feet escapes the bashing of the waves (miseries) of this material ocean. So we beg you
to please give us shelter at the dust of your lotus feet.
Often we hear our god-brothers and god-sisters addressing your holiness as ‘karuna sindhu’ and its mean-
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ing is becoming more and more obvious to us whenever we have the golden opportunity to have your
divine darshans and association. Srila gurudeva! Our mere existence is like a burden for your health. We
are committing sins every moment by our body, mind and words. We don’t even hesitate to do so. But your
holiness, being the ocean of mercy, always bless us to stay in Iskcon under the shade of your lotus feet. We
beg forgiveness for our countless offenses at your divine lotus feet. We also beg for your blessings that we
can reject the desire for sense gratification, and our interest to serve holy name and Srila Bhaktivedanta
purports increases for your transcendental pleasure.
Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura writes in one of His Divine Graces’ transcendental prayers to the Lord:
Vishayaje priti ebe achaya amara, seyi matta priti hoibe charane tomara.
We offer the same prayer at your divine lotus feet to please bless us so that we can have the same interest
and eagerness to serve your lotus feet which we possess for sense gratification.
Srila gurudeva, we are very very weak in determination to serve Krishna. Almost in our every meeting
with your holiness, you have instructed us to be determined to serve Krishna. We are very easily disturbed
due to even a little disturbance in health, finances and family issues.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura writes in one of His Divine Graces’ transcendental prayers to the Lord:
Vipadesam pade taha thakuk sama bhave, dine dine vridhi hoi kena mera prabhave
We offer the same prayer at your lotus feet to please bless us that we can always be equipoised amidst
pains or pleasures, danger or success and our affection to your lotus feet increases day by day by the in-
fluence of the holy name.
Srila gurudeva, your blessings are abundantly available. In one meeting, your holiness chastised us while
saying, “Material life is more painful than spiritual life. You are an intelligent boy. Don’t go into the ma-
terial way of living.” Maharaja, you repeated it thrice in my ears. I still remember, but I am so fallen and
obstinate that I have not understood it yet. Srila gurudeva, please forgive me for not having the strength
to follow your instructions. We beg for your blessings to get strength to follow the standards of Krsna
consciousness.
Srila gurudeva, we recently met your holiness after Sridhama Jagannatha Puri yatra. As soon as we came
in your bhajana kutir, your holiness asked us about the yatra and then you were so absorbed in sharing
with us your visit to Sri Kashi Mishra’s home, and Gambhira in Sridhama Jagannatha Puri. Although your
holiness had Sridhama Jagannatha Puri yatra, yet you were absorbed in Mahaprabhu’s-lila at Puri. Just
by sharing with us your transcendental visit to Gambhira, you blessed us with attraction for Sri Gauran-
ga Mahaprabhu. All glories to your pure devotional service at the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada and Sri
Gauranga Mahaprabhu.
Srila gurudeva, our heart is a storehouse of innumerable thoughts for sense gratification. We waste our
time and energy uselessly. We take pleasure in finding faults in devotees and criticizing them. Srila gu-
rudeva, we have seen and also heard that your holiness is engaged 24x7 hours in service to Srila Prabhu-
pada. We have a personal experience that you felt very bad when someone criticizes any devotee in front
of you, even if such criticism is genuine. Srila gurudeva, we beg for your blessings that these demons of
sense gratification, time wastage, criticism and fault finding go away from our hearts and our hearts be-
come storehouse of your divine instructions, love for your lotus feet, and the holy name, Vaishnava seva
and Bhaktivedanta purports.
Srila gurudeva, your holiness is a perfect example of an acharya. You always walk your talk irrespective
of advanced age, health issues and any place. Srila gurudeva, your utmost humility, supremely caring
nature, unmatched enthusiasm to serve Srila Prabhupada, your darshans, give life to us who are like dead
bodies.
We are eternal beggars, guru maharaja. On this auspicious day, we beg for your mercy. Your holiness, be-
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ing supremely compassionate, has accepted us as your disciples although we do not deserve and you are
giving us your causeless mercy to practice Krishna consciousness and to be in Iskcon. Sri guru maharaja,
kindly empower us so that we can become effective instruments in Srila Prabhupada`s preaching mission.
We beg for your blessings to help us to cooperate with our god brothers who are sincerely trying to serve
your lotus feet. We beg for your blessings so that we can actually become humble by voluntarily accepting
corrections and guidance for our spiritual advancement. We beg for your blessings that we always remain
in the association of sincere devotees. By your causeless mercy, we have got everything necessary to per-
fect our lives, but we are so unfortunate that we are not taking advantage of it.
In the end we pray to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri Lakshmi-Narasimhadeva for your perfect health and
long life, so that your holiness may continue delivering thousands of fallen souls, and the glories of your
most adorable spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, and Iskcon be sung in the house and heart of every living
entity on this earth,
Begging forgiveness for disobeying your divine instructions innumerable times!
Sri guru maharaja ki jaya! Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!
Your insignificant and worthless servants,
Achala Sundari devi dasi and Nandlala Kesava dasa
My dear Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet and forgive me for my mistakes. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories to you on this Vyasa-puja!
Although we are not capable, but we are writing this Vyasa-puja offering to thank you for showering your
mercy upon us. Maharaja, you are my idol and inspiration. When we feel distracted from our bhakti and
the material world pulls us towards itself, we admire your esteemed personality, and gain inspiration from
you to work hard towards our bhakti. We try to follow the path of bhakti enlightened by you.
We feel that you are always with us, guiding us and protecting us.
Your darshan is so divine and powerful, and it inspires all devotees to wake up and serve Krishna and
Srila Prabhupada.
We feel satisfied and blessed just by hearing that you are soon visiting Faridabad Temple, we become
excited about taking your darshan.
We thank you for explaining to us the purpose of life and showing us the path to lead a life of serving
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. Please forgive us for our mistakes and bless us so that we
progress in bhakti and engage in your service each and every moment of the day.
Your eternal servants,
Ajander Singh and Rita Rani
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
This is an extremely fortunate moment for us, as we get a chance once again to offer our due respects
to you. Although, I have no qualification to say anything but I will try. Guru maharaja, I first visited the
Iskcon temple around 3 years back. It was a life of full of fear, stress and anxiety. I was madly looking for
peace. One fortunate day comes when my brother in law brings me to the Faridabad temple. He attends a
six day session and advises me too. That was the turning point of my life. I was actually waiting for such
knowledge.
Every single day I say thanks to the whole guru parampara. My deep heartfelt feelings, I may not be able
to express. What can I write and what qualification do I have to glorify you. Maharaja ji, when we attend
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classes at the temple, Namahatta and Ashray, our leaders share pastimes of yours, and we feel extremely
excited to hear them. I being an insignificant servant of your servants, always think when will I get an op-
portunity to see you again. When will that fortunate day come again when I can come to the Delhi temple
for your lecture. When will the day come when you visit Faridabad temple. Our Ashray leader Nityananda
Prema prabhu ji is your disciple. He is such a nice devotee and always shares examples of your life during
our regular weekly classes. I am very thankful to him and to you maharaja that your disciples are such nice
devotees. Our whole group sees him as an example. Life has a meaning now. It has an objective now. It is
not a meaningless life. Colors are added. These are colors filled by your mercy maharaja. Daily activities
are not whimsically being performed. It is now based upon teachings which I am trying to learn.
We had great memories of our recent Sri Jagannatha Puri yatra held in Jan’18. We came with our family-
wife and 2 daughters and we all realized your mercy maharaja. I am sharing a live example of your mercy
maharaja. My daughter of 7 years was suffering from stomach problems since over 6 months, and was
very much in pain. We were really very worried, and her treatment with Sir Ganga Ram hospital was in
progress. I took her on the yatra and she got well from the 2nd day of the yatra itself. It was a surprise for
all of us. I personally knew that it is because of your and Lord Sri Krishna’s mercy. I was praying for her
recovery, and there was no delay in your mercy maharaja. It is 5 months now, and she is doing well. What
other miracle do I need? Under your guidance, our prayers are answered.
In your lectures, you always advise us to chant attentively. I read somewhere that you mentioned that our
quota for the day is not 16 rounds, but qualitatively 16 rounds. Please bless and empower me that I should
follow all of your instructions, and all your teachings. You have travelled a lot around the globe to fulfil
the desires of Srila Prabhupada ji. I have no words to explain your service towards Srila Prabhupada ji.
Your service towards him cannot be expressed in words. It’s way beyond my qualification to say anything.
Maharaja ji, I wish to be your disciple and wish to take initiation from you. I am following all the princi-
ples and am engaged in devotional service as advised by our leaders. Somehow or the other, I am not able
to convince my family. Also I do not have the strength to swim against the flow of the river. I tried, but this
greatly results in loss of peace at home. I can only cry and wait for mercy. Just like Srila Raghunatha dasa
Goswami was waiting for the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I am also waiting. Please shower your
mercy. Without your mercy, I cannot do anything on my own.
I will surely come for your Vyasa-puja, as we missed it the last time, as you were in Russia, so we had to
see you on the big screen only. Kindly engage me in the service of your servants.
Dandavat pranam.
Your insignificant servant,
Amit Bhatia
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! I beg to offer my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
I do not have any qualification to glorify you. It is due to only your causeless mercy that I am trying to do
so. I am so fallen that I could not submit my offering last year on your Vyasa-puja and I could not attend
the function held in Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi Temple please forgive me.
Guru maharaja, you are so merciful and broad minded that you have initiated me as your disciple in spite
of my fallen condition. You are so concerned about all the fallen souls in general and your disciples in par-
ticular. Whenever I have an opportunity to see your lotus feet and hear your transcendental words I have
noticed that you are just like a fatherly figure to your disciples. You are so kind that in spite of your busy
schedule you share your precious time with us.
You are repeatedly reminding us about the importance of chanting the holy names of the Lord attentive-
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ly, reading the Bhagavad-gita and the Srimad-Bhagavatam daily and regularly, avoiding offences at the
lotus feet of Vaishnavas, eating only Krishna Prasad and attending temple programmes at least once in a
week. These golden advices of yours are my real assets in this material world. Like father like son, you are
always giving emphasis on these basic and fundamental points for growth in spiritual life just as Srila Pra-
bhupada gave you. You are truly and competently propagating the message of Lord Caitanya throughout
the world as it was done by your beloved spiritual master. You are therefore a great acharya in our bona
fide disciple succession.
You have not only understood the mood of Srila Prabhupada but also practically worked hard in spreading
the transcendental message given by Srila Prabhupada by way of distributing his books in a huge way. As
you say, these books have the potency to eradicate ignorance and bring people closer to Krishna, there-
fore you are making people Krishna conscious, making them happy, living a blissful life and ultimately
enabling them to go back home back to Godhead. Hence you are a perfect messenger of Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. Just like a materialist person is addicted to sense enjoyment, you are addicted to the satisfac-
tion of your spiritual master, our beloved Srila Prabhupada.
Guru maharaja, you are always smiling, sometimes joking with your disciples, making them feel at home,
and inspiring them to become more determined in spiritual life. When I see your dedication for executing
the instructions and services given by Srila Prabhupada, I really get inspired.
Your relationship with your god-brothers has been excellent. Over the years you have been appreciated by
all of them. You have been one of the pillars of the Sankirtana Movement after Srila Prabhupada. It shows
your true love for Srila Prabhubada, as he told us before quitting this material world. You have totally
kept yourself away from committing Vaishnava aparadha. In spite of your ill health you have been doing
strong morning sadhana, book distribution, preaching, managing BBT and GBC, constructing temples
and much more. You are one of the maha-bhagavatas amongst the present Iskcon guru-vrinda.
I pray before Sri Sri Radha-Govinda that Their Lordships bestow you the choicest blessings in fulfilling
the desire of Srila Prabhupada.
In Faridabad Temple we are trying to follow your instructions in letter and spirit under the able guidance
of your beloved disciple Gopisvar prabhu ji. We are looking forward to your causeless mercy to satisfy
you and the guru-parampara.
Your servant of the servant,
Daksha Sundara dasa
My beloved Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to
you, all glories to Srila Prabhupada and the guru-parampara!
samsara-davanala-lidha-loka- tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam
praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasya vande guroh sri-charanaravindam
Samsara is davanala but I don’t realise it, forget it and feel happy here, relaxed, lazy and careless. But,
Guru maharaja, you are an ocean of mercy, if I am able to get one drop, I may also get an opportunity to
get delivered from the threefold miseries of the material world.
Maharaja, just by looking at you one can understand the meaning of the word sadhu. Maharaja, by your
mercy I got information about my real identity of dasa and also got association of Vaishnava devotees.
You have given me a spiritual family which gives me all the spiritual vibration via you, Srila Prabhupada
and guru parampara. I respect you and feel gratitude towards you.
Guru maharaja, you follow and preach as it is, as taught by Srila Prabhupada. You are protecting the de-
votion of innumerable souls who have taken shelter at your lotus feet. You have revealed to us the real
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truth. By the darshan of your lotus feet we are blessed. There is nothing higher than realization of the truth
imparted by guru.
You teach us patience, tolerance and how to respect others without expecting respect by practical example.
Your life teaches us how to remain humble amongst great inconveniences, how to keep integrity amongst
great obstacles and problems and how to remain faithful towards the spiritual master and Krishna. You are
distributing real joy and the best gift to humanity.
Maharaja, you are very personal in your dealings and I have realized the feeling of personal care in your
heart. You can understand the most difficult and complicated situation in no time and handle it with ease
and give a long term solution. You are confronted with so many problems from so many temples and you
handle them with a view that everybody can remain and serve in Srila Prabhupada’s mission and no one
leaves the mission.
By your spiritual potency and purity new temples are being built and old ones maintained. Iskcon is flour-
ishing because of the tireless efforts and sacrifices by Srila Prabhupada and his great devotees like you.
You continue to work tirelessly, you are not leaving any stone unturned to please Caitanya Mahaprabhu
and Srila Prabhupada to preach Krishna consciousness in different parts of the world.
Your health does not remain good, doctors say that you should take rest but your spirit of preaching does
not stop. I sincerely pray for your good health. Guru maharaja, I am very egoistic and always resist to fol-
low the directions and orders of the guru parampara. I generally try to avoid discussing and reporting to
authorities. Please forgive me for offenses committed against you and the guru parampara. My sadhana
is not good, Guru maharaja, so please bestow your causeless mercy and blessings so that I can chant prop-
erly, serve Vaishnavas, fight with my anarthas, advance in Krsna consciousness and serve you properly.
May I become an instrument of your preaching mission for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada. May I always
remain true to your transcendental instructions, surrender my life unto your lotus feet and be engaged in
your service life after life. I know that without your blessings I can never get rid of my anarthas and short-
comings and can never make any progress.
Your insignificant disciple,
Damodara Priya dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
I beg you to accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja, this year I have completed 2 years of my initiated life. During the last one year through the
temple authorities I got an opportunity to serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission. I got engaged in the services
of the BBT and preaching. It was because of your mercy guru maharaja, that I have been able to try to
serve your objective and the other Vaishnavas. Guru maharaja, by your mercy I am still in this movement.
In spite of many shortcomings and not taking your instructions seriously, I was given these services and
being given chances to improve again and again. I am so fallen that I again commit mistakes. But you and
your disciples are so merciful and kind, that my mistakes are ignored, and I am accepted as I am. I have
heard that you, just like your spiritual master His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, accepted many disciples
who left Iskcon, and then came back and again left, and again came back. You are so kind, so forgiving,
but guru maharaja I promise that I will never leave this movement and will continue my efforts to improve
on my path of devotional service. Thank you once again for being my eternal father, my spiritual master.
Your most fallen servant,
Gambhir Gaura Hari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
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On this most auspicious day of your appearance, please accept my humble obeisances.
How are you maharaja ji? I hope you are in the best of your health.
I am highly unqualified to write anything, but by your mercy I will try to write a few phrases. By your
divine blessings my life has drastically taken a shift. You have done so much for your disciples which no
one can do.
Maharaja ji, your lectures inspire me. Whenever I am confused among the choices in life, you guide me.
The most essential thing which I have learnt is the importance of the association of Vaishnavas. I have
committed many sins, please forgive me.
Maharaja ji, you are eternal. Please bless me so that I can progress fast in spiritual life and also can remain
sustained towards my ultimate goal of life.
Your servant,
Isvara Patni devi dasi
Respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Hare Krishna! On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, please accept our humble obeisances
at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
We feel blessed because you have accepted us as your disciples, despite our innumerable shortcomings. To
comprehend your unlimited qualities through our limited conditioned mind, which is influenced by maya
would be a futile exercise.
Out of your unlimited qualities, we could not list them seriatim, however compassion and humbleness are
very few to mention. You are a real acharya, one who teaches by spiritual examples. You are constantly
preaching Krishna consciousness and promoting Srila Prabhupada’s books all over the world.
Your tireless efforts of preaching Krishna consciousness have brought innumerable fallen souls into the
Iskcon fold. Sincere and attentive chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra and strict adherence to the
four regulative principles gave all conditioned souls a chance to be saved from the horrible onslaught of
repeated birth and death.
You are a most faithful and confidential servitor of the Lord and therefore deserve as much respect as
Lord Krishna. In Caitanya-caritamrta, it is said that although every living entity is a servitor of God, the
genuine spiritual master like you is a direct manifestation of Supreme Lord.
Maharaja ji, you are a true tattva-darsi. Even in the present circumstances, we find that you don’t miss any
opportunity to bestow your causeless mercy on your devotees by delivering lectures on Bhagavad-gita
and Srimad-Bhagavatam for their purification.
On this most auspicious occasion, we seek forgiveness for our many failures and shortcomings. We pray to
the Lord that we always remember you and your holy instructions and serve the order. We also pray to Sri
Sri Radha-Madhava ji for your good health and long life, so that conditioned souls like us may continue
to drive spiritual benefits from your holy association.
Your most insignificant servants,
Jagatpalak Damodar dasa and Sarva Mangla Chitra devi dasi
My dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Srila Gurudeva ki jaya!
Thank you so much for taking me in your shelter. It was my inner desire to have a guru and you fulfilled
that without any qualification from my side. I never thought I will receive your mercy so soon and I am
speechless for the causeless mercy I have received.
Due to Vaishnava kripa I got a chance to hear the holy name (kirtan mela) in Mayapur and in front of the
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Pancha-tattva. With tears in my eyes I prayed for a bona fide spiritual master and They blessed me with
your shelter. This shows how honestly and faithfully you are serving the guru parampara, Srila Prabhu-
pada and Krishna.
I can’t forget that smile on your face in my first meeting with you. That filled my heart with so much of
enthusiasm to serve you and Krishna.
I have heard in my family “guru bina gati na hoi” and because of your mercy. I feel so fortunate and happy
to have you as my guru.
Gurudeva, I have no standing, anywhere but I have a desire to serve you and Srila Prabhupada, just as you
are serving him and Krishna. Kindly bless me on this auspicious day so that I get attached to you and Srila
Prabhupada and serve the society.
Your daughter,
Jyoti Radha devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances. Guru maharaja, please bless us on this day so that we can also make
some progress in spiritual life. We get inspiration from you guru maharaja when we see you traveling so
much at this age just to propagate the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Guru maharaja, you are pleasing Srila Prabhupada very much by following his orders sincerely. Day by
day book distribution is increasing, more and more people are joining Iskcon and becoming devotees only
because of your untiring efforts. Guru maharaja, you are very polite, humble and soft spoken. We need
your spiritual guidance always. May Lord Krishna shower His causeless mercy on you always! Please
bless us guru maharaja so that we can be of some use to our Iskcon society.
Haribol.
Your most insignificant servants,
Karuna Gaura dasa and Jagatpriya Gandharvika devi dasi
Hare Krishna Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Today I am daring to glorify you so please bless me.
As a nine year old I do not know much about you, but even if a toddler has just a glance of yours then he
/ she is sure to go back home, back to Godhead. Your morning sadhana is really strong. Your lectures are
very inspiring. You are very concerned about your disciples. Your sweet talks attract everybody. You are so
educated and such a great devotee but still you are the most humble. You have preached all across Russia,
the world’s largest country. It is an impossible task but you have made it possible by your strong faith and
determination towards Srila Prabhupada.
Please bless me to be forward both in spiritual and material life.
Seeking for your mercy,
Mansa Rout
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to His Divine Grace
Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja!
dhyana moolam guru murti, puja moolam gurur padam
mantra moolam gurur vakyam, moksha moolam guru kripa
“The guru’s form is the best to meditate upon; the guru’s feet are the best for worship; the guru’s word is
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the mantra; the guru’s grace is the root of liberation.”
We want to thank you for setting such a high and consistent example of personal integrity, for your con-
sistent example of concentrated focus on your service, and your steady example of a caring and compas-
sionate heart. We are striving to follow your instructions.
Also, thank you for freeing our mind. By this we have learned to accept responsibility for making our own
judgments and decisions, applying the guidelines of Krishna consciousness to the best of our ability, and
not relying on the various false illusions in the path of devotional service.
We humbly accept that we are not always successful in applying these guidelines, but we are trying to
accept both failures and success with courage, which we have learnt from your teachings and your exam-
ple. We are grateful to you for that. It is a very tough lesson. By your kind grace we have learned not to
depend on others ‘to do for me what I need to do for myself’. Thank you for teaching me this toughest of
all lessons.
Now, we are striving to learn from both failures and success, and bit by bit, we are learning to center all
our thoughts, words and deeds in a life of full service to the Lord and His devotees.
Gurudeva, we are a few of those most unfortunate souls who have reached the door of the temple but still
bereft of the darshan, a small glimpse of the Lord, as we are waiting to receive your divine mercy and be
your initiated disciples.
Gurudeva, please shower us with your kripa drishti, your divine grace, so that we become as determined
in executing the process of uninterrupted devotional service, become free of all material desires and be
peaceful.
Eagerly awaiting your merciful gaze to fall on us.
Your most worthless servants,
Mukul Maniar and Rashmi Maniar
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
For the first time I am writing an offering to you. Please accept this offering and bless me so that I never
ever leave your lotus feet.
My dear guru maharaja, I am trying to follow what you teach always. I beg for your mercy to live in a
way that you want your disciples to live. You have made my life so easy. You preach in such a simple way
that anyone can practice bhakti. You preach by your own example and by your genuine love for all. You
are more caring and loving than one’s real parents, that is why so many devotees have left their parents
and accepted you as their all in all. There are so many things to say but on this auspicious day of your
Vyasa-puja I beg forgiveness for not following your instructions properly. Please bless me so that one day
I shall be able to follow your instructions properly and obey the rules.
Your insignificant servant,
Murari Archana devi dasi
Dearest Respected Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on the most auspicious occasion of
your Vyasa-puja. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Guru maharaja, I have no qualification to glorify your unlimited qualities, but still I pray unto your lotus
feet and beg for strength from you to glorify you. So kindly forgive my offences.
On this auspicious day, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Govindadeva ji and Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi ji to give
you a healthy life, so that all fallen souls of this world can go back to Godhead through you.
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Guru maharaja, you are a pure or humble devotee of Lord Krishna and you have the capability of awarding
Krsna to all.
Guru maharaja, you are an ocean of transcendental qualities and I am the most fallen, low born, only the
biggest fool in the world and I don’t have any qualities. I can never forget your kind causeless mercy and I
want to follow your instructions life after life. Please engage me in your service in every life. I am unable
to chant the holy names due to my materialistic desires, kindly be merciful on me.
Guru maharaja, by your personal behavior, love and caring attitude you have changed the hearts of fallen
souls all over the world. We are most fortunate in this world as your disciples.
You are compassionately giving important instructions like, chant Hare Krishna attentively, read scrip-
tures, associate with devotees, but my heart is so polluted that I am not even able to follow these basic
instructions. I beg you in a helpless condition for attachment to the holy name so that we can serve Krsna
with a proper attitude. Whatever we are able to do is because of your causeless mercy.
Guru maharaja, we pray at your lotus feet for your mercy for the rest of our life, and we want to follow
your instructions eternally, so please engage us in your service. We feel safe and secure in your shelter.
We sincerely pray at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Gaura–Nitai to bestow upon you a very long and healthy life.
This offering was possible only because of your blessings.
Thank you guru maharaja for engaging us in devotional service.
Your most fallen disciple,
Nanda Vandana dasa
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I want initiation from you in the near future. Kindly bestow your blessings upon me and my family so
that we can practice bhakti yoga with determination, enthusiasm and patience and can serve you always.
Looking for your mercy.
Your dasi,
Neetika Gulati
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories to your dear Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai!
One good thing about social media is that we now have better access to receive your messages and more
opportunities to see your loving exchanges with the Lord and the devotees through your pictures and vid-
eos. Even this offline darshan of yours is purifying. “Darsane pavitra koro—ei tomara guna” is perfectly
applicable to you. Nevertheless, a writing Vyasa-puja offering for you is a special sweet occasion to more
deeply meditate on you.
The Vedic literatures inform us that glorification of the spiritual master is due to his exalted position as
a pure unmotivated servant of his own spiritual master in disciplic succession from the Lord Himself.
Therefore, glorifying and worshiping you on this auspicious day of your appearance is the worship of the
entire parampara, and ultimately, the worship of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna.
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi 1. 44 says:
yadyapi amara guru caitanyera dasa
tathapi janiye ami tanhara prakasa
“Although I know that my spiritual master is a servitor of Sri Caitanya, I know him also as a plenary
manifestation of the Lord.” The spiritual master is non-different from Krishna because he is a manifesta-
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tion of Krishna. You are a genuine representative of Lord Sri Krishna and you are tirelessly preaching the
pure message of the Lord throughout the world. It is said that one can recognize the fully God-conscious
spiritual master by his ability to raise many fallen souls to the level of God consciousness. Undoubtedly,
you exhibit this strength to a remarkable degree. Simply by coming in contact with you, hundreds and
thousands of people have devoted their lives to Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In Cait-
anya-caritamrta, Antya 7.11 it is mentioned: kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana–“Unless a devotee
is specifically empowered by the Lord, he cannot preach the holy name of the Lord all over the world. ”
Undoubtedly, Krishna has invested enormous potency in you to bring back so many souls back to Him.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.3.21 shares an important qualification of a bona fide spiritual master – “He must
have realize the conclusion of the scriptures and be able to convince others of those conclusions.”
tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta, jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam
śābde pare ca niṣṇātaṁ, brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam
Through your simple classes and instructions, you deliver the deepest purports of the Vedic scriptures
to the people in general. After many years I have realized that instead of listening to eloquently spoken
knowledge increasing lectures, if I would have seriously listened to you more and followed your simple
instructions, I would have certainly progressed much more. Your simple instructions, like chant attentive-
ly, read scriptures regularly, engage in practical services etc. are strong foundations for spiritual life.
Guru maharaja, the wonderful thing about you is that, you preach by example. There is no discrepancy
between what you instruct and how you live. You are selflessly serving Srila Prabhupada and Iskcon for
the last 50 plus years. That is a remarkable achievement and inspiration for all of us.
No one can keep up with your incessant devotion and service throughout the day— day after day and year
after year. In my recent official travel to US, I felt long journeys and hectic schedules are very difficult
to manage. And then I was thinking about your schedule. You have been travelling so much and that too
continuously for decades. Frequently moving from one place to another, changing time zones, and still
you do your sadhana and service so nicely that everyone in Iskcon looks up to you as a role model. Only
one who has full faith in the instructions of his spiritual master and acts according to them, is empowered
by the Lord to have a transcendental personality, like you have.
Despite your impeccable standard of pure devotional service, you always remain humble.
You exemplify all the qualities of a mahatma described in the scriptures. You are peaceful, tolerant, mer-
ciful, austere, totally self-controlled, humble, free from desire for respect, expert and friendly to everyone.
Above all, you have perfect, unshakable faith in Srila Prabhupada and the Lord. Anyone who meets you
becomes totally impressed with your purity.
You have bestowed immense mercy upon me by accepting this fallen soul as your disciple. On this aus-
picious day of your Vyasa-puja, I fall flat at your lotus feet and humbly beg you to give me a fraction of
determination and surrender which you possess so that I can make my life successful. There is nothing
more important in the three worlds than to have a bona fide spiritual master like you and Krishna has so
kindly given this blessing to me. May your instructions remain fresh in my mind and may I be able to
always follow them.
I also pray to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai that They bestow a long and healthy life to you so that more and more
people can be benefitted by your darshan and association.
Your eternally indebted and insignificant servant,
Nityananda Prem dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer our most respectful and humble greetings to our beloved guru maharaja. We pray to Lord Sri Krish-
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na for your long life, so that all the desires of Srila Prabhupada can be fulfilled.
Sri guru maharaja, you have made our life meaningful as you have given us the mantra of harinama, oth-
erwise our life was meaningless earlier. We are very small living creatures and not capable to pray, as we
are nowhere in front of our guru maharaja.
Like the sun kills the darkness and makes all the things clear and full of light, similarly you have also made
our life full of light and meaningful.
We sincerely thank you for all your blessings on us and request you to keep showering the same always.
Sri Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja please accept our offerings.
Your servant,
Oja Prabhu
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila gurudeva! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We am really surprised to see the high level of dedication and spiritual engagement of senior Vaishnavas,
it seems that they are totally liberated from the material world. A small activity if any, is again leading one
to Krishna’s service. We believe this is only due to the guidelines from guru maharaja.
We have no words to express your purity, holiness and service towards Krishna. You have dedicated al-
most your full life for your guru and Gauranga. Myself and my family were surprised hearing that at an
early age you started a job as well as left it on Srila Prabhupada’s words that too you were on a very high
position. You had not taken sannyasa at that time, but the level of surrender was so high, that we cannot
even think of. It gives us a strong lesson, that “no material status is higher than guru’s will”.
Because of inspiration from devotees, we could chant the maha-mantra, read Bhagavad-gita and Bhaga-
vatam (1st Volume only) and could do service to a little extent, else like many others, our lives were of no
use.
We are not initiated, but inspired to be initiated from you, so by being empowered by guru we can serve
in a better way.
Hare Krishna.
Your servants,
Parveen Kumar Sharma and Seema Sharma
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. I bow to your lotus feet with great awe and reverence. All glories to
Srila Prabhupada! All glories to guru maharaja on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja!
Caitanya Mahaprabhu says: guru-krsna-kripa paya bhakti-lata-bija. One can get the seed of the plant or
lata of bhakti by the mercy of guru and by the mercy of Krishna guru- krsna -kripa, not by krsna -kripa
alone. First is guru-kripa and then krsna -kripa. One must have firm faith both in Krishna and in guru to
understand Vedic scriptures.
Guru opens my darkened eyes and fills my heart with transcendental knowledge. He is my Lord birth after
birth. From him ecstatic prema emanates and by him ignorance is destroyed.
saksad-dharitvena samasta-shastrair
uktas tatha bhavyata eva sadbhih
kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
“The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord because he is the most confidential
servitor of the Lord. All revealed scriptures acknowledge this and all authorities follow this. His fame is
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spread all over tribhuvana, the three worlds.”
yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado
yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto pi
dhyayan stuvams tasya yashas tri-sandhyam
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
“Lord Krishna’s benediction can be received only by the mercy of the spiritual master. Without the grace
of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and
praise the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus
feet of my spiritual master.”
Guru maharaja, you are a truly inspirational devotee from whom we all must take knowledge from by your
spiritual association, lectures, instruction, service, etc., on how to serve the Lord with full devotion. Your
lotus feet are the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service. I bow to your lotus feet once
again with great awe and reverence. Be merciful unto us so that we are able to follow your instructions
sincerely and try to progress on the path of Krishna consciousness. Give us your pada-chayya, shade of
your lotus feet.
Your humble sevika,
Priya Aradhana devi dasi
My beloved Sri Gurudeva,
Please accept my most prostrated obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to you on this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja!
dhyana moolam guru murti, puja moolam gurur padam,
mantra moolam gurur vakyam, moksha moolam guru kripa
This beautiful sloka truly helps me to express my feelings for you dear gurudeva. I am privileged and
blessed to have you in my life as my mentor. I actually understood the purpose and the motive of my exis-
tence when I joined Iskcon back in early 2000. It was then when I realized that Lord Krishna has endowed
me with such a divine favor and protection by having me acquainted with such great and pious souls.
Since then, everyday I look forward to spending more and more time by either reading about Lord Krishna
and knowing Him more or by spreading His word amongst many others who are just lost in the darkness of
moha-maya and are completely clueless about their reason for coming into this life. Your lectures are what
I always crave for and feel so enlivened and contented when I listen to your calming words. They are like
pure nectar for the heart. You have this astonishing ability to ignite everyone’s attraction for Lord Krishna
by explaining the philosophy of Krishna consciousness in such a way that we can assimilate it and be in-
spired by it and ultimately devote ourselves in the service of Lord Krishna with full head, heart and soul.
mukam karoti vachalam, pangum langhayate girim
yat-kripa tam aham vande, sri-gurum dina-taranam
You have taught me so much. It is you who brought me back from the darkness when I was on the verge
of extinction, and so I want to practice the same and spread your word and help everyone understand their
reason for existence. It is inconceivable to comprehend the service and responsibility you have taken on.
You have helped me grow spiritually.
Thank you for your heartfelt guidance, inspirational lectures, soul moving kirtans and shining example
that we all look up to. I humbly pray, please give me the strength, will, ability and heartfelt desire to al-
ways listen to your instructions and most importantly to act on these instructions motivated with love and
gratitude and help you fulfill your guru’s vision and mission.
I am eternally indebted to you and beg to always remain in the shelter of your lotus feet.
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Your humble dasanu dasa,
Radha bhakta dasa
Param pujya Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I don’t have any qualification to write anything about you. Please bless me so that I may progress in my
spiritual life. We always are disrespectful towards you and thus are continuously committing sins towards
you. You just ask us to follow the instructions that have been provided by Srila Prabhupada, but we fail
to do that also. You instruct us to attend the morning programs at least once a week, and I am trying, but I
can’t make it regular. So, my humble request is just that you bless us, so we can follow your instructions
and contribute our part in the movement.
Maharaja, I am a sinful soul and my mind diverts whenever I chant my rounds. I request you to bless us
so that for Krishna’s and Srila Prabhupada’s pleasure, we can also chant attentively.
Your most fallen servants,
Raganuga Gaura Hari dasa and Chandramukhi Subhadra devi dasi
My respectful and beloved Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
I have completed 16 years in Iskcon with your continued blessings which you showered on me during
these years. I remained connected only due to your ahaituki kirpa. I was blessed with the divine darshan
of Srila Prabhupada in 1974 at Chandigarh, but the seed of Krishna consciousness turned into a plant when
you gave me harinama diksha in 2004 and brahman diksha in 2016. On this auspicious occasion of your
Vyasa-puja, I seek the mercy of Lord Krishna to bless you with a long and healthy life, so that you can
deliver more and more conditioned souls.
With warm regards, your insignificant servant,
Raja Ram dasa
My dearmost Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Guru maharaja, you are a bona fide representative of Lord Sri Krishna. A perfect disciple of Srila Prabhu-
pada, who was a saktyavesa-avatara. You are completely following the instructions of your guru maharaja
and the entire parampara. I feel so indebted and grateful to you that you have accepted such a fallen, rot-
ten soul like me and associated me with your divine self. I am completely incapable of glorifying such an
exalted, pure devotee like you. Nevertheless, for my purification, I am trying to glorify you. Please accept
my humble attempt.
Guru maharaja, you are a real sadhu. As described in S.B. 3. 25. 21, the qualities of a real sadhu
titiksavah kāruṇikāḥ, suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām
ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ, sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ
You completely adhere to all these qualities mentioned here. You are extremely tolerant ‘titiksava’. While
engaged in preaching work, you meet with so many opposing elements but you tolerate all these hardships
for the sake of preaching. Even if someone ill-treats you, you just humbly tolerate that and forgive them.
You have this very beautiful quality of ‘karunika’. You always think about the fallen conditioned souls and
travel to different countries in order to preach the glories of the Lord despite your health. You are the most
compassionate personality, bestowing your compassion towards all the fallen souls.
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You are the well-wisher of not only human society but of the animal society as well. It is said here, sar-
va-dehinām, which indicates all living entities who have accepted material bodies. We have heard so many
instances where you were extremely merciful and chanted the holy name to a dying bird or animal. You are
always concerned that even these living entities are not, by any chance, getting killed or hurt.
A sādhu always interacts with all conditioned souls for their ultimate relief from material entanglement.
And you are a perfect sadhu guru maharaja.
A sādhu is calm, and he quietly and peacefully follows the principles of scriptures. We have seen that you
never compromise on the principles laid down in the scriptures or mentioned by the acharyas even in ad-
verse circumstances. You are extremely peaceful and satisfied.
You are my ultimate source of inspiration. Guru maharaja, your instructions are crystal clear, very simple
but very powerful. Just by fulfilling them even to a small degree, one is blessed with enthusiasm and faith
in the process of devotional service.
You are highly responsible. You take care of all minute details in each and every project that you undertake.
In fact during all occasions, you are very much concerned about the arrangements for your god-brothers,
for the visiting guests etc. Out of love and affection for everyone, you are most concerned that devotees
are properly attended.
You have so many responsibilities but you never get agitated, you are so kind and humble in your dealings
with your disciples and others.
In the Caitanya-caritämrta it is said that although every living entity is a servitor of God, the genuine
spiritual master is a direct manifestation of the Supreme Lord. For a disciple to advance spiritually, he
must be convinced of this.
In Srimad-Bhägavatam 11.17.27 Lord Krishna tells Uddhava:
acaryam mäm vijaniyän nävamayeta karhicit
na martya-buddyäsüyeta sarva-devamäya guru
“One should know the äcärya as Myself and never disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him,
thinking him an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the demigods. ”
Just like a child cannot grow up without the attentive guidance of his parents, one cannot learn to perform
devotional service without the attentive guidance of the spiritual master. A child has an inherent ability to
walk within him and he develops it with practice within a few years.
Similarly, Krishna consciousness is eternally present within the conditioned soul but can only be realized
when guided by a true representative of Lord Krishna.
You are a great Vaishnava, guru maharaja. You are always trying to save suffering humanity by giving
them the Supreme Knowledge and awakening their dormant Krishna consciousness. I am one of those
fallen souls whose life has got meaning and direction after taking your shelter.
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I pray to you to provide me spiritual strength so that I can
completely adhere to your instructions and please you. I can make my life useful by only walking on the
path shown by you and not engaging in any other activity. To achieve this in my life, I need the spiritual
strength from you, guru maharaja, who are a powerhouse of all renunciation, and all strength.
I pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Govinda ji for your long and healthy life so that you can deliver
many more fallen souls who are waiting to seek your blessings.
Your insignificant eternal servant,
Sammohini Rupa devi dasi
My very dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my sincere, respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet, the deliverer of the most fallen soul
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like me.
Please never forget me and always keep me at your lotus feet, which is the only hope and my only shelter.
I feel so much closer to you, and try to serve you by serving the wonderful Ashray group of devotees in
Faridabad and in my office (Ministry of Industry). Your accepting this fallen soul as your disciple and
giving me and my husband, Shyamasundar dasa second initiation on 16th November 2017, is the most
wonderful benediction that I have received in this lifetime. This year I complete eleven years in practicing
Krishna consciousness in Iskcon Faridabad. I owe you my life and remember all the love, protection and
empowerment that comes by serving as per your instructions to me. I am forever your eternal servant and
I hope and pray to Srimati Radharani to keep me as your servant always. I want to surrender my body,
mind and intelligence in your service. This is the only guru dakshina, that I can give you, by strictly and
sincerely following your instructions.
Just like 2016, in December 2017 book marathon also, our team had taken a very high target of distribut-
ing 12,000 books. We started from the last week of Karthik. By 15th of December, our group had hardly
achieved 2000 books distribution and achieving a target of 12,000 books by first week of January 2018
was appearing to be very very difficult and target that was not achievable. Out of anxiety, I couldn’t sleep
for several nights. My only solace was your encouraging words, when you had come to Faridabad temple
to motivate us for Gita marathon, I had personally requested you to bless our team to achieve the target,
assigned to us and in reply you said, ‘you will’. This sentence of yours was highly motivating and encour-
aging. It was with your blessings and mercy and your presence with me always, because of which myself
and a small team of 6-7 devotees were able to move out of Delhi to places like Hisar, Dehradun, Aligarh,
Bulandsahar, Jaipur, Khatu Shyam, Salasar, Bhiwadi, Kurja, Kokilavan, Govardhan, Vrindavana, Greater
Noida and distribute books one to one and in bulk also, in spite of all the hardships and hindrances from
the police, local shopkeepers, and others who tried to throw away our books from the stall, threatened us,
misbehaved with us, yet we were able to keep our cool and distribute books. It was very hectic leaving
at 5 a.m. in the morning and returning by 11p.m. at times even late, with poor health, only and only with
your personal motivation and mercy, your presence which I always felt with me, our Ashray groups (each
and every member participated in the Gita marathon and worked as a team), and could cross the target and
achieve 15, 800 books to our own surprise.
My dear beloved spiritual father my only motive is to serve you and the guru parampara by following
your instructions strictly. Please forgive me and bless me to serve the Vaishnavas and remain in their
wonderful association without which spiritual life is next to impossible, and help me to overcome all my
shortcomings like anarthas and aparadhas and chant attentively, be more humble, tolerant without envy
to any living entity.
Yours ever-loving daughter and eternal servant,
Satya devi dasi
My respectful and beloved Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
With your continued blessings, I have been able to crawl in Krishna consciousness since 2004, and want
to further advance in Krishna consciousness. On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, kindly bless
us to spread Krishna consciousness through effective preaching.
With regards your servant,
Shardha Bhakti devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
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Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to
Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Dear guru maharaja, please accept this Vyasa-puja 2018 offering at your lotus feet. Dear maharaja ji, you
are a great Vaishnava acharya who is tirelessly engaged in spreading the mercy of Lord Caitanya Ma-
haprabhu on all fallen conditioned souls across the world. You are a soul fully surrendered to Lord Krish-
na. The more I hear your words and see your activities, I get amazed.
I am once again very thankful to you for your kindness bestowed upon me by accepting me as your dis-
ciple and showering your causeless mercy on me. Even though I am still not qualified to be your disciple,
but you have showered your mercy on me much in advance by accepting me as your disciple. I am a fallen
soul and in spite of hearing and philosophically understanding the message of pure devotional service,
I am still very badly attached to Maya. But I am hopeful that under the kind guidance of your goodself
and my worthy god brothers and other elevated devotees, one day I will be successful to cut these strings.
Please continue to shower your mercy on me so that I am able to follow the principles of sadhana-bhakti
very dedicatedly and chant the holy name without any offences. Please give me intelligence so that I can
use my time more effectively and don’t waste a single moment and that I am able to find more time for
practical sevas.
I know that seva is the only hope to get relief from this conditioned stage, but due to my poor conditioning
and other personal lacking (time management skills, anarthas) somehow I am badly stuck and not able to
follow very good sadhana-bhakti and get more time for practical seva. Please keep me under your shelter
and guide me as to how I can please you. Please give me sufficient intelligence so that I can increase my
surrender unto you. You are so merciful and compassionate and I am sure that you will shower your cause-
less mercy on this worthless son soon, so that I can complete my nine milestone journey from shraddha
to Krishna-prema in this very life. I know that I don’t deserve this much of blessing as of now, but please
sanction a few years of life in this birth, so that I can cut my attachment and complete this journey in this
very life itself.
Your worthless son,
Shasvat Narayana dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet and forgive me for my mistakes. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories to you on your Vyasa-puja!
Although I am not capable but I am writing this Vyasa-puja offering to thank you for showering your
mercy upon me. Maharaja you are very sweet and loving towards each and every soul. Your smile is my
favourite and the best part is when you took around from above your spectacles that is blissful.
Thank you maharaja for giving me your autograph! I have kept it safely and I have also kept that pen
safely too. I feel very happy when I see it. Thank you maharaja once again.
I also want to thank you for accepting my handmade muffler as a gift for you which I gave you on 4th June
2016, when you gave me initiation in Faridabad temple. I was very nervous at that time, but Krishnaganga
mata ji told me to offer it to you and when you came out of their house, I gave it to you saying, ”Maharaja
I have a present for you. ” You smiled and said, “Oh! A present….. Thank you. ” Then you asked me about
my health and where do I stay. I felt very blessed at that time. Thank you maharaja for accepting it.
Also, one of my most memorable moments is when we came to Iskcon Delhi for a school trip. When
we were going back home, I saw that, you were about to leave for somewhere, and seeing me carrying
a bead-bag and having a tilak in my school dress, you asked me from where I am and how many rounds
do I chant. You gave me very beautiful smile on knowing that I chant 16 rounds every day. When I get
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distracted from chanting, or find any difficulty in chanting, I recall this incidence and become motivated
to chant 16 rounds attentively every day. Thank you so much maharaja for your blessings.
Thank you maharaja for showering you mercy upon us. Please come soon to the Faridabad temple. For-
give me for my faults and mistakes, and bless us so that we can follow Srila Prabhupada’s instructions and
your instructions sincerely.
Thank you maharaja.
Your eternal servant,
Shubhangini Singh
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupa-
da!
Srila gurudeva, it is just not possible to thank you for your causeless mercy, simultaneously it is not fea-
sible for mentioning it in words, still I wish to choose these meagre words “Thank You” from the bottom
of my heart for giving me 2nd initiation on 16th Nov’ 17 despite the fact that I neither deserved harinama
diksha nor Brahman diksha. You first tell a normal human being how to do devotional service and then
you accept him as your disciple to encourage him to follow it, as without devotion, human life is no better
than that of an animal. I realised it post coming in devotion. You give opportunities again and again to a
devotee, who comes in the shelter of Srila Prabhupada, one way or the other, so that he continues follow-
ing devotion and thus you save him from this worst Kali-yuga.
I wish to mention here maharaja ji, that whenever I am in trouble whether material or spiritual, I just re-
member you and I am out of that problem. I was struggling to perform my regular morning programme at
the temple since quite some time. I met you in the month of March this year and I requested you to please
bless me so that I can regularly attend the morning programme at the temple. You simply smiled, and this
little smile did wonder for me (as it always did in the past too). I started attending morning programmes
regularly this Purushottama month onwards.
Guru maharaja, I know it is just not possible to thank any Vaishnava in words. Scriptures tell us to follow
the footsteps of a Vaishnava if we really wish to thank him. I need your kind blessings. You do not take rest
even for a while and continue spreading this pious mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu all over the world,
as it is the desire of your guru and parampara. I am not even a mosquito in this movement, but I know
that if you bless me I can also participate in this pious mission to convey the holy message of ‘Krishna
consciousness’ to some living beings, so that they too can get your mercy. Kindly bless me and give me
ample spiritual strength so that I am always sincere in conveying this powerful message to each and every
human till the last breath of my life.
Guru maharaja, you are an ocean of mercy, love, affection, patience, and so much more. All the qualities
of a pure devotee are visible in you. I wish to thank Krishna for giving me such a nice guru who I actually
never deserved in this lifetime. Simultaneously I cannot thank Krishna for the same. Giving me such a
wonderful gift of my lifetime. I promise him that I will continue serving my guru maharaja by fulfilling his
desire of spreading this message of Krishna consciousness all over the world till the last drop of my blood.
Your ever loving son,
Shyamsundar dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my fallen obeisances at your lotus feet, I am not so qualified to glorify you but still due to
your blessings I have got this privilege.
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You have shown all the teachings to us by following them yourself. Sometimes I take a shortcut to offer
pranams to all Deities. But when I saw you offering pranams to all of them so gracefully and lovingly, I
really felt ashamed. Now I also try to offer the pranams like you.
You are really a tangible God. I have realized this in Jagannatha Puri yatra. I was really overwhelmed
when you recognized me outside the Gundicha temple by saying “Hare Krishna! You are a Delhi temple
devotee.” My joy had no bounds. I can’t tell you guru maharaja how happy I was!
You are my spiritual father. I want to serve you Maharaja, so that I can bring a smile on your face.
Maharaja, I am very poor in book distribution and I know that you become very much pleased by book
distribution. I have so much false ego maharaja, so please give me your mercy so that I can also become
good in book distribution.
You always give stress on attentive chanting and reading books. Maharaja, I am trying my level best but
unable to do attentive chanting. Please give me your blessings so that I can do attentive chanting.
Maharaja, I heard in a lecture that a smile of a devotee can attract thousands of people. Whenever I have
got your association in these 10 years, I have always seen a smile on your face. The way you say “Hare
Krishna” is like you are talking to everyone personally.
Maharaja, in Puri yatra I observed how you tried to meet each and every devotee. You never care about
your prasadam and rest. You are so humble and kind to all of us.
Maharaja, I was ignoring my health, but when I heard in a lecture that you never miss your morning walk,
you consider this body as a property of Srila Prabhupada. I also started giving some attention to my health.
Thank you so much guru maharaja for giving shelter to a fallen soul like me. I want to serve you and Srila
Prabhupada forever. Please shower me with your blessings, and keep me engaged in devotional service.
I seek forgiveness for all the offences I have committed knowingly or unknowingly at your lotus feet.
Please help me to more pious so that I become more determined in the service of Sri guru and Gauranga.
Your eternal servant,
Sripati svarupa devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this most auspicious day please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories unto your lotus feet!
Although I am incapable to comprehend your unlimited qualities but I will try to do so by my puny mind.
My awe and reverence increases every time I get the opportunity to meet you. Maharaja, your loving and
caring attitude towards everyone is all attractive. Your only desire is to fulfil the order of Srila Prabhupada
and spread the Krishna consciousness movement all over the world. You take so much pain and travel so
much for preaching Krishna consciousness. The whole world is getting the blessings of Krishna’s message
through you.
I pray to Krishna for your good health and long life so that the whole world gets inspired by you to become
Krishna conscious.
Please also bless me so that I become capable to satisfy you and Srila Prabhupada by preaching the mes-
sage of Krishna and Srila Prabhupada through Book distribution and giving lectures as and when required
at various programs in Faridabad or any service given to me through senior Vaishnavas at Faridabad tem-
ple.
Your disciple,
Vinaya Gaura dasa
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Respected Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Gurudeva ji, you are an ocean of mercy and genuinely compassionate towards people like us. You are just
like a shadow of Srila Prabhupada. As Srila Prabhupada had only one work i.e. to deliver the conditioned
souls, similarly you are also doing the same. As he believed his spiritual master and was fully surrendered,
you also have full faith in and have surrendered totally unto your gurudeva.
guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete kori ya aikya, ār nā koriho mane āśā
śrī-guru-caraṇe rati, ei se uttama-gati, je prasāde pūre sarva āśā
You are doing exactly the same as mentioned in the above sloka. There is no difference in your personal
behavior and preaching. You always motivate the disciples to follow the four regulative principles, to
attentively chant 16 rounds, to read scriptures and to distribute scriptures. You are very humble and you
preach Krishna’s message so nicely. You are always busy in distributing Lord Krishna’s message.
I beg for your shelter maharaja ji. I cannot do bhakti on my own strength. Please provide me your shelter
and the strength to do devotional service.
Your insignificant servant,
Vinita Raina
GURUGRAM
Most respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to
Srila guru maharaja ji! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja ji, your glories are unlimited. To glorify you is beyond my capacity and I am totally in-
competent. You are distributing Krishna’s mercy around the world to millions of souls and making them
capable of going back home, back to Godhead. It is your causeless mercy that you have accepted me and
showing me the correct way. I am a bewildered soul in this material universe and you are the only hope
for me.
Dear maharaja ji, you are an eternally liberated paramhansa who has come to the globe to wake up sleep-
ing souls and to revive their memory so that they can know their original form which is different from their
bodily existence. You are spreading Krishna consciousness in all the continents of the Earth in the most
efficient manner. You are synonymous with Srila Prabhupada’s book distribution and millions of these
books are distributed every year, and the numbers are increasing exponentially.
Dear maharaja ji, you are an eternal servitor and associate of Srila Prabhupada and the Supreme Lord
Krishna. Gurudeva, you are very compassionate towards your disciples and every living entity. Your
lectures are powerful medicines to cure the disease of ignorance. Even your darshana for a fraction of a
second can transform fallen souls to become Krishna conscious entities. We are immensely fortunate, as
you are compassionately giving simple but important instructions like, chant attentively, read scriptures,
associate with devotees and engage in practical service. Even by just remembering you we feel purified.
Respected maharaja ji, your mercy is so powerful that it can convert any fallen soul into a Krishna con-
scious soul immediately. I am the most fallen soul and my existence is severely contaminated with lust,
anger, greed and false ego. Your mercy is the only hope for me. I beg for your causeless mercy so that I
can be firm on the path and process of Krishna bhakti, to achieve the highest perfection of life which is
Krishna consciousness.
Guru maharaja, on this auspicious day of your appearance I beg you to forgive me for all my faults.
I sincerely pray at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord Krishna for your good health and strength.
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Wish you a very Happy Appearance day guru maharaja ji.
Your most insignificant and humble servant,
Atmananda Gaura dasa
Dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to your divine grace! All glories to your transcendental Vyasa-puja!
This is my first Vyasa-puja offering so I beg for mercy at your lotus feet if I commit any offenses.
I am very fortunate that I am having this opportunity to send a Vyasa-puja offering at your lotus feet. Guru
maharaja your divine Vyasa-puja affords me the opportunity to glorify you very limitedly due to my im-
purities, although your fame is unlimited in the three worlds.
Guru maharaja, I always see you working so hard for the benefit of all living souls. You are my spiritual
father. My material father would be of the same age as you, but when I see you so active in Krishna’s ser-
vice and so much enthusiasm, I can feel that you are a special soul sent by Krishna, whose only business
is to serve the Lord and Srila Prabhupada, and to shower mercy on fallen souls, which is not possible for
any other person.
Though I have had very limited association of your lotus feet, but I know that your top most instructions
are attentive chanting and to help in preaching activities. Please bless me so that I can follow your instruc-
tions with enthusiasm.
When I met you last time in Gurugram temple, I felt like I am seeing God. I really want to serve you with
my full heart, so I pray for your mercy so that I only accept things which are helpful in my spiritual prog-
ress.
On this auspicious day I pray to Nityananda prabhu and Caitanya Mahaprabhu to give you strength and
keep you fit to guide us to serve Srila Prabhupada well, so that we can get your mercy to carry the flag of
Krishna consciousness and Iskcon all around the world.
Your insignificant servant,
Deen Sudama dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Please bless me on this special day that I can do 2 big rounds everyday. I feel very good when you bless
me when I meet you. Please bless me with devotional service at the lotus feet of Nityananda Prabhu and
Gauranga Mahaprabhu.
Yours in service,
Gauranga dasa
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja ii,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja
ceremony.
As written in the introduction to the Bhagavad-gita, “I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiri-
tual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him.” We
all were in darkness and had no idea about our real identity, but to fulfill the prophecy of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu and the desire of Srila Prabhupada, you selflessly and tirelessly took the most challenging
projects in the history of Iskcon, like preaching in Russia, opening temples, initiating disciples and the list
is unending.
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As Srila Prabhupada said, “I will never die, I shall live forever in my books”. You have imbibed this mood
and inspired thousands and millions of devotees to distribute his books to every nook and corner of the
world. Your magnanimity can be easily understood by your mercy at the time of initiation, where in spite
of so many responsibilities and services, still, just to give us an opportunity to serve Srila Prabhupada, you
accepted us and took the trouble to engage us in his service. As per your instructions to beg bhiksa after
initiation, I followed it and it again showed how a pure devotee is the best well-wisher of everyone. Just
for our purification and developing humility you are taking so much trouble.
I was born in ignorance and if I had not found shelter at your lotus feet, I didn’t have any hope. By your’s
and your senior disciples’ guidance, I got an ample opportunity to serve in the mission of Srila Prabhupada
like preaching in Hyderabad, overall coordinating center, book distribution and also on a personal level I
took guidance for increasing attentiveness in my japa and maintaining book reading everyday . This year
I want to dedicate more of my body, mind, and words for the instructions given by senior devotees, man-
aging the center in Gurugram, helping in the preaching activity and in the development of the Bahadurgarh
temple.
Please forgive me for my offenses and bless me maharaja, so that I can also become an instrument in your
mission of serving Srila Prabhupada and Iskcon without which there is nothing auspicious in this mortal
world
Your servant,
Madhav Sevak dasa
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
It’s just your compassion that I get a chance to write on your Vyasa-puja.
I am such a fallen soul, it’s just your mercy and compassion that you have accepted me as your disciple.
Please, all I beg for is your unlimited mercy to empower me to follow your instructions as it is, attentive
chanting, reading Srila Prabhupada’s books regularly, be in good association to attain the mercy of Ni-
tyananda Prabhu and Gauranga Mahaprabhu and make this human birth successful.
Ekaki amar nahi paye bal harinama sankirtane, tumi kripa kori shraddha bindu diya deho krsna naam
dhane.”
Yours in service,
Nandini Rupa devi dasi
KURUKSHETRA
Dearmost worshipable Guru Maharaja,
Please let me fall at your lotus feet and express my sincere deep love and sincere gratefulness for the
mercy you have bestowed upon me. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Thanks to your mercy I have attained the chance to render devotional service to the lotus feet of Lord
Krishna.
Please let me wish you better health and all the best that can be given by the Almighty Lord Krishna!
Your most insignificant servant,
Rupesvara dasa Adhikari
Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
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I am not even qualified to glorify you. I cannot express in words your greatness and unlimited qualities.
Gurudeva, today is a very auspicious day, the day you appeared on this planet to deliver the fallen souls of
this world. It is a fact that Srila Prabhupada is the commander in chief of Lord Caitanya’s Army and you
have dedicated your life unto the service of Srila Prabhupada an eternal associate of Lord Caitanya. So,
who else will be the dearmost person to Krishna other than pure devotees like you?
Lord Krishna says to Arjuna in Adi-purana
ye me bhakta-janah partha, na me bhaktas ca te janah
mad-bhaktanam ca ye bhaktas, te me bhakta-tama matah
‘Those who are My direct devotees are actually not My devotees, but those who are the devotees of My
servant are factually My devotees.’
Guru maharaja, when I meditate upon your supreme position I feel on one hand, the great fortune I have
received by having been accepted as your disciple, and on the other hand I feel insignificant for not being
truly worthy, of this great mercy bestowed upon me. I don’t know how and for what reason a sinner like
me could even be connected to this great parampara through your divine grace. It is undoubtedly your
mercy and nothing else.
Srila Prabhupada gave us the slogan “Purity is the Force” and you have made us understand what it means
by living this sloka. The force one gets by being pure is the power to preach and transform the material
mentality of people into devotional service. You have positively changed the hearts of lacs of people and
have made them devotees of Lord Krishna.
Guru maharaja you possess all qualities and it is beyond my capacity and capability to describe them.
However, one quality that I adore is your kindness and mercifulness. You are very kind and merciful to
all jivatmas.
Gurudeva, Srila Bhagavatpada, you are a very sincere disciple of Srila Prabhupada and possess all his
qualities. You are following his instructions, you are working hard day and night to print and distribute
Srila Prabhupada’s books, establishing beautiful temples, and you are travelling all over the world for all
these activities. Your day begins at 3 a.m. and ends at midnight. You are showering your causeless mercy
upon many jivatmas by accepting them as your disciples and delivering them from the cycle of birth and
death. You are constantly worried about Iskcon and your disciples’ spiritual progress.
Guru maharaja, for your pleasure I want to bring to your kind notice, that by your mercy, the glory of Ku-
rukshetra and Iskcon Cultural centre is now coming up. We have completed 4 floors of C-Block in which
Lord Krishna Arjuna will reside.
Everything is going on according to your transcendental will.
Gurudeva, on this wonderful and auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja I wish you a long healthy and
happy life in spiritual consciousness.
Kindly give me your blessings to overcome my weak points. I pray hard to Their Lordships Radha-Rad-
hakanta ji to give me the strength to become your sincere follower and direct me to be useful in your
service.
Your unworthy servant,
Sakshi Gopal dasa
PANCHKULA
My dear Spiritual Master,
Ananta koti dandavat pranam. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you, guru maharaja!
The lotus feet of my spiritual master are the only way by which I can attain pure devotional service. I bow
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to his lotus feet with great awe and reverence. By his grace only can I cross the ocean of material suffering
and obtain the mercy of Krsna.
My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth. Attach-
ment to his lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires.
He opens my darkened eyes and fills my heart with transcendental knowledge. He is my Lord birth after
birth. From him ecstatic prema emanates, and by him ignorance is destroyed. The Vedic scriptures sing of
his character.
My spiritual master is an ocean of mercy, the friend of the poor, and the lord and master of the devotees. O
master! Be merciful unto me. Give me the shade of your lotus feet. Your fame is spread all over the three
worlds. Please save me from falling down. With folded hands, I request to beg for your mercy.
The lotus feet of my spiritual master are the only way by which I can attain pure devotional service. I bow
to his lotus feet with great awe and reverence. By his grace one can cross the ocean of material suffering
and obtain the mercy of Krsna.
Please guru maharaja ji shower your blessing upon me so that I can perform my sadhana-bhakti “man
manas madhukar arpaya nija pada pankaja makarande” and always remain busy in performing loving
devotional service.
Always aspiring for your service. Your insignificant servant,
Jahanvi Priya devi dasi
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances at your lotus feet on this auspicious day of your ap-
pearance.
I am very thankful to you guru maharaja for giving me shelter at your lotus feet, understanding that I am
on the right path.
Your insignificant servant,
Raja Govinda dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your holiness guru
maharaja!
O dear Srila gurudeva, O eternal father, O grandsire of transcendental knowledge and O reservoir of the
most munificent benedictions. On the most auspicious day of your appearance on planet earth, we would
like to offer our heartfelt thanks along with some humble words of praise.
Our most beloved gurudeva, you are the pivotal point of our life, your pleasure is the pivotal purpose of
our life, and your causeless mercy is the pivotal sustaining pillar of our whole existence. You alone are
worthy of our love and worship. You alone can satisfy all of our desires.
Bur still, we are the most lowly and unhappy pests crawling in the lap of Mayadevi, because we have not
done a darn thing to make you proud and happy.
We are pompous and deficient speakers. We talk big and make big plans, but we do not have a heart to car-
ry it through. Our heart is shackled in the modes of passion and ignorance. Please, Srila gurudeva, please,
we beg you to release us from this nescience and engage us in the service of the epitome of sweetness,
Sri Sri Radha-Madhava. Our dear Srila gurudeva, when will that day come, when we will follow in your
footsteps and chant and dance in the ecstasy of the holy name, spreading it all around?
My dear Srila gurudeva, on this most auspicious moment in our life, we would like to inform you that last
month we conducted a summer camp to spread the glories of the Lord. We try to chant intently and read
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and listen to the Srimad-Bhagavatam class daily and try to preach whenever we can.
Thank you very much.
A servant of your servants,
Rupa Madhava dasa and Mathura Lila devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Aap ke caranon me koti koti pranam.
Guru maharaja, I am trying to offer my services but I’m not successful many times. Kindly bless me so
that I can do my service in Krishna consciousness more energetically. Please be with me always. Do not
leave me. You have changed my life and I am blessed to be in the Krishna consciousness movement. Your
humble servant,
Sripati mohini devi dasi
ROHTAK
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories to you!
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna advented on earth on the most auspicious day of asht-
ami of Shukla paksha of Bhadrapada month and one day after His commander in chief, Srila Prabhupada
advented, and two days after on the auspicious day of Annada Ekadashi the adjutant or a ratan of Srila
Prabhupada, you advented.
You are a true follower of your gurudeva, Srila Prabhupada. Despite all the stress- strain and bad health
conditions you have undergone, you are tirelessly working for fulfilling his cherished desires. It is a result
of your divine efforts, that today Delhi has become the preaching capital of the Iskcon world, with 14 tem-
ples. Guru maharaja, your love, care and affection has turned the hearts of millions around world.
Srila Narottama dasa Thakura stated in his song- “Tomar hriday sada govind vishrama, govind kahen
mora vaishnava paran.”
Your heart is always a resting place of Lord Govinda and He says “The Vaishnavas are in My heart.” “Pra-
ti janme kari aasa charaner dhulli, narottame daya karo aapnar boli||”
I desire the dust of your holy feet in every birth I may take.
Dear gurudeva, on this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I am begging you for a drop of your
causeless mercy so that I can perform devotional service more seriously and establish a youth forum in
Rohtak.
Your insignificant servant,
Radha Nama dasa
YAMNUNA NAGAR
Dear Gurudeva
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Again I feel myself extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to glorify such a wonderful spiritual mas-
ter like you on your 73rd Vyasa-puja ceremony, whose compassion knows no bounds. Guru maharaja, your
compassion has surpassed all limits as you accepted this most fallen and deceitful person as your disciple.
Even after so many nonsensical activities still you are continuously guiding and encouraging me to engage
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myself in serving Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
As days are passing I am able to see your limitless dedication to serve your spiritual master Srila Prabhu-
pada’s mission Iskcon. Guru maharaja, at present there are hundreds of Iskcon projects running under your
shelter and many other big projects like constructions are going on, which are your humble offerings to
your beloved gurudeva Srila Prabhupada. Few important mega projects are Bhaktivedanta Gurukula and
International school Aghai, Vrindavana: Rohini, New Delhi: Dwaraka, New Delhi: Bahadurgarh, Hary-
ana: Kurukshetra, Haryana: Ludhiana, Punjab: Bhilawara, Rajasthan: Khargar, Mumbai.
In order to serve and expand Srila Prabhupada’s mission all over the planet, you are taking extreme bur-
dens and you follow a very hectic schedule so that it may continue and expand limitlessly. As time is
passing I see your body deteriorating, but your service attitude and capability are unaffected. This happens
only on a spiritual platform. You travel always from one corner of the globe to the other corner and inspire
conditioned souls to accept Krishna bhakti in order to save them from the terrible sufferings of material
existence.
Guru maharaja, you are personified compassion and all divine symptoms of a maha-bhagavat are clearly
visible in your personality. As a conditioned soul it is impossible to glorify your limitless glories. This is
like showing a lamp to the Sun or desire of a dwarf to touch the moon by his own hand, still as a disciple
it is my duty to glorify you.
Your insignificant and fallen disciple,
Aman Kumar
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my repeated humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to you guru maharaja on the auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja!
Since the beginning of my journey in Iskcon, I have always heard your name, your divine qualities from
the mouths of the devotees. However, I was always bewildered by the thought of surrendering unto some-
one as a disciple because I felt inspired by many maharajas. One of my mentors once told me that we can-
not ourselves choose our spiritual master, he will be revealed to our hearts. This happened with me when
I was blessed by the association of Your Holiness last year during Sri Nathadwara yatra. I was humbled
to hear about your dedication to Srila Prabhupada and Iskcon. I was blessed to witness your humility and
kindness even upon those who commit offences unto your lotus feet. But it still took me few more months
to finally realise that I can surrender unto your divine lotus feet. Although I am most fallen and wretched
and completely unworthy of your mercy, but I have already surrendered unto you and I want to follow
each and every instruction of Your Holiness. Although I didn’t get initiated by Your Holiness but I feel
surrounded by your mercy every moment. Your love for Srila Prabhupada is manifested in your tireless
preaching and it acts as a great inspiration for me. Amidst all troubles, your merciful glance and smile
gives hope to even a conditioned soul like me. Birth after birth, I desire service and the shelter of your
lotus feet.
Aspiring to be your humble servant,
Kritika Sharma
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On the most joyous occasion of your divine appearance again I myself feel extremely fortunate to have
such unparalleled glorious spiritual father like you.
Guru maharaja this is your 74th Vyasa-puja ceremony and I see lots of changes in your divine body but
your service spirit has been increasing by the passing of time. You are tirelessly and continuously traveling
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across the planet and you work hard to fulfill the desires of your spiritual master His Divine Grace A. C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Guru maharaja, your managerial skills in managing temples across the globe and settling the conflicts and
other problematic situation is amazing. You are a burning example of service attitude towards your guru
Srila Prabhupada and you are full of compassion for fallen conditioned souls like me. Just by seeing you or
remembering your glorious and divine activities I get immense faith in the process of Krishna conscious-
ness and tremendous encouragement to move on this path with greater enthusiasm. I am associating with
Iskcon from more than a decade and have seen various types of devotees and circumstances in different
devotees’ communities and I got some fine realisations which sometimes result in shaking my faith, but
due to your merciful protection I feel myself sheltered all the time.
Guru maharaja last year you visited Iskcon Yamunanagar two times and a new project is going to start
very soon. By your blessings I got an opportunity to serve Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari and devotees here in
Yamunanagar, and though faulty, I try my best to execute my services nicely. I am a conditioned soul full
of deceit and anarthas so please keep me under the shed of your transcendental lotus feet and pardon me
for all my offenses which I have committed against you knowingly or unknowingly.
Guru maharaja, under your guidance many big projects in Iskcon are about to be completed like Ludhiana,
BGIS Vrindavana, Kharghar, Rohini and Dwaraka in Delhi, and Kurukshetra. One mega project Iskcon
Jaipur is already inaugurated and two projects Chhipivada in Delhi and Bahadurgarh in Haryana is about
to be completed.
Your divine instructions and guidance are my life, and your compassion on me is the reason for my surviv-
al. Guru maharaja, by your blessings this year I got my better half, your aspiring disciple Kritika Sharma
and you allowed us to marry. On this occasion of your 74th Vyasa-puja ceremony please bless us to have a
happy Krishna conscious grhastha life. I just pray to Their Lordships of my heart Sri Sri Radha-Ramana
ji for your good health and prolonged lifespan.
Your most insincere fallen and unworthy son,
Laxmihari dasa
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SHIMLA

Dearest Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble prostrated obeisances in the holy dust of your lotus feet. I take shelter at your
lotus feet which are the abode of pure devotional service.
On your divine appearance day, it is our greatest privilege and joy to glorify you with the choicest words
and sentiments. Thank you for this undeserved opportunity. When Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya asked Cai-
tanya Mahaprabhu why Isvara Puri kept Govinda as a servant although he was a sudra. Mahaprabhu re-
plied, that the spiritual master is as independent as the Supreme Lord and therefore his mercy is not subject
to any Vedic rules. In the same way, your mercy is so great and wonderful that you accepted a fallen soul
like me as your servant. I feel so fortunate to have such a merciful master.
Guru maharaja, I am unable to offer any significant service worthy of the mercy you are giving me. Bereft
of any good qualities, still I have been blessed with the good fortune of being fully attached to your lotus
feet. Your amazing spiritual qualities and devotional characteristics are as numerous as the blades of grass
in creation. Your compassion towards the fallen souls is as glorious as Lord Nityananda’s.
Krishna lives in your heart. Krishna belongs to you. When I see your mercy I remember the following
lines of the Vaishnava song sung by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura:
krsna se tomara, krsna dite paro,
tomara shakti aache
aami to kangala, ‘krsna krsna boli
dhai tava pache pache
“Krishna is yours; you have the power to give Him to me. I am simply running behind you shouting
“Krishna Krishna.”On this auspicious day of your appearance I pray to the Lord to grant you good health
so that you can keep showering your mercy on countless souls. Guru maharaja, please bless me so that I
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Eternally indebted to you and dedicated to pleasing and serving you, I remain.
A beggar at your merciful lotus feet,
Anand dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhu-
pada! All glories to you on this very auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja!
I am a very insignificant and deeply conditioned soul, so how an insignificant person describe your unlim-
ited qualities, mercy and potency. But, glorifying a pure devotee is very purifying so I must try to do so.
I heard from senior devotees about your infinite compassion and your surrender to Srila Prabhupada’s
instructions. You are completely absorbed in fulfilling Srila Prabhupada’s desire and to accomplish this
you do not care for your physical comfort at all. You are compassionate towards every living being. I got
the chance to see that during the Ratha-yatra in Chandigarh, when you personally went to meet all the
devotees who were doing service there. Thank you very much maharaja ji for giving me this rare spiritual
life. You are always inspiring us by your divine instructions. You just want us to be engaged in the mission
of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Please forgive me for my various mistakes and of-
fences that I may have committed knowingly or unknowingly at your lotus feet, due to my immaturity in
Krishna consciousness. On this auspicious day, I beg from you to have a desire to follow your instructions
seriously in my life, which I am struggling to follow, like chanting attentively, associating with devotees,
attending temple programs, reading and hearing. I desire to be engaged in your mission under the guidance
of your sincere devotees so that I can serve you without being disturbed by adversities.
Aspiring to serve you,
Kalavati Kirtida devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I am feeling so nervous and don’t know how to express my words in a proper spirit. But on the contrary, I
am feeling very fortunate to have the opportunity to glorify you on this auspicious day of your appearance.
Guru maharaja ji, I got this opportunity by the mercy of yours beloved disciples. I feel gratitude towards
your disciples who told me about your glories. I met with you 2-3 times, and your presence even for a
while, makes an environment spiritually charged. I aspire to associate with you birth after birth. You touch
so many people by your empowered preaching. I heard your pastimes from your beloved disciples about
how you preached in adverse conditions. You have so much compassion on the living entities, even for the
smallest creatures like ants. You served Srila Prabhupada and his mission out of the way over the years,
without taking rest, spreading loving devotional service and attracting conditional souls towards the Lotus
Feet of Sri Krishna. You are serving him so nicely. How dear you are to Krishna for your faithful service
to Srila Prabhupada. You are always absorbed in your service to your spiritual master, setting an exalted
example for all your disciple to follow. You always tell us to teach with our personal example. This state-
ment reminds me to do my personal devotional service sincerely.
You are very merciful towards the Shimla devotees. You gave a very exalted and beloved disciple of yours
to the Shimla devotees. Our only desire is to serve you birth after birth, and I sincerely pray to you guru
maharaja to bless me so that I can keep this desire throughout my life.
Aspiring to be your eternal servant,
Manish
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Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you at your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to your Vyasa-puja celebration!
On this day of your auspicious appearance in this world, please accept my humble offering of thanksgiving
to Krishna for the gift of your being.
All glories to you, dear gurudeva, who are the personification of devotional enthusiasm.
It is my greatest misfortune that it has never occurred to me to consider myself your disciple. You at least
have always considered me so, regardless of my ignorance. You are trying desperately to open my dark-
ened eyes with the torchlight of knowledge, but my eyes are firmly closed in my sleep in the lap of Maya
devi. I pray for the day when I will truly understand your instructions and follow them with the utmost
joy in my heart.
I am insignificant, fallen and don’t even know how to glorify my spiritual master on this auspicious day
of Vyasa-puja, yet I am trying. Just like it is impossible to fully describe the transcendental glories of the
Lord, it is impossible to describe your glories guru maharaja. You appeared on the most auspicious day of
Annada Ekadashi, I feel it is the most valuable gift of Sri Sri Radha-Madhava.
Guru maharaja, you are always merciful, humble, equal to all, faultless, magnanimous, mild and clean.
In spite of your bad health, you never stop preaching, to fulfill your spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada’s
desire. Guru maharaja, you are an ocean of mercy.
I must be your weakest, most undeserving and most unqualified student. I deeply thank Bhakti Vriksha of
Shimla and my spiritual guide for sending me to you. It is said that on the Vyasa-puja Vaishnavas are very
compassionate than on other days, hence I want to ask you for your divine blessings so that I can always
engage my thoughts, mind, desires and actions in your service. I deeply pray for the day when I will truly
understand your divine instructions, follow them with utmost joy in my heart, never deviate from them
and become a sold-out slave of yours. Guru maharaja, I pray and beg you to give me strength and blessings
to execute your instructions.
May you continue to bless so many people all over the world with Krishna consciousness, so that they
become happy and go back home back to Godhead!
Please forgive me for my offenses.
Your useless servant,
Radha Rupi kripa devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
On this auspicious day, I offer my obeisances at your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja ji, I was fallen and was in the deep well of ignorance badly and was indulging in serving
my own senses only. Then your causeless mercy showered on all the Shimla devotees in the form of Anand
prabhu ji. It was because of him that all the devotees in Shimla and even I, who am the most fallen soul
got the shelter of your causeless mercy.
By the mercy of your disciples, I got a chance to meet you and to take your most valuable association.
Guru maharaja ji, when I met you for the first time you gave the following instructions to all of us: Read
Bhagavad-gita daily; get up early and get your rounds done; eat offered prasad only. You said that we all
Shimla devotees are lucky to have a spiritual guide like Anand prabhu ji and that we should preach.
Guru maharaja ji, I want to follow your instructions and serve you by doing vani seva properly, so I need
your blessings.
It have not endeavored to advance in spiritual life, and it is not a secret. I am completely dependent on your
mercy guru maharaja ji. Whatever spiritual progress I have made, is only due to your mercy. A true disci-
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ple never accepts any credit for anything, but Krishna’s mercy comes through the guru and the sadhu. By
rendering service to such a great soul like you guru maharaja ji, we get blessings which help us to develop
a taste for hearing and chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord Krishna.
I am a very fallen soul, and I don’t deserve to stand in front of you guru maharaja ji. I know only one thing
that I am a most patita soul in this world and you are the most patita-pavan. So I need to take your shelter.
I am not qualified or eligible at all, but on this auspicious day guru maharaja ji please bless me so that I
can offer my life at your lotus feet. I apologize for all my mistakes and offenses committed knowingly or
unknowingly, at your lotus feet.
Yours insignificant servant,
Ranjana
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to guru
maharaja!
Guru maharaja, although I feel insignificant and unqualified to write about you and your services to your
spiritual master Srila Prabhupada, but I will try to write something for my purification and for the pleasure
of Lord. Your Vyasa-puja is an opportunity to purify ourselves by glorifying you. You visited Shimla in
year 2015 and we got the opportunity to closely associate with you and serve you. After hearing your lec-
ture, I developed more and more surrender towards you and the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Guru maharaja, you are very merciful towards Shimla devotees. You sent a strong spiritual warrior to
train and guide us how to progress and become strong in spiritual life. You are traveling over the sea and
to spread this mission and to give a taste for harinama all over the world in every town and village. Guru
maharaja, you are doing a wonderful preaching at this age also.
All glories to you, O dear gurudeva! O ocean of compassion and friend of the fallen souls, your eternal
servant is praying to become worthy of his beloved master. Let me one day become a real dasa-da-
sa-anu-dasa.
Your useless servant,
Ravi
My worshippable respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhu-
pada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Glorifying you, Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja ji in few words, is like showing a lamp to the sun.
And for an insignificant soul like me it is impossible. So, for all my mistakes please forgive me.
Guru maharaja ji is a true example of a pure disciple, a true master, and a fierce soldier-A soldier of the
Spiritual Army of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. It was only because of your mercy that he sent
Anand prabhu to Shimla to bless us with the holy name for which we all from Shimla are eternally grateful.
I pray at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi to bestow His choicest blessings on you for your good
health, and also may Lord empower me to serve you in every possible way in all times in your mission.
May Lord add my ayu to yours, so that you may live long with good health in the service of your guru and
Gauranga! At your humble service.
Your eternal servant,
Vishal
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My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine and merciful lotus feet. All glories to His Divine
Grace Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you Srila gurudeva!
Following the footsteps of your dedicated and beloved disciples who inspire me constantly by their un-
daunted devotional service, I beg to offer my humble homage to you on this auspicious occasion of your
sacred Vyasa-puja.
I wish I could also glorify you to my heart’s content and follow your instructions in a similar way as your
disciples are, who have completely surrendered to your lotus feet. They are blessed with your mercy and
protection and have dedicated their lives in carrying out your nectar instructions as their heart and soul,
against all odds of material life to push forward Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
I am completely covered by the illusory energy of the Lord, craving for sense gratification, roaming like
an animal without a master, for sensory pleasure. My dear guru maharaja what is the hope for me? I am
just flying like a leaf by force of the swings of my mind, from here and there, without any goal. The ship
of your merciful lotus feet can give me shelter. Maharaja, I am struggling with my senses and enjoying
propensity, so kindly please bless me so that I also develop some qualities to serve Srila Prabhupada’s mis-
sion. Guru maharaja, you are traversing this planet undertaking so many inconveniences and discomforts
to please your spiritual father Srila Prabhupada, and to knock some sense into conditioned souls like me.
Your lectures are like bombshells that shatter to pieces my concepts of material enjoyment. Through your
divine words, I have noticed that you show immense faith in the statements made by Srila Prabhupada.
Words cannot express the deepest gratitude I feel for being a recipient of your causeless mercy. How can
I forget that on Janmashtami 2015 at Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi temple, guru maharaja, you came from
your meeting with the donors and VIPs, and when you saw me, you put your lotus hand on my shoulder
and blessed me! What a great fortune for me to have met you.
The greatest fortune would be, to be qualified to help you in your transcendental mission. Therefore, I
beg you today dear guru maharaja, to please, please accept me as your disciple, so that I may become an
ornament at the lotus feet of my glorious spiritual father. Please bless me, so that until my last breath I will
be able to serve you by my actions, words and thoughts.
“O Lord and master! When will such mercy fall on this weak and foolish devotee? Please make me your
beloved servant. “
“When I examine myself. I find nothing of value. Therefore, your mercy is essential to me. If you are not
merciful, I shall simply weep and weep, and I shall not maintain my life any longer.” - Saranagati.
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I beg for your causeless mercy, so that I may serve you in
whichever way you desire.
Your useless servant,
Vishwas
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
All glories to you and to Srila Prabhupada! On this most revered and auspicious day, first of all I beg to
offer my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja ji, your glories are endless and I am not at all qualified to glorify you with my insignificant
mouth. I am the weakest, the most unqualified and insignificant disciple of yours, but I am trying to glorify
you for the pleasure of Lord Krishna and for my own purification. Please forgive me for all the offenses
committed at your lotus feet.
I am attempting to write a few lines from C.c. Antya-lila 2. 13-14:
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ta saba tarite prabhu sei saba dese guru maharaja ji to give me initiation in spite of knowing how fallen I am. Thank you so much.
yogya bhakta jiva dehe karena avese Dear guru maharaja, your constant emphasis on humility, tolerance, service attitude, chanting attentively,
sei jive nija - bhakti karena prakashe being careful about Vaishnava aparadha, and reading Srila Prabhupada’s books inspires me the most. You
tahar darshane vaisnava haya sarva dese are an embodiment of all these qualities. Guru maharaja, you focus upon uplifting your disciples con-
“To deliver people in regions throughout the universe who could not meet Him, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sciousness. You are unimaginably patient and you are also divinely empowered to elevate the conscious-
personally entered the bodies of pure devotees. Thus He empowered living beings (His pure devotees) by ness of others in a remarkably short time. Your constant guidance for chanting, reading books, hearing the
manifesting in them so much of His own devotion, that people in all other countries became devotees by glories of the Lord, preaching and distributing books has always inspired me. While leaving Shimla you
seeing them. “ gave us very important instructions, “Chant attentively”. These words are still fresh in my ears as if I heard
You are an example of this prediction guru maharaja ji. You are one of the most beloved disciples of Srila them yesterday. I will try to follow this instruction with utmost care. Thank you very much for giving us
Prabhupada. Inspite of your bad health, you are tirelessly engaged in accomplishing the mission of your our spiritual guide, kindly empower me so that I can make devotees happy and save myself from offenses.
spiritual master day and night, by preaching the glories and divine instructions of Lord Caitanya and Srila Kindly empower me to become a sincere instrument in the hands of your servants.
Prabhupada in this dangerous age of Kali all over the world. You are always anxious about preaching and In your service.
book distribution, which is the heart of Srila Prabhupada. Trying to be a servant,
Your arrival to Shimla in 2015 is the ever-fresh moment for the whole of my life. In spite of your bad Yashoda Priya devi dasi
health and busy schedule, you came to Shimla, delivered lectures, answered our questions and gave us
your causeless mercy. Thank you so much guru maharaja ji.
When I see you, I feel that I am seeing God, my desire to see you always remains there but I never want
to waste your time. You are always merciful, humble, magnanimous, truthful, equal to all, faultless, mild
and always peaceful.
Guru maharaja ji, I too want to dedicate my life at your lotus feet, and become a sold-out servant of yours.
Please give me your blessings so that I may bring it in my actions. Please give me strength to take shelter
of your vani, and make me your fully surrendered puppet and instrument in your hands. I beg at your lotus
feet for your mercy.
ohe vaishnava thakura doyar sagar, e dase koruna kori,
diya pada chaya shodho he amaya, tomara carana dhori
O guru maharaja ji, please may I always remember to pray for your mercy and always remember and
follow your divine instructions. Thank you so much for sending your representative Anand Prabhu ji to
Shimla, who tells us about your endless glories and brought us in your shelter. Although I am the weakest
disciple of yours yet you have accepted me. Thank you so much guru maharaja ji for this fortune on me
also.
Your most insignificant and fallen servant,
Vrinda devi dasi

Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to you and your dear gu-
rudeva His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your heart and soul your Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai!
Guru maharaja ji, I want to thank you from core of my heart for showering your causeless mercy upon me.
Because of your beloved disciple I got the opportunity to have your divine darshan, and to talk to you for
the first time during the initiation interview at Iskcon Chandigarh.
For so long I had been listening about you from your beloved disciples. I was very eager to meet you guru
maharaja ji and then that moment came when I met you. I was very enthusiastic but was hesitant to come
in front of you because of my sinful actions and anarthas. But as I entered I saw your lotus feet and I of-
fered obeisances. You asked me some questions. I felt so blessed to talk to you for the first time. You were
showering your blessings while talking to me, and then you gave me maha-prasad. How merciful you are

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BHOPAL

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,

I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Gurudeva, you are the treasure house of all divine qualities. It is said that it is difficult to understand the
pure Vaishnava devotees of the Lord. During my observation of you in the last 15 years, I am always
seeing new good qualities reflecting from you. Some I understood, some are beyond my intelligence to
understand. If any person can understand you a little bit and spend only one moment in a real sense with
you, he can attain love of Godhead.
Lord Krishna is known as sat-cit-ananda. We can see in each and every activity the gurudeva that he is
sat-cit-ananda, same as Lord Krishna. I found that his words reflect it, as it is always full of knowledge,
eternal, and pleasure giving. But I am so fallen, that it took me more than 6 months to a year for under-
standing just one word of gurudeva in a real sense.
The role of an authorized guru is to connect his disciples to the Supreme Lord Krishna. As we have heard,
that a real guru knows the past, present and future of the disciple which even our parents don’t know. This
fact I am realizing practically in my life. Recently I came to know from someone, that I am doing gau-seva
from the last 2 births. But in this lifetime, fortunately I got the shelter of an authorized gurudeva, who has
seen my past life karma and connected me in this present life with the same last birth seva of Gaumata,
and also as per my varna of vaishya in connection with the seva to the Supreme Lord Krishna. Thank you
gurudeva for giving me your shelter to make my human life perfect.
One of the most inspiring statements of gurudeva for me was that he was saying that I can’t be cured by
medicines. I can be cured if devotees do their bhakti sincerely. These words show that guru maharaja ji
you are above the 3 modes of material nature. Your consistent ongoing non-stop sevas in executing huge
projects is to serve the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna as per the desire of Srila Prabhupada. It is a clear indi-
cation to everyone that you are in the pure liberated stage and relishing the Lords pastimes every moment.
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can see guru maharaja ji, you are simple and down to earth, and not only think big, but also act big, irre-
spective of all sorts of pain. More important, out of your causeless mercy, you are engaging thousands of
disciples with an opportunity to think big and act big for the service of the Supreme Lord. It may be book
distribution, temple construction, Food for Life project or any project. I found myself to be so insignifi-
cant, that I can’t even think big, can’t act and can’t chant properly. Just a big zero and most fallen. I fully
depend upon your mercy. My heart is hardest and dark blackish, that it can’t win the heart of a single dev-
otee during my full time 7 years dedicated seva in Iskcon Delhi. Guru maharaja ji, you have extraordinary
purity, that is why your glories are sung in the whole universe and you attract the hearts of millions of
devotees and the Supreme Lord Himself.
By your mercy, I am trying to execute Gau-seva through cow products distribution, and I experience
pleasure by struggling. All of my struggles are just a small dust particle in front of your mind boggling
struggles. By just meditation on your and Srila Prabhupada’s struggles, I am getting energized and now
trying to expand this Gau-seva project to serve Iskcon’s worldwide temples and all goshalas by the Uni-
fied Brand of Doctor Cow Products.
Guru maharaja ji, you always give full respect to everyone, even me, who am such a fallen soul, by saying
you are sincere. But I personally found, I am the most insincere disciple of yours, who is sending this most
important service of your Vyasa-puja offering at the last moment. May Lord Sri Krishna bestow a little in-
telligence and strength to apply the teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ji in my life for my purification.
Gurudeva, your words are eternal, even though I am unable to follow sincerely. I have a strong desire to
follow your words as it is. You told me single is always better. I am always controlled by my senses, mind,
intelligence, and false ego. I am like a raw stone, but gurudeva if you please give me a little glance, then I
can be a diamond in the service of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna, otherwise there is no hope for me to cross this
ocean of birth and death.
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I am deeply offering prayers unto the Lotus Feet of Sri Sri Rad-
ha-Krishna and Gaumata to please keep the health of my gurudeva always perfect, or give all his health
problems unto me, as my gurudeva’s life is most important for all my god-brothers, god-sisters and all
fallen souls of this planet to get delivered.
I am begging his holiness on this auspicious day to please bless me with a real taste for the holy name of
the Lord, so that I can chant 24 hours, or at least 64 rounds attentively, along with the execution of your
given seva of cow products distribution to serve Iskcon devotees worldwide, and Gaumata, with full loy-
alty to Srila Prabhupada, in order to please the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna and make my life successful.
Seeking forgiveness from you guru maharaja ji and all devotees, for my offenses.
Thank you.
Your insignificant servant,
Vaishnava charan dasa
INDORE
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam to the lotus feet of guru maharaja. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
As Krishna said in Bhagavad-gita that there is no loss in the bhakti yoga process, and it can save us from
the greatest danger. Now, the understanding of this verse is increasing in my life, which makes my faith
strong in Krishna and Lord Narasimhadeva, due to maharaja’s mercy. It is by your blessings that I can
engage myself in the service of Krishna.
Chanting is such a powerful tool to protect ourselves from maya and you always focus on quality chanting
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in your impressive lectures. I always try to do so.
You always travel everywhere to preach the message of the Gita and Bhagavatam despite your old age.
This enthusiasm gives a lesson on “How important it is to preach about Krishna”.
I am very grateful to you for choosing me, a fallen soul, as your disciple and for giving me a wonderful
name, Parampara dasa, to serve the guru parampara.
I pray to Lord Krishna that you always remain an inspirational source for all of us, and may your mercy
always be with us.
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare ||
Your insignificant servant,
Parampara dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I want to express my gratitude to you today for your very determined and steady effort to preach Srila
Prabhupada’s mission. Your mood is filled with genuine compassion and love. You strongly desire and
endeavour to facilitate Lord Caitanya’s mercy to reach every nook and cranny, every town and village.
It manifests in powerful, cutting, and thought provoking preaching. The result of this kirtana which has
been singing and ringing for many steady years now, is a dynamic culture of sweet, wonderful enthusiastic
devotees, fully sold-out to the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Thank you for truly caring for devotees and putting their needs ahead of the institution. That’s the formula
for strengthening the institution.
Thank you for training them in sound Vaishnava principles in line with Srila Prabhupada’s instructions and
also in painstakingly helping them on all levels of their life, including physical and emotional.
Thank you for always stressing the foremost need to chant Hare Krsna attentively with taste, and to study
Srila Prabhupada’s books with great faith and enthusiasm.
Thank you for tasting and illuminating the unlimited nectar ocean of Srila Prabhupada’s personal ecstasies
in his transcendental books.
Thank you for having a long term vision for the implementation of Krsna consciousness in the modern
world and not being blind to the inevitable collapse of society as we know it.
In that regard, thank you for encouraging cow protection and inspiring it’s beginning in the land of cow
slaughter.
Thank you for helping to unfold the wonderful plan of Srila Prabhupada for a Krsna conscious lifestyle
in this world.
May you live a long life and continue your relentless preaching efforts right to your very last breath.
Your aspiring servant,
Adbhut Gauranga dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Words cannot express the deep gratitude I feel for being a recipient of your causeless mercy. Under the
dark veil of ignorance I was rotting away in material life, becoming increasingly more degraded. Through
your causeless mercy, your deepest compassion for the fallen souls of Kali-yuga, you lifted that dark veil
and revealed the light of transcendental knowledge.
While preaching, you shine with purity, enthusiasm, heart-warming humor and the deepest devotion. Your
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lectures have always been a treasured source of shelter, challenging my materialistic conceptions and in- that anyone who is in connection with you feels oneself protected from maya. Your purity, humility and
spiring me to become Krsna conscious. Your ecstatic kirtans are also very inspiring. They radiate the bliss tolerance is exemplary for us to follow. No one can preach as vigorously as you have preached through-
of devotional service and show us how to give everything for Krishna’s pleasure. out the world and this shows that you are really blessed by Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna to uplift
Gurudeva, you are truly expert at Vaishnava dealings, knowing exactly what to say to soften the hearts of fallen souls like me from this material world. Your qualities are many which cannot be simply described
your disciples and inspiring them to give more service. You are showing me the power of the holy name in words.
to purify both the mind and body from all material contamination, through ever-increasing engagement in Maharaja, recently, I joined Coal India Ltd in Surajpur, Chhattisgarh. By your blessings, I have got as-
devotional service. For this I am eternally grateful. I pray that the instructions you have so kindly given sociation of one devotee here. Besides this, I will be getting married during winters to come. I need your
me become one with my heart, so I can serve you selflessly with sincerity and devotion, assisting you in blessings so that I can carry on my devotional life along with my wife.
your service to Srila Prabhupada. Maharaja, your divine appearance in this material world has brought auspiciousness in the life of many
Thank you for giving me the association of devotees and the opportunity to engage in devotional service. devotees. Please pour a drop of mercy on me also so that I can cut off my material desires and be firmly
Please allow me to always take the shelter of your lotus feet. engaged in the service of the Lord and His devotees.
Your aspiring servant, Your unqualified servant,
Madhura Murti devi dasi Radha Padmanabha dasa
CHATTISGARH – RAIGARH
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this auspicious
day of your Vyasa-puja!
I am feeling very blessed to be able to write something for you my beloved guru maharaja, on this most
auspicious occasion of my life i.e. on your appearance day in this material world to deliver fallen condi-
tioned souls like me, who have forgotten their real identification, and who try to enjoy and lord it over their
circumstances and this material world.
Guru maharaja, you are the eternal associate and beloved disciple of Srila Prabhupada; You have come
to this world to propagate the sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and fulfil the mission of
Srila Prabhupada, for the propagation of the holy name of Krishna and Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Their
glorification in each every corner of the world.
I would like to inform you that, by your mercy, somehow or the other I am able to stick to the daily sad-
hana here in Raigarh, despite staying alone and completely away from devotees and your association.
But I can feel your association and presence through your instructions and daily quotes. Life over here is
not conducive for devotional service without devotee association, but still, I am continuing my chanting,
reading, hearing, depending upon Krishna mercy, which is coming through you.
I am feeling very lucky to have your association and I will always cherish the unforgettable meeting that
we had with you in Iskcon Raipur. That meeting has become the life force for my devotional life. Millions
of thanks guru maharaja for giving me your priceless association.
On this most auspicious occasion, I would like to beg you for your forgiveness for my misdeeds and of-
fences; which I have committed at your lotus feet and also seek your causeless mercy, so that I can engage
my life and soul in the Movement of Srila Prabhupada and engage my mind and consciousness on the
Lotus Feet of Sri Krishna, Sri guru and Gauranga.
Your worthless so-called servant,
Rasaprada dasa
CHATTISGARH – SURAJPUR

Hare Krishna Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Maharaja, maya is very strong in Kali-yuga but you are such a warrior in the mission of Srila Prabhupada

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O my Spiritual Master,
I am eternally indebted to you guru maharaja ji. It is only by your mercy that I am getting the association
of devotees otherwise I am totally unworthy of it. Due to your causeless mercy I have got the opportunity
to chant in the association of devotees which is the only remedy in this Kali-yuga.
I have only one prayer at your divine lotus feet to please give me the association of Vaishnavas and the
eagerness to serve them selflessly.
Your most unworthy servant,
Ranchod dasa

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JUHU

Dear Guru Maharaja ji,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I am fortunate to give some time for meditating on your glories and writing them. My offerings to you is
like a small bird trying to touch the sky or it is like showing a lamp to the sun. So please forgive me if I
commit any mistake to your personality.
As I am very self-centered so I think of your divine activities enacted in my life, but I will also write what
I heard about you from others.
You are constantly meditating on the instructions of your spiritual master and thus you are always in touch
with paramatma. Even those who follow you also come in touch with paramatma so what to speak of you.
So, whatever you tell us is perfect for your disciples. Apart from nourishing them by your instructions, you
nourish them by seeing them or meditating on them. I always aspire to keep myself engaged in service
according to your desires. I want to remain in a place where you desire. That is dhama for me.
When you desire and plan to elevate us, Lord Krishna proceeds to fulfil that plan.
Your consciousness is spread across to thousands of your disciples which is unimaginable for me. When
I see you, I want to become like you or I want to fully surrender like you. This is also a sign of my
deep-rooted envy of you. I should try to follow you instead of imitating. I have to understand that I am
ordinary and you are extraordinary.
You are converting sinful places into dhamas just by travelling everywhere.
I am very thankful to you for giving me your wonderful representatives through whom we will continue
to get guidance in future. This means we will not be bereft of your association at any time.
I have worked in a company and I have seen that it requires a big heart of the manager to manage all
employees and care for them individually. Your tolerance, cooperation and sweetness is beyond my imag-
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for the time when I will surrender to you.
My journey till now is a manifestation of your desire and mercy so how I can think of advancing on my
own without your sanction. How I can forget your association of three days you gave me in Indore and
Ujjain, although the GBC meetings were going on. Also, I am thankful to your transparent representatives
who took me to your lotus feet.
Few years back I had heard that your health was bad. Devotees were requesting us to pray and chant more
for you. That time I had no feeling for you. Now also I don’t seem to have any affection for you. But I am
determined not to leave the path of service.
I pray for your good health, long life and continuous mercy on me. I am happy to write about you on the
occasion of your 74th Vyasa-puja mahotsava.
Your servant,
Abhay Charan Nitai dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus feet.
This is the 6th year of my Vyasa-puja offering. I do not feel eligible for writing this offering as I am very
fearful how I will be able to glorify you.
Dear guru maharaja, on this most celebrated and auspicious day of the 6th year of my life, I am happy that
I have again got an opportunity to write about you.
Maharaja, I feel very encouraged and inspired by your devotional life. You are very personal to each and
every devotee, you always want to know about the devotee’s bhakti, health, whether they are happy or not
and that too by personally asking them. I am very inspired by your devotee care nature. You are the perfect
example of what you teach in your classes. I remember one day you were very tired, but when a devotee
gave you a message that one devotee wants to meet you, without knowing who that devotee was, you said
yes. This gives me inspiration to develop the quality of treating each and every devotee equally as stated
in B.g. 12.13-14. Maharaja, I am very happy, that day to day by your presence materialistic people are
becoming Krishna conscious. I read in daily articles that, today so and so person met maharaja and he has
taken a vow to distribute this much number of books. I feel very happy and enthusiastic that you are taking
Srila Prabhupada’s very important mission that is book distribution very enthusiastically ahead.
I know I am not qualified to glorify you, but still I am writing about you.
I submit myself to your lotus feet and beg you to also give me such strong faith in your words, and in the
words of Srila Prabhupada, guru parampara, Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Krishna.
On this most auspicious day, I beg you to forgive me for all my offenses that I have done, and for not doing
any productive service in Srila Prabhupada’s and Lord Caitanya’s mission.
I also pray for your mercy on this most fallen soul, so that I can at least do some service in this mission
and surrender to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Sita-Rama-Lakshmana and Hanumana and
Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari.
Your servant,
Abhirama Narottama dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet on this auspicious occasion of your appear-
ance on this planet.
I am very pleased that I have this chance to write some words to glorify you, so that by this I can cleanse
the material contamination of my heart and purify my consciousness. I have no qualification to glorify
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you, so please give me the ability so that I can write some words in your glorification.
In past one year I got a chance to associate more with you, and by this I could see more qualities in you.
But how many qualities can I see by my limited senses.
INCIDENT: Once I saw that after performing mangala-arati (before the Narasimha arati ) when a devotee
was blowing the conch shell, at that time you were cleaning the table on which the Deity plate is put, and
the same activity I saw again on the next day during mangala-arati.
• Always maintaining the mood of a servant: By this incident I saw one great quality of a pure
devotee in you, that he always maintains the mood of a servant, even if he gets unlimited material
possessions. By your activities one can easily see, that how at this age of 73 years or 50 years in
Iskcon, more than 33, 000 disciples all over the world, then also you are still maintaining the mood
of a humble servant. This incident inspired me about how humble I should become.
INCIDENT: Recently you came to Jaipur to open the unique temple of Iskcon. In the inauguration of
the temple many big personalities like Central Minister, and State Education Minister came there. In this
inauguration ceremony, when you came to give a speech, the first word from your mouth was the prayer
oṁ ajnāna-timirāndhasya…… and after that you said that “I want to speak (introduce) about Srila Prabh-
upada (to all the people who are present)”. Also after that when you were going from the program, many
people were coming to meet you and take blessings from you. I and my mother were also present there.
So when I came near to you to at that time, immediately my mother touched your divine lotus feet and
she was also telling me to touch, but I was thinking, how can I touch without your permission as I am not
qualified, I didn’t touch your lotus feet, but my mother got your divine mercy. By all this incidents I am
very surprised, and by your mercy I am able to realize that a pure devotees qualities in you are:
1. Fearless in presenting Krishna consciousness :- just like a pure devotee is not fearful of material
opulences like name, post, position etc. similarly although there are many persons who are on very
big posts and positions, still you started your speech by prayers, not compromising on our Krishna
Consciousness philosophy that before starting a lecture we take the blessings of the Lord and guru,
so therefore you started with prayers, and not by first pleasing the people who are there because of
their position, or starting by some mundane word like Hello or Good evening etc.
2. Gratitude to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada (Guru): By saying that “I want to speak about Srila
Prabhupada” one can easily see that how grateful you are to Srila Prabhupada because practically
we see how much valuable time and energy you gave, to build this temple. When the time comes
to take the credit, then you just transfer this to Srila Prabhupada and do not take even a little bit of
the credit. At the same time also give the credit and praise to your disciples and junior devotees,
so that they become more enthusiastic to serve this mission. This is the reason that you are always
getting the unlimited mercy of Srila Prabhupada and all the acharyas due to which you are serving
his mission and preaching vigorously and opening many, many big temples all over the world in
such a way, that even for us to think about this is also very difficult even at this age.
3. Merciful and compassionate: By allowing all the people to touch your lotus feet even if they are
not devotees. I listen and see that you are also give your maha-prasad to devotes and non-devotees
so by this one can see how merciful you are, because by giving your maha-prasad and permission
to touch your feet, you are taking their whole sinful karma, what they have done in this life and in
previous life’s so that they can take the process of devotional service easily and become free from
this cycle of birth and death and go back home back to Godhead.
INCIDENT: Recently on 20th May 2018 you were in Juhu on Sunday. Early in the morning you went out
from the temple to give S.B. class in the Kharghar temple. You returned from there at 2 p.m. and immedi-
ately after that there was another lecture scheduled in Juhu for the congregation. You delivered a lecture
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their till 3.30 pm and after some time you had another lecture scheduled for IYF students at 6.30 pm. Also
for IYF students they had one more class by Radheshyam prabhu at 4.30 p.m. So when you came at 6.30
pm to give the lecture, Radheshyam prabhu stopped his lecture and came out to welcome you. Then you
sat down, and he sat down with the students. When you saw him sitting there, you immediately said, “put
one more chair for Radheshyam near me.” So by all this I have more realizations of your qualities which
are:
• Pure devotional service: Many times I heard from you, that pure devotional service means service
which is unmotivated and uninterrupted. You show by your example. Even at the age of 73 years
you are following such a hectic schedule, not for one day, but every day that even a young man
can’t follow. By this I can understand how you are serving Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His Divine
Grace Srila Prabhupada by fulfilling his mission of preaching this Krishna consciousness in every
town and village, and for this you are using your whole time and energy, and not even having any
personal consideration. This quality can only be exhibited by a pure devotee of the Lord.
• Ready to offer all respect to others: By saying that “put one more chair for Radheshyam” you set
an example that how one should be ready to offer respect to others because Radheshyam prabhu
is a disciple of your god-brother, and you are giving respect to him as your god-brother. In your
lecture you said that we should put the 3rd verse of Siksastakam around our neck so you are actually
not just saying this but you himself are showing this by your example. This verse translation is that
“One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower
than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false
prestige, and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the
holy name of the Lord constantly. ”
In your every activity you are showing us this. That is the reason that you are able to chant the holy
name of the Lord constantly. Therefore you always say in your lectures that “we should chant our
16 rounds very attentively.” I am very, very inspired by your every activity and by your behavior,
and by my eyes I can see how a pure devotee even by living in this material world he is in the
spiritual world.
• Careering attitude: I saw many times that whenever you go to any part of the world, although you
have a very, very hectic schedule yet you give time to your disciples and to any other people who
want to meet you. I have seen this practically many times, like in the last year when you came to
the Surat temple, also during the opening of the Jaipur temple, last to last year in the Nathadwara
yatra, whenever you come to Juhu etc. You always talk to your disciples about their material and
spiritual progress. This shows that you have so much love for your disciples, and not only disci-
ples, but also to every living entity, because even if you meet non-devotees, your concern is to how
to connect this living entity to Krishna so that he will become happy and stop his suffering in this
material world for eternity. Also, not only humans but you also have care for animals. Once I heard
from Chakravarti prabhu ji that how in China, once in your morning walk you saw a cat and then
you said to bring milk for her, and you chanted the Hare Krishna mantra for her. This shows that
you have compassion for every living entity.
In this way you have many, many qualities which you are showing in your every activity, so that we all are
inspired to develop these qualities in us. According to my qualifications I can only to see some qualities,
although you have all the qualities of pure devotee.
Especially, at the present time, my anarthas are very disturbing, like lust, so I beg for your mercy that
very soon I can overcome all these anartha and I have a desire to dedicate my whole life for the mission
of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So please bless me so that I can easily cross over all the difficulties which are
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coming in this path.
I pray for your good health so that you can continue to reclaim all the fallen conditioned souls like me.
Please forgive me if I have done any offense in writing this. Please give me your mercy, so that I can chant
attentively and improve my reading and hearing.
Your servant,
Abhishek Rajpurohit
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja, you have made Srila Prabhupada’s mission your life and soul. You are tirelessly preaching
all over the world. Just by hearing your schedule, tour, meetings etc. give me so much inspiration to do
devotional service more sincerely and take more responsibility to serve you, and to serve Srila Prabhupa-
da’s mission. Although initiated by you guru maharaja, still I am not surrendered wholeheartedly unto you.
By seeing your dedication and service attitude for Srila Prabhupada’s mission, I always desire to have the
same attitude towards you and this mission. You are the most dear servant of Srila Prabhupada and Lord
Sri Krishna, who is preaching the message of Bhagavad-gita through ‘acharan’ and ‘vani’.
Recently when you came to Bombay, I got your valuable association and opportunity to serve you, those 7
days are unforgettable for me, specially your words “thank you “ and your smiling face, after service has
been done, and darshan of your lotus feet, which I can’t forget ever. For such priceless moments, I can
sacrifice anything in my life.
Always desire, not to forget your instructions and always serve you with a one pointed mind.
Your eternal servant,
Achintya Gauranga dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Today on this special occasion of your Vyasa-puja, your disciples all over the world glorify and offer obei-
sances unto you. You have been kind and merciful upon us to let us be a part of this ceremony.
In your lectures, after hearing your instructive words on how to perform bhakti-yoga, one makes swift
progress in Krishna consciousness. In your lectures, you have always stressed on chanting 16 rounds,
reading and distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books, associating with devotees and following the 4 norms.
On the instructions of my siksha guru Nitai Madhav dasa I was able to perform some activities like fol-
low-ups of boys for our weekly program, participation in the book distribution marathon and donated a
part of my income for preaching purposes.
In future, I would like to grow in this movement by getting trained and preaching this important message
of Caitanya Mahaprabhu to every sincere soul.
In order to perform this activity, I need your mercy and blessings.
Your servant,
Adhar Agarwal
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhu-
pada! All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
On this most auspicious occasion of your 74th Vyasa-puja I beg your mercy to attempt, in my puny way, to
write some words in glorification of your humble self, in order to purify myself.
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Guru maharaja, you are a bona fide representative and an exemplary soldier of Srila Prabhupada’s Iskcon.
Srila Prabhupada wanted big temples in all major cities, large book distribution and large number of dev-
otees in Iskcon. You are the barometer of these three wishes of Srila Prabhupada in Iskcon today. You are
tirelessly striving to expand Iskcon.
Entire Iskcon knows you for your humility, tolerance, standard of deity worship, strong and deep rela-
tionships with all devotees, firm faith in Srila Prabhupada’s instructions and books and much more. You
always stress on the importance of reading Srila Prabhupada’s books to remain fixed in bhakti. I was
amazed to know that you have till now not read any book which is not written by or not commented upon
by him. This shows your attachment to Srila Prabhupada. Your presence gives us the hope that we can also
someday make spiritual advancement by developing more faith in Srila Prabhupada’s books.
You once said that you want to develop a personal relationship with each of your disciples. I got to see
this personally when you told an insignificant person like me that I can come to see you anytime whenever
I’m in any kind of problem. Just by getting a glimpse of your enchanting smile my mundane desires get
subsided.
Last year on the occasion of Diwali I joined New bhakta program in Juhu. Please give me your causeless
blessings that I continue to stay in devotees’ association lifelong and develop strong desire and determi-
nation to execute your instructions, in order to please you, Srila Prabhupada and ultimately Sri Sri Rad-
ha-Rasabihari ji.
Your insignificant servant,
Adhokshaja Krishna dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! I offer you my humble and respectful obeisances. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All
glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is impossible to appreciate and measure your love and causeless mercy, which is spreading throughout
the world.
The glory of your mission is the mission of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Gauranga. It is just impossible to
express my gratitude for your causeless mercy. Your whole life is a perfect example of how one can serve
his spiritual master and Sri Sri Radha-Krishna.
In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that the orders of the spiritual master are the essence of the disciple’s life.
I pray to become a humble servant at your lotus feet.
Your fallen servant,
Advaita Hari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Gauranga!
Guru maharaja, we see that you are always eager and enthusiastic to serve Krishna. Whenever and wher-
ever you may be on the globe, but in the morning you are there in the altar to worship Krishna. You are
always following Srila Prabhupada’s instruction very strictly. Thank you guru maharaja, for being a source
of inspiration in each area of my life. I was suffering from the three modes of material nature, but your
association by your vani saved me.
I am a fool who is trying to satisfy my senses by all means, but not trying to understand that I am not this
body but a soul. These senses are pushing me, kicking me, hitting me and slapping me like anything, but
your words always save me.
I, don’t have any qualification to be your disciple. I am your unworthy disciple, Advaita karuna dasa con-
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nected to the Juhu temple by the mercy of Nimai Nitai prabhu ji and Vishnu Tattva prabhu ji. Currently I
am working as a lecturer in one of the junior colleges named as ‘Caitanya Gurukula,’ which is run by our
devotees only, and I am an active member of CHOICE Chikhli.
Thank you guru maharaja for accepting this useless garbage like me as your disciple. I beg at your lotus
feet to always remain in Iskcon.
Your insignificant servant
Advaita Karuna dasa
My dear beloved Spiritual Father,
Please accept my prostrated humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
On this most auspicious day of your 74th Vyasa-puja day, I am feeling very blessed to be under the shelter
of your lotus feet, which are the only hope for a conditioned living entity to get rid of material existence.
In the material world, all the living entities are completely filled up with anxiety, tension, worry and grief,
but one who takes shelter of the boat of your divine lotus feet, gets out of it. The divine instructions (vani),
emanating out of your lotus mouth is the only solace for the burning hearts of the conditioned souls. The
real knowledge of the Vedic scriptures in the parampara system, in the essence form. In its realized form
it is coming down as it is through you. Your vani is perfectly matching the sampradaya acharyas and our
grand spiritual master His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. You never speak anything which is outside the
guidelines of guru,sadhu and shastra. You have perfectly heard your spiritual master and knowing his
mood, and you are still serving in such a sincere way, as you are his 1st class disciple. Guru maharaja, your
divine instructions are still guiding and inspiring 100’s and 1,000’s of souls, and captivating their hearts
and making them surrender to Krishna.
In the early days of the Krishna consciousness movement, you would generously donate all your salary to
Srila Prabhupada and would be glorified as a real sannyasi. And after joining, Srila Prabhupada ji would
scold you many a times - “Boro boro bado bado phet lanka mata kore het. Big, big monkey, big, big
belly, Ceylon jumping, melancholy.” Specially, when you would ask ‘Lakshmi’, but the work is incom-
plete. So, any ordinary person would think that I was the one who used to give my whole salary to you,
and now for service purpose I am asking money and Srila Prabhupada ji is scolding. You have received
many transcendental pushes and scolding from Srila Prabhupada, observed him very carefully as being
his personal secretary for many months. And now you are still working in the same spirit to please your
spiritual master. In this advanced age also your morning program is steady like a rock. You are working
with wonderful determination and enthusiasm. Traveling around the world, for spreading the teachings
of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, taking risks of health, you are maintaining and, strictly following the sannyasa
order. Once in a lecture you mentioned speed breaker as back breaker, this shows how much it would be
painful for you to take the risk of traveling, still unconditionally and uninterruptedly you are serving and
serving. You have developed the mood of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu -
na dhanam na janam na sundarim
kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye
mama janmani janmanisvare
bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi
“O Almighty Lord! I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor have I any desire to enjoy beautiful women,
nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service in my life, birth
after birth.”
I read it in your Vyasa-puja offering to Srila Prabhupada on the occasion of Iskcon’s Golden Jubilee - “On
this most auspicious day I fall at your lotus feet and beg for forgiveness for my countless offenses. Please
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continue to engage me in your Iskcon society, birth after birth.” May I also develop this same mood!
Thank you for accepting such an unworthy person as your disciple. Please give me strength to follow
all your instructions seriously and become a genuine devotee. Please bless me so that I can try to avoid
offences and develop a taste for chanting. For years and years, you are speaking about the same pastimes
of the Lord on every occasion, though you may be anywhere in any part of the world. On this most auspi-
cious day I beg at your lotus feet that I may also develop the same taste and spirit to serve the mission of
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, at least in this lifetime.
Your insignificant servant,
Ahaituki daya dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On this all auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja I offer all respects from
the core of my heart.
I consider myself very fortunate to be connected to the Vaishnava parampara through you. You are the
biggest inspiration of my life, as you are fully dedicated in serving the mission of Srila Prabhupada. You
are a genuine Prabhupada-anuga and an ideal devotee cum sannyasi.
Often, I have heard in your lectures that vani seva is more important than vapu seva. Due to my incapabil-
ity, I have never done vapu seva, neither I am successful in doing vani seva. Rather I feel due to lethargy
I have failed to do so. However, it is my inner desire to become a genuine humble disciple of yours. This
will in turn help me to cut the shackles of material contamination and be pure enough to serve the all-mer-
ciful Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai. Kindly grant me the blessings to always remain humble (trnad api sunicena,
taror api sahisnuna), and tolerant and bless me to surrender fully to the lotus feet of my beloved Gauranga
Mahaprabhu.
I often think of getting detached with my family life and offer myself to your lotus feet. As it is a son’s duty
to share the responsibility of his father, I am your spiritual son and you are my real father. Kindly give me
strength to be focussed in your service.
I follow your instructions of reading Srila Prabhupada books regularly for 1-2 hours, and also recite vers-
es. I put efforts in improving my chanting, still I have not yet succeeded. But I am sure if I stick to your
instructions throughout my life, I will be purified.
Lastly, I pray to Lord Narasimha to give you a long span of life so that you can initiate lakhs and lakhs
of new disciples. Let me contribute to your glory by preaching Krishna consciousness till my last breath.
Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!
Your lazy son,
Akhanda Liladhar dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
By giving me an ability to serve Vaishnavas and Krishna you have gifted me all that by which I can get
Krishna-prema. But I am so fallen that I use the holy name of Krishna and service opportunity for sense
gratification to get name and fame. Although I know from you that by continuous chanting and surrender-
ing unto guru and by serving them I can become peaceful, I am not doing it. The Lord has said that this
world is “dukhalayam asasvatam”, then also I am not giving up my efforts to find pleasure in it. I hear
“toma sthane aparadhe nahi paritran,” but still I am doing a lot of offenses towards Vaishnavas. But by
your causeless mercy I am able to chant and stay with Vaishnavas.
By hearing your vani and trying to apply little things like avoiding false speech, trying to do service by my
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body and mind, avoiding Iskcon Vaishnava aparadha, I can save myself from the attacks of maya.
I don’t understand maya and Krishna. I compare pure love with material enjoyment, I don’t know pure
devotional service, so please give me some mercy. I will try to serve Vaishnavas without offenses.
Your servant,
Akshay More
Dearmost Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories unto you and unto Srila Prabhupada!
Maharaja your exemplary devotional service is unmatched! “Preaching is the essence” is your password
and eternal meditation.
Your devotional service in every sphere is your eternal activity. Deity worship, managerial affairs, sorting
out issues, meeting influential political leaders in the interest of the Iskcon, and doing whatever it takes to
keep Iskcon growing globally.
To enumerate your unlimited merits would need many pages.
On this special day of your divine appearance I seek your blessings to please keep me engaged in devo-
tional service with full determination and enthusiasm.
Your most insignificant servant,
Amrta devi dasi
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to you on this
auspicious day of your appearance!
Maharaja, you are one of the dearest sons of Srila Prabhupada, and inspite of the fact that you do not
enjoy very good health, you are trying your very best to push forward this sankirtana movement of Lord
Caitanya.
Dear gurudeva, you a perfect guru for you are showing me by your example how to be a good disciple in
this sankirtana movement and how to serve Lord Krishna faithfully. All those who come in contact with
you leave overjoyed, after hearing the pure message of Krishna consciousness from a self-realized soul
like you. You inspire everyone even at the cost of your own health.
Although, always so brief, your association brings utmost joy to my heart and the memories of your spir-
itually enlightening Srimad-Bhagavatam classes leave indelible impressions in my mind.
Maharaja, you are accepted by one and all as the personification of mercy, compassion, gentleness and
humility since you are distributing the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to the suffering humanity. By
your compassionate nature, you are melting so many hearts and attracting so many conditioned souls to
Krishna consciousness throughout the world.
Srila Bhagavatpada, you are a true devotee of the Lord, and are totally dedicated to the service of Srila Pra-
bhupada, your spiritual master. You live, breathe and work to fulfill the instructions of Srila Prabhupada.
In the line of the previous acharyas, you have given all the credit to your spiritual master. You are perfect
because you follow guru, sadhu and shastra.
Maharaja, on this auspicious day of your 74th Vyasa-puja, I pray at the lotus feet of Lord Narasimha to
always protect you.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, who has exemplary disciples like yourself, who tirelessly distribute Krish-
na consciousness all over the globe! All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for sending your divine grace
to all of us!
Your eternal servant,
Anand Mohan dasa
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
Although I am incapable of glorifying you because of my limits and your unlimited glory, still I am at-
tempting to do so, to express my gratitude and for my own purification.
Dear guru maharaja, you are an embodiment of Krishna’s mercy because only by your mercy we insignif-
icant souls are being engaged in Krishna’s service through your qualified and empowered representatives.
You are the friend and well-wisher of the fallen souls because you always have the desire to engage each
and everyone in the service of Krishna. The manifestation of this desire is that you travel all over the
world to preach Krishna consciousness even in such an advanced age. You never even think of retiring
from active preaching. Every moment every minute every hour every day and every year you only desire
to serve Srila Prabhupada. This we can very easily understand by hearing your lecture where you always
speak about him. And also by practically seeing that year after year you are only concerned to fulfil the
instructions of Srila Prabhupada through book distribution, youth preaching, temple constructions, culti-
vating influential people and much more.
You do not deviate even an inch from the instructions of Srila Prabhupada. This shows your extreme level
of guru nishtha and surrender. For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada, as he said: “if you want to please me
please cooperate”, you keep everyone together and satisfied in the service of Srila Prabhupada.
There is no question of any kind of envy and impure desires in you, rather even an envious person gives
up his envy by coming in contact with your wonderful qualities such as humility, tolerance, forgiveness,
and a well-wisher. As it is stated in Sad-gosvämi-stotra: dhirädhira-jana-priyau priya-karau nirmatsarau
püjitau
You are liked not only by devotees ‘dhira’ but even non-devotees ‘adhira’ and materialistic persons also
become attracted by your spiritual qualities.
Even a drop of your mercy is sufficient to deliver a conditioned soul from the clutches of Maya. For this I
have my own practical example. Because of pressure from my company, home and my own disturbed and
agitated mind, I was at the verge of leaving the association of devotees. I was even unable to maintain the
strict sadhana and rules and regulative principles. But as the affectionate mother knows the requirement
of her weak and disturbed child, similarly without even expressing anything to you, you supplied your
drop of mercy by twice engaging me in your personal service, by blessing me through your lotus hand and
simply by glancing upon me. Because of your divine mercy immediately I could come out of ignorance
and that mercy reflected in my improved chanting and services.
Similarly you travel all over the world just to maintain and strengthen all your spiritual children who are
in extreme need of your divine association.
On this auspicious occasion of your divine appearance I pray unto the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Rasabi-
hari ji to give you good health and a long stay with us, just to maintain all of us in pure Krishna conscious-
ness.
An aspiring servant of your servant,
Ananta Rupa Gaura dasa
My dear Gurudeva,
It will be my honor to serve your desire which you expressed to a group of youth in your room a few days
before giving initiation. “I still remember those words”.
Maharaja said to us - Muslims and Christians all over the world are preaching heavily and converting peo-
ple, so it is our duty to preach Krishna consciousness as per our strength. You all are young, so you should
preach. I said – Maharaja, what can a single person do?
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Maharaja said - How did you became a devotee?
Maharaja someone invited me to the temple.
Maharaja said - Because of preaching, you came to the temple and got connected to the congregation. Now
you go out and preach and make new devotees.
I remember that you personally told me this 3 times whenever I met you in your room. Once in Iskcon
Juhu and the other two times in Iskcon Pune.
Maharaja - Do your sadhana-bhakti perfectly. Are you doing it properly?”
Maharaja, I got initiation from you on Sita Navami Festival 2017 in Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari Mandir
Juhu, Mumbai
So I promise you maharaja, that I will do my sadhana-bhakti well, as it will help me in preaching. I try
to fulfill your desire to my last breath. Sadhana-bhakti and preaching these two is for my entire life, your
words.
Your servant,
Ananta Vijaya dasa
Param pujya gurudeva,
On the auspicious Vyasa-puja celebration please accept my koti koti dandavat pranam at your lotus feet.
Even though we get a little bit distracted, it is you who shows us the direction every time.
I pray to the Lord for your eternal well-being.
Still a fallen soul,
Aradhya Radha devi dasi
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Although I am neither qualified nor am I able to pen down your glories with this mind, but this is a little
try.
I remember the moment when the curtains of the auditorium at the Juhu temple opened during the cele-
bration of the 40th anniversary of the Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji temple. I was 70-80 meters away from
dais. I was astonished to see a sun like brightness emanating from your countenance. Before that, I had
only seen you in photos. Cakravarti prabhu ji told me once, that it is due to the purity of Vaishnava that
they look beautiful. I was thinking how beautiful Srila Prabhupada and Krishna must be, that the whole
universe is mesmerized by Their beauty and purity. Please shower your mercy upon me so that I may fol-
low you and alleviate the contamination which I have been carrying since time immemorial in my mind
and heart. Before coming to Iskcon, I was unable to calculate that it was garbage. I used to consider them
to the heroic qualities.
On same evening, we, Jalgaon devotees, were about to meet you, waiting outside of your room. You came
to answer some of our questions. With sheer serendipity, you came out of the room and I got a chance to
see you closely. The way you walked (little bent) stopped in front of us, and then became straight like a
lion (lion of Prabhupada) who has fulfilled the dreams of Srila Prabhupada. I could see the cherubic smile
on your face. Because it was very late, you apologized that you will not be able to answer our questions
and went into the lift. It was on some other floor, and it was taking time. You went adopting the stairway.
I was dumbstruck seeing this. You apologized like we were very great, even though we were small babies.
You are always so absorbed in service, that you did not think it worthwhile to waste time waiting for the
lift. I remembered Nimai Nitai prabhu ji telling us sadhu apne aachar se prachar karta hai. Please bestow
your service blessings on me so that I can also develop such humility and greed to do seva in Srila Prabh-
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upada’s mission.
In the Pandal program, we got a chance to talk to you after an earnest request by Vishnu Tattva prabhu ji.
There you answered a question and said, “Chant and study”. Since then, maharaja ji, I am trying my best
to study well and chant my rounds attentively, but I am weak in both, and need your blessings desperately
to follow your orders as it is. I am too weak to survive on my own.
The next time, we met you in the Jagannatha Puri yatra, giving lectures and mesmerizing kathas. On the
last day, I saw that after the program you thanked everyone who helped to make the yatra a grand success.
I wish I can also become humble, so that I may be thankful to everyone. I have seen you always praise
everyone. In the yatra, during the lecture, some outside people were playing rock music. You asked some
devotee to stop that. When he told you that they are outsiders, you happily replied, “Oh! That is their
duty.” And after a couple of minutes eventually they stopped playing, that was as if Lord Jagannatha Him-
self came to put their music off and our lecture went off smoothly.
You always keep smiling. When someone asks some questions, you reply humorously and then a serious
answer, quoting from shastra and Srila Prabhupada’s lectures. Before I used to think senior devotees must
be very serious, but after seeing your jolly personality my conviction changed.
After the program, you went and stood at one corner of the dais very very humbly. No one could say that
you are one among the top guns of Iskcon. The way Vaishnava etiquettes are seen by your every move-
ment is incredible. I wish that I also develop such a quality of humbleness in me. Without your blessing I
cannot even try for it.
Sometimes Nimai prabhu ji tells me that maharaja ji is very pakka in doing his sadhana. If sometimes your
chanting is not completed, then you cancel all your meetings and complete your chanting first. I seek your
blessings to develop such love and taste to do my sadhana properly.
You have devoted your whole life to your spiritual master and guide Srila Prabhupada, without a single
thought. I promise to try my best to follow my authorities, Nimai Nitai prabhu ji, Vishnu tattva prabhu
ji, Manorama Gauranga prabhu ji, and read Srila Prabhupada’s books and do my studies, chanting and
sadhana properly. For all this I beg for your mercy, without which I cannot do anything. May Sri Sri Rad-
ha-Rasabihari ji bless you with many more Vyasa-pujas, and may all your dreams and aspirations to serve
the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada come true.
Hare Krishna!
Your aspiring servant,
Arun Jaiswal
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful humble obeisances.
Guru maharaja, I do not having proper intelligence or words to properly describe your immense causeless
mercy upon me. Although, you are an ocean of mercy, but I find myself not properly reciprocating with
my services, despite the love and compassion you show towards me. Guru maharaja, please grant me the
intelligence to glorify you on this most auspicious day.
For your pleasure guru maharaja we are serving in the Congregation department in Iskcon Juhu, since
the last 5 years, under the guidance of your very efficient disciple Hara dasa prabhu ji. Right now we
have house programs almost every day in and around Mumbai. Recently by your blessings we started a
bi-weekly program in Alibagh (in Raigadh District) in which 25 to 30 persons are attending classes, which
includes some youths also. Also by your mercy we are going on regular harinama and book distribution.
By your mercy many more qualified students and IT professionals are going to join as full time brahm-
acharis in our temple. By your mercy we have also started a weekly English program for the Youth every
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Saturday evening and it is going on very nicely. By your blessings congregational devotees are increasing
day by day and many new devotees are ready to be initiated.
I pray to Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji, Sri Sri Sita-Rama-Lakshmana and Hanumana ji and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai
ji to always bless you with a healthy and long life so that we may have your divine association always.
Begging forgiveness for my innumerable offences committed at your lotus feet.
Your servant,
Baldeva Pati dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I am very fortunate to have your association and you have mercifully accepted me as your disciple.
As Srimad-Bhagavatam explains 11.2, “For the conditioned soul, the human body is most difficult to
achieve, and it can be lost at any moment. But I think that even those who have achieved the human form
of life rarely gain the association of pure devotees, who are dear to the Lord of Vaikuntha.” I have got
this rare of rarest opportunity and I beg you to kindly shower your mercy upon me. You are certainly very
dear to Lord and to your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada. As an acharya, you have exemplified how one
should dedicate his life in the service of guru and Krishna without any personal motivation.
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 19.151 mentions, “Out of many millions of wandering living en-
tities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the
grace of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of
the creeper of devotional service.” You are a bona fide spiritual master who is delivering so many condi-
tioned souls by engaging them in devotional service. Just like Srila Prabhupada is the senapati bhakta sent
by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to spread the holy name throughout the planet, similarly you are the senapati
of Srila Prabhupada as we can see from the responsibilities you have taken of leading the preaching pro-
grams in so many countries worldwide, and its flourishing in an amazing way.
Kindly bless me so that I may also get some opportunity to serve you and please you.
This most fallen soul begs at your feet.
Your insignificant servant,
Caitanya avatar dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most fallen obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
your divine grace!
On this most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, please allow me to offer my most humble obei-
sances at your lotus feet. Your lotus feet are my only hope and shelter.
In Sri-Upadesamrta, Srila Rupa Goswami describes who can be a spiritual master of the entire world, and
who has the right to accept disciples.
väco vegam manasa krodha-vegam
jihvä-vegam udaropastha-vegam
etän vegän yo visaheta dhirah
sarväm apimäm prthivim sa sisyät
When we see all your activities, we find that all the six urges are completely under your control.
You are completely in control of your speech and even when you have to give any correction, your words
are so sweet and yet beneficial to us.
Everyone has personally witnessed that you never take any decision which is not based on the teachings of
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Srila Prabhupada. You have always said that we should not listen to the ideas which come from our mind,
better to check with spiritual authorities. Even though your mind is completely pure and will never think
of what is not approved by previous acharyas, still to teach us you always explain and quote the authori-
ties in taking decisions. Even though it may be almost impossible, you will do what Srila Prabhupada has
told to do and nothing else.
No devotee has ever witnessed your anger, yet when it comes to protect the Vaishnava siddhanta, you
always very logically and based on scriptures transform the heart of the other person.
We have witnessed that you are always free from these urges and always instruct the devotees to get puri-
fied of these urges. So, in real terms you are jagad-guru and we see that many conditioned souls from all
over the world come and take your shelter. And you being extremely merciful give shelter even to a rotten
soul like me.
The more days I am spending in Iskcon, I realise how difficult it is to tolerate these urges, and many great
personalities get defeated by some or the other urge. The more I realise this, the more my respect and
affection for you increases and we can confidently say that you are a real Goswami, the real jagad-guru.
With the only hope of your causeless mercy, I beg and pray at your lotus feet. Please be merciful on me
and purify my consciousness, so that I can always follow your instructions and one day by your mercy be
able to tolerate these urges of my wild senses. Regularly you keep instructing me to tolerate, I beg you to
please give me your causeless mercy so that I can tolerate.
Your servant,
Chakravarti dasa
Dear Spiritual Father,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
On this auspicious day we worship you as a true representative of Srila Vyasadeva. You always follow
Srila Prabhupada’s instructions. It gives me immense pleasure to glorify you. Just by glorifying you, one
gets the mercy of the Lord. This is the secret of spiritual advancement. But when I peep into my heart, I
find myself devoid of any such qualities for glorifying any Vaishnava. My mind is so dirty, and my con-
sciousness is very engrossed in self-prestige which is harmful for spiritual advancement.
O guru maharaja, you are exemplary in Vaishnava behaviour. You are a real acharya. By your own ex-
ample of serving Srila Prabhupada, you show us the way of serving one’s spiritual master. That is why by
following your instructions and your examples as well, a person can achieve the perfection of realizing
oneself. I feel very fortunate and happy to be a disciple of such a guru like you. To meditate on your pas-
times of preaching and renunciation, your sacrifice and preaching mood, I can easily realize how different
you are from all the Vaishnavas.
You instruct all your disciples according to their respective ashrams’, about the etiquettes that they should
be following.
Every time whenever I falter on the spiritual path, like a good father who loves his son, you have steadied
me with your invaluable advice. Being a passionate person, on several occasions my attitude is not proper,
and you have softly pointed out this defect, thus enabling me to rectify myself.
O my beloved master, by your association only I have tried to imbibe some qualities. When I heard you
chanting the holy name of the Lord, reciting Srila Prabhupada’s pranam mantra and how you worship your
personal Deities and so much more, I am always impressed by your sincerity, simplicity, purity, devotion
and love for Srila Prabhupada and Krishna.
O master, due to your compassionate nature you are always on the move, travelling, communicating on
the phone, counselling, in the service of the Sri Krishna. You are highly unassuming, but you make others
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feel very important, and you appreciate even a small service rendered by anyone. Your dealings are very
simple and affectionate towards the devotees or non-devotees. You allow me as a personal servant to travel
with you to some parts in India, and I see many people come to you with their problems and miseries, and
you want to help them immediately. You are so kind that you preach to them about the message of Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu in any condition or circumstances. All the time I should think how I can satisfy
you with my service and most of the time a day I should remember you with gratitude by realizing your
concern and mercy upon me. In one of the lectures you said that “A spiritual master is not an enjoyer of
facilities offered by his disciples, rather, he is like a parent. Just like a child cannot grow up without the
attentive guidance of his parents, one cannot learn to perform devotional service without the attentive
guidance of the spiritual master.”
As a father protects his child, I pray unto your lotus feet to allow me to progress on the spiritual path by
overcoming all the miseries of the material world. I am not offering flowery words but striving to be what
you expect from us.
Dear guru maharaja, my only request is to please forgive me for my mistakes and please engage me in
your seva and keep me always under your shelter at your lotus feet.
Your insignificant disciple,
Damodar Gaura Hari dasa
Dear Gurudeva,
All glories to you! Kindly accept our humble obeisances.
We have been maintaining our spiritual strength only by your mercy through all these years and it shall be
so for the coming years too. Our identity as devotees of the Lord may be questionable at times, as we still
struggle in the midst of the whirlpool of Maya. But with your unlimited blessings we are for sure going to
make it as winners at the end. We are extremely grateful for this to you dear father.
Your servants,
Damodara Pandit dasa and Aishwarya Radhika devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Your Holiness!
Guru maharaja, I am the most fallen conditioned soul and I was in the darkness of ignorance from millions
of birth and by your mercy I came out.
Guru maharaja, within your heart is the Vrindavana of devotional qualities like enchanting, magnanimous
and grave. Everywhere are desire trees and desire creepers blossom with flowers like tolerance, austerity
and simplicity which appear in unlimited colours and a variety of fragrances.
Srila Prabhupada always emphasised book distribution as the most effective means of spreading Caitanya
Mahaprabhu’s movement and you have taken up that responsibility as your life and soul. This shows your
missionary mood and love for Srila Prabhupada.
Guru maharaja, your sadhana is immaculate, even though you sleep late at night you are there at the altar
for Deity worship every morning. Your unflinching worship of the Deity and how keen you are in caring
for your personal Deities, no matter where you are. It is amazing that in spite of your busy schedule and
weak health condition, you keep on performing mangala-arati without fail and attract hundreds of dev-
otees to Srila Prabhupada’s lotus feet by exemplifying the process he has given us. This year you gave
me and Vishnu yajna prabhu, seva at Jaipur to take care of the Deity, then I realised how much you are
attached to and love the Deities.
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Guru maharaja, you are transcendentally situated, fully absorbed in guru and Krishna. You are always
deeply meditating and contemplating on the instructions given by your spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada.
You are always ready to be in the front to take on the burdens of Iskcon, whenever our movement goes
through dangers and challenges, you are there, ready to face the situation like - when the “Bhagavad-gita
As It Is” was banned in Russia.
As Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita, “Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow. And
whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, the whole world pursues”. So, you always try to target the
leaders in the society namely the President and Prime minister of India, MLA, MP’s etc. So they can ap-
preciate and support our Iskcon movement to spread Lord Caitanya’s message.
Like in the 40th anniversary of Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari temple you invited the minister Satpal Singh.
You follow your spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada as it is. Like he attended every Ratha-yatra festival you
also do so. He organised and performed Vraja mandal and Navadipa parikrama and he always did Deity
worship in the altar, managing issues in Iskcon, always taking anxieties for Krishna, travelled all over the
world for preaching and you also do the same. This shows that you always live in the world of fulfilling
the desire of his guru. Also you are following the footsteps of the six Goswamis, mainly Rupa Goswami
and Sanatan Goswami, and just like Sanatana Goswami did the Govardhana parikrama in his old age,
you also do. You are a maha-bhagavata devotee and the eternal associate of Srimati Radharani like one of
the manjaris and sent to this material world to save conditioned souls, as many as possible. When I take
darshan of your lotus feet, I forget all my anxieties of the mind. You are famous for humility, soft dealings
with devotees and management, care of devotees, concern for devotees, disciples and others. You always
want to save as many conditioned souls by giving initiation. Whenever you meet anyone you ask, how are
you and your family, how is your job etc., so this shows that you are always absorbed in the devotees, this
same thing was also done by Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
This is your missionary mood. You always remember the pastimes of Gopal ji and Madhavendra Puri in
Srimad Bhagavad-gita class. This year Lord performed the same pastime of khir at Khirchor-gopinatha
with you, which was also performed with Madhavendra Puri in Remuna, Orissa. This pastime shows you
are a maha-bhagavata devotee and always remember the pastime of the Lord.
I am a greatest rascal and fool, who does not follow your instructions properly, like attentive chanting, and
book reading, strict 4 regulative principles, because my heart is always dirty. I came to Jaipur to take your
blessing and you gave me blessings. When you touch my hand I realise that you are always protecting me
and you are with me, and will always guide me. I have not become your disciple till now. I am trying to
follow the discipline. I have done so many offences towards you, please forgive me and bless me, only
then I can advance in spiritual life.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji that he allows wonderful maha-bhagavata devotees like you to stay
with us and in the society for many many years to come, and continue to spread the glory of Sri guru and
Gauranga.
A servant of your lotus feet,
Danavir Krsna dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
Sri guru and Gauranga!
On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja I have this wonderful opportunity to glorify you. Although
I am not qualified to glorify you, so I beg you to please shower your mercy upon me so that I can please
you.
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You are serving Srila Prabhupada by constantly preaching his message and by publishing and distributing
his books all over the world. I heard that in the earlier days of your devotional service, you were trying to
serve Srila Prabhupada by giving your whole salary to him. This shows that you are fully surrendered to
your spiritual master. Guru maharaja, you went and preached to the whole Russia by the mercy of Srila
Prabhupada and by your full faith on your guru and Krishna. You are fulfilling the desire of your spiritual
master by opening so many temples of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna in different cities. Also your love for
Krishna can be seen when you worship Lord Krishna in the temple, I saw this in the Sri Sri Radha-Rasabi-
hari ji’s temple. You are so absorbed while worshipping Lord Krishna.
Guru maharaja, you are so kind and humble. I heard one pastime, that once in a meeting at Vrindavana,
you took some decision, but one devotee felt differently and he shouted and spoke some hitting words
to you and after that he left the meeting. But your response was so wonderful maharaja, you went to his
house and begged for forgiveness from him. This shows that your dealings with devotees is so wonderful
and impressive. You are fully following “trinad api sunicena taror iva sahishnuna” which is the instruc-
tion of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Guru maharaja, I am so impressed by your qualities. When I came to Choice I heard so many pastimes of
yours that I feel attracted towards you. After that I was so eager to meet you. And when we, all the inmates
of CHOICE, met you on the 40th anniversary, backstage of ‘Pandal’, I was shocked to see how careful
you are towards devotees. That was the first time when I met you personally. And after that I decided to
become your disciple. Because I saw guru maharaja, that although you are an initiating guru and so senior,
you meet everyone and you are concerned about all devotees.
In the shastras it is said that no one can progress in spiritual life without a spiritual master, so I want to
become your disciple. Please give me the shadow of your lotus feet. I don’t have any qualities of a devo-
tee. It is only by your mercy that I am practicing devotional activities under the guidance of your disciples
Vishnu Tattva prabhu ji and Nimai Nitai prabhu ji who take a lot of care of us.
But I need more mercy so that I can serve Srila Prabhupada’s and Krishna’s lotus feet and my seniors.
Please forgive me for my unlimited offenses towards you and other Vaishnavas. And please bless me so
that I can always stay in Krishna consciousness and never commit offenses against the devotees.
Your insignificant aspiring servant,
Dnyaneshwar Kakde
My dear and Respected Guru Maharaja,
On this auspicious day of your appearance in this world, your 74th Vyasa-puja, please accept my humble
obeisances unto your lotus feet.
O guru maharaja, this fallen soul is still, after one year of getting initiation by you, struggling to surrender
to his authorities and trying to become a sincere servant in the mission of Srila Prabhupada and trying to
please you and all the Vaishnavas.
Since I am unable to write your glories, I am writing what I have from my seniors and authorities. As it is
said by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura in Gurvastakam, yasya prasadad bhagavat prasado, yasya
prasadan na gatih kuto ‘pi. “By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krishna.
Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement.” Guru maharaja you have
given me the seed of the devotional creeper, but due to my irresponsible behavior I am unable to nurture
that seed by proper watering of sravanam and kirtanam.
Your two qualities always make me humble in my dealings with devotees, and those are 1) Ocean of mer-
cy, 2) Equal to everyone. I wish to mention some of your most important general instructions to all.
1) Chant all your rounds attentively without offence,
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2) Regularly read Srila Prabhupada’s books,
3) Always associate with devotees
4) Never leave Iskcon if something happens to me (means to you),
Since the last Vyasa-puja, I tried to serve you in one way. I participated in the Gita contest and Gita Mar-
athon, organised by our Juhu temple last year in 2017. From this year onwards we devotees are trying to
carry on that contest throughout the year in different areas of Mumbai. On a personal level, for my im-
provement, I am trying to join the ashram as a full time brahmacari in Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari temple
Juhu. Please bless me a little more so that I can maintain a proper mood in the ashram. Apart from that I
should be able to continue that mood life-long. I have a sincere desire to serve you and Srila Prabhupada,
and I know that one day I will surely please you and Srila Prabhupada. I just need your acceptance.
Guru maharaja ki jaya! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Trying to become a servant of all your servants to please your representatives and you, Srila Prabhupada,
all acharyas and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Haladhar kripa dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my prostrated humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru
and Gauranga!
This is my 2nd Vyasa-puja offering at your lotus feet. Kindly forgive me in case my words are not arranged
in a proper manner.
1. For a disciple the only shelter is the lotus feet of his spiritual master and you have definitely proved
it by being an ideal disciple and glorifying the mission of Srila Prabhupada all over the world,
including the toughest countries in the world. Recently, last year you visited China and tried to
inspire and deliver many souls.
2. Your constant hard work to train your disciples, to preach the mission of Srila Prabhupada and your
dealings with others is really very inspirational, and I wish that with your blessings, one day I may
try to attempt at least 0. 1% of your efforts.
3. Your words, your dealings, your level of surrender to previous acharyas is a live practical manual
for a neophyte like me.
4. I confirm that I have no eligibility nor any pious credit of previous lives or current life to be your
aspirate disciple, if at all you accept me as your disciple it would be your causeless mercy to a
conditional soul like me.
5. Whenever you get a chance to preach to the youth, you try to attend to their questions, and answer
them very practically.
6. The level of sacrifice and hard work done by you for Srila Prabhupada’s mission, inspires thousands
and thousands of souls including me.
7. Recently, last year you celebrated the 40th Anniversary of Iskcon Juhu, and I could see the level of
worry and anxiety you were carrying for a successful execution of the program. Your dealings with
your god-brothers was also very inspirational.
Report of Last Year 2017-18.
With your blessings last year we tried to accomplish the following:
1. Started doing book distribution, we wait at Bandra Police station, Bombay High Court and recently
we are doing Book Distribution at Andheri Railway Station.
2. Between Jan 2018 to June 2018 we tried to distribute more than 200 small books and 10 big books.
Off course the scores are not so high but a small attempt to please you.
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3. Last year I started doing registration for our weekly program “Gita Life”, but the result is not so
good.
4. After our Chitrakuta yatra I have started not to accept any food prepared by non-devotees/ out-side
food prepared, although it is many times difficult when I go for unit visits.
5. Yatra at Jagannatha Puri dhama was amazing and all the lectures given by you were really nectar.
Target for FY 2018-19
Need your blessing to accomplish below
1. Able to distribute 400 small books and 20 big books
2. Able to have a good relation with all the devotees and always trying to please them in any
situation.
3. Able to complete reading Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta all 7 volumes.
4. By November 2019 I desire to dedicate my life to you and for Srila Prabhupada’s Mission,
although I really doubt whether I am eligible for it, but with your mercy everything is possible.
5. Please bless me so that I may sincerely try to please you by having good behavior and
appropriate dealings with all the Vaishnavas.
6. Develop a service attitude and try to be your servant and a servant of my seniors.
7. Able to more attentively read Srila Prabhupada’s books, and hear lectures.
8. A humble request as the time passes, is a desire to develop a strong conviction that there is
no happiness in this material world and the only shelter for us is the holy name of the Lord
Sri Krsna.
9. Do attentive chanting and
10. Avoid all kinds of offenses.
Finally I like to thank you for coming into my life and changing my life’s direction towards “Back home,
back to Godhead,” I request you to kindly empower me to please you in whatever manner you like.
Thanking you,
Your insignificant servant,
Haresh Talreja
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to your divine grace! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
I am very sinful and have many sinful tendencies. Still you have given me shelter. Because I don’t under-
stand how important Krishna consciousness is, I also don’t understand how much you have done by giving
me shelter at your lotus feet.
Vyasa-puja is an opportunity for a disciple to glorify his spiritual master. I am too small and foolish to
understand and describe your unlimited glories.
I remember my life before coming to Krishna consciousness. And I also remember my life after taking up
Krishna consciousness, it is very sinful. But there are millions like me in this world.
So Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has advented in Kali-yuga. A super empowered representative of Sriman
Mahaprabhu is Srila Prabhupada who has propagated Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s sankirtan all over the
world. Your divine grace is carrying ahead the great legacy of Srila Prabhupada. By just a moments asso-
ciation of a maha-bhagavat devotee, a fallen soul starts his journey back to Godhead. It is for this reason,
to avail the opportunity of this sadhu sanga, that Sri Krishna has sent you to this planet.
tulayäma lavenäpi na svargam näpunar-bhavam
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bhagavat-sangi-sangasya martyänäm kim utäsisah
(S.B. 1.18.13)
“The value of a moment’s association with the devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attain-
ment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, so what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form
of material prosperity, which are for those who are meant for death.”
Thousands of souls after wandering in this universe have been transformed and are on their path back to
Godhead just by the association of your divine grace.
You have revolutionized preaching all over the world, especially in Russia. That is Srila Prabhupada’s and
Sriman Mahaprabhu’s special mercy bestowed on you and you are passing the legacy to fallen souls of this
Kali-yuga. Shastra proclaims, krsna saktivina nahi tara pravartan. Without special empowerment from
Krishna, it is not possible to preach and convert people to Krishna consciousness.
Publishing and distributing books is the most dear seva to Srila Prabhupada. BBT has always flourished
under your leadership only because of your purity, constant inspiration and your able guidance to devo-
tees. Wherever you took responsibility as GBC, the temple has ranked 1st in book distribution.
Your untiring efforts to fulfil the desires of Srila Prabhupada are extraordinary and unparalleled. You don’t
allow anything to interfere in your service to Srila Prabhupada, not even your health. I remember once I
asked you how to avoid sleep during chanting. You suggested sleeping early at night. Then you told me
“you have a chance.” Now even if I try to sleep early, I can’t get sleep, because for decades I have been
sleeping earliest at 11:00 pm.
Dear gurudeva, your compassion and being personal with any small devotee is an unique quality. Many
times, your one or two statements have pushed me to continue in bhakti. I recall an incident though I am
not qualified, you had called me to read Srimad-Bhagavatam to you while you were doing seva to your
dear Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai in Surat. I felt very personal and I felt purified by that seva. I want to do that seva
more as and when available. Your morning sadhana is very exemplary all over the world. I am trying to
please you by improving my morning sadhana in quality.
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says in His Gurv-astakam prayers,
Yasya prasadad bhagavad prasado, yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto ‘pi
Without the mercy of Sri guru, it is not possible to get the mercy of Sri Krishna.
I am also trying to follow your instruction by trying to do attentive chanting and reading Srila Prabhupa-
da’s books every day. I don’t have any special ability, but in whatever small way, I want to contribute in
the great preaching mission of Srila Prabhupada. This mission is predicted in shastras and which is going
to last in the world for the next ten thousand years, the mission, which is going to be recorded in history
for having saved humanity from going to hell. I also want to contribute for the Bhiwandi project which
Sitaram prabhu is offering to you in September 2018 just after Janmashtami.
You have given me a chance to get purified by initiating me in the Vaishnava parampara, but at the same
time it is upto the disciple to take to the sadhana bhakti process with utmost seriousness and sincerity, to
get rapid and intense advancement in Krishna consciousness. I want intense purification, and for that, I
want to try more hard and sincerely by taking some responsibility for the mission.
Please give me strength to continue in Krishna consciousness with full vigour and to improve my quality
of chanting, to avoid Vaishnava aparadhas and to fight against maya, by constantly keeping myself en-
gaged in practical service. Please forgive me, a useless struggling soul for my unlimited offenses.
Your insignificant servant,
Ishan Gaura dasa
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My Guru Maharaja ji,
I beg to offer my humble obeisances on to your lotus feet. You are humble and an ocean of mercy that you
accepted me as your disciple on the auspicious occasion of Sita Navami, 2017 in Iskcon Juhu and connect-
ed me to the guru-sishya parampara.
Guru maharaja ji, you have blessed me with faith and determination to continue my devotional life for
the mission of Srila Prabhupada. You have blessed me, as you are a mercy distributor, in the form of Srila
Prabhupada’s books. This I am able to do because of your causeless mercy, guru maharaja.
I was a sleeping soul on the lap of Maya. I’m always suffering lust, anger, greed and envy. I am not able
to render any service to you and your devotees in the right attitude, but I am very proud of my material
academic qualification. I am suffering due to not following my authority. My attitude is very poor, so this
makes me very worried about my future in devotional life. In a diksha lecture you told to take chanting
very seriously to progress in bhakti. I try to sit and chant for 2 hours without any other work, but I am not
able to improve my quality of japa.
I am unable to overcome from my obstacles on the path of bhakti by my own power, but I can overcome
this obstacle by your mercy and blessing. Please bless me to remember and follow your instructions, as
you are always absorbed in instructions and service of Srila Prabhupada ji. I remember your words to go
to the temple and do menial services. I am always trying to follow that, and try to serve the Lord as per
my capacity, but due to my poor conditioning, I am not able to do as much as I should do as an initiated
disciple. I have not taken any preaching project seriously and I have failed in doing the projects twice last
year. I am not able to continue any project seriously and continuously.
Maharaja ji, in your presence my mind remains pure and I can observe very easily and remember the pas-
times of Krishna easily. Remembrance of Krishna is manifested by preaching all over the world. In the
Caitanya-caritamrta we have read that the person who can see the pastimes of the Lord in each and every
place everywhere in every condition, he can preach in every part of the world. You are practically mani-
festing that purport through your life. I am very much attracted by your quality of absorption in service.
Especially your book distribution and the book printing services. I have a desire to do service in the BBT
by following in your footsteps.
I also want to read and apply all this in my life so that I can be a good devotee to serve the mission of Srila
Prabhupada. Please always engage me in your service. Please forgive me for my offences and please give
me strength to do the morning programs and protect me from committing Vaishnava aparadhas.
Your insignificant servant,
Jagannatha sakha dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you guru maharaja!
Please give me the knowledge and intelligence to glorify, you as I have no qualification to say anything
substantial to a personality who is very dear to Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupada.
Srila Prabhupada always said that the genuine guru is God’s representative and he speaks about God and
nothing else. He simply presents what the supreme guru - God - says in the bona fide scriptures and acts
accordingly. We can see all this in an unlimited degree in your every activity. You have firm faith and at-
tachment to the words and instructions of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. You always remind us about what
Srila Prabhupada liked and what will please him. You are always anxious and compassionate towards suf-
fering conditioned souls and try to bring them out from illusion and engage in the service of Srila Prabh-
upada. You are always merciful to us even though we commit so many offences, having lots of dirt in our
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hearts in the form of envy, pride, fault-finding and tendencies to engage in sinful activities. You instruct us
to remove the dirt by reading Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam regularly, associate with devotees,
eating only Krishna prasad, chant 16 rounds of japa very attentively and increasing our taste for chanting.
Guru maharaja, it is by your mercy only that I got the association of devotees, as I do not have any qual-
ifications. It is you only who can make me qualified so that I may be able to serve the devotees. I have so
many habits and interests that cause attachment to material desires and a wandering mind attached to sense
objects which are unfavorable to bhakti. Please give me the strength and determination to give up these
anarthas and develop an attraction for services and activities which are favorable for devotional service.
Guru maharaja, I beg for your blessings so that I may be able to study and understand the Bhagavad-gi-
ta, and Srimad-Bhagavatam, and develop a taste for chanting the holy names. Please make me a sincere
instrument in your hands and engage me in the service of Srila Prabhupada so that I may always remain
in the shelter of your lotus feet.
Your insignificant servant,
Kala charan dasa
Hare Krishna dear Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja ji,
A true soldier of the Spiritual Army of His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. I
listened to one of his lectures which made my soul very calm and I realized that whatever happened in my
life was the mercy of guru and Krishna. I pray to the Lord for a long life for His Holiness Gopal Krishna
Goswami maharaja ji so that we can get his grace by the source of his lectures and his blessings.
Your humble servant,
Kalyani Kripa devi dasi
My dear Spiritual Father Srila Bhagavatpada,
Hare Krishna! Please accept our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupa-
da! All glories to your holiness!
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada, your appearance on the auspicious day of Annada Ekadashi is so special. We
would like to congratulate you on your 74th appearance day. It is very difficult for us insignificant servants
to glorify you because of unlimited impurities within our hearts. But we can pray to Sri Sri Jagannatha,
Baladeva, Subhadra Mai and Sri Sudarshana ji to keep you healthy for many many years to come.
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada, your intense faith and devotion towards Srila Prabhupada inspires us to stick to
Krishna consciousness. Just because of your mercy we got the auspicious association of Suradas prabhu
who cares for us, loves us and his intense faith upon you and Srila Prabhupada inspires us to walk in your
footsteps.
Your lectures inspire us very much. Although you are always busy in serving Krishna and Srila Prabhupa-
da and constantly preaching, still by your mercy you give your valuable time to your disciples.
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada, how much compassion you have for all the living entities is seen by your ex-
cessive travelling, in spite of your bad health. You are giving time to all disciples, just like the Lord is
personal to all jivas, you are also personal to all your disciples indiscriminately as well as with other guru’s
disciples.
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada, you are a perfect acharya who teaches by your personal example. Guru mahara-
ja when any devotee asks you how to correct others and how to improve the condition of devotee you al-
ways say do it by your personal example. You are the personification of humility. There is no limit to your
humility and tolerance! Your every birth is dedicated to the service of Srila Prabhupada, no matter how
bad your health is. You always mention in your lectures that this human form of life is given for tapasya
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not for sense gratification, which is like poison.
We know that by the causeless mercy of guru anything is possible. It is our request at your lotus feet to
please give us your mercy so that we can follow your every divine instruction till our last breath.
At the end I request my dear spiritual father Srila Bhagavatpada to please bestow your blessings, so that
we can follow your instructions and remain in the service of Srila Prabhupada, Vaishnavas, Sri Sri Rad-
ha-Rasabihari ji, Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana ji, Sri Sri Jagannatha ji, Baladeva ji and Srimati Subhadra
ji, to the best of our ability, just like you follow your guru.
Your servants,
Kantapriya dasa, Savita, Priyanka and Aniruddha
Respected Srila Bhagavatpada,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet on your Vyasa-puja day. It is more than 7
years since you found me fit enough to get your mercy, by blessing and initiating me. Since then you have
always been on my mind and your name always comes before, Lord Krishna while doing worship or japa
or offering food or fruits to the Lord. Like Lord Narasimha you have been always there to bless us while
we are on a yatra whether it is Vrindavana or Mayapur or other dhamas.
The way you have been trying to carry on what Srila Prabhupada left, whether it be selling and publishing
of books or constructing of Temples or conducting Jagannatha Ratha-yatras or spreading of harinama
given to us by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in India and abroad. I with your mercy, am trying participate to
the best of my capacity.
As a loving father you always take care of your disciples and guide them to live a spiritual life. My only
wish is that your hand of mercy remains on me eternally.
Hare Krishna.
Your insignificant servant,
Kaustubha Krishna dasa
Dear Gurudeva,
On this most auspicious day of your divine appearance day I would like to offer my humble obeisances
hundreds of times.
In the Srimad-Bhagavatam 3rd Canto the symptoms of a sadhu are mentioned as follows:
titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ, suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām
ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ, sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ
“The symptoms of a sādhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no
enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime.”
Dear gurudeva, this verse is just befitting you, all these qualities and more are present in abundance in
your divine self:
titikṣavaḥ - tolerant; Dear gurudeva you have been most most tolerant with me. I am a very lowly person
engaged in a lowly profession with so many offences but in spite of all these faults you have accepted me
as your disciple. Who can be more tolerant than you?!
Ornaments adorning my beloved gurudeva His holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami.
kāruṇikāḥ - merciful; Dear gurudeva you are most most merciful to me more than anyone else because;
1. You have accepted me
2. You encourage me in all my preaching endeavours
3. You take personal interest in my well-being
4. You empower me with so much power that I can serve Krishna with all the strength and might.
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It’s by your power and mercy that I can do so many wonderful things. At times it leaves me wonder-
ing how these things are happening. It’s solely you and only you, it’s just your power, that’s it and
nothing else. You are the embodiment of Mercy
5. You are everything for me
guru kṛṣṇa-rūpa hana śāstrera pramāṇe
guru-rūpe kṛṣṇa kṛpā karena bhakta-gaṇe
“According to the deliberate opinion of all revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is non-different from
Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees.”(Adi 1. 45)
The relationship of a disciple with his spiritual master is as good as his relationship with the Supreme
Lord. A spiritual master always represents himself as the humblest servitor of the Personality of Godhead,
but the disciple must look upon him as the manifested representation of Godhead.
suhṛdaḥ-friendly; sarva-dehinām-to all living entities;
A sādhu behaves with all conditioned souls for their ultimate relief from material entanglement. Therefore,
no one can be more friendly than a sādhu in relieving a conditioned soul. Dear gurudeva you lovingly
and gently give instructions as if speaking to a friend. Only a fool will not follow your instructions.
sarva-dehinām you are a well-wisher of human society, as well as the animal society. And we have seen
this many times.
ajāta-śatravaḥ - inimical to none;
Dear gurudeva your benevolence is unparalleled. You are kind, forgiving and patient in all situations.
Daily so many situations and challenges come your way but you turn the most arduous situation into a win
win situation. Thereby you bring peace amongst all living entities.
śāntāḥ - peaceful; Dear gurudeva not only do you bring peace among living entities, but at the same time
you are always peaceful and content in every situation. Even in provoking situations you remain peaceful.
sādhavaḥ - abiding by scriptures; Dear gurudeva you are Srila Prabhupada’s most dear disciple and you
are the best torch bearer of his Iskcon movement. As a BBT Trustee you ensure that there is no deviation
taking place in the scriptures and you impress always on everyone, to follow Srila Prabhupada’s teachings
as it is. Your whole life is a living example of the shastras in practice. You never deviate from the scrip-
tures and are free from false prestige and aggrandizement.
sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ - adorned with sublime characteristics. Dear gurudeva, your glories are unlimited, so
how can an ignorant fool like me even begin to understand them.
Dear gurudeva, please always continue to bless me like you always do, so that I can continuously and
tirelessly engage in serving and pleasing you and the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna.
I am nothing without you.
As it is rightly said that by the mercy of the spiritual master, the dumb can turn into eloquent speakers
and enables the lame to cross mountains.”
Dear gurudeva, I am dumb and lame, it’s only your mercy that is keeping me going.
Taking great pride in being your servitor,
Krishnamayi devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories Srila Prabhupada!
I am happy and feeling joy in my heart to glorify you on the auspicious occasion of your 74th Vyasa-puja
appearance day. Although the words always remain insufficient to glorify your unlimited glories, still I am
attempting to say something from my limited understanding.
As a spiritual master, you always look for the spiritual well-being of your disciples. Your love and care is
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beyond the epitome of the whole world of fathers for their children. Your concerns regarding the health
of Iskcon is much more than your physical health. Now I can understand a little bit how much concern
you have for your disciples, by always travelling the whole year to different cities, countries, and states
for enhancing their Krishna consciousness. Many times you have had to tolerate the visible or physically
invisible changes of the heart, attitude and problems of many devotees. In these situations also you always
remain unaffected. This year on May 30th, 50 years have been completed, of your first seva to Srila Pra-
bhupada i.e room cleaning and from that time until now your seva has never reduced, but it is increasing
more and more as the years are progressing ahead, furthering the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Srila Prabhupada had also mentioned through a letter to his other disciples, that you are humble and tol-
erant, and he mentioned to him to always keep encouraging you. Recently this year during the month of
April during your visit to Juhu you said to me “Are you keeping yourself busy?” till now these words
are always there in my heart and I am trying to follow them completely under my seniors. I beg for your
blessings so that I can always follow these instructions throughout my life.
S.B 1.1.15 says: Anyone, therefore, who takes shelter of the lotus feet of a pure devotee by accepting the
pure devotee as his spiritual master can at once be purified. Such devotees of the Lord are honored equally
with the Lord because they are engaged in the most confidential service of the Lord, as they deliver the
fallen souls out of the material world, as the Lord wants them to return home, back to Godhead.
Guru maharaja, I also pray and beg at your lotus feet so that I can get purified by your association and
remain in Iskcon and never leave, for assisting you in your service to Srila Prabhupada life after life. It’s
true that on behalf of Srila Prabhupada you are reclaiming fallen souls back to Godhead, so I also beg to
be in that list.
The deep darkness of material existence is gone
When association of pure a devotee is won
Ignorance was prominent
Bliss is imminent
Darshan of your lotus feet is cooling
To the burning heart feeling
Only prayers at the Lord’s Lotus Feet
To grant me shelter at his pure devotee’s feet.
Srila Bhagavatpada ki jaya!
Your insignificant servant,
Krsna Vallabh Charan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I beg you to please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila gurudeva! All glo-
ries to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Gauranga!
On this wonderful glorious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, our dear most gurudeva, I feel blessed to beg to
offer my humble obeisances with some broken unqualified words.
Hearing about your earlier life history gave me much more inspiration, about how you were searching for
spiritual life and wanted to surrender to a bona fide pure shelter. As soon as you heard about the arrival of
one Indian saintly person in a foreign land, you were determined. Although you had not seen Srila Prabh-
upada, you started doing service for him and that too some menial service of cleaning Srila Prabhupada’s
room, despite having big qualifications and doing such a respectable job in a big company. This is unimag-
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inable for me. Srila Prabhupada also served his spiritual master after his interaction, but you had started
serving before Prabhupada’s meeting with you.
Many senior devotees also speak about your having no material interest before your meetings with Srila
Prabhupada, as your search was something different.
After seeing Srila Prabhupada and in your first interaction only you felt it was Lord Krishna’s grace on you
in the form of His representative, and you immediately surrendered to him. Your interest was to hear from
Srila Prabhupada until he left the temple. This clarifies to me the definition of eagerness and great respect
towards the spiritual master. Then Srila Prabhupada also started giving you more time, more attention and
many more responsibilities, and you also gave top priority for his mission.
You have been a source of great inspiration for sadhakas for many years, nevertheless you are very ele-
vated, and because of your extended mercy only I could sit in the boat of sadhakas. I’m actually very in-
significant to understand this causeless mercy and your blessings, to have accepted this conditioned soul.
I’m trying to be your disciple though falling so many times. I’m constantly begging from Vaishnavas like
you not to get neglected.
Following the spiritual master’s instructions is the only hope for a disciple. But I am committing many
mistakes in following them, that’s why this insignificant soul needs your causeless mercy.
I’m trying to satisfy your extended mercy, trying to chant attentively, read Bhagavad-gita and perform
bhagavat seva, plus trying to help Nimai Nitai prabhu ji in his preaching service. I actually don’t know
what preaching is, but my god-brothers have given me nice engagements for my purification and learning.
In this I’ll surely feel a great success if I could satisfy you a little bit by some services.
Your aspiring insignificant servant,
Kurma Kripa dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji.
Please accept my humble obeisances unto you.
I was born in the darkest of ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowl-
edge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto you.
Guru maharaja, you are a faithful disciple of Srila Prabhupada. Just like Srila Prabhupada was inspired
on these lines, that a disciple should consider the order of the spiritual master to be his life and soul. You
are following the instructions of your guru maharaja, as the mission of your life, without considering any
personal inconveniences.
By the instructions of Srila Prabhupada, you have engaged yourself to distribute his books. Even now at
this age, I see you at the Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari Temple and you inspire us to distribute more and more
books of Srila Prabhupada. Because he wanted you to distribute these books and book are the basis of our
organisation.
Although every time you give the credit of success in book distribution either to Srila Prabhupada’s sac-
rifice or to the devotees who are endeavouring to distribute books. But everyone knows that you are the
backbone of Book distribution.
Not only book distribution, but you follow each and every instruction of Srila Prabhupada, like daily man-
gala-arati and Deity worship. In this regard, I observe so many times in Juhu temple that no matter what
time you reach here in Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari Temple, you are in the altar hall at 4:30 a.m. That inspires
me so much, that despite so many health issues you attend mangala-arati.
As and when you are free from your management work, I always see your hand in your bead bag, chanting
the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
I still remember the day, when by the grace of my counselor I got a opportunity to meet you. I was feeling
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like now I got somebody who can save me from the suffering of this world.
Maharaja you are so personal in nature, and you always ask the devotees how your sadhana is going on.
These things inspire me. If I take shelter of Sri guru and Gauranga, only then will I be eligible to reach of
Goloka.
Your servant,
Lalita Nath dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet on this most important day of
your Sri Vyasa-puja ceremony.
It is stated in shastra: Om ajnäna-timirändhasya, jnänänjana-saläkayä, caksur unmilitam yena, tasmai
sri-gurave namah. “I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes,
which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge.”
As stated in this verse, I was born in the darkness of material ignorance. But as mentioned in Caitan-
ya-caritamrta that there are countless living entities wandering up and down throughout this material
universe, but few souls get a human form of life. Out of which very few fortunate human beings, by the
mercy of guru and Krishna get the seed of devotional service. I preferred to remain in the dark ignorance
of this material world, but only by your causeless mercy I came in contact with this divine process of Krs-
na consciousness. I am very happy to be favored by your mercy, and cannot imagine glorifying you by my
immature words. Only by your blessings I may be able to express my feelings to you in broken and insig-
nificant words. So please guru maharaja, I beg for your blessings so that I may purify my speaking ability.
My dear guru maharaja, when you met Srila Prabhupada first time you received the service of cleaning
his apartment. You mention this happily, that you were fortunate to receive that as your first assignment
in devotional service, which started before meeting your spiritual master. Later on within the next three-
four weeks of meetings only, you accepted Srila Prabhupada as your spiritual master. After that you very
vigorously served his mission specifically Vrindavana, Mumbai and Mayapur projects in India, Russia,
Canada and abroad.
Guru maharaja, at the time of your initiation you got instructions to chant the Hare Krishna mantra and
avoid offences and you were assured to become successful in your life. I have seen how adherent you are
to these two instructions of Srila Prabhupada in your day to day life and dealings with devotees.
Guru maharaja, despite your deteriorating physical health, you never compromise on your high class stan-
dards of devotional practices, such as morning programs, distributing books, humility in your dealings and
many more. You contentiously travel for preaching Krishna’s message as instructed by Srila Prabhupada,
yet you never miss your guru puja, exactly at 7 a.m., even at such an old age, which shows how you are
strict to follow the rules and regulations of bhakti faithfully. You are the most humble and tolerant devotee
in the Iskcon society as per my estimation. You are the first faultless person who has come into my life.
I was connected to Srila Prabhupada’s mission at Jalgaon in Maharashtra through the IYF programs of
Juhu temple since 2012, and adopted devotional service under able guidance of senior Vaishnavas who are
under your guidance. Also I am trying to render some services in youth programs in the same temple. Guru
maharaja, I pray at your divine lotus feet to please be merciful on me so that I can render service unto the
Lord by your guidance, life after life.
Dear guru maharaja, on the auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I pray at your lotus feet to please give me
spiritual strength for continuing my service in Srila Prabhupada’s mission, and also to improve my taste
for chanting, reading Srila Prabhupada’s books and distribute them, rendering service (especially for me-
nial services for me), improving my dealings with devotees, and trying to preach this message to people
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compassionately. Guru maharaja, I also beg you for your blessings on me so that can dedicate my life to
the mission of Srila Prabhupada now itself. I am helplessly trying to improve my chanting and to control
my senses, but I fail constantly. Please be merciful on me so that I can chant attentively, control my senses,
and follow your instructions.
Again I express my deep gratitude in my heart for you and your sacrifice for the innocent masses.
Hare Krsna!
Your eternal servant,
Madhava Sundar dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances unto the dust of your divine lotus
feet which are the only shelter of the sinful and fallen souls like me!
Guru maharaja, your this servant has no qualification to glorify you as your glories are unlimited and
moreover I am the most fallen, sinful and foolish servant of yours.
My lord, I got initiation from your holiness one year before, but I am still unable to follow your instruc-
tions and my sinful tendencies still have not gone. Therefore I beg forgiveness and please shower your
mercy upon me so that I can get strength to follow your instructions and become a faithful servant of your
divine lotus feet.
Your servant,
Madhura Kanai dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja ji,
I offer my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja, you are so humble and kind and always when you give your darshan to your dear disciples
you first ask only one question, “ Kaise ho aap?” And this single statement asked by you satisfies the heart
of your dear disciples. This shows your care and concern for the fallen souls.
When I was new in Krishna consciousness, I was first introduced to the term “guru”. Who is a guru? When
I heard about you and your glorious qualities of humbleness, kindness, dedication and determination, I
accepted you as my father and my guru within my heart.
Guru maharaja, you are so merciful upon fallen souls like us. It’s because of your causeless mercy that we
can understand the importance of bhakti and the teachings of Srila Prabhupada. You are so determined,
dedicated and truthful. You preach the message of Krishna as it is given to you by your dear spiritual mas-
ter A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, and you follow what you preach. Your dedicated service
to Srila Prabhupada by preaching, building temples, printing and distributing books and much more is
remarkable. You are an idol for your disciples and you are very dear to Srila Prabhupada.
I remember once I got your darshan at Gokulananda Mela held at Goregaon, Jagannatha Ratha-yatra, it
was my first interaction with you. But, as it was too late you said, “ Kal mandir me milo.” It was a great
moment for me and this proves that you are so humble, otherwise who will entertain such fallen souls, but
you are dayalu.
Guru maharaja. I could not make it to see you next day, but after few months when I got an opportunity
to take your darshan in your room at Juhu temple, this was the time I was wonderstruck by your words.
You said, ‘we had met before.’ It was just a one second meet but you still remembered me, there was no
bound to my happiness.
Guru maharaja, I am aspiring initiation from you. I am a fallen soul and filled with offences but by your
mercy I will get the strength to serve you and Srila Prabhupada’s mission in a better way. I need your mer-
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cy to get out of this material bondage. Guru maharaja, please accept me and I need your blessings to grow
more in bhakti and for chanting better. I need the shelter of your lotus feet. As my family members are not
devotees, I beg you to bestow your blessings and mercy upon them too, so that at least not in this life but
in the next life they serve Sri guru and Gauranga.
May Their Lordships, Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji and Sri Sri Nitai-Gaurasundara give you more energy,
strength and a healthy life to fulfill the dreams and desires of your beloved spiritual father for preaching
Krishna consciousness and spreading the holy name of Hari and delivering fallen souls in this material
world like us!
Your fallen servant of the servant of the servant,
Madhura Tawde
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja you have all the qualities of a Vaishnava as like-
1. Humble – Guru maharaja, you are very humble. When I heard your lecture for the first time, you
were lecturing very humbly, and you gave answers so humbly, that I wanted to listen. You have
such a big post in Iskcon, but yet you were dealing with us so humbly, that I felt very blessed. You
are exhibiting by your behaviour the quality of ‘tranad api sunicena’.
2. Tolerance –Whenever I see you, you are smiling. You are the GBC of India and you have so much
responsibility. This shows that you are very tolerant and continuously serving Srila Prabhupada
and Krishna. You are exhibiting the quality ‘ taror api sahisnuna’
3. Dedication for Srila Prabhupada – You are fully dedicated to Srila Prabhupada’s mission. I heard
from Chakravarti prabhu ji that you always say that you are doing whatever Srila Prabhupada said
and nothing else needs to be done. This shows that you are fully surrendered to Srila Prabhupada
and his orders.
4. Cheerful – You have such an effulgence on your face. Once Chakravarti prabhu told me that in a
survey many people said that you look very handsome even now. You are 74 years old now, but
the effulgence on your face is like a young man. This is because of your pure devotional service
to Krishna.
5. Preaching – You are doing preaching for many years for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada and Sri
Sri Radha-Krishna. You have done preaching in India on a large scale. You have built so many
temples all over India especially in Delhi. Presently there are 14 temples in Delhi. You deal with
big big businessmen for spreading Srila Prabhupada’s movement. You also travel so much for
preaching all over the world.
Your servant,
Mahendra
Hare Krishna most respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. I am unfit to glorify you maharaja but I will try my best.
The first qualification of becoming a spiritual master is how one is following his own spiritual master.
Guru maharaja you are fully surrendered to the instructions, and mood of Srila Prabhupada, and you are
taking on most services in Iskcon. Recently I heard from one devotee that you were to go to one South
African country for preaching. You are taking various risks for preaching the mission of Lord Caitanya.
It is very inspiring for a neophyte devotee like me that you do so much for the sake of preaching. This is
just one example of your courage and dedication for serving your spiritual master. We don’t know how
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many more pastimes are there which are unknown to us. At this age also you are preaching so vigorously,
which no common man can do so. Recently I was reading some room conversation of yours with Srila
Prabhupada. You have completely surrendered to Srila Prabhupäda from the very beginning. Thus my
faith in you increases even more.
I have no qualification at all. It is your causeless mercy that you have accepted me as your disciple. I am
so fallen that I am unable to follow your simple instructions. Besides hearing so many times from your
lotus mouth I am not improving my way of chanting. You are the best example of humility but I always
try to dominate my subordinates. It is your mercy that despite these shortcoming devotees are allowing
me to stay with them.
Last year, for your transcendental pleasure, I assisted in the Jalgaon engineering students preaching pro-
gram. By your causeless mercy, we got some good results. Currently, I have shifted to Mumbai (Ayodhya
CHOICE) as per the instructions of my counselor. Here I have planned to do a job for one year and then
join the PDC training.
Please give me a chance so that I can mould my life to serve you whole life. Guru maharaja please be
merciful to me so that I can convince my parents and then join next year. Please give me strength so that I
can follow your divine instructions. Be merciful to me so that I can become humble, tolerant and obedient.
Please give me directions so that I can take your complete shelter. Please help me to improve my relations
with devotees, without which to remain long in bhakti is not possible.
I will always pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Rädhä-Räsabihäri ji to give me a chance to come close to
Them by giving me the association of devotees. Sometimes I think that if I did not come in touch with
this valuable gift of Krsna consciousness, then I would be doing mischievous activities. Please help me to
surrender to my spiritual master and my authorities, so that I can make this life worthy.
Please forgive me for any offenses.
Your servant,
Manoram Gauranga dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, you are a great leader of Iskcon, you are a Goswami and you are so merciful that for the
benefit and deliverance of the conditioned soul you give association to them by dhama yatra and katha.
You give enthusiasm to the whole society to do bhakti and join the Hare Krishna movement. You person-
ally and publicly answers to every devotee. Your tolerance is very high. I want to share one incident, one
time you were going to collect donation personally from a person who was a big businessman. When you
met with him, his posture was not correct, his legs were on the table and front of you, but you tolerate this
kind of person only to deliver him. One more incident of your compassion which I heard, was that one
time you were going to the airport, and one person attacked you and pushed you. You got injured on the
head and blood came out, but you were compassionate that you forgave him, even though devotees beat
him very badly and the police also arrested him, but you said to Mohan Rupa prabhu to release him and
thus saved him.
You are opening many temples for the benefit of society. You rigidly follow the instructions of Srila Pra-
bhupada. You are traveling so much at this age and spreading Krishna consciousness movement. You give
your mercy to every living entity. For increasing our enthusiasm to distribute books, you do book distri-
bution individually for pleasing Srila Prabhupada. I never got a chance to meet you but I got a chance to
see you in Delhi for the first time. I was very enthusiastic to see you, and when I saw you I felt internal
peace and enthusiasm for preaching. Guru maharaja, I want to serve you, so please give me your blessing
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to do preaching in the best way.
Your servant,
Manvendra
My beloved Guru Maharaja,
All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Kindly accept my most respectful
and humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
Dearest gurudeva, even though I have no qualification to serve an exalted soul like your holiness, who is
the manifestation of the Supreme Lord Krishna, Himself; you have placed your firm trust on this insignif-
icant soul and empowered me to become a humble instrument in spreading the mission of Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. The domain where this trust lies is being challenged most in today’s rampant day and age,
in the quest for balance, where we aspire to comprehend how best to strike a balance between allegiance
and flexibility, while making devotional wisdom accessible to the contemporary generation that lives in a
drastically ever-metamorphosing world.
Guru maharaja, meditating on your preaching in grueling conditions in foreign shores, instills in me the
conviction that the more we study your glorious example submissively, prayerfully and thoughtfully,
the more we will be guided by your grace towards this delicate balance. In your precedent, you have
embodied an inconceivable integration of extraordinary attributes: an inspiring blend of being steadfast
and resourceful, a holy synergy of reliance and determination, and an empowering harmony of specific
exclusive instructions for implementation alongwith generic universal guidelines for improvisation and
advancement.
My mother, your sincere-most, devoted disciple: Mohini devi dasi mata ji often enunciates that, “When
the spiritual master gives an instruction or service to the disciple, he also bestows the power or potency
to carry out that order or service.” This maxim has come true, every time, when I work towards imple-
menting your divine instructions. I have practically witnessed that, in all my devotional services, outreach
initiatives and preaching efforts, while trying my best to honour your sanguine directions, this potency
showered by you, my gurudeva, has perennially been realized and manifested in an absolute manner.
After receiving brahman diksha last year, the sacred mantras given by you, guru maharaja, have triggered
a newfound level of purity, intrinsically. I feel even more indebted towards my duty as your devoted dis-
ciple. Second initiation has invoked a unique sense of transcendental connection, vehement commitment
and emphatic discipline - to fulfill each and every instruction that you give me, with renewed vigour and
unparalleled enthusiasm. While upholding the principles laid down in our sacred books, that you urge us
to take shelter of, and with congruence to your personal instructions, I have been actively engaged in vir-
tual preaching on a global platform. All my dedicated spiritually-permeated life-coaching initiatives have
been well-received by newcomers, which is evident through the feedback received from all corners of the
world. By your blessings, this year my memoir has been featured in the leading U.S. Journal – ‘Medium’.
Also, my interview has been published in the premier U.K. Tabloid – ‘The Telegraph’, besides many more
local publications. All credit for such recognition and glory goes solely to you, my dearmost gurudeva. All
this has only been possible because of your unconditional love, virtuous guidance, abundant blessings and
unfathomable affection towards an undeserving, miniscule creature like me.
Guru maharaja, in spite of such widespread appreciation of efforts, I feel I have not completely fulfilled
all your desires, as yet. You have all along encouraged me to continue writing articles that are published in
Speaking Tree, which I have been doing till date. However, you have also been instructing me to publish
my own book to spread spiritual wisdom, since a very long time. Balancing a multitude of regular services
at Sri Sri Radha Rasabihari ji such as leading kirtans, organizing dance-dramas and assisting in congre-
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gation preaching programs; by your grace, I have finally completed the manuscript of the book, which is
now in the pipeline for publication.
Falling at your lotus feet in profound veneration and in fervent supplication, I feel eternally grateful to you,
dearmost gurudeva, for radically transforming my life and giving a meaning to my existence. My only
desire is to continue to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet. I impetrate you to keep me under your
protection and allow me to serve you till my last breath. On this exuberant day of your appearance, I pray
to Sri Sri Radha Rasabihari ji to grant you the best of health so that you continue to illuminate the world
with the warmth of your affection, divine love, perpetual grace and the nectar of Krishna consciousness.
Your humble servant,
Mathura Vasi devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to your ecstatic service to him!
I have no qualifications to glorify you but by the mercy of Vaishnavas I am getting this opportunity. Please
accept my few words of gratitude.
You are spontaneously serving in the mission of Gauranga Mahaprabhu with such dedication which in-
spires everyone to serve more and more. Your very life is the best example of how a disciple should serve
his guru. You are following the instructions of Srila Prabhupada to distribute books and build temples with
such determination, that it must have pleased Srila Prabhupada very much. Still you are very humbly con-
tinuing to serve him. I have heard many glories of your humility and tolerance and also have experienced
it personally. You are preaching Vaishnavism through your behavior. That is why I have deep admiration
and respect for you.
By your mercy I got connected to Iskcon and so far, this is the best thing that ever happened to me.
brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
guru krsna prasade paye bhakti lata bija
By your mercy I am getting the association of devotees who are constantly engaged in the service of Krs-
na. I am very grateful to you for starting a preaching program in Jalgaon. I have a strong desire to become
determined in Krsna consciousness, and I am grateful to have the strong support of Vishnu Tattva prabhu
ji and Nimai Nitai prabhu ji.
You instructed the devotees of Jalgaon personally to chant attentively and to study nicely when we met at
the 40th anniversary celebrations of Juhu temple. Please bless us so that we can fulfil your instructions and
contribute something for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada.
Your humble servant,
Mayur
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most revered and humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and
Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to my beloved spiritual master!
Dear gurudeva, it is by your special mercy and limitless compassion that fallen souls like me have got
this rare and most sublime opportunity, to embrace Krishna consciousness and to practice bhakti. All that
comes from the core of my heart on your special day is heartfelt gratitude and deepest reverence, offered
to you.
Guru maharaja, as you are aware, this year has been physically quite challenging for me. As I was recover-
ing from my third heart attack, this November, the MRI scan revealed that I had suffered a hip fracture and
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diffuse subcutaneous tissue edema along with cervical, dorsal and lumbar spondylosis. The Orthopedic
surgeon advised complete bed rest for a few months. I felt as if everything around me came crashing to
the ground. Until a while back, I was so active rendering a multitude of services for Their Lordships Sri
Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji and all the loving Vaishnavas; and suddenly the next moment, I’m expected to be
in bed. This was the most transient overwhelming spell. However, I did not lose hope of serving you, my
dear gurudeva. Amidst the utter helplessness of lying in bed and then, moving around in the wheelchair,
I perpetually remembered your divine instructions to me. During your personal association, you have al-
ways expounded that the best medicine in any circumstance, is the holy name. It is through your dynamic
inspiration that during this phase, my will power accelerated, and my corporal vulnerability became sub-
servient to the higher cognitive enlightenment, resulting in transcendental realizations, which brought me
closer to Sri Krishna.
Dear gurudeva, I wish to share my deepest realizations with you. As I was on the road to recovery from
the fracture, another setback occurred. The enormous strong dosage of calcium medicines and calcium
hormone injections resulted in formation of extremely painful kidney stones. This entire period has been
filled with tribulation for me, more so, as I was bereft of your personal darshan and precious association
for a span of almost three months. However, over the years, through your invaluable direction, precious
instructions, and personal guidance, I have realized that it is through these phenomena that Sri Krishna
re-awakens our dormant love for Him, tests our forbearance and then mercifully reciprocates according to
our level of surrender.
Guru maharaja, even though physically I was in immense pain all these months, but internally I was in ec-
stasy. These bodily trials were just a medium via which Lord Sri Krishna wanted to give me an opportunity
to absorb my senses in relishing His pastimes, hearing His glories, constantly remembering His grace. The
best gift that He has given me is you - my beloved gurudeva.
This is the time when I could chant my rounds with powerful intensity, comprehending the real mood
of complete surrender, just the way you have taught me, my spiritual master. With each Gayatri mantra,
with each sacred sound vibration, I could feel your divine presence, your seraphic smile, your compas-
sionate glance, your dynamic persona protecting me spiritually and pushing me towards the higher realm
of ethereal perfection. I remained diligent to the promise that I made to myself - to never give up hope of
service unto your lotus feet- to earnestly chant and meticulously serve. Even though I could not physically
attend congregation programs or render personal service in the temple for a few months, but I continued
my online preaching through my daughter Mathura Vasi. I have been resolving spiritual queries of coun-
sel-seekers and have been guiding them virtually. This is the juncture, when I could devote even more time
to listen to and watch your nectarean discourses, online, that you continue to deliver, tirelessly, wherever
you travel, at every part of the globe.
On this jubilant occasion of your appearance day, I offer intense prayers to Lord Narasimhadeva - to al-
ways protect you and bless you with good health, so that you may continue distributing Krishna-prema
and transform real spiritual knowledge into action. I also beg for your mercy, to bless us to progress spiri-
tually, and conscientiously serve you, the way you have devoted your life to serving your spiritual master,
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Your eternal servant,
Mohini devi dasi
Hare Krsna my dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my prostrated humble obeisances.
I beg at your lotus feet to kindly accept this offering on this auspicious day of your appearance.
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Dear guru maharaja ji, thank you for your kind mercy on this conditioned soul. I wish to express my
heartfelt gratitude and respect unto you. You have showered your love, mercy and compassion upon me
by inspiring, encouraging, engaging me in the service and mission of Srila Prabhupada ji and Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, also making me determined to dedicate my life for this greater cause.
This very year I got an opportunity to fulfill my desire to fulfill almost all the services I wished to render
at your lotus feet without interruption, and by Their Lordships Gaura-Nitai ji’s mercy none of my condi-
tioning’s disrupted my service unto you. I always beg you to kindly allow me to serve your lotus feet all
the time.
My dear spiritual master, you are so merciful, that you have overlooked my inability of perfectly cleaning
your room, arranging nice beddings, but you have accommodated yourself. Your humbleness and compas-
sion made me wonder, on the day you accepted to hear and acknowledge my insignificant work of putting
together the document of Iskcon Juhu and Srila Prabhupada ji’s connection to Mumbai. I was also sur-
prised at your remembrance and appreciation twice, of my service on different days and situations. Thank
you guru maharaja ji and I would like put forward a point, that how this fool can do service without your
mercy. I have observed your mercy on me while rendering the service of collecting and compiling data.
Guru maharaja ji your extended compassion has allowed me to stay at your door everyday on the 40th
anniversary of Iskcon Juhu while you were absorbed in hearing the pastimes of Srila Prabhupada ji in
Mumbai. That very moment I decided to be a dog at your doorstep.
As mentioned in Gurv-astakam, samsara dava navalida loka. Out of your compassion, love and dedica-
tion to fulfil Srila Prabhupada ji’s mission despite your health issues, you travelled to China and delivered
many conditioned souls and brought them to the lotus feet of Krsna. During this trip you engaged us to
collect and share some data regarding China, and to add it to your presentation, even though those were
not so useful.
My dear spiritual master, on your recent visit to Juhu, by your kindness you allowed me to do the complete
morning program in your Deity room, while your were performing Deity worship. I observed that as per
Gurv-astakam, stanza 2, you engaged me in the Lord’s service, and at the very moment I made a vow to
follow a strict morning program till the last breath of my life.
As mentioned in 3rd stanza of Gurv-astakam, you mercifully gave me an opportunity personally to learn
how to consciously, attentively, decorate Their Lordships and perform arati. Thank you guru maharaja ji
to show me everything personally. I owe you a promise that I will practice and follow in your footsteps.
Oh my dear spiritual master! In almost all your lectures, you have instructed me to take the association
of devotees and perform devotional service, offer foodstuffs to Their Lordships, and honor prasad in the
association of devotees. I promise I will implement all this in my life.
By constantly remembering and glorifying Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, you are engaging me to chant, hear, glo-
rify Their Lordships, and you have mentioned that this which will please you. I will practice this too guru
maharaja ji.
My dear spiritual master, you are rendering service to your spiritual master by assisting Srimati Radharani
in the service of pleasing Krsna. With compassion and love, you are always engaging me by instructing
me to distribute books, and chant attentively.
Saksad dharitvena samasta sastrair. Your morning program also includes the reading of Vedic scriptures.
You have engaged me by allowing me to read Bhagavad-gita 12th Chapter, and while reading I noticed that
you have engaged me and made me realize that I should read everyday without fail.
Your very recent visit to Juhu in the month of May, despite your busy schedule, meetings, little rest, com-
ing down to the temple in the evenings for Gaura-arati and Shyana-arati, made me follow your footsteps
of learning and practicing to please the spiritual master, and remembering Their Lordships, and worship
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all day.
Finally, I’m very grateful to you guru maharaja ji for making me relish and work on your conversations
with Srila Prabhupada ji, their making me learn how to develop and change myself into an ideal Vaishnava.
Thank you very much for all these and I request you, at your lotus feet to bless and accept my service and
engage me in any service that you want.
Hare Krsna! Thank you.
Your insignificant servant,
Nalini Kanta dasa
Hare Krishna beloved Gurudeva,
Please accept my heartiest obeisances unto your lotus feet.
What qualification do I have to write a Vyasa-puja offering on this auspicious day?! Being arrogant and
living life in a materialistic way, I found this world difficult to live a life of bliss. It’s your causeless mercy,
that I got initiated on Sita Navami last year on 4th May 2017. With your blessing, as per your desire we
are trying to spread Krishna consciousness in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand. Gopal Gauranga prabhu
(Iskcon Punjabi Bagh) started the youth preaching in NIT Uttarakhand. Being a faculty member there, I
was fortunate to assist Gopal Gauranga prabhu to organize Iskcon programs in NIT Uttarakhand officially.
At this point, I am feeling fallen without rendering any service to you, my parent Iskcon is Juhu and my
counsellor is Caitanya Avatar prabhu. The material world is full of the threefold miseries, and has filled
my heart with oceans of material desires. When will my material desires become insignificant so that I can
practice Krishna consciousness seriously? Beloved master, I am seeking your causeless mercy and associ-
ation, as your presence dissipates all sorts of ignorance. Give me a drop of faith to apply this philosophy
in my life, to serve the mission of Srila Prabhupada and yours.
All glories to Srila gurudeva! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Seeking your causeless mercy.
Your servant,
Narada Pancaratra dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you, guru maharaja!
Thank you for engaging me in Krishna consciousness for another year. It is by your unlimited mercy and
tolerance that persons like myself, with tons of shortcomings, can be engaged in the service of Srila Pra-
bhupada’s mission. If not for your constantly overlooking the faults and fanning the minute traces of good
in devotees like myself, serving Krishna and Srila Prabhupada would be impossible in this lifetime. Thank
you for all the encouragement and the constant push that you always provide.
I came across the following passage from one of Srila Prabhupada’s purports in the seventh canto, and I
couldn’t help but think that you are a perfect example of the qualities mentioned therein.
“Therefore, as Krishna is always compassionate to the fallen souls, His servants, the devotees of Lord
Krishna, are also interested in educating the entire populace in Krishna consciousness. The mistakes of
materialistic life are understood by devotees, and therefore they consider them insignificant. Out of com-
passion, however, a devotee preaches the gospel of the Bhagavad-gita all over the world” S.B. 7.5.55
purport.
Another verse that comes to mind to describe my feelings towards you, is in the conversation of King Ra-
hugana with Jada Bharata - “O best of the brahmanas, my body is filled with dirty things, and my vision
has been bitten by the serpent of pride. Due to my material conceptions, I am diseased. Your nectarean
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instructions are the proper medicine for one suffering from such a fever, and they are the cooling waters
for one scorched by the heat.”
When we see how you are maintaining your busy schedule and ignoring the toll it takes on your health, we
feel inspired by your example and ashamed at the pride we feel for “performing services”. Your example
is one of the most inspirational for any devotee to learn how to maximize time in Krishna’s service and
thus stay always protected.
I pray and beg the Lord and Srila Prabhupada to give you good health so that you can physically remain
with us and guide us for a long time to come. Although vani is more important than vapu, and you have
given clear instructions on how you want all the devotees to serve in Iskcon, the inspiration and motivation
that your personal presence creates is the catalyst for us to continue our services. And we are still in great
need of it.
I will remain forever grateful and eternally indebted to you for engaging me in devotional service. I pray
to you to bless me so that I can continue serving in the mission of your guru maharaja and thus have a
chance to please you.
Your disciple and servant,
Narottamma Priya dasa
Most respected and worshipable Sri Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble and prostrated obeisances unto the safest place - the dust of your lotus feet. All
glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to our most benevolent Lords, Lord Gauranga and Lord Niytanan-
da! Hare Krishna!
I’m not at all qualified to glorify your worshipable personality. Rather it’s your kind mercy that you give
confidence by not taking offenses when tiny tots like me with unlimited limitations and sins attempt to
glorify your lotus feet on this most blessed day of your most merciful appearance day. You mentioned in
last Q and A session of Sri Nathdwara yatra Jan 2017 that; “please don’t worry about offenses towards
me.” Of course, we ought to be most careful not to offend your lotus feet ever in our dreams.
Guru maharaja, although you are relishing Krishna’s nama rupa guna lila every moment, still, I humbly
thank you for setting such a towering example (for our well-being) of following the instructions of Srila
Prabhupada given in S.B. 8.5.15-16 Purport: “When one is materially opulent, he should learn to be so-
ber and well behaved toward Vaishnavas and saintly persons; otherwise he will fall down.” With such a
mood and disposition of Vaishnava behavior you attract the hearts of so many devotees and manifest real
humility and ensure that no one is offended and yet achieve success in all the service areas without having
offended any devotee.
There are so many wonderful devotees in Iskcon, still I worship your lotus feet since, despite so many
limitations whatever we can observe, we can see your mind and heart is never contaminated, rather you
are always talking of Krishna and His message and His desire and His service, thus setting a unique ex-
ample in this regard as mentioned by Srila Prabhupada in S.B. 6.17.2-3 Purport; “It has been proved in
many places that one who is not contaminated by any material condition, who is a pure devotee engaged
in chanting the glories of the Lord, should be understood to be perfect.”
Guru maharaja, when we all respect and co-operate for keeping up Srila Prabhupada’s mission keeping
aside our neophyte obstinate opinions and understandings in Krishna consciousness, that pleases you very
much. Recently, when on one darshan evening in your room, Vishnu Tattva prabhu and myself happened
to sit near your lotus feet, you allowed around 10 more devotees to come into your room. You know that
some time ago I was not having a very high opinion about some of these devotees. When at the end of
the darshans, desiring to offer your maha-prasad garland to us, you expressed your dilemma that you
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have only 3 garlands and many devotees to offer them to, then I took the garlands one by one and offered
to three devotees about whom I did not share a very high regard till some time ago. This pleased you so
much, and observing me happily offering garlands to these three devotees you commented with a big smile
on your lotus like face, “Now there is complete harmony and I’m very happy to see this.”
Guru maharaja, without any doubt, I aptly should understand you as a nitya-siddha associate of Lord
Caitanya and surrender and submit myself fully to the dust of your lotus feet to be safely guided across
this ocean of gross and subtle dangers, to the ocean of bliss in the spiritual world. Srila Prabhupada gives
the criteria of one being a nitya-siddha as follows in C.c. Madhya-lila, 11.89; “This means that because
they are always engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, they do not belong to this material world.
One who is engaged in the Lord’s devotional service twenty-four hours daily and never forgets the Lord is
called nitya-siddha.” and “A devotee is always thinking of how better to serve Lord Krsna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, and how to broadcast His name, fame and qualities throughout the world. One
who is a nitya-siddha has no business other than broadcasting the glories of the Lord all over the world
according to his ability. Such people are already associates of Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu. Therefore
Narottama däsa Thäkura says, nitya-siddha kari’ mäne. One should not think that because Sri Caitanya
Mahäprabhu was personally present five hundred years ago, only His associates were liberated. Rath-
er, Srila Narottama däsa Thäkura says that anyone is a nitya-siddha if he acts on behalf of Sri Caitanya
Mahäprabhu by spreading the glories of the holy name of the Lord. We should respect those devotees
preaching the glories of the Lord as nitya-siddha and should not consider them conditioned.”
Another day, while escorting you from the temple hall towards the stairs, you told me that “these devotees
are not fully engaged - I can see their face and say this”. I could feel that even I’m not efficiently and fully
engaging myself to my fullest capacity and yet you tolerate my insincere presence and by your own very
very hard working busy schedule, setting the right example you urge me to increase my sincere endeavors
to serve fully for my own safety lest my demoniac mind and sinful samskaras from past lives drown me
again in material life of total forgetfulness of Krishna.
I also observed how you very keenly ensured the glorious and successful completion of a beautiful cele-
bration of Iskcon Juhu’s 40th anniversary celebrations in January 2018. Your talk on the conclusion of this
Festival enlisted very clearly many nice instructions for me to work on for the rest of my life.
All glories to Srila gurudeva! All glories to Sri Sri - Rasabihari ji and all glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to you and your thousands of surrendered servants who are all serving with their heart and soul
dedicated to your most pure lotus feet and attracted by your Vaishnava qualities!
Many devotees avail of the opportunity to touch your divine lotus feet, but I wish to beg an additional
opportunity to touch your lotus feet in this way as mentioned by Srila Prabhupada in S.B. 4.26.20 Pur-
port; “Touching the lotus feet of a spiritual master means giving up one’s false prestige and unnecessarily
puffed-up position in the material world.” This touching I believe is what will please you a lot, thus I beg
from you guru maharaja to please help me get rid of false prestige and pride which I am not giving up even
though maya is battering me so much always.
Vishnu tattva prabhu shared with me this wonderful desire of yours mentioned in the book ‘Vande guroh
sri charanaravindam’; “Actually, preaching is real guru-dakshina. The only thing that guru asks from his
disciple is that he practice himself and also teach to others.” I pray to your lotus feet that I can always
practice nicely myself in the first place.
Solely due to your mercy, unending tolerance and ever forgiving divine nature, 10 student devotees from
CHOICE Jalgaon, CHOICE Avasari and CHOICE Jaipur have taken up jobs at a devotee run coaching
classes and school at Chikhli, Buldhana, Maharashtra. They are living together happily and following the
full morning program at CHOICE Chikhli and getting prasad cooked by a devotee Sachin Prabhu. Sachin
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prabhu, pursuing graduation, is the first devotee from CHOICE Shegaon where Vishnu Tattva is preach-
ing.
7 students shifted inside CHOICE Avasari after the preaching year of June 2017 to May 2018. CHOICE
Avasari is led by Kurma Kripa prabhu. 4 students shifted inside CHOICE Jalgaon, led by Vishnu Tattva
prabhu, after the last preaching year. Ayodhya CHOICE in Andheri is doing well with 6 working devotees
staying inside and distributing books of Srila Prabhupada every Saturday near Andheri Metro Station.
They delivered a Marathi S.B. set to a project manager working in a big software company and whom they
met while on Saturday sankirtan. They have also got a very good response from many other respectable
people of Mumbai. They are also running a weekly ‘Gita Life’ youth program at Iskcon Juhu. For your
pleasure, under the able leadership of Sundar Caitanya prabhu, IYF Juhu distributed 48,000 Bhagavad-gi-
tas total out of which around 40000 to school and college students via Bhagavad-gita school contest con-
ducted in Kopargaon, Warangal, Jaipur, Gondia and Mumbai.
Under the able leadership of Sundar Caitanya prabhu and Vishnu Tattva prabhu, IYF Juhu conducted the
first national youth summer camp from 2nd June 2018 to 6th June 2018. Total around 180 engineering
students from many many CHOICEs participated and relished the wonderful spiritual ambience of Hare
Krishna Land and delicious wonderful prasadam cooked by the extremely hard working team under the
leadership of Vishnu tattva prabhu.
All this will continue if I always try to remember your divine instructions and follow them for my supreme
benefit. Reading Srila Prabhupada’s books is so nourishing always. I can just adore how much you have
worked hard to publish and push forward the translation and printing of these over decades.
Recently, Dashavatara prabhu shared a wonderful teaching with me. He said this teaching he has learnt
from your life over the last many many years. He thus related, “On the path of bhakti, those who have
tolerated have gone ahead and kept going on.”
I beg at your lotus feet for the ability to control my mind and senses in all circumstances and give real plea-
sure to your heart by serving as per your desires and orders. I beg and pray and cry and yearn for mercy of
Sri Nityananda prabhu to be able to discern very distinctly and clearly your wishes always and be able to
follow them to your hearts pleasure and that will be my only solace in this world of illusions to hope for
a better situation in my next life. I beg for your blessings for my progress in devotional service, without
your blessings I am completely helpless in continuing my struggle to try to purify my heart.
I beg Lord Sri Narasimhadeva for your good health so that we can keep learning from your glorious self
the attitude of service to Sri guru and Gauranga.
Please always teach me the mood to surrender and how to serve nicely and sincerely.
Always depending fully on your abundant mercy, I profusely thank our most loving and beautiful Sri Sri
Radha-Rasabihari ji for giving me your divine shelter.
Your insignificant servant,
Nimai Nitai dasa
Dearest Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
In the Srimad-Bhagavatam Tenth Canto, in the chapter where Lord Krishna meets Sudama Vipra. The
Lord reminisces about their gurukula days as soon as He meets Sudama Vipra. He mentions about how
once their spiritual master, Sandipani Muni’s wife sends them to the forest to fetch firewood and they get
stranded in the woods due to an unseasonal storm and lose their way amidst the flooding waters. They
simply hold each other’s hands and wander about the forest. At sunrise Sandipani Muni arrives with other
disciples and finds them. He is touched that simply for the sake of pleasing the guru, they have sacrificed
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their bodily comfort. He then makes this statement:
etadeva hi sac-chisyaih, kartavyam guru-niskrtam
yad vai visuddha-bhävena, sarvärthätmärpanam gurau
This indeed is the duty of all sincere disciples, to repay the debt to their spiritual master by offering him,
with pure hearts, their wealth and even their very lives.
Being pleased with them, he benedicts them with the fulfillment of all desires and attainment of realization
of what they have learnt. I pray to you to always keep me in the association of devotees of Srila Prabhu-
pada’s movement thereby this body can be utilized for service to his mission.
It is indeed inspiring to know of this pastime and the deep meaning it has in our lives as well. The Lord
mercifully sends the spiritual master to us who can guide us back to him, and his pleasure and blessings
help us to attain the mercy of the Lord. Guru and Krishna are two tracks on which the train journey of
spiritual life can run very smoothly.
I am trying to understand this tattva in my limited capacity by the application of these principles. It is
amazing to see how you deal with situations and with people. I need to learn a lot of aspects of going in
detail. It is said one should always keep the example of the spiritual master in front of him and in every
situation remember the spiritual master, thereby one is never separated from his presence. Please bless me,
gurudeva that I can understand and remember your exalted qualities always.
We are trying to open the temple in Bhiwandi. Last year due to your mercy, Ganesh gave a big donation
that helped us to buy the place. We are trying to acquire the whole hill. You have asked me to cultivate
well-wishers. I am trying my best by going out daily.
Please bless me so that I can keep taking more challenges and utilize myself for this mission of Srila Pra-
bhupada and develop all good qualities. Please purify my heart, the disease of selfishness is too deeply
etched which does not allow me to make any progress.
Please bless me so that I can follow the regulative principles more strongly and maintain purity. Please
bless me so that I start chanting attentively for the mind makes a fool out of me every time.
Thank you for all your time and attention, I pray that I keep getting opportunities to have more of your
personal association and guidance.
Your aspiring servant,
Nitai Madhava dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this auspicious day of your appearance. All
glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
We do not have any qualifications to glorify the holy name of the Lord and yourself. By your causeless
mercy and blessings, we are trying to write this Vyasa–puja offering and submit it at your lotus feet. Guru
maharaja, with your kind permission I would like to write.
mukam karoti vachalam, pangum langhayate girim
yat-kripa tam aham vande, sri-gurum dina-taranam
“I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy
turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains.”
gurudeva,
kripa bindu diya koro ei dasa, trinapekha ati hina,
sakal sahane baladiya koro, nija mahe sprha hina
You always feel insignificant and display the 26 qualities of a pure devotee. All your lectures are so pow-
erful and inspiring. You are doing your best to glorify Sri Krishna, Lord Caitanya and Srila Prabhupada in
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the world. You are very merciful, as you are doing a lot to uplift the conditioned souls in their spiritual life.
I feel your causeless mercy come through your representatives. I am still not cured of my material diseas-
es. I feel that with the association of devotees I can follow your instructions, otherwise it is very difficult.
So kindly bless me, and guide me, since I tend to fall back to my material habits. I always want the asso-
ciation of devotees so that I can advance in my spiritual life by following your divine instructions.
On this most auspicious day of your divine appearance, your shelter can save me. I sincerely pray to Lord
Krishna to give me intelligence and strength so that I may fully surrender unto you guru maharaja, as only
your shelter can save me.
I pray to Lord Krishna to bestow upon you a long life and I good health, and I beg you to have mercy on
me.
Your most fallen servant,
P. Naveen
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
By your mercy I am able to give this Vyasa-puja offering. Although neither am I qualified nor capable of it.
The only way of associating with you is by your words. Your constant emphasis to read Srila Prabhupada’s
books and to chant 16 good rounds is what I try to follow in my Krishna conscious life. Thank you very
much for giving us your constant association. Your 24x7 efforts and dedication to fulfill Srila Prabhupa-
da’s mission is constantly inspiring us. Thank you, maharaja for your causeless mercy on me.
I pray at the lotus feet of Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Mayi for your good health and to fulfill
Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
Please forgive me for my offences that I may have committed.
Your eternal servant,
Padmanabha dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
I’ve heard that Lord is pleased when we glorify pure devotees, so today on this auspicious day I’m trying
to glorify you. I know that with my contaminated consciousness it is not possible to understand or perceive
your glories, still I beg for your and Lord Krishna’s mercy, so that I can write some words for you.
Many years ago, I heard that only a perfect disciple can be a perfect spiritual master. And by your perfect
dedication towards the Lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada, you are perfect spiritual master. There are so many
qualities of devotees mentioned in the scriptures. S.B. 3.25.21 explains:
titiksavah kärunikäh, suhrdah sarva-dehinäm
ajäta-satravah säntäh, sädhavah sädhu-bhüsanäh
“The symptoms of a sädhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no
enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime.” And guru
maharaja, I see that by your devotion to your spiritual master and the Lord, you have developed all these
qualities to the fullest extent.
There is one saying in Marathi, “बोले तैसा चाले, त्याची वंदावी पाऊले!” It means that, “The person who fol-
lows the same path which he teaches others to follow, is certainly worshipable.” Guru maharaja you are
the perfect example of this. Even at this age your sadhana is so strong, that many devotees in Iskcon take
inspiration from you.
Srila Prabhupada wanted book distribution in very large scale. With all your efforts you are trying to satis-
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fy this desire of Srila Prabhupada. I just came to know that he personally told you to preach in Russia, and
from that day till now you are preaching in Russia. This is the best example of your steadiness.
Guru maharaja, I’m really so fallen that I have no face to stand in front of you, but still I am shamelessly
trying to be in your association, otherwise there will not be any hope for me. As it is stated in S.B. 6.1.16:
na tathä hy aghavän räjan, püyeta tapa-ädibhih
yathä krsnärpita-pränas, tat-purusa-nisevayä
“My dear King, if a sinful person engages in the service of a bona fide devotee of the Lord and thus learns
how to dedicate his life unto the lotus feet of Krsna, he can be completely purified. One cannot be puri-
fied merely by undergoing austerity, penance, brahmacharya and the other methods of atonement I have
previously described.”
Guru maharaja, so many times you explain, that the spiritual master is pleased when a disciple develops
humility, taste for the holy name, studies scriptures and preaches home to home. But, being materially
conditioned I do not have a taste for these things. So I beg at your lotus feet to please bless me so that I can
make efforts to develop a taste for this and successively please Krishna by pleasing you.
I am very grateful to you guru maharaja, and to your disciples who are guiding me at every step in my
devotional service towards you and Krishna. Please bless me so that I don’t remain merely an initiated
devotee but can be your sincere disciple by following your instructions.
Hare Krishna!
Your servant,
Padmashayi Murti dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Thank you for this opportunity again to try and glorify you.
Dear guru maharaja, I am a lucky person that I got a chance to chant the holy name of Lord Krishna. This
opportunity was given by you, otherwise I do not know in which gutter I would have lived. I am happy
that you are my master. I pray for humility to be able to see all my faults. By your mercy a lot of people
are engaged in Krishna consciousness. You are the best of the preachers. I have no quality to pray for you
in front of God, but in my small mind I have to pray to imbibe your preaching vision.
I thank you for your continuous instruction on this matter, as it has helped me to make an endeavour to try
and read more books. At the moment, I am reading Srimad-Bhagavatam. Gurudeva, just as Mahaprabhu
saved Jagai and Madhai, in the same way you have come on this earth only to deliver souls like me. You
know that I am weak and dim witted, my intelligence is limited, so please gurudeva, do not forsake me.
I think of you every day and wonder how you manage your life with such hard struggles, and every mo-
ment in full Krishna consciousness, you support your guru maharaja Srila Prabhupada and give mercy to
all for going back home, back to Godhead. I admire your resolve, passion and love for Srila Prabhupada’s
mission.
Please forgive me for any offenses that I might have committed in my attempt to glorify your divine per-
sonality.
Your insignificant servant,
Panchatattva Murari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I don’t have any qualification to speak anything about you guru maharaja ji. I don’t know how many births
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it may take to understand the mercy that you have bestowed upon me. I am surprised that a fallen soul
like me who is totally composed of impure desires, arrogance, duplicitous with such an unmatched job
profile, sustain in this parampara. This credit only goes to guru maharaja jis mercy towards the most fallen
one. I may offer my whole existence at the lotus feet of guru maharaja ji, because they have accepted the
parampara from dear Srila Prabhupada ji and made us fortunate to be a part of this unique divine spiritual
heritage.
I may never understand the expansion of your capacity to make devotees of the most unqualified ones and
may never understand the depth of the feeling of love and care you feel towards your disciples, which is
a manifested form of the love and surrender for your guru Srila Prabhupada ji. Even though I feel totally
unqualified to render any seva, but I am very sure that by surrendering my whole life to serve dear Sri Sri
Radha-Rasabhihari ji on your command, will make me a more humble servant of Vaishnavas, guru, Srila
Prabhupada and Gauranga Mahaprabhu.
I am very foolish, even though in this Kali-yuga my spiritual master is the only well-wisher and guide for
my eternal journey, I still don’t have that strength and intelligence for complete surrender. I feel myself as
a child in this spiritual journey and guru maharaja ji as my skilled mighty father who is always planning
for my spiritual growth with love and care, without making me aware of his parental care. I can’t say thank
you as I am in debt of your mercy and your guru-bhakti, by which you serve tirelessly for the pleasure
of your guru and Gauranga which is ultimately benefiting us. May I be bestowed with a fraction of your
mercy, so that I can please you with my service and surrender! May my body, senses, mind, and intellect
given by Hare Krishna and myself who am a part and parcel of Hare Krishna, be engaged eternally in the
service of the lotus feet of guru maharaja ji, Srila Prabhupada ji, Gauranga Mahaprabhu ji, and Sri Sri
Radha-Krishna ji. Haribol. Jaya Sri guru and Gauranga!
Your servants,
Paramatma dasa and Achalarupa devi dasi
O dear Srila Gurudeva, O eternal father, O grandsire of transcendental knowledge,
Please accept my dandavat obeisances at your lotus feet on this day of your Vyasa-puja. May I always take
shelter and guidance from you! All glories to our savior Srila Prabhupada, all glories to his body Iskcon,
and all glories to his pure devotees!
On this most auspicious day of your appearance on planet earth, I would like to offer you my heartfelt
thanks along with some humble words of praise.
Gurudeva,
I think of you every day
I think of the words you speak
I reflect on your sacrifices
I admire your Vaishnava qualities
I admire all those that you inspire,
And I admire your passion and love for Srila Prabhupada’s Mission
I thank you for all the mercy that you have showered upon us.
I pray that I always remain attached to the shelter of your lotus feet.
I am such a fallen and conditioned soul that I do not qualify to sing your glories. I thank Lord Krishna and
Srila Prabhupada for delivering me unto your lotus feet.
Gurudeva, on this occasion I pray to Lord Jagannatha for your good health, so that we can often listen to
your sweet voice which gives us spiritual enlightenment and also an opportunity to get spiritual inspiration
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for the years to come.
Please forgive me for any offense I might have committed in my attempt to glorify your divine personality.
Your unworthy aspiring servant,
Paramatma Hari dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja!
Maharaja I am not qualified enough to speak about you, nonetheless I don’t want to miss this opportunity
to glorify a pure devotee like you so that I get purified. You are always absorbed in Krishna consciousness
and you are a perfect follower of Srila Prabhupada by effortlessly preaching all over the world in extreme-
ly difficult conditions, considering your health and responsibilities as GBC.
Your simple instructions like attentive chanting and reading and distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books, I
am not able to follow to the fullest, due to my enjoying propensity. However by your causeless mercy I’ve
got the association of devotees which is helping me to hang on to the boat of devotional service
As mentioned by Adi Sankaracharya in Gurv-astakam
anarghani rathnani mukthani samyak,
samalingitha kamini yamineeshu,
gurorangri padme manaschenna lagnam,
thatha kim thatha kim, thatha kim thatha kim
Even if you have a priceless jewel collection,
Even if you have an embracing passionate lover,
If your mind does not bow at the guru’s feet,
What is the use? What is the use? And what is the use?
Thatha kim? What is the use of my life if I am not completely surrendering on to your lotus feet Please
bless me maharaja so that I take your instructions as my life and soul.
Your useless but aspiring servant,
Partha Govinda dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja, you are an ocean of qualities and I feel small to even make an attempt to glorify you. You
have descended just to assist Srila Prabhupada in his mission to spread Krishna consciousness throughout
the world. You always take care to follow in the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada and not try to invent any-
thing new. You also take care to set the right example as a sannyasi, guru, disciple of Srila Prabhupada,
and you are a source of inspiration for all your disciples.
You are undeterred in your practice and you have complete faith in the teachings of our acharyas and Srila
Prabhupada and you deliver the same message to us in a more simplified way. Guru maharaja, your enthu-
siasm to serve and spread Krishna consciousness seems to just grow year after year, although now you are
in such an advanced age. You always practice your sadhana strictly and you relish worshiping the deities.
In a lecture in Russia, 1998 you mentioned that false enthusiasm cannot last long, but your dedication and
strictly following the rules and regulations for decades, proves that this enthusiasm is by your following
the principles of bhakti purely.
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I wish to submit a poem:
In this dark age of Kali, where miseries rain
You implore us to chant with attention - the Holy Name
Your character is exemplary without any stain
Decades of your practice inspires us to gain
Your faith in sages and scriptures is undeterred
You reinforce the teachings, for ages heard
Navigating through upheavals you steer your strong boat
You’re calling us all, to the Supreme Lord’s abode
You perform great austerities for the welfare of the world
Our inherent devotion you’ve helped unfold
Guru maharaja, although I’m unworthy I beg you to please bestow your merciful glance on me. Please
forgive me for all of my offences.
Your insignificant servant,
Partha priya dasa
Most Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All
glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.3.21 clearly states the qualification of a genuine bona fide spiritual master:
tasmād guruḿ prapadyetaaijsāsuḥ śreya uttamam
śābde pare ca niṣṇātaḿ brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam
Therefore, any person who seriously desires real happiness must seek a bona fide spiritual master and take
shelter of him by initiation. The qualification of a bonafide guru is that he has realized the conclusions of
the scriptures by deliberation and is able to convince others of these conclusions. Such great personalities,
who have taken shelter of the Supreme Godhead, leaving aside all material considerations, should be un-
derstood to be bona fide spiritual masters.
Your behavior is exactly like the above sloka and you have come to this material world for delivering fall-
en conditioned souls. I am the most fallen conditioned soul, struggling in this material existence from time
immemorial. You have accepted me as your disciple last year on the auspicious occasion of Sita Navami.
With your prior permission, I accepted grihastha ashram on 10th December 2017. Before that you gave
me some of the most important instructions. I am trying to follow, but please kindly bless me so that I am
able to follow your instructions very seriously and sincerely.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.11.29-32 states the 28 qualities of a saintly person. All these qualities are within
you. These qualities are:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O Uddhava, a saintly person is merciful and never injures oth-
ers. Even if others are aggressive he is tolerant and forgiving towards all living entities. His strength and
meaning in life come from the truth itself, he is free from all envy and jealousy, and his mind is equal in
material happiness and distress. Thus, he dedicates his time to work for the welfare of all others. His intel-
ligence is never bewildered by material desires, and he has controlled his senses. His behavior is always
pleasing, never harsh and always exemplary, and he is free from possessiveness. He never endeavors in
ordinary, worldly activities, and he strictly controls his eating. He therefore always remains peaceful and
steady. A saintly person is thoughtful and accepts Me as his only shelter. Such a person is very cautious
in the execution of his duties and is never subject to superficial transformations, because he is steady and
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noble, even in a distressing situation. He has conquered over the six material qualities -- namely hunger,
thirst, lamentation, illusion, old age and death. He is free from all desire for prestige and offers honor to
others. He is expert in reviving the Krishna consciousness of others and therefore never cheats anyone.
Rather, he is a well-wishing friend to all, being most merciful. Such a saintly person must be considered
the most learned of men. He perfectly understands that the ordinary religious duties prescribed by Me in
various Vedic scriptures possess favorable qualities that purify the performer, and he knows that neglect of
such duties constitutes a discrepancy in one’s life. Having taken complete shelter at My lotus feet, howev-
er, a saintly person ultimately renounces such ordinary religious duties and worships Me alone. He is thus
considered to be the best among all living entities.
You are a genuine spiritual master as you are following in the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada. You are doing
a lot of service for Srila Prabhupada’s movement just because you have firm faith and deep love for Srila
Prabhupada.
I am not doing any practical service for Srila Prabhupada’s mission, but I have a strong desire to serve this
mission wholeheartedly in future. Please bless me so that I can develop a service attitude towards Srila
Prabhupada’s mission and all devotees.
On this most auspicious day please bless me so that I always remain in your shelter, follows your instruc-
tions very seriously and sincerely, and serve Srila Prabhupada’s movement forever.
Your insignificant servant of the servant of your servant,
Prahlad Hari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
On my first darshan at Delhi on the occasion of your Vyasa-puja celebration I had no idea about guru
tattva and its importance. You requested all devotees during the celebration to take only Krishna Prasad
and read Prabhupada’s books carefully. This helped us to continue our spiritual progress. It was just like
the compassion of a father and care towards his own son. Again by the mercy of Vaishnavas and Krishna,
I got a chance to be with you in Nathdwara yatra. There was a big crowd of happy devotees assembled in
the yatra. I was inspired by your merciful concern towards the devotees. You were giving answers to their
doubts in classes and sharing your realizations with them. You are very compassionate and caring towards
all living beings, that every year you organize such a wonderful yatra.
By the causeless mercy of Vaishnavas and Krishna I came in contact with His Divine Grace Srila Prabhu-
pada’s mission. To make it successful Krishna has sent you to deliver the conditioned souls. A dust particle
from the lotus feet of guru can deliver the entire universe. You are traveling all around the world to deliver
the conditioned souls who suffer a lot. You are showing the nectar pot to all living beings equally. You
share your wonderful realizations so that we can get attracted to devotional life.
Under your guidance the Hare Krishna movement is growing very fast all over the world. In many big
cities of the country centers have been established. Many people are getting benefit.
Unfortunately I am not able to take advantage. I am not able to develop interest in japa and it feels like a
burden. My mind is not allowing me to participate in seva and kirtan. Kindly bestow your mercy upon me
so that I may be able to progress in spiritual life and please save me from hellish life.
Your servant,
Pramod Jaiswal
Dear Gurudeva,
I offer my humble obeisances onto the dust of your lotus feet.
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I am eternally grateful to you for showing me the correct path and the right way of bhakti. Without your
help I would be bewildered. Thank you, gurudeva, for kindly giving me the privilege to glorify you on this
Vyasa-puja festival!
Gurudeva, I was hearing one of your lectures where you were speaking on the prayers of Queen Kunti
S.B. 1.8.36, and in between the lecture you described the pastimes of Srila Sanatana Goswami, glorifying
Srila Haridasa Thakura by saying: ‘Acharya prachara-namera karaha dui karya,tumu-sarva-guru, tumi
jagatera arya’; Srila Haridasa Thakura was having both perfect achar and prachar, he was the spiritual
master of the entire world. We see the very same quality reflecting in you also gurudeva. In your character
we find all the Vaishnava qualities, the crest jewel being humility, which is so dear to the Lord, and all oth-
er beautiful qualities like compassion, faith in the spiritual master, faith in the potency of the holy name,
avyartha-kalatvam, tolerance, gravity, and in addition to having such perfect achar, you are doing prachar
also. Further guru maharaja, your mood is that of an ideal preacher. Though you are managing so may
centres, devotees, projects, you consider yourself nothing but an insignificant servant of Srila Prabhupada,
trying to execute his instructions to please him, it is due to such a mood gurudeva, that you never become
even slightly proud and are never deterred in your enthusiasm. Because your enthusiasm is coming from
the desire to serve and please Srila Prabhupada, you are not affected by the results, apparently bad or good
reciprocations coming from different parties, and are always steady in your enthusiasm. And that enthu-
siasm is so much that it pushes you even beyond bodily limitations and everyone is amazed how you are
able to so actively serve despite your advanced age and physical ailments.
Gurudeva, Krishna consciousness is entirely a path of mercy. All the qualities and realizations are not
achieved, but are gifted to the submissive disciple by the spiritual master.
Gurudeva, being a conditioned living entity, I am struggling to follow your instructions and I beg you for
your blessings so that my submission may increment and that I may be able to properly receive the gifts
you are so eager to distribute freely to anyone and everyone.
Thank you gurudeva, for kindly giving me the gift of harinama, Hari-katha and association of such nice
devotees without which there would had been no meaning to my life.
A servant of your servants,
Radhapati Hari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri
guru and Gauranga!
Once again the great day of celebration, and one of the best occasions has arrived for me to glorify our be-
loved guru maharaja. One of the most humble, sincere and serious devotees of the Supreme Lord and Srila
Prabhupada. I always feel fortunate because I am able to hear your pastimes and glories regularly from the
devotees and my god-brothers, especially from your representative my mentor, guide and counsellor. This
always keeps me enthusiastic even at the time of tension and distress. Although I am completely unqual-
ified still I would like to endeavour to glorify you for my purification, on this day of your divine appear-
ance. By seeing your ever-pleasing face with a divine smile gives me a lot of inspiration and enthusiasm.
Your soft speech and dealings with Vaishnavas shows the qualities of your wonderful divine heart. Your
lectures and instructions are as sweet as nectar and as bold as your strictness towards the principles. You
are always eager to spread the mission of Srila Prabhupada, and compassion for the conditioned souls suf-
fering from unlimited material desires in this material world. Your strict schedule which you follow shows
your firm faith in Srila Prabhupada and the Supreme Lord. Your determination although very simple to
understand, takes more than a lifetime to turn into practical implementation.
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Dear guru maharaja, by your association and lectures and through the counselling of the devotees who
have surrendered to you and are under your shelter, I am able to survive to this extent. You have blessed
me now by initiating me in one of the biggest authorised disciplic successions available on this planet at
present, which provides the highest perfection of human life, the loving devotional service unto the lotus
feet of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. Although this conditioned soul doesn’t possess any qualifications,
still by showing causeless mercy on me, you sent a faithful representative of yours to guide me and pick
me up from a hellish condition of life, from a world full of nescience, where I was breaking almost all the
regulative principles of the Vedic system. Without your mercy I am completely helpless to face the attacks
of my own anarthas. I always feel strength by following your divine instructions, lectures and the spiritual
guides that you have assigned for me, for the successful career of my spiritual practice.
O gurudeva, please forgive me for my offences at your lotus feet, and please give me the strength that to
progress in devotional service under your guidance. I beg you for mercy, to serve you and your instruc-
tions in the right attitude, and at least follow the basic instructions in this lifetime. I beg for your causeless
mercy so that I am able to serve your followers. May my thinking, willing and actions be guided only by
your instructions. Even if one percent of your instructions I can follow, then it would be considered as a
great success for me in my life.
Your insignificant servant,
Raghupati Vishnu dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On every Vyasa-puja day with all our disqualifications we try to describe your unlimited qualities in lim-
ited words.
First, I would like to express our gratitude to you for giving us shelter under your lotus feet, by accepting
us as your disciples.
We are not qualified for the same, but due your compassion for the fallen souls you have accepted us as
your disciples.
You are a moving perfect example of a disciple. You teach by your example how a disciple should be
attached to his spiritual master’s instructions. Despite your bad health we see how you are trying day and
night to fulfil the desire of your spiritual master.
I pray at your lotus feet to bless me in my spiritual endeavor and engage me in your service.
Your insignificant servant,
Rama Jeevan dasa
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
On this very auspicious day I would like to thank gurudeva for all the mercy he has bestowed upon me by
accepting me as his disciple. I am nothing without the association of devotees I have been able to under-
stand the science of self realization, by listening to the lectures of guru maharaja, and I am able to develop
love towards Srila Gopal Krishna. Your grace is the most important person in my life. I can’t imagine
life without your mercy. Before I was drowned in maya and covered by her veil, a misidentified lost soul
roaming aimlessly around. I pray to Lord Krishna and to Srila Prabhupada to always keep guru maharaja
in good health so that he can continuously preach.
Your servants,
Ramani devi dasi and Jagat Bandhu dasa
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My dear Guru Maharaja,
I want to request you to kindly allow me to offer my most fallen prostrated dandavats unto your lotus feet
which are the ultimate shelter and object of meditation of so many disciples, aspirants and other Vaish-
navas.
On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, when so many devotees are engaged in serving and glori-
fying you, by seeking permission from them, I also want to make an attempt to glorify you. Although you
are atmarama, but still for our spiritual advancement you give us an opportunity to glorify you.
This year began with celebrating the 40th anniversary of Iskcon Juhu - Srila Prabhupada’s Office. Being
the main host, you invited so many of his disciples from different parts of the planet. In spite of your ex-
tremely busy schedule, you personally took care of every single detail. Every Srila Prabhupada’s disciple
who came had great respect for you. Many of them mentioned how you helped them in advancing in ser-
vice, how you were standing in front as a Chief Army Officer and leading the Great Battle of Juhu.
Guru maharaja, you become very much pleased when you see, your disciples serving other Srila Prabhu-
pada’s disciples. Once a disciple of yours was standing in the lobby outside your room. When you asked
him, “why are you standing here?” He said, “To serve Haradasa prabhu”. You became extremely pacified
which was evident from the wonderful smile that came on your face.
Guru maharaja, you have a great feeling of gratitude towards anyone who is serving Srila Prabhupada.
Even if he is a young boy who did a small service. You did not leave any opportunity to glorify him in front
of your senior disciples and devotees. More than Krishna conscious, you are Srila Prabhupada conscious,
this is evident from the fact that your every lecture is ornamented with his pastimes and his teachings.
You always insist that devotees should read Srila Prabhupada’s books. I have personally experienced that
whatever you speak in your lectures, has been said exactly in some lecture of Srila Prabhupada. You never
speak more than what he has said. Before you went to Jagannatha Puri, I read 3-4 days continuously about
Srila Haridasa Thakura for you, the book was in great detail, but when you lectured about Srila Haridasa
Thakura, you only mentioned the details given by Srila Prabhupada in Caitanya-caritamrta. You are very
attached to serving Srila Prabhupada and Srila Haridasa Thakura. Once you said, “I am only concerned
with my service and my desire is to simply chant at Haridasa Thakura’s samadhi”.
Guru maharaja, your activities are inconceivable. Once in Juhu, your right foot was very swollen, when
you were stepping down through the stairs, the pain was very evident through your face. But just after a
few days- less than a week, I came to know that you were doing Govardhan parikrama. This was very
bewildering to me. You have an extensive travelling schedule, and even if you are inside your room, or
step out to take darshan of the Deities, so many devotees surround you to talk to you. In spite of great
tiredness, you meet them so enthusiastically and inspire them to chant Hare Krishna and serve Srila
Prabhupada. Guru maharaja, you are very sensitive and extremely humble in your dealings with other
devotees-including your disciples. With great humility you seek permission and take suggestions about
your program from temple authorities. You always place the comfort of other people on priority and then
finalize a schedule for yourself. Although you are serving as a spiritual master from many decades, but
whenever disciples welcome you by ecstatically chanting “Jaya Jaya Srila Bhagavatpada” you feel so shy.
Once you were stepping out of your car at Kharghar and you saw devotees chanting ecstatically, you felt
very shy and said, “Bhagavatpada nahin bolo bhai, Bhagavatpada nahin bolo”.
Guru maharaja, in your recent visit to Juhu, you resolved so many doubts of mine, without my directly
inquiring. When I was reading Bhagavatam for you, there were certain verses, which you made me read
again and again 5 times, which gave answers to my difficulties. I pray to Lord Nityananda, that may my
mind not divert even for a moment from your instructions. Guru maharaja, my only desire is to remain
in your association every moment. You have personally reciprocated my desire in your recent visit. I beg
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you by repeating the prayers of Kunti Maharani- “Sneha paasham imam cchindi”, let my all attachments
to family, home, society and friends be completely broken. “Ratim udvahataad addhaa, gangevaugham
udvanti”- “let my attraction be constantly drawn unto you without being diverted to anyone else”.
All glories to you my eternal spiritual master.
Your aspiring slave,
Ramhari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! My obeisances unto you, my spiritual father.
I pray to Lord Krishna, Who has blessed us with your presence, that my mind may always remember
your instructions and act according to them, to your greatest satisfaction. Although initiated, my mind
still remains obstinate and out of control. However each day brings a ray of hope when I get your darshan
through the Whatsapp group formed by your disciples. Devotees who gain your association share pictures,
videos and lecture highlights of your visits. No matter which part of the world you are in, you remain fixed
in Krishna consciousness and that is so inspiring. In this material environment which is full of change, you
embody steadiness in Krishna consciousness. As a sincere disciple of Srila Prabhupada you set an example
and you befit the title of ‘acharya’. You are so compassionate towards all beings and I am most fortunate
to have received your shelter. Please bless me and empower me with determination on this auspicious day
of your appearance.
Your servant,
Revati Kirti devi dasi
Dear Gurudeva,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories unto your lotus feet! On this most auspicious occasion of your
Vyasa-puja I bow down at your lotus feet with great awe and reverence.
Gurudeva, thank you for giving me a chance to glorify you on this day although I am not qualified, thank
you for giving me the maha-mantra and connecting me to this auspicious sampradaya.
Gurudeva, I first show you in Surat where you spoke about the importance of bhakti in 2013, after that
whenever I have met you I am overwhelmed seeing your transcendental qualities. Although you have so
many disciples, yet you guide them individually according to their capacity, you remember minute details
like your signature in B.g. when I asked you. This is due to your causeless mercy and immense compas-
sion that you are taking so much pain and hardship in presenting Krsna consciousness to others. You travel
around the world sharing Mahaprabhu’s mercy with the unfortunate souls of Kali-yuga. You are always
devising plans of how to make Krsna consciousness easy to be accessed, practiced and keeping our senses
engaged in Krishna’s service.
Gurudeva, like a parent you nurture your dependents. In the purport to verse 11.17.27 of S.B. it is men-
tioned that the spiritual master is like a parent. “Without the attentive service of his parents, a child cannot
grow to manhood; similarly, without the care of the spiritual master one cannot rise to the plane of tran-
scendental service.”
It is my humble request to please keep me under the shade of your lotus feet always. Give me the strength
to follow your instructions and serve your lotus feet.
Your eternal servant,
Saccidanand Vigrah dasa
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Most revered Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila gurudeva! All glories to
Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
On this most auspicious occasion of your 74th appearance day, I humbly pray unto your lotus feet to
bestow your merciful glance on me so that I can glorify your wonderful divine qualities. Srila Prabhu-
pada said that an Acharya is the one who teaches by his own activities. We crystal clearly see such nice
behaviour in you. You always stress that nice chanting and nice hearing is the solution to all the problems
of life. We see this in your own life. You are expanding the mission of Srila Prabhupada and perpetually
guiding devotees all over the world even at your ripened age.
As Lord Caitanya says in Śikṣāṣṭakam verse 3
trnad api sunicena, taror api sahisnuna
amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada harih
“One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the
straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and ready
to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.”
With your beautiful smile and wonderful dealings you mesmerize everyone to continue devotional service
in our society. Although I could not get much of your personal association of you, I hear from many devo-
tees about your glories. It has been 3 years since you gave me harinama initiation. I pray at your lotus feet
to shower a drop of your unlimited mercy so that I can follow your instructions eternally. You said once,
that to continue in Iskcon one should forget and forgive the faults of others. Finding faults is the greatest
disease that I need to cure under your divine medication. I really pray at your lotus feet to develop such an
attitude. Guru maharaja you are following the teachings of Bhagavad-gita and the path of the mahajanas
as mentioned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. You exemplify the character of Lord Caitanya in Caitanya-cari-
tamrta by making us understand that you are a true follower of Srila Prabhupada. I humbly pray that my
mind which is wretched, stubborn, fully contaminated, always roaming over sense objects, may one day
get trapped between your glorious lotus feet.
Dear guru maharaja, I sincerely and whole-heartedly offer prayers at your lotus feet, to shower your mercy
on me, so I can to continue in devotional service and remain in the association of devotees, read the books
of Srila Prabhupada, distribute them, and tirelessly strive for the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Your tiny servant,
Sacinandana Hari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
My humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this very auspicious occasion of your appearance day for the
deliverance of fallen souls like me.
It is by your causeless mercy that today I am engaged in the service of the Lord even though I am full of
faults and do not deserve such good fortune.
Your humble attitude, exemplary character and uncompromising devotional service to your spiritual mas-
ter and the Lord is of great inspiration to me. Although you are very busy travelling all over the world for
spreading Krishna consciousness you always make sure to keep a very high standard of sadhana bhakti
by reading, chanting and so much more, just to set an example for your disciples. On this occasion I beg
from you for blessings, that I may never become lazy in spreading Krishna consciousness, and at the same
time remain humble and dedicated at your lotus feet.
Your servant,
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Sadajita dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept my most humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet, on the most auspicious occa-
sion of your Vyasa-puja.
This is indeed a very auspicious day for me, as well as for all of your loved ones. On this very special day, I
would like to thank you for accepting me as your disciple. I am one of your newly accepted disciples under
the guidance of your beloved disciple Sita Ram prabhu ji and Caitanya Avatar prabhu ji from Iskcon Juhu.
On this very auspicious day I pray and beg you O spiritual master, to please bless me so that I can serve
you and try to follow your instructions and the principles of the name given to me by you, as well as be-
come a soul surrendered unto you.
O spiritual master, please be merciful upon me and forgive me for my mistakes.
Hare Krishna.
Your insignificant servant,
Sadhana priya dasa
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I wish you a very happy Vyasa-puja and pray to Srimati Radharani to bestow Her mercy on this auspicious
day. I do not feel worthy to write anything about you but with the blessings of all the Vaishnavas I would
like to write something on this wonderful appearance day of yours. Gurudeva, you have made all arrange-
ments not only for your disciples, but for humanity at large through your many innovative ways of getting
your association through your lectures live broadcasts etc. Keeping you at the centre of my life each day I
can feel how your causeless mercy flows unconditionally in the upkeep of my devotional service.
By the mercy of spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krishna. Without the grace of the spiritual
master one cannot make any advancement. On this holy appearance day of yours in this material world,
I pray that Krishna gives you good health and strength so that you can continue your mission of serving
Srila Prabhupada and spread the message of Caitanya Mahaprabhu to the entire world.
I know I am not worthy of your mercy, but I am very thankful you have deemed fit to bestow your mercy
on such a fallen conditioned soul as myself. Through your teachings I have come to realize the importance
of the spiritual master and can never thank you enough for all that you have given us.
Your most fallen student,
Sakhiprestha devi dasi
Hare Krsna Your Holiness Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I wish to share the steps I have taken in the process of devotion since last year.
Chanting: I am consistently making efforts to improve my chanting. I have made some progress. I have a
long way to go.
Book distribution: I am a novice and neophyte. I am tentative and have a lot to learn in this area. I am
happy to say thanks to the encouragement of my online C.c. course siksha guru and mercy of Krishna, I
was able to distribute 5 Bhagavatam sets.
I have a big dream to distribute Bhagavad-gita and Bhagavatam sets in my lifetime. I don’t want to men-
tion the number as it will look almost impossible to achieve. My inspiration is His Divine Grace Srila
Prabhupada. Whenever I visit Kharghar temple I see his statement proudly displayed. I want to build a
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house where the whole world can live.
I have made a small beginning. My sister suffered misfortune in her life last year. As her elder brother I am
trying to hold her hand and move her to embrace Krsna. She had to change her lifestyle and come out of
retirement to run the family. She opened a Kindergarten school in Bangalore called Mini Miracles.
In the 1st year of operations we have received 23 admissions. All parents were given a Bhagavad-gita set
free. It is my desire that as the school admissions grow so will the book distribution numbers.
Seva: I go to Sri Sri Radha-Gopinatha temple for doing my Bhakti Shastri course. I realized that distribu-
tion of Bhagavatam sets even within Mumbai is not an easy job. I have volunteered to carry Bhagavatam
sets ordered by any devotee from Thane where I live. Have been able to deliver 4 sets so far. I am eager
to do more.
Dhama yatra: I had the good fortune of visiting Mayapur for the 1st time in Feb 18. I had the opportunity
of having darshan of Maharaja and seek his blessings too. With the blessings of guru and Krsna I was able
to visit Vaishnodevi, Vrindavana, Nathdwara, Udipi, Divya desham – 30 temples, Guruvayoor, Udaipur
Iskcon and Tirupati.
Ratha-yatra: Attended Ratha-yatra at Kalyan, Shivaji park at Dadar and Juhu where I could pay obeisances
and seek the blessings of guru maharaja.
Studying Srila Prabhupada books: I have completed one year of Bhakti Shastri course. By next year Krsna
willing I shall complete the course. It is my desire to start looking at opportunities to engage in preaching.
Anartha Nivritti: I have noticed a strange behavior amongst the congregation preaching community. If
for some reason the preacher does not get along with any devotee, he is asked not to come to the classes
and removed from WhatsApp groups and made to feel a complete outcaste, and no one is allowed to keep
any contact with them. This seems strange to me. In Krsna consciousness why should we display such
behavior? I am too small to comment or understand. I can only submit the observations to guru maharaja
for his solution. Association of devotees is Vasudeva kutumbakam. Can there be pardon for these neophyte
devotees. They could have genuine reasons for not being able to contribute monetarily etc. Can we make
our congregations really a true Vasudeva parivar. A Vaishnava is a Vaishnava. I will pray to Krishna for
His blessings to improve this situation.
I am praying to Krishna to bless me with more opportunities for seva.
Seek your pardon: I eagerly wait for this opportunity to share all I have seen and experienced over the
past one year. Please pardon me as a neophyte devotee if I have expressed any point which is out of place.
Your servant,
Sakshi Mohan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam.
We are souls bound up by maya struggling for worldly desires.
I am your servant, so please be merciful to me and purify me by the shade of your lotus feet. I bow down
to those lotus feet with great care and attention. May your glories now be proclaimed throughout the three
worlds!
O my spiritual master, you always lovingly smile and never fail to ask how we are and how is our family,
whenever you see us in the temple or in the lobby.
I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master who has opened my eyes which were blinded by
the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge.
You are always engaged in temple worship of Their Lordships Radha and Krishna and you also engage
your disciples in such worship.
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Your service to Srila Prabhupada’s movement is exemplary and very difficult for us to describe.
Thank you maharaja for your mercy on us.
Your humble servant,
Sanatana kripa devi dasi
My dear Guru Maharaja Srila Bhagavatpada,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Today is the most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja. Due to many defects I can find no words to de-
scribe your glories. Srila Bhagavatpada, you are carrying on the mission of Srila Prabhupada, to save
fallen souls. You are an embodiment of his mercy. Your causeless mercy on us fallen and unworthy souls
is unlimited. There is nobody who is more powerful, wise, kind and merciful like you. We are thankful
to you for your mercy and for accepting us as your servant, but we truly feel guilty not being worthy.
Your father-like glance touches the very core of our hearts. Your look speaks of your desire to engage us
in devotional service. This has made me realise how far behind I actually am in Krishna consciousness.
Please bestow your mercy upon this unfortunate soul who has fallen into an ocean of sense gratification
and repeated birth and death.
I pray to Lord Krishna to give your grace a long life in Krishna consciousness, so that you can deliver
fallen people like me.
Jaya Srila Bhagavatpada! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your most fallen servant,
Sarvahit dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Respected maharaja, today is a very auspicious day, being your appearance day, for all those people who
have been touched by your grace.
A saint is known for his compassion and tolerance.
Your divine grace is on, a mission to deliver the fallen souls as much as possible, by your compassion and
your tolerance of all inconveniences to achieve your goal.
Your grace is going on tirelessly, day after day, month after month, year after year to fulfil the mission,
given to you by your beloved spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada.
Maharaja, you are one of the most apt representatives of the parampara. You just repeat the words of the
parampara and give us the Vedic wisdom as it is. The impact of your preaching and purity is visible to the
entire world. With so many projects fructifying, so many devotees are sprouting up wherever your divine
grace and your sincere disciples are preaching.
Maharaja, by your dedication to your guru, by your faith in the parampara, by your surrender and de-
pendence on the Supreme Lord and taking the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu to your heart, you have
captured the Supreme Lord in your heart, as evident in the above verse of the Srimad-Bhagavatam. The
Lord says in the Bhagavatam
sri-bhagavän uväca
aham bhakta-parädhino, hyasva tantraivadvija
sädhubhir grasta-hrdayo, bhaktair bhakta-jana-priyah
“I am completely under the control of My devotees. Indeed, I am not at all independent. Because My dev-
otees are completely devoid of material desires, I sit only within the cores of their hearts. What to speak of
My devotee, even those who are devotees of My devotee are very dear to Me.” S. B. 9.4.68.
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Maharaja, your love for the Lord is evident in your service to the deities. Your love for the message of the
Lord is evident in your book distribution efforts, your love for the devotees is evident in the fact that you
always stay in the association of devotees, guiding them, inspiring them and tolerating their offenses due
to familiarity.
Many times, we get bewildered by your bold steps in preaching, but the verse below from Caitanya-cari-
tamrta pacifies us. Yänra cite krsna-premä karayeu daya tänra väkya, kriyä, mudra vijnehanä bujhaya
Even the most learned man cannot understand the words, activities and symptoms of a person situated in
love of Godhead. C. c. Madhya 23.39.
Pleasing the spiritual master is the most important principle in spiritual life, and maharaja, you have
shown by your own example how to please your spiritual master, how to serve the instructions of one’s
spiritual master.
You have tirelessly, served Srila Prabhupada since the day you just heard about him. Since then you have
never relaxed or taken a break in your service unto Srila Prabhupada. You have taken the mission of Srila
Prabhupada to leaps and bounds, and today it has got a solid foundation by your preaching, taking chal-
lenges and risks, by your selfless service and guidance to devotees.
Numerous Bhakti Vriksha, Namahatta centres, temples, congregation preaching programs, brahmacaris
and sannyasis are taking a lot of inspiration from your 100% dedication towards this transcendental mis-
sion.
Just like Lord Krishna was ready to break His promise of not to pick up arms, when He picked the wheel
to attack Bhishmadeva to protect His dear devotee, Arjuna, even at the cost of His reputation, there are so
many instances when you have stood up to protect the reputation of Iskcon, or to protect an erring devotee,
even at the cost of your own reputation.
According to the deliberate opinion of all revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is non-different from
Krishna. Lord Krishna in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees.
The relationship of the disciple with his spiritual master is as good as his relationship with the Supreme
Lord. We experience godly qualities in you. One godly quality is compassion, and we see this in you
always. Without caring for your health and inconvenience, you travel extensively across the globe just
to give your association and shower your mercy on souls hankering for love of Godhead. Through a
moment’s association with you, people’s hearts are transformed. You are that magnet which attracts all
misdirected souls towards you.
We saw this example in your travel to China, where-in Chinese people were so attracted towards you and
by your divine qualities. Barriers of language were immaterial in China, since you were carrying the pure
message of the Bhagavad-gita and Bhagavatam and thus attracting everyone.
Maharaja, you are an embodiment of a shelter provider. Anyone who comes in your shelter, you compas-
sionately give him spiritual shelter, which pacifies the sufferings of the material fire.
It is indeed a very auspicious day today, for all those whom you have saved from material nescience. Your
compassion, love and care is visible in the fact that you only look at the good parts of people and you
ignore their shortcomings, fall downs, insults, and the arrogance a disciple or an acquaintance shows you.
Your only expectation from your disciples is that they become sincere and serious disciples, following the
regulative principles, chanting the holy names attentively, and doing attentive service for Srila Prabhupa-
da. You have, by your own actions, year after year shown your disciples how to be fixed in their sadhana,
as well as taken on responsibilities in the mission of Srila Prabhupada and performed them diligently.
You expect your disciples to take this movement ahead, by taking the mission to their hearts and serve
with sincerity and integrity, as you have displayed by your own actions. Maharaja, on this auspicious day,
kindly bless me so that I can become a worthy disciple of yours, where-in I may also take this mission to
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my heart and render service with utmost sincerity and humility, in spite of all my shortcomings.
Your servants,
Shadbhuja Gaura dasa and Rukmini Rupini devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, you are very compassionate as you are constantly travelling all over the world even in this
old age, so that devotees can get your association and advance in Krishna consciousness. Also, not all the
devotees follow your instructions, but despite that you do not get angry with them, and you still inspire
them to do their bit for advancement in bhakti.
You have a very high tolerance level, despite many people speaking against you or Iskcon, yet you do not
take it as an aparadha but you pray for them.
You are very intelligent and smart and you are the GBC of Mumbai and Delhi temples, which are the most
illusory cities of the country, yet you are able to manage them so nicely and have so many wonderful brah-
macari and grhastha devotees. You are the GBC of Vrindavana dhama - which is a very important place.
You are the GBC of Rajasthan and Kanpur where you are expanding Iskcon through various wonderful
and inspiring events such as youth fest in Kanpur.
You are a wonderful speaker, inspiring so many people all around the world in various countries all around
Europe, America and Russia. You visited China and gave wonderful seminars and preached to people
about bhakti- in a country where the government always tries to suppress religion. Many eminent person-
alities attended the seminar and gave a wonderful feedback and thereafter tried to meet you. They also
invited you for further seminars.
You have great faith in Srila Prabhupada, as whatever decisions you take are always based on Srila Pra-
bhupada’s words.
You are very caring. You always ask devotees about how they are whether they have taken prasad, even
if the devotee is a neophyte.
You are very attached to Krishna and Srila Prabhupada, and you are always trying to serve them by ex-
panding the mission. You waste no opportunity serve them.
You are the largest book distributor in Iskcon, thus fulfilling the instructions of Srila Prabhupada.
We should all try to serve your lotus feet in every way possible.
Your servant,
Shashwat
Hare Krsna my dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble prostrated obeisances at your lotus feet.
Like every year, this year also I got to learn and experience a few of your wonderful divine qualities which
you exhibit in yourself guru maharaja, and I was wonderstruck by those devotional qualities. You exactly
resemble the living example of the word ‘acharya’ - a spiritual master who teaches by his own example.
You teach us by your own example how to practice devotion in day to day life and stay connected to guru,
Krishna and Vaishnavas.
Like it is said for Lord Gauranga, ‘apani acari prabhu jivera sikhaye’ that Krsna by His own example
showed to all the people of the world how to practice Krishna consciousness, how to practice bhakti yoga,
how to practice the teachings of Bhagavad-gita, etc. while living in this world. Similarly, guru maharaja
by your own personal instructions and by following those instructions in your day to day life you teach
your disciples and other Vaishnavas how to follow in the footsteps of guru and shastra, and how to prac-
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tice devotional life keeping firm faith on the instructions of guru. Also, like Sanatana Goswami said to
Haridasa Thakura,
āpane ācare keha, nā kare pracāra
pracāra karena keha, nā karena ācāra
Translation: Some behave very well but do not preach the cult of Krsna consciousness, whereas others
preach but do not behave properly. [C.c. Antya 3.4.102]
‘ācāra’, ‘pracāra’, — nāmera karaha ‘dui’ kārya
tumi — sarva-guru, tumi jagatera ārya
Translation: You simultaneously perform both duties in relation to the holy name by your personal behav-
ior and by your preaching. Therefore you are the spiritual master of the entire world, for you are the most
advanced devotee in the world. [C.c. Antya 3.4.103].
Similarly, you not only preach and give instructions but you also show by setting your own personal ex-
ample, how those teachings and instructions can be followed while living our life. Recently, I was reading
in the purport of Bhagavad-gita 14.27, where Srila Prabhupada mentions about the process of devotional
service that can be practiced in our day to day life. I found out that guru maharaja you also speak about
the same principles in your classes and also you follow the same in your personal life too. They are: “De-
votional service to the Lord is very simple:
One should always engage in the service of the Lord, should eat the remnants of foodstuffs offered to the
lotus feet of the Lord, see the places where the Lord had His transcendental pastimes, read of the different
activities of the Lord, His reciprocation of love with His devotees, chant always the transcendental vibra-
tion of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra and observe the fasting days commemorating the appearances and
disappearances of the Lord and His devotees. “[an excerpt from the purport of B.g. 14. 27]
You have firm faith on your guru maharaja His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhu-
pada and also on the teachings of Srila Prabhupada. It was in the recent meeting with you when I and my
parents came to meet you in your room in Iskcon Juhu and my mother asked you, “You travel so much
guru maharaja. Don’t you get tired? Don’t you feel like taking rest due to your old age?” And you replied,
“ Prachar hi aaram hai”. Despite your age physically, you are still so energetic and enthusiastic in serving
the mission of Srila Prabhupada that even other devotees wonder how you do all this; traveling, preaching,
reading, chanting, getting up early and getting ready for mangala-arati, meeting with devotees, attending
to the GBC, Bureau and other meetings, attending different programs at different places, etc. (and the list
goes on). In your offering to Srila Prabhupada last year, you mentioned that you want to serve Iskcon life
after life. This also clearly shows your love and dedication to serve Srila Prabhupada.
Also, you have firm faith in the holy name of Krsna. Like whenever devotees ask you about how to excel
in devotional life, you have the answer “Chant properly and chant attentively”. And, when devotees ask
what to do if our mind is not getting fixed on chanting, you have the same answer, “Chant properly and
chant attentively”. Whenever we ask any question related to hindrance to path of spiritual progress, you
have this same answer. This clearly shows your firm faith in holy name, as it is said that the holy name is
non-different from Krsna Himself - “Abhinnatvan nama-naminoh [Cc Madhya 17. 133]”. So, you show
us that Krsna and Krishna’s names are not different and in Kali-yuga He has descended in his name so we
have no other place to surrender than to chant the names of the Lord: Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna
Hare Hare/ Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.
There is no limit to the glories of your divine qualities guru maharaja. All glories to you guru maharaja!
Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!
Yours eternal servant,
Shasvat Akrura dasa
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Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
Sri guru and Gauranga!
On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja I have got a wonderful opportunity to glorify you. Though
I am not a qualified person to glorify you, so I beg you to please shower your mercy upon me so that I can
please you.
You are serving your spiritual master by following his instructions. I heard that in, the earlier days of your
devotional life, you were trying to serve Srila Prabhupada by giving your whole salary to him. This shows
that you are fully surrendered to your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada. You are serving him by publishing
and distributing his books.
Guru maharaja, you are divine. And you always relish the pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna. You are
the most intimate friend, well-wisher and beneficiary of devotees. Your vani is so powerful that it helps to
solve the problems of life and to grow in spiritual life.
Devotees get inspiration from you to serve Krishna and Srila Prabhupada. You are one of the dearmost
disciples of Srila Prabhupada.
It’s my fortune that I have come to the shelter of your lotus feet, who is following each and every instruc-
tion of his spiritual master and spreading his message as it is all over the world.
Guru maharaja, you are so kind and humble and you forgive everyone. You are always in a transcendental
mood and always happy. I get a lot of inspiration from you to serve Krishna, Srila Prabhupada and other
devotees. I don’t have any qualities a of devotee. It’s only Krishna’s, Srila Prabhupada’s and your mercy
that I am now practicing Krishna consciousness in the shadow of your lotus feet.
I have committed so many offenses towards you and other devotees. So please forgive me. And please
bless me so that I can never forget Krishna consciousness and never leave Iskcon.
Your aspiring servant,
Shivkumar
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful humble obeisances at your lotus feet. It is my great pleasure to write a Vya-
sa-puja offering.
I thank you eternally for accepting this insignificant and useless soul as your disciple. Indeed, I have no
qualification.
I am trying to help senior devotees in preaching the message of Lord Caitanya. I am just trying to follow
their instructions, but most of the time I feel a lack of potency to do it, and sometimes I become falsely
proud for whatever little I have done. So please empower me.
On this auspicious occasion of your appearance day, I simply beg you guru maharaja, to please send your
special blessing on this insignificant soul. Please make me an instrument and engage me in the mission of
Srila Prabhupada.
Your most fallen servant,
Shubhangi Padma devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
On this most auspicious day of your appearance, your most insignificant, ungrateful and disobedient dis-
ciple has no words to glorify you as I feel very unqualified. But it is due to your kindness and mercy that
I am able to continue in my service.
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On your holy appearance day, I beg you to please give me your mercy so that I rise early in the morning
and maintain a good sadhana. Read Srila Prabhupada’s books every day and always remain in the associ-
ation of the devotees of Iskcon.
Another thing I wanted to express is, this time when we were trying to raise funds to buy a property at
Bhiwandi and present Srila Prabhupada the 5th temple in Mumbai, we all were very passionate to achieve
it. During this whole process, we forgot that without your mercy it is not possible. And today I would like
to share how Krishna made us realise that.
The cost of the Bhiwandi property was 1.95 crore, and we got one well-wisher Mr Ganesh and his wife.
They expressed their desire to donate this money but on one condition, which was, to speak to his holiness
Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja once, and make sure this project is under him, only then would they
donate the money. Finally, he spoke to you while you were in Russia, he was satisfied and gave the dona-
tion. This whole episode has come as a very big lesson in my life, that only by the mercy of the spiritual
master can we achieve success in our service.
Guru maharaja, I, Nitai Madhav prabhu, Narottam Priya prabhu, Chaitanya avatar prabhu, Srivas prabhu,
Anirudha svarupa prabhu, Ishan Gaura prabhu and many other devotees are working very hard to com-
plete the temple work so that you present the Bhiwandi project to Srila Prabhupada by Janamashtami.
Please bless us.
Your servant,
Sitaram dasa
My most respected Guru Maharaja,
Your holiness has bestowed utmost mercy on this fallen soul. You have been merciful to thousands of
disciples who have come under your protection.
I pray to Krishna to keep you always as my master.
I remain your humble servant,
Soumitra Krsna dasa
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam.
Please forgive me as this is my first Vyasa-puja offering to you.
Maharaja, you are engaged non-stop in Srila Prabhupada’s service. You have been showing us by your
example how to distribute books, to be humble, to be patient, and to forgive others. You have all the Vaish-
nava qualities, but with my material eyes I can see only a few.
You give instructions to your disciple according to his capacity, and you very well remember your most
insignificant disciples.
On this auspicious day, I beg for your mercy to please guide me forever. I want to become a good obedient
disciple of yours, please forgive me for the sins and offences I have committed at your lotus feet,
I pray to Lord Narasimha to bless you with good health so you can, as usual, tirelessly continue with your
preaching. May Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji always engage you in Their transcendental service!
Your servant,
Srinatha Krishna dasa
Dearest Gurudeva Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories unto you on this aus-
picious occasion of your Vyasa-puja! All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada!
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My life seems to be full of most complicated difficulties. But you make everything feel so very simple. You
always say that I should chant Hare Krishna and be happy, serve Krishna with love and always remember
how wonderful Krishna is and be happy. The more I try to do that the more wonderful my life becomes.
You have helped to pull out so many people from the darkness of ignorance, surely Srila Prabhupada must
be pleased by your service and how you are so nicely spreading Lord Caitanya’s movement around the
world. You are a spiritual revolutionary, in the sense that you are able to take such a seemingly mundane
thing as the internet and turn it into a transcendental Brhad Mrdanga vibrating the glories of Krishna and
Srila Prabhupada all around the world. There is nothing I can actually offer you that has any worth as you
already possess pure Krishna-bhakti which is the only thing that is of any real value anyway.
I feel so very, very happy that I am your eternal property. And whenever I am able to remember and realize
that, I do not want to be anything else. I know that I cannot be in any way useful to you, still I beg you to
please keep me always with you.
The essence of all I am saying is “All glories to you, Srila Gurudeva”. I hope that you continue to inundate
the entire world with Krishna-prema through your ecstatic preaching as you have been doing.
Please forgive me for any offense I might have committed in my attempt to glorify your divine personality.
Your insignificant servant,
Śrīnivāsa Jīvana dāsa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my dandavat pranams and good wishes on your Vyasa-puja.
I pray that you will not give up on me as I struggle to make progress. I pray that you will continue to bless
me with a desire to chant the holy names, and that I can have more and more of your association and so I
can be steady in my devotional life. You are always my well-wisher and I am eternally grateful for your
kindness. I will not give up and promise to try harder to be useful to you in the mission of Mahaprabhu
and our guru-parampara.
May you continue to spread the message of Mahaprabhu. In this age of Kali chanting of the holy Hare
Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/ Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, is the
only way.
As many have pointed out, I have no qualification of being a Vaishnava, I am simply an aspiring Vaishna-
va, like a dog aspiring to be a human. I will continue my duty as a dog, praying for your mercy that one
day I get the qualification needed to properly engage in bhakti - service devoid of personal interest.
Thank you very much,
A servant of your servants,
Subhadra Rati devi dasi
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Before glorifying you, I will pray at the Lotus Feet of Lord Nityananda and Lord Jagannatha. They both
are an ocean of mercy and by Their mercy only I got you as my spiritual master. I have no qualifications
to glorify you. How can an insect glorify the sun? By the mercy of Lord Gauranga, Srila Prabhupada and
all the Vaishnavas and my spiritual authority Vishnu Tattva prabhu I have got a chance to speak something
by which my heart will become purified.
My heart is really black. I am not copying any great Vaishnava; I can say these things by observing my
behavior with my associate devotees. I always criticize devotees, and become angry with them. I become
jealous when my equals are praised by my authorities. All these things prove that I am carrying a black
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heart with me which I have to purify, and this will happen by your mercy and Krishna, and as you said, by
chanting the holy name. By your mercy I am able to chant daily and complete 16 rounds.
One more thing I want to share, is that you are an inspiration in my spiritual life. There are many sources
of inspiration and Srila Prabhupada is the topmost. I am unfortunate that I am not able to see Srila Prabh-
upada personally, but I am fortunate to have a strict follower of Srila Prabhupada as my spiritual master.
I hear in your lectures that it is the responsibility of every Iskcon devotee to have exemplary behavior, but
I am conditioned soul. I learn things when I see only, and for people like me you are the perfect example.
I can learn every aspect of devotional service from you. How one should surrender to his spiritual master,
live in the association of devotees, take care of each and every devotee, how one should accommodate,
and talk with others, how to serve holy name, and maintain the Deity worship standards and a volume of
things.
I wanted to share one more thing, that this month was the most tough in my Krishna conscious life. Maya
tested me very badly. My senses took me to such places where breaking the regulative principles is very
common. I was in such a situation where saving my bhakti was almost impossible. At that time paramat-
ma reminded me of you and I thought that “what am I doing? I have to serve the mission of my spiritual
master.” This thought saved me and I escaped without breaking any regulative principles. This was just
because of your mercy. By your mercy I got the association of devotees like Saurabh prabhu. He is a very
nice devotee. He is a very obedient to his authority. I pray for him at your lotus feet and I want to pray for
a very important devotee who came from IIT Roorkee. He was an inspiration to our whole center, for each
and every devotee. He is very dear to all of us. Now he has joined the Punjabi bagh temple. Please guru
maharaja be merciful to him. I was not able to do much service this year, but I tried to follow my spiritual
authority Vishnu Tattva prabhu.
Now Vishnu Tattva prabhu wants that I should engage in preaching service. Before also he told me to do
so, but I was not ready. I don’t have the heart to preach, but because he has asked me, I am ready. I really
need your blessings because without your blessings I won’t be able to make myself a devotee, so what to
speak of helping others. Please bless me, O gurudeva, so that I should please my spiritual authorities and
purify my black stone-like heart. I pray at your lotus feet for the new boys to become very good devotees,
and an example to the society, and that they advance in Krishna consciousness.
I pray at the lotus feet of Lord Jagannatha and Lord Nityananda to keep your health better and that you
keep spreading the mission of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and purify fallen souls like me by giving us
your association. You gave us instructions during the 40th anniversary at the Jagannatha Pandal to chant
and study nicely. Now please give us the strength to try to follow. After receiving the instruction to study,
it has been a purifying experience by your mercy.
Please always shower your blessings on us. Please forgive me if I have committed any offense at your
lotus feet. I really need your padashraya.
Trying to be your servant,
Sumit Patil
Dearmost Srila Bhagavatpada,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
As Iskcon’s 50th year celebrations passed by and we are celebrating the 40th year of the Juhu temple, I look
back at the journey of my coming in the association of Iskcon. The driving force behind my coming to
Iskcon is none but the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna, under whose guidance I reached and touched the office
of Srila Prabhupada in 1978, 10th October.
I recall how my mother blessed me for my onward journey from Srinagar to Bombay. She insisted on tak-
ing me to Kheer Bhawani temple, one of the oldest shrines in Srinagar. She prayed-‘Mother, I am sending
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my son to a far away destination, please keep on protecting my son for his onward journey.’
I was fortunate enough that I came in contact with Iskcon and took up Krishna Consciousness in the as-
sociation of devotees. Not knowing the days of materialistic life and its dangers especially in metro cities.
Simple life serene surroundings kept me in tune with spiritual life from my childhood, till I came in con-
tact with Iskcon- its teachings and leaders of the movement. In their association I grew up to know more
about Bhagavad-gita, Bhagavatam and specially the teachings of Lord Caitanya.
Thereupon I learned about the struggle which Srila Prabhupada went through in establishing this move-
ment, which was meant to attract fallen souls like me.
On this day of your Vyasa-puja celebration, I rejoice in coming in contact with you and your dedication
to Srila Prabhupada. Though I had met you many times before you took sannyasa, I often wondered how
you speedily accepted sannyasa and greater responsibilities for spreading the movement in India and all
over the world.
Especially I remember how you took the mission of establishing Iskcon centers in Delhi Sri Sri Rad-
ha-Parthasarathi temple and many others in other parts of India and all over the world significantly in
Africa and Russia.
It was my great fortune that you accepted me as your disciple though you had not initiated many in the
initial days of your being an initiating guru in Iskcon.
I feel genuine gratitude and appreciation for your unconditional compassion on this most fallen servant
of yours. I always am and shall be deeply indebted to you life after life, for engaging me in the service of
Srila Prabhupada’s Iskcon.
I am deeply indebted to you for engaging me in seva, even if I have committed many offences at your feet
time and again, yet you embraced me always.
I am committed to the cause of spreading the message of Lord Caitanya and Srila Prabhupada. I see
through you Srila Prabhupada, who gave us this beautiful Iskcon which is parallel to none.
I am proud and yet humble at the Lotus Feet of Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji that They have provided me
with your shelter eternally.
After many decades of service in Iskcon, I can understand what it means to be a leader which requires
humility, wisdom and intelligence to engage people in the service of Iskcon.
I remain at the dust of your feet so that I can be an instrument in your hands for spreading the message
of Krishna and Srila Prabhupada. No doubt I am ambitious in spreading the message to the best of my
capacity as a humble servant of yours.
A lot has to be achieved in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai for spreading the message of Bhagavad-gita and
Bhagavatam. Mumbai is Srila Prabhupada’s office and you have been the custodian of this office since
1978 and I feel very proud that I have served this office under your leadership and guidance all these 40
years.
Please bless me and all the devotees at Kharghar so that we can please you by offering this project in the
year 2019. Many plans are there to glorify you, serve you and many more things for your pleasure and the
pleasure of Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana ji.
I am just fallen so please protect me life after life so that I can get a taste for the Bhagavatam and Bhaga-
vad-gita. Hearing chanting and serving with love is the most pleasing to Krishna and Vaishnavas. Please
engage me in this greatest seva for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada and sanatana dharma. I can only say,
that life is - the taste of devotional service, and how do I catch the life of ultimate devotional service to my
beloved Lordships Sri Radha Madana-mohana ji, Srila Prabhupada and your divine self.
Your servant,
Suradas
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Dear Guru Maharaja ji, Vaikutha vihari dasa and Pallika Radha devi dasi
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I have realised that you represent Lord Krishna. You are very humble. I always try to follow your pious My dear Srila Bhagavatpada,
footprints. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to you Srila Bhaga-
May Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji keep you healthy so that you may serve Them to the maximum. vatpada!
Your servant, I dedicate this humble offering to your glorious loving gaze, to the jewels that are your words, and to the
Tridhama dasa eternal shelter at your soft lotus feet. Allow me to abide in these holiest places of pilgrimage for they are
the life of this once destitute soul.
My dear Srila Bhagavatpada,
You have humbled my heart by your humility
And caused me to see by your sight
Your mercy bountiful
O spirit of Grace may you always keep me in the shelter of your lotus feet
Your spiritual activities plentiful
In the clouds of the darkest night.
Your example splendid and beautiful
Srila Prabhupada disciple you are very careful Srila Bhagavatpada I do not have such purity and good qualities and a deep loving relationship that you
had for your loving father Srila Prabhupada, so I beg you to please kindly forgive me and to keep me in
For your body you are uncaring
your association where I can develop good character and purity like yourself.
Srila Prabhupada services you do untiring
As said in the S.B. 3.25.25. “The spiritually powerful message of Godhead can be properly discussed only
For any seva we do, you keep thanking
in a society of devotees and it is greatly pleasing to hear in that association. If one hears from devotees, the
Your humility and love is worth unfolding
way of transcendental experience quickly opens, and gradually one attains firm faith which I am lacking,
Surrender unto Krishna you tell and that in due course develops into attraction and devotion.
Read and chant is your ringing bell Dear Srila Bhagavatpada, there are so many things that may be said about you --- about the depth and
Prabhupada’s book unlimited you sell magnitude of your heritage. Please forgive me for not being able to properly describe the greatness of my
Building Krishna’s temples very well spiritual father.
Just as a beautiful diamond is kept in a beautifully trimmed box, so the greatness of Lord Krishna is kept
Any soul you meet you preach
in the precious jeweled mouth of Lord Ananta (Caitanya-bhagavata Adi-kanda 1.13)
Chant Hare Krishna you beseech
We believe that Lord Krishna has manifested the precious jeweled box and the most precious jewel is
How to serve this mission you teach
revealed to us by the brilliance of your greatness, and the greatness of His pure servants.
For the end goal is Goloka dhama to reach.
Please accept this imperfect attempt to glorify you, the most humble and perfect servant of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
prati-janma kori asa caranena dhuli
Your eternal servant,
I desire the dust of your holy feet in every birth that I may take.
Tulasi priya devi dasi
Jaya Srila Bhagavatpada! All glories unto your lotus feet!
Yours ever-indebted daughter,
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Varaharupa dasi
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Just by taking shelter at your lotus feet our lives have now become purposeful. We are able to perform
Dear Guru Maharaja,
loving devotional service for Srila Prabhupada, parampara and Lord Krishna only through you. We al-
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this auspicious
ways desire to do some meaningful sincere loving service at your lotus feet. Being filled with astonishing
day of your Vyasa-puja!
ghastly material desires, I am still so far from doing sincere loving service.
Guru maharaja, through your mercy, blessing and guidance I am trying to live a spiritual life by regular-
Although I am nonsense, still I have surrendered to you. I beg for your kind mercy to make me Krishna
ly chanting 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, only have a Krishna nap, attend temple pro-
conscious, as my own struggles and attempts are useless.
grammes once a week and render practical seva in the temple.
There is no possibility for my advancement in Krishna consciousness without attachment for loving sin-
Guru maharaja, I am endeavoring to read Srila Prabhupada’s books every day and avoid displeasing dev-
cere determined service at your lotus feet.
otees in any manner. I am trying to engage my wife and children in devotional service by bringing them
I pray to Lord Krishna to bless us with a sincere loving attachment.
to the temple and taking them to dhama yatras.
Yours fallen but hopeful servants,
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consciousness and please Srila Prabhupada.
I might have done some offences knowingly or unknowingly, so I beg for your forgiveness.
Your humble servant,
Vasudeva Priya dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
On this most auspicious day of Your divine appearance I beg for your kind mercy to accept my humble
offering.
Gurudeva you are the great general of Srila Prabhupada’s army who travels on all fronts across the globe
to motivate weak soldiers like myself to stay motivated in the fight against Mayadevi.Although physically
you are turning 74 but the spiritual warrior in you seems to be ever young and fresh, ready to take on all
challenges. You are like the protective mother very carefully guarding and nurturing ISKCON.
You are personification of humility and co-operation Srila Prabhupada requested from his disciples. Your
enthusiasm and strong determination to serve Srila Prabhupada’s words is unfathomable. You are filled
with transcendental energy and anyone who even gets a slight glimpse of Your darshan feels spiritually
energized. Seeing you gives us assurance that pure goodness is possible even in this hopeless world and
degraded souls like ourselves also have a chance to go back home back to Godhead.
You are so expert in everything you do. The way you deal with managerial issues, people in-general, dev-
otees who come to you with their problems, your dealing with your God bothers, truly inspiring.
Although you are an epitome of perfection, you still maintain such a humble attitude even while dealing
with neophytes like myself that I am simply awestruck and cannot fathom even a drop of the ocean of
your glories.
You are the true well-wisher of all. You kindly give your audience and guidance to all who approach you,
even tolerate fools like myself who fail to understand and follow your instructions correctly.
I beg for forgiveness and mercy to always keep me under your kind shelter. I will sincerely try to be better.
Thank you for blessing me with the opportunity to serve a little every year during your Vyasa-puja. Your
darshan in the form of thousands of pictures is the most enlivening part of my service and I sincerely thank
you again for this.
Your insignificant servants,
Vijay Madhava Das and Bhaktin Harsha
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you and Gauranga!
Guru maharaja, Krishna has given you a very special quality - to win the hearts of your god-brothers and
god-sisters and obviously your disciples.
Even though you have all the Vaishnava qualities but I want to highlight one. Though this quality, you
made millions of devotees in the world, whether it’s Russia, India or Pakistan. Wherever you go, you
attract the conditioned souls and show them the path of bhakti. By your sincere endeavour, and Prabhupa-
da’s vision you have built temples and distributed many Srila Prabhupada’s books, which is increasing day
by day. Please give me your magnanimous mercy so that I can also become an instrument in your mission.
By your grace, this year I was successful and distributed Srila Prabhupada’s books and I assist the devo-
tees in this service. But I want more success in this field of preaching.
This year my goal is that whoever I meet I discuss about Krsna consciousness rather than material mun-
dane talk, and that was fulfilled by your divine grace.
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I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai for your good health.
Please make me an instrument to fulfill the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Your servant,
Virendra Rama dasa
Dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories unto your lotus feet!
First, I am not qualified to glorify your great personality, neither do I have such qualifications or intelli-
gence, but due to your kind mercy I am going to write some things.
Guru maharaja, I have lot of practical examples in my heart of your divine personality.
You are always concerned about Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
You always treat everyone equally whether he is your disciple or not, even visitors also.
You are so anxious to know each and everyone.
I have seen you many times in my dream this is also due to your kindness.
Guru maharaja, I am always inspired with your behaviour like your simplicity, humbleness, calmness and
so many things.
I am always your servant and please always be my spiritual master.
I will always pray to your most dear Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji, Sri Sri Sita-Rama-Lakshmana and Hanu-
mana ji, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai ji and Srila Prabhupada, to give you more time and good health.
Yours most insignificant servant,
Vishnu Gupta dasa
Most Respected Sri Gurudeva,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my prostrated obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabh-
upada!
Only for the sole purpose of my purification and attracting your causeless mercy, I am writing this Vya-
sa-puja offering, although I didn’t have even a tinge of understanding about your transcendental nature.
Recently I came across a statement: “Yashoda Mayi is mother of Sri Krishna because she takes so much
anxiety for Krishna. Similarly, Sri gurudeva, you are a very dear disciple of Srila Prabhupada because you
have taken so much anxiety for expanding his mission.”
There is no limit to describe how your divine self has made the mission of Srila Prabhupada as your own
mission. You are completely absorbed in maintaining and expanding the Jewel that Srila Prabhupada has
given to the whole world (Iskcon Temples). My conviction to the above statement has become stronger
when you had appointed his holiness Bhakti Brhad Bhagavad Swami maharaja as co-President of Iskcon
Juhu. This is one very small incident which magnifies your transcendental quality of being loyal towards
the mission of Srila Prabhupada with no personal agendas or partiality towards your own disciples.
In S.B. 10.80.40, Sandipani Muni address Sri Krishna and Sudama brahmana:
aho he putrakä yüyam, asmad-arthe ‘ti-duhkhitäh
ätmä vai präninäm presthas, tam anädrtya mat-paräh
[Sändipani said:] O my children, you have suffered so much for my sake! The body is most dear to every
living creature, but you are so dedicated to me that you completely disregarded your own comfort.
In the same way, your divine self despite going through bad health, you are still so concerned about the
welfare and satisfaction of all the temple devotees, at the same time pushing ahead the preaching activi-
ties of the temple. In the same way Sri gurudeva, I wish that by your causeless mercy I can overcome my
hidden selfish motives in rendering service and always align my activities in only fulfilling your desires.
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Sri gurudeva, I beg at your divine lotus feet to bestow causeless mercy on this most fallen soul, so I can
understand your transcendental nature and with complete faith and submission follow your instructions
till my last breath.
Thank you very much Sri gurudeva for giving me a chance to come out from this material existence and
an opportunity to serve your divine lotus feet and the Lotus Feet of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna.
Your insignificant servant,
Vishnu tattva dasa
My dear Spiritual Father Srila Bhagavatpada,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet on this most auspicious occasion
of your Vyasa-puja celebrations. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your divine self!
Guru maharaja, your sincerity in serving the orders of Srila Prabhupada is incomparable. You are a Pra-
bhupada man! Health is never a consideration for you. In spite of your advanced age you do not deter or
compromise in your devotional service. Whenever I am low in spirits your service attitude to Srila Prabh-
upada inspires me to continue my devotional service.
Guru maharaja, your amicable nature convinces even the hard core atheists to accept Krishna conscious-
ness. Srila Prabhupada appointed you as GBC for entire India during 1975-76 and this service you are
carrying on to the best of your ability. Once, one of your god-brothers requested that now you should relax
and give up managerial responsibilities. You immediately retorted, “I have been given this service by Srila
Prabhupada and I shall do so until by last breath.” Your ever-increasing enthusiasm for book distribution
is visible by the centres ranking among the top book distributors in the world where you are the GBC.
I am dumbfounded at the pace in which you travelled during the last year. Attending meetings at Mayapur,
Ratha-yatra in so many places in India, opening of Jaipur temple, Youth festival at Kanpur, Delhi to name
a few. All those travels involved travelling by air and road to various places. You very smilingly adjusted
to all the hardships. You were quite sick to attend the Gokulananda mela during April in Mumbai and the
disciples asked you to take rest. You remarked, “No I can’t let Krishnamayi down. I have promised her
that I would come.” Even at the cost of personal inconvenience you meet commitments. That shows your
determination in serving the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Guru maharaja, you have already chalked out the dates for opening some more temples in the North. You
will surpass the number of temples which Srila Prabhupada asked you to build in North India.
Guru maharaja, before you began your annual trip to Moscow, North America, Canada you were sick but
nonetheless after postponing the itinerary by a few days you were on your toes. After arriving at Moscow,
spending a sleepless night, you were ready to meet the devotees and enquiring about their spiritual prog-
ress. You remarked that thousands of people are coming to watch the World Cup for the football matches.
It is all a waste of time. You were happy that devotees are utilising their time in pursuing spiritual activi-
ties.
Guru maharaja, the compassion and graceful simplicity with which you explain subtle concepts with ad-
mirable ease and patience attracts visitors to the temple. It is impossible to enumerate your qualities that
are unlimited and what can an insignificant disciple like me do? I only pray at your lotus feet that you
may bestow your blessings and mercy on me so that I may have a pinch of dedication which you have in
abundance to Srila Prabhupada.
I pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari, Sri Sri Sita-Rama, Lakshmana and Hanumana, Sri Sri
Gaura-Nitai and Narasimhadeva to grant you many more years of active life in Krishna consciousness so
that you can take Iskcon to greater heights.
Your ever-indebted daughter,
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Vrndavanesvari devi dasi
KHARGHAR
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances on this most auspicious day of your holy appearance. All glories unto
you guru maharaja! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Although we have no qualifications, you have accepted as your disciples. This is our great fortune.
Guru maharaja, we beg forgiveness for all our offences that we have committed unto your lotus feet.
You are one of the most elevated Vaishnavas, and you inspire everyone and show them the path back home
to Godhead. We are eternally indebted to you.
Maharaja, we are really inspired to see you toiling so hard at such an advanced age for spreading the
movement of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada. You mercifully travel all round the world just
to preach and bring fallen souls to Krishna.
On this special day, we would like to thank you for taking us into your boat and giving us initiation and
making us feel close to Srila Prabhupada.
We both are doing seva in our Kharghar temple, in the accounts department and in preparation of Rajb-
hog for Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana ji. We are very thankful to you for giving us your
support and guidance.
We pray to Lord Krishna to take care of your health and give you sufficient strength, so that the tasks that
you have taken up for the deliverance of all your disciples are completed in this lifetime. Our eternal desire
is that we remain your disciples birth after birth till we go home, back to Godhead.
Your eternal servants,
Achyutananda Chaitanya dasa and Vaijayanti Svarupa devi dasi
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances onto your divine lotus feet.
On this special occasion of your divine appearance, I beg to submit my small humble prayers and offering
onto your lotus feet that offers shelter to many fallen jivas including me. I certainly pose no quality and
bear nothing to glorify personalities like you, in whose heart Lord Hari resides.
tomara hrdoye sada govinda-visram
govinda kohena mora vaishnava paran
All these years I have found that I find no shelter other than your lotus feet and your instructions. You
have kindly allowed me to serve you personally on all the occasions that you are there in Mumbai, Pune,
Kharghar and even in Delhi, besides the fact that I am such a neophyte and immature. Whenever you have
asked me, “Aap kaise ho?” I feel solaced and satisfied that my father is there to protect me.
Without your munificence, my life would have been completely blank and I would be simply roaming in
the streets of Maya, but you have protected me by allowing me to join the brahmacari ashram.
Once during the GBC meeting, I had taken my parents to Mayapur and I remember, how kindly you had
graced us with a meeting for half an hour, though you were tired, and my parents were so happy that they
recall your grace on many occasions.
You value each one in this movement. So much so, that you had many times inquired about even those
devotees who had left Iskcon, and you wish them to be brought back again.
Just before the inauguration of NVCC, Pune, in one of the programs, you were supposed to leave for
Juhu, as it was already 10 pm, but you did not miss to meet and held talks with senior devotees and by the
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time you have left for Juhu, it was around 11:30 pm. And you already had bad health, but then one of our
god-brothers told me, “Guru maharaja schedules and timings depend on Krishna’s will, so I should not be
much bothered.” This is one true Krishna conscious example.
Dear guru maharaja ji, in every meeting you have personally inquired about my well-being and family
concerns. And even after years you remember all those words that I had spoken to you. I am humbled and
feel ashamed in sharing even such personal issues.
My inspiration to continue in Krishna consciousness is simply you and Srila Prabhupada. Whenever I am
in difficulties, your words and your pastimes make me realize that we have to face a tough situation with
great enthusiasm and yet continue bhakti without committing any Vaishnava aparadha.
I was in a dilemma before your visit to Pune this year, but after hearing from you repeatedly, “Advaita fin-
ish all these tasks fast and take responsibility in Kharghar”, I became firm to continue in Kharghar. I never
realized what my responsibilities would be like, but as I am trying to serve being a part of management, I
have realized that it’s not easy. However at the end of the day, remembering your lotus feet and face, I am
rejuvenated to be ready for the next day.
Srila gurudeva! Your mood to serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission by inspiring the devotees to translate, read
and distribute all his literatures, meeting all the great personalities like President and Prime Ministers,
establishing new Temple projects, resolving the biggest of the managerial issues with exceptional lead-
ership, keeping devotes intact in this mission with love and care, meeting and invigorating the devotees
around the globe and providing shelter at your lotus feet, exemplary sadhana and Deity worship, attending
mangala-arati even in the toughest of situations, standing in the forefront as a leader of the movement
in many discouraging conditions, guiding us during spiritual tours to different holy places and a series of
countless services, have been pillars of the Iskcon movement, that people would remember for generations
to come. You have always instructed us to cooperate amongst each other, avoiding Vaishnava aparadha,
and be firm in the morning programs. Your humble approach to anyone is appreciated by all the Iskcon
and Non-Iskcon people.
A tiny foolish fellow like me, if possesses something, is only due to your causeless mercy. It’s due to your
kindness that you have allowed us to serve and be in devotees association. My only hope is your lotus feet
and only desire is to bring a smile on your face through the services you desired for me to do.
My life will be successful when I will be able to please you just like you have been able to please Srila
Prabhupada. I don’t bear any quality to perform devotional service, chant the holy name, study shastras
and hear, it’s your compassion that enthuses us. Please be merciful upon me, I don’t want to return to this
dungeon of worldly affairs, get shackled by Maya and suffer. My intention is to serve and remain at your
lotus feet, and be a humble servant. Each visit of yours vapu sanga recharges my enthusiasm and con-
sciousness to serve with dedication, bring love and care amongst devotees, spread the holy name and per-
form something tangible. By your mercy we are expecting the completion and inauguration of the ‘Glory
of Maharashtra, Iskcon Kharghar Temple’ Project next year soon.
It is said that the acharya, especially devotees of the Lord, can live as long as they want. So I pray that
may you always continue to provide your vapu and vani sanga for longer years with sound health. I beg
forgiveness at your lotus feet.
Your insignificant fallen servant,
Advaita Caitanya dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, the beloved spir-
itual master of your holiness!
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Guru maharaja! Your loving exchanges with Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupada are the source of inspi-
ration for us to progress on the spiritual path. You are a reservoir of positive energy. Your presence in our
thoughts continuously reminds us about our sanatana-dharma of “serving” with full surrender to fulfil the
desire of Lord Krishna and the spiritual master, which you exemplify every moment.
With your mercy, the artificial intelligence related Ph. D. work based on Srila Prabhupada’s “Bhaga-
vad-gita As It Is”, started in 2016 under expert guidance of your loving disciple Vaishnavanghri Sevaka
dasa, is progressing well. We seek your blessings for coming up with a couple of good research publica-
tions for the global audience in about a year’s time from now. Success of this work will enable the users to
avail Bhagavad-gita based expert counselling through digital medium for solving their real life problems
and thus motivate and inspire them to connect more with Bhagavad-gita under the shelter of a bona fide
spiritual master for starting their spiritual journey.
My wife Ambika Padmini devi dasi is fully supportive and regularly renders her services in Sri Sri Rad-
ha-Madana-mohana ji’s Deity kitchen and for the home temple. With your mercy both my wife and I are
able to serve Them in Kharghar. Vaishnavanghri prabhu ji has also engaged us in the wonderful service
of translating one Bhagavad-gita article and one Srimad-Bhagavatam story every month in Hindi, which
he originally writes in Telugu and English, these are printed in a popular monthly magazine “Saptagiri”
published from TTD Tirupati.
I sincerely pray at your lotus feet for the success of the Bhagavad-gita based doctoral research work un-
dertaken, and our adherence to the path shown by the pure devotees of Lord Krishna.
Your humble servants,
Amogha Gauranga dasa and Ambika Padmini devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
It’s a great honor for a devotee to glorify his spiritual master. I really feel privileged to have a chance to glo-
rify you. As Caitanya Mahaprabhu says “brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde
pāya bhakti-latā-bīja”. I feel as if, how such a fallen person like me received the mercy of Krishna to find
a bona fide spiritual master like you. Seeing this I can really feel, that Krishna’s mercy is causeless.
Sukapriya prabhu once told me that His Holiness Radhanatha maharaja told him that “You are the only
great person seen by him after Srila Prabhupada, so to please serve you nicely”. When I contemplate upon
your personality, I really perceive you as the reflection of Srila Prabhupada. You really took the mood of
Srila Prabhupada ji and anyone in the whole of the Iskcon world can say that you are a true Prabhupada
man. I saw Srila Prabhupada saying in one of the conversations, regarding how you are the first Hindu or
Indian disciple of his and he really praised you, saying “You are a very good devotee”. His faith in you and
your capabilities can also be seen by the fact that he gave you the work of Hindi translation of his books,
and when you came to India, he made you the GBC of the whole India. Srila Prabhupada ji gave you the
task of book distribution all over the planet, and just by seeing the way you are serving him wholeheart-
edly, even a person having a steel-framed heart will desire to serve Srila Prabhupada.
Dear guru maharaja, you already know that I am just like a fly who although associating with you, is
doing nothing but drinking your blood. Recently I heard a lecture given by you in Vrindavana, that many
devotees shed tears when see their guru and even jump very high while dancing, but don’t do anything
practical, and hence are just sentimental. I feel that I fall in the same category. Please bestow your mercy
upon me so that I can also cultivate the mood of your senior disciples by serving you very nicely and re-
lease your burden and assist you in the thankless task of spreading the mission, which is the very life of
Srila Prabhupada. Also, maharaja ji, I want to confess that I am a very haughty and fame seeing person,
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but I really yearn for your mercy to become a humble person who can just act like salt in the mission. I
heard Sukapriya prabhu ji glorifying your quality of humility, tolerance and forgiveness by stating the
incidence of how a semi-devotee attacked you and still you requested Mohan Rupa prabhu ji to bail that
person at the police station and see to his protection from the devotees. And then you told the devotees that
you were attacked because of your own karma which of course is impossible, as you are a totally spiritual
person (jivan mukta sa ucyate). Please bless me also to imbibe these 3 qualities if not more than a fraction
of what you possess.
Although there are a number of service departments in Iskcon, and I really intend to become a helping
hand in the preaching mission of Srila Prabhupada, which Prabhupada ji says is the essence of our move-
ment. When Lord Krishna asked Lord Balarama to do the service of lifting the creation on Himself, he
agreed, but asked then, who would carry His own burden, and Krishna said that He will. Similarly, please
bless this lowly and very insignificant follower of yours so that I can also please you and Srila Prabhupada
by becoming a soldier in this movement because I can render any service only if you give me your mercy
and blessings, like Lord Krishna gave to Lord Balarama ji. Of course, I cannot match Radheshyam prabhu
ji and nor should I intend to, but if not more than please bless me so that by your grace I can serve Srila
Prabhupada in acting as a helping hand in the Lord’s mission of taking devotees back home.
Mere words are insufficient to enumerate your glories, as you are a representative of Krishna. But still
this dina-krsna dasa is trying to express his sincere desire of being able to become a paatra to be able
to receive your mercy and serve you to my full capacity. But of course I know, that even if one has the
paatrata or not, you are so merciful that you bestow your mercy upon everyone and hence upon me also,
otherwise why would you care to ask for my welfare this past Sunday in Kharghar, although I am nothing
but just a source of headache for you, as you had to deal with my immaturity causing Sakshi Gopal prabhu
to complain about me and the problems caused by me to my family.
Of course an offering to you can have no end as your qualities and glories have no end, but I would just
like to thank you for being so patient to tolerate my immaturity in the very few dealings I have had with
you. Please rescue this lowly soul who is caught in the forest of the material world with fire spread all
around, but converging on me, you are the like a samvartaka cloud that can extinguish this fire without
any difficulty, and turn the forest fire of the material world into the cold and sweet climate of Vrindavana
dhama by your presence, mercy and blessings.
Your aspiring servant,
Archit
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Although pure souls like your divine-self needs no glorification, and conditioned souls like me do not
have any capability to glorify you, but on this auspicious occasion of your appearance, conditioned souls
like me take the opportunity to glorify you. For their own purification they sing your glories lots of times.
I know you are my only shelter. Who can save one from drowning in an ocean of maya. Although you
have an ocean of good qualities, I would like to mention a few of them, so that I can also aspire to develop
a few of them.
Guru maharaja, I do not have enough words to glorify you. Your simplicity, your humility and your dedi-
cation to Srila Prabhupada is always inspiring me. Maharaja my faith in our society increased only due to
you. You inspire me to distribute more and more books. You are following the principles of ‘simple living
and high thinking.’ Your faith in Mahaprabhu’s statement, faith in the shastras, faith in guru and sadhu and
your behavior with your god-brothers really inspires me.
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On this auspicious day I beg you, to please become merciful upon me. On this occasion I want to beg for
your mercy for my mistakes and aparadhas which I commit at the Vaishnavas lotus feet. Since some days
I am not completing my japa, I am not able to read, hear and associate with Vaishnavas. Please be merciful
upon me and bless me so that I can render service unto you lotus feet.
I really want serve you guru maharaja, so please bless me.
Always desiring service at your lotus feet.
Your aspiring servant,
Bhavin
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila
Bhagavatpada!
Recently I was hearing Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on S.B.1.2.18: Naṣṭa-prayeṣva bhadreṣu, nityaṁ
bhagavata-sevaya. He was explaining each and every word nicely. When he arrived at “nityaṁ bhagav-
ata-sevaya” he emphasises that here is the mention of “bhagavata-sevaya” not the “Bhāgavan-sevaya”.
So bhagavata means, tadīya, things which belong to bhagavān, Sri Krishna. Then he quoted a famous
discourse where Parvati ji asked Lord Shiva, which type of worship is the best? Shiva ji replied-
ārādhanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ, viṣṇor ārādhanaṁ param
tasmāt parataraṁ devi, tadīyānāṁ samarcanam
Among all types of worship, worship of the Supreme Lord Vishnu is the best. But even better than the
worship of Vishnu is the worship of the things which belong to Him, tadīyānāṁ samarcanam. Srila Pra-
bhupada goes on explaining tadīya. Tadīya refers to preaching His glories, serving His devotees, parapher-
nalia, and abodes.
This point was not new to me. But this time it has a greater impact on me than ever before. Because I was
contemplating on this matter from months and meanwhile I encountered the lecture of His Divine Grace
where he affirms the same.
For any conditioned soul, the best tadīya is the spiritual master. Because only the causeless mercy of guru,
in the form of hearing, chanting, dancing, and feasting, awakens the dormant consciousness of the jiva
and brings him to this understanding. Therefore, our beloved Srila Visvanātha Cakravarti Thākura rightly
said in his Gurv-āstakam:
sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair, uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ
As far as the deliverance of the conditioned soul is concerned, the bona fide spiritual master is as good as
Lord Hari Himself.
If we examine the life of any successful spiritualist, especially in the cult of devotion, then this point is the
pivot of their success. Until one has satisfied the spiritual master, Lord Hari is not satisfied, which is the
soul goal of devotional service.
In recent past whole world has seen how our beloved Srila Prabhupada has taken the order of his spiritual
master, His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja. The Iskcon is nothing but
the result of a disciple’s tireless effort to fulfil the order of his spiritual master.
We also find the same thing in your case maharaja. Though everyone begins his/her devotional life by
tadīya sevā, directly or indirectly, but the devotional life of your divine grace began by direct service of
Srila Prabhupada, the foremost tadīya of the time on the earth, by cleaning his room. And needless to say,
your first service fully satisfied and touched the heart of Srila Prabhupada, and he personally called you to
bless your divine grace. Since that time you are continuously offering your tireless services to Srila Prabh-
upada and his mission. Your service to Srila Prabhupada is beyond my comprehension. Though, I would
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like to enumerate a few of your activities for my own purification.
Maharaja, you were one of the first educated young Indian disciples of His Divine Grace, and later on
served as his personal secretary as well. Seeing your dedication and surrender, Srila Prabhupada soon
appointed you as the GBC of India, which even shocked the young Iskcon leaders of that time. You are
carrying out this service with full accountability till date. Maharaja, your god-brother, Kratu prabhu ji
mentioned in one of your previous Vyāsa-pujas that by your exceptional tolerance, enthusiasm, service
attitude, and deep attachment to Srila Prabhupada, Iskcon devotees of the early days had accepted your
divine grace as their future frontier leader of the movement. Your divine grace has always proven their
trust to be 100% correct. Maharaja, speaking of trust, reminded me of how much Srila Prabhupada trusted
you. He appointed you as the BBT trustee, where huge monetary transactions are always going on. Srila
Prabhupada compared this monetary transaction as blood flowing in his heart, the BBT, for maintaining
his body, the Iskcon. Your divine grace worked very hard to increase the translation of Srila Prabhupada’s
books in various languages, their publication and worldwide distribution. Under your guidance Delhi has
been at the top in book distribution in the Iskcon world for many years. Maharaja, Srila Prabhupada want-
ed a fixed place for his beloved Deity, Sri-Sri Radha-Parthasarathi. Your divine grace has not only fulfilled
his desire by offering a grand palace to Sri-Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, but also opened dozens of temples
across Delhi-NCR. His Holiness Lokanath Swami Maharaja used to say guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati, Srila
Prabhupada confidentially expressed this to you.
Apart from your untiring services offered as a missionary, your divine grace has always maintained a high
standard of sadhana. You always speak about attending the full morning program from mangala-arati to
Bhagavatam class and avoiding Vaishnava aparadha. Your deep attachment for the Deities is exemplified
while you worship Their Lordships daily, mostly in mangala-arati. Maharaja, your compassion has no
limit. You shower your mercy upon any and every living being, he may be a common man, highly aristo-
cratic personality, celebrity, beggar, ants, cats, dogs, monkeys, crows, or worms loitering in the sink. You
sacrifice your sleep even for three-four days altogether when it comes to guiding the disciples and serving
the Iskcon mission. Whenever a big turmoil came in our movement, your divine grace always remained
at the forefront for facing and overcoming it, be it saving the Iskcon after Srila Prabhupada’s departure or
recently, re-establishing the authenticity of the banned Gita in Russia and much more.
There is a lot to say in glorification of your divine grace, but fearing the size, I will conclude here by say-
ing that you are also totally engrossed in the tadīya seva, means serving and fulfilling the plans of your
glorious spiritual master.
Therefore, on the occasion of this Vyasa-puja, I beg for your causeless mercy so that I can also increase
the desire for tadīya seva and offer my insignificant contribution and services towards this mission. Due
to family as well as social structure I had to stay alone for a long time. Therefore, after coming to Iskcon
and staying in BACE, I feel that I could not be as cooperative as I should. Often I lose the balance between
guidelines given in the books/lectures and in their practical application. However, I am trying my best to
improve and practically understand things by serving the devotees. But certainly without the causeless
mercy of your divine grace, I will not be successful. Therefore, kindly guide me and bless me so that I can
also increase my desire for serving the instructions of your divine grace for the pleasure of Srila Prabhu-
pada, guru-parampara and Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi.
On the occasion of this Vyasa-puja, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana,
Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Sita-Rama-Lakshmana and Hanumana, Sri Prahlad-Narasimhadeva and Srila
Prabhupada for your good health and a long stay of your divine grace on this planet, for delivering condi-
tioned souls like me of your valuable guidance.
Thank you so much guru maharaja.
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Your insignificant disciple,
Damodar Sevak dasa
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam.
Maharaja when I saw you for the first time, I felt in my heart that I have got my spiritual master. I have
never seen such a great saintly person who is very simple, effulgent, always speaks about Krishna and in-
spires all the devotees. In spite of all good qualities you are very humble and loved by all. When devotees
told me that you are very dear to Srila Prabhupada it made me very happy.
My experiences with mundane people and places had always been that of being cheated throughout my
life. But by your mercy I got the temple environment, devotees association, seva, and prasad which has
changed me. By seeing your intense desire of serving Srila Prabhupada and your selfless dedication to
serve Lord Krishna, my desire to join full time and maintain celibacy throughout my life became strong
Please bless me Maharaja so that I can serve Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana ji life long, avoid Vaishnava
aparadha, develop a genuine taste for chanting the holy name and remain like dust at your lotus feet.
Your insignificant servant,
Dayal Mondal
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I beg to offer my most respectful dandavats unto the lotus feet of my glorious spiritual master Om vish-
nupada paramhamsa parivrajakacharya asttotara shata Sri Srimad Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja
Srila Bhagavatpada
I think I am very fortunate because you have given me harinama initiation.
brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija
Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to as-
sociate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the
spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.
Thank you very much your divine grace for giving harinama initiation to a most unqualified person like
me.
The Supreme Lord is so kind that He appears in two features to save conditioned souls, externally as the
acharya and internally as the Supersoul. So, you have appeared just to deliver the conditioned souls. You
took your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada’s instructions to spread Krishna consciousness very seriously
and therefore you are very successful. It is essential that a disciple follow his spiritual master’s instructions
rigidly and that’s why you are “Prabhupada’s man”.
Srila gurudeva, I am very guilty for one incident. Due to my irresponsible behaviour I have wasted your
few seconds in Kharghar, Mumbai. Your time is like gold and my time has no value so please forgive me
for my mistake.
Srila gurudeva, due to my materialistic mentality and uncontrolled senses I am not able to follow your
instructions. You are always following the instructions given by your spiritual master, so please bestow
your mercy upon me so that I can follow your instructions and can give up sense gratification and a ma-
terialistic mentality.
Please forgive my endless offenses and please don’t neglect me. I am always very eager to be engaged in
any type of insignificant service for you.
Your most unqualified servant,
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Haladhar Baladeva dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. Maharaja you are very dear to Srila Prabhupada
and a personification of humility. By seeing your humility and simplicity you are loved even by outside
people. You are very famous for taking personal care of devotees. Your morning program standards and
attraction for Deity worship is incomparable and exemplary.
Srila Bhagavatpada, I am very grateful to you that you have given me shelter. I am amazed at how a Vaish-
nava is so kind, that they can have a positive hope from this fallen soul: exactly like a father has complete
hope and confidence on his son, although the son is foolish.
Maharaja, I always remember your good instructions given in your lectures. Some of those are:
• Try to chant 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra nicely
• Don’t commit offences towards devotees
• Become humble (trinad api sunicena)
• Don’t do prajalpa
• Choice is yours- Maya or Krishna
• Never be overconfident that you have won maya
• Be enthusiastic even if your anarthas pull you back
• Do kirtan for Krishna’s pleasure not for your popularity
Although you have appointed me as a servant (das) to do some service, many times I forget this and think
myself as a doer. Then unnecessarily I become puffed up and can’t follow what you have said, especially
at the time of doing kirtan. Maharaja, please bless me so that I can overcome my false pride and disease
of avidya. Also I pray to Lord Krishna for your good health.
Yours insignificant servant,
Hriday Madhava dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I truly offer my very humble obeisances onto the lotus feet of my guru maharaja who has indeed brought
me out of the darkness of ignorance and introduced me to this wonderful knowledge of the Vedic shastras,
which has truly illuminated my inner self.
I am thoroughly unqualified to glorify such a towering personality that you are. I am just attempting to do
so. Please forgive me for my offences.
O gurudeva, with four years as your disciple just gone by, I recall each meeting with you that gave me such
a wonderful opportunity to associate with your physical form. I would like to give a brief count of the 4
years that have gone by.
Just like a child who learns to take baby steps before he actually starts walking and then quickly begins to
run, I have been learning to take baby steps in assimilating this vast knowledge of the shastras. And you
make it so easy for me, with your simple examples and witty illustrations that the learning sets in very fast.
By your blessings and mercy, today, I have got this wonderful opportunity to contribute in some sevas with
the upcoming Kharghar temple. I am highly indebted to you to consider my services, even though I have
not reached the highest perfection in the same. I plead for more mercy, so that I can, one day, become an
example for others in the Community, and I begin to get noticed as your disciple. I pray to Lord Krishna
to always keep you in good health so that you keep guiding me since I am always in need of the same.
In the years to come, I wish to contribute effectively in the publishing of spiritual literature and thereby
spreading the message of Lord Krishna, in the way it has to be received by people of this age. It shall be
my attempt to ensure that I am able to perform all the services allocated to me with due perfection and
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timeliness, without compromising on the standards set by Iskcon worldwide. Besides, I also need your
blessings to carry out preaching activities, to connect more and more people to the science of God through
the books of Srila Prabhupada.
I only pray for your mercy that will take me far for sure, and ensure that I remain at your lotus feet for
eternity as your faithful servant.
Jaya gurudeva! Hare Krishna!
In the service of Lord Krishna,
Jagad deva Murari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri
guru and Gauranga!
Maharaja you are a true follower of Srila Prabhupada. You are a true soldier of the Spiritual Army of Srila
Prabhupada.
At the age of 74, you are travelling tirelessly to give the message of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Pra-
bhupada, and you are one of the important spiritual masters who is fully devoted to fulfilling Lord Gauran-
ga’s prophecy, that “My name will be chanted in every village and town of the world”.
Distributing the holy name to conditioned souls, preaching in unfavorable environment and risky places,
perfect management of the Society, and demonstrating exemplary behavior in practicing devotional ser-
vice is unbelievable.
All these spiritual activities are just a glimpse of your deep commitment and surrender to Srila Prabhupa-
da, your untiring, dedicated efforts, selfless compassionate nature to spread the mission of Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu globally.
Under your expert supervision, the distribution of books have reached the highest limits in the history of
Iskcon! You go to different temples, before the Marathon, to inspire everyone to distribute books.
I pray at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana ji to bestow His blessings on you for your good
health, peace and devotion so that Krishna consciousness and harinama is spread all over this world, in
every town and every village.
May Lord empower me to serve you in every possible way all the time in your mission!
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja ki jaya!
Your humble servant,
Madhusudan dasa and Nirupama Gaurangi devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I beg to offer my most respectful dandavats unto the lotus feet of my glorious spiritual master Om vish-
nupada paramhamsa parivrajakacharya asttotara shata Sri Srimad Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja
Srila Bhagavatpada
It is said in shastras
diksha kale sisya kare atma samarpam
sei kale krsna tare kare atmasam
First of all I would like to thank your divine grace very much for giving harinama initiation to a most
unqualified person like me. Of course, nobody can ever earn qualifications to purchase your mercy, but it
is your causeless mercy which enables even naradhamas to become narottama and it is not that we are
flattering you because you are our spiritual master but because
It is said in Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.8
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vettha tvaṁ saumya tat sarvaṁ,  tattvatas tad-anugrahāt
brūyuḥ snigdhasya śiṣyasya, guravo guhyam apy uta
“And because you are submissive, your spiritual masters have endowed you with all the favors bestowed
upon a gentle disciple. Therefore, you can tell us all that you have scientifically learned from them.”
Srila Prabhupada explains in the purport to this verse that Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains
that “It is essential, therefore, that a disciple be very much obedient and submissive to the bona fide spiri-
tual master” and our most obedient and submissive spiritual master has showed it by his vigour to distrib-
ute books and by his gentle relationship with Srila Prabhupada.
Srila Prabhupada also explains in the purport that “The secret of success in spiritual life is in satisfying the
spiritual master and thereby getting his sincere blessings”.so today I would like to give a promise as an
offering, to always try to satisfy you by following your instructions of
1) Chanting 16 rounds of Hare Krishna maha-mantra attentively and without offense.
2) Following four regulative principles very strictly.
3) Everyday reading Srila Prabhupada’s Books and
4) Always being in the association of devotees
I would always be very eager to be engaged in any type of insignificant service for you.
Your most unqualified servant,
Niranjan Keshava dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet.
Guru maharaja, on this most auspicious day, the appearance day of your divine grace, like every year this
time also I feel myself utterly lowly and wretched, to comprehend your unlimited glories and meditate
upon your instructions, mood and mission.
In S.B.-3. 5. 3, Saint Vidura to Maitreya Muni:
janasya kṛṣṇād vimukhasya daivād
adharma-śīlasya suduḥkhitasya
anugrahāyeha caranti nūnaṁ
bhūtāni bhavyāni janārdanasya
“O my Lord, great philanthropic souls travel on the earth on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
to show compassion to the fallen souls who are averse to a sense of subordination to the Lord.”
Guru maharaja, similarly we can see the kind of anxiety and pain you take to travel all over the world un-
tiringly and you are opening spiritual hospitals (Temples) one after another, caring and guiding each and
every devotee personally and equally, and also inspiring everyone to surrender to Lord Krishna and Srila
Prabhupada’s mission.
Guru maharaja, you are so tolerant, that you understand everyone’s shortcomings and conditioning and
still you always inspire and encourage them all to practice Krishna consciousness seriously and dedicate
their life for Lord Caitanya’s most compassionate mission, to deliver fallen conditioned souls. This I could
see personally in Iskcon Kharghar, when some devotees approached you personally, you told them: “be
with me the whole day in my next visit and keep meeting me.” And you also told them to be determined
and not listen to the mind. It was so inspiring.
Guru maharaja, you are so personal and caring. This time in the Jagannatha Puri yatra, January 2018, there
was a devotee from Rourkela in Iskcon Bhubaneswar. You called him personally and told him to come to
Puri and also you took him in your car to Remuna dhama and then to Iskcon Berhampur. I feel so fortu-
nate to have got such a great spiritual master like your divine grace who never leaves any of his servants.
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Somehow you connect fallen souls like me to Lord’s seva. Srila Prabhupada had once said that in such a
test you do not know the mercy of Lord Nityananda and His representative.
Guru maharaja, as it is said that a disciple is supposed to take the anxiety of guru and Krishna by preaching
and connecting more and more people to Srila Prabhupada’s movement and Krishna, but I am so unfor-
tunate that even after getting this opportunity to serve and preach in Kharghar Iskcon, I have not endeav-
oured sufficiently, and above all, we gave you anxiety instead of taking your anxiety of preaching. I am not
a worthy disciple of yours. But the kind of concern and attention you gave us when we had approached for
preaching in some Government colleges in Odisha, was so great, that it has boosted my faith even more to
do something in this mission for your pleasure and Srila Prabhupada’s pleasure.
Gurudeva, as I hear more and more of your lectures, I can understand how much deep faith and conviction
you have on your beloved spiritual master Srila Prabhupada and Krishna and Krishna’s holy names. Your
divine grace always stresses on the following: attentive chanting, regular reading of Srila Prabhupada’s
books 1-2 hours a day and especially Bhagavad-gita at least a sloka a day, sincere and strong Morning
program sadhana, association of devotees, importance of humility, avoiding Vaishnava aparadha and
maintaining the spirit of preaching and Book distribution.
Gurudeva, on this most auspicious day of your appearance I beg and pray at your lotus feet that I get some
strength to chant attentively because my mind wanders in so many ways and also to avoid criticism from
devotees which practically completely uproots one’s Krishna consciousness. Also may we get strength
to honestly avoid allurements and temptations of Maya and also put aside false ego to push forward the
mission.
I pray that we get empowerment and your blessing to preach in these new colleges so that we may connect
them to guru and Krishna.
ekaki amara, nahi paya bala, harinama sankirtane
tumi kripa kori, sraddha-bindu diya, deho krsna-nama dhane\
krsna se tomara, krsna dite paro, tomara sakati ache
ami to kangala krsna krsna boli, dhai tava pache apache
Guru maharaja, I pray at your lotus feet again and again that I always remember your instructions as my
life and soul and endeavour to imbibe them in my life and also always preach Krishna consciousness in
whatever position we may be in. May we remain always grateful to those who brought us and guided us in
our Krishna consciousness! May we a get a drop of your oceanic Vaishnava qualities and a tinge of your
oceanic love for Srila Prabhupada?!
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai that They always give us your divine
association and may your health remain good forever so that you preach and convert millions of suffering
conditioned souls into surrendered happy devotees of Lord Krishna just like a touchstone converts iron
into gold.
Your eternal insignificant servant,
Pancatattva Bhakta dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
My humble obeisances unto your lotus feet,
When life seemed meaningless, when every path seemed dark and dead, I had an opportunity to seek your
brief association. Just when my heart was heavy with the thought that there is no one in my life, I had the
good fortune to be in your presence. Your benign smile and gentle loving gaze assured me that I am not
alone and this has given me the strength to go on in life. Being in Krishna consciousness ended my quest
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of seeking the true purpose of my life. In you maharaja, I see my father, my friend and my guru. I am an
insignificant jiva, fallen and filled with faults. I seek your mercy, blessings and shelter at your feet in the
hope that someday I will rise enough to render some small service under your guidance, and serve Srila
Prabhupada and Lord Krishna. My only endeavour is to make myself just a little worthy of your grace.
In humble submission of your mercy,
Rachna Nauriyal
O most worshippable Gurudeva,
Please accept my most prostrated humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Dear guru maharaja, it is your causeless mercy to give such a fallen soul like me an opportunity to glorify
you again and again through the medium of Vyasa-puja offerings.
Dear guru maharaja, you are a perfect example of a disciple who offered everything-your body, your mind,
your words, all the wealth earned by you and your very life and soul to the lotus feet of His Divine Grace
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. You work untiringly to follow the instructions of Srila Pra-
bhupada to spread the message of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Sri Krishna to every town and
village to fulfill the prediction of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Dear guru maharaja, you are an embodiment of humility and tolerance. In spite of so many obstacles and
difficulties, you never lose your temper and always lovingly deal with devotees and maintain the devotion-
al standards and perform mangala-arati and service to your Deities without fail.
Dear guru maharaja, your nectarean words describing the nectarean transcendental name, form, qualities,
pastimes and paraphernalia of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His pure devotees are the medium
through which everyone of us, your disciples can get purified and focused and again focus on our real duty
in life. Dear guru maharaja, your attachment to Deity worship is amazing, even though you are so busy
preaching, but there is no compromise shown towards Deity worship, that is an exemplary evidence for
all of us of your sincerity.
Dear guru maharaja, I am so fallen and unqualified that I do not have sufficient words to describe your
transcendental qualities, but on this occasion I beg at your lotus feet to please give me the strength so that
I am able to sincerely execute your divine instructions, which are the only way for my spiritual advance-
ment from this miserable material world.
Your aspiring servant,
Rukmini Govinda dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my humble obei-
sances at dust the of your divine lotus feet.
Maharaja, although I am unqualified, still I would like to glorify your divine qualities for my purification.
Like every year when I introspect to write our offerings for your Vyasa-puja, I feel disheartened thinking
how poorly I have served you, your instructions and your representatives. How materially diseased my
heart is, and how merciful you are that you have still not rejected me and allowed me to serve and contin-
ued to give time, care and love to me, every time we meet you.
Maharaja, you are patita-pavana, a savior of the fallen, and you are an ocean of Vaishnava qualities. You
are living Bhagavatam. You are a real sadhu. You teach and preach everything by your own example.
You exactly know who needs what and preach accordingly. You are expert in all services (tatrati-daksad
ati-vallabhasya). You tirelessly travel all around the world to inspire devotees and save unhappy condi-
tioned souls from the clutches of maya. Irrespective of your advanced age and deteriorating health, you are
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tirelessly serving the mission of Srila Prabhupada. Your love for Deity worship can be seen, since one can
see you in the altar irrespective of your location in any corner of world, your late night schedules and con-
tinuous tiring travel. At a personal level, you are very pakka, ideal in following all rules and regulations
following highest standards for oneself, but when it comes to preaching, you are ready to grow your hair,
wear a karmi dress to help conditioned souls in countries where sadhus are not welcome. You are ready to
preach risking your own life, like you used to do while preaching in earlier USSR where the Hare Krishna
movement was not legalised. You have always been very merciful to others, and never rejected anyone.
However fallen one may be, rejected by others, you still have space, and service for him in the mission of
Srila Prabhupada. Maharaja, you are the backbone of Iskcon. Disciples of other gurus have glorified you,
that if you would not be there, then Iskcon would be having several divisions today. You often tell us in
your lectures that “Humility is a weapon by which you can capture Krsna”. Maharaja, seeing your humil-
ity, and tolerance, you have won the hearts of many materialists, what to say of devotees. Maharaja your
life is a selfless dedication of Srila Prabhupada’s instructions and mission. Whenever I need an example
for some practicality of scriptures, I see you and get inspiration.
Maharaja, may you live long and deliver many suffering conditioned souls. It’s your causeless mercy that
you have accepted me as your child and placed me here in Kharghar. By your mercy, I get a lot of love,
care and guidance from your disciples Suradas prabhu, Ravindra Caitanya prabhu and others. I get the
association of several sannyasi disciples like His Holiness Bhakti Ashray Vaishnava Swami maharaja
and His Holiness Prabodhananda Swami maharaja. Our spiritual life gets a new life every time we have
an opportunity to personally meet you. Maharaja, it is a hard struggle to practice Krishna consciousness
with determination and full enthusiasm in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy where our hearts are afflicted
with many diseases of envy, lust, greed, pride, anger, illusion, material attachments, false ego and so on.
Please bless me with strength so that I can continue on this all-auspicious path of devotional service in
the association of devotees with determination, and remain convinced to serve the devotees and the Lord.
Please forgive me for any offences that I have committed at your lotus feet and for being incompetent to
follow your divine instructions, and please be kind upon this fallen soul and engage me in your service to
Srila Prabhupada.
Your aspiring servant,
Saktiman Murari dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
On the auspicious eve of your 74th appearance day please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
May Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana ji and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai ji keep your health intact!
Your dedication to Srila Prabhupada and your compassion plus love for all living entities, makes us tick-
ing enthusiastically in devotional service. You are using your time completely in Krishna’s service and
inspiring everyone to do the same. You are an ocean of divine qualities. Inspite of your busy schedule
you mercifully take care of all the devotees personally and engage them in Lord’s service. We all are very
fortunate that you have accepted us to serve Sri guru and Gauranga.
By your mercy I am crawling slowly towards divinity.
Please forgive me for all the offences at your lotus feet, and by showering your mercy on us kindly keep
us intact in devotional service, selflessly, birth after birth under your divine protection.
All glories to Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana ji! All glories to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai ji! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Your servant,
Samaveda dasa
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Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine feet.
I feel extremely gladdened to celebrate yet another year of your divine appearance day on this planet. As
years are passing we are coming to understand your divine qualities more and more and still we find we
hardly know anything. As it is said, “Vaisnavera kriya mudra vijneya na bhujaye. Even a learned man
cannot understand the activities of a Vaishnava so how can an insignificant soul like me understand them.
Still we are getting a chance to glorify you every year, which helps us immensely in purification of our
own hearts. Maharaja, your dedication to serve the mission of Srila Prabhupada is incomparable. You
are specifically known for opening huge temples to attract the conditioned souls to the lotus feet of Their
Lordships Sri Sri Radha and Krishna. I have personally seen how you are endeavoring for opening a mag-
nificent temple in Kharghar, yet many temples are opening in various parts like Jaipur, Delhi etc., under
your guidance. You are specifically empowered by Srila Prabhupada to do this. Your humble gestures and
kind words creates a long lasting impression in the hearts of millions of people. You are very caring for all
the devotees whether they may or may not be your own disciples since you consider everyone in connec-
tion with Srila Prabhupada. I personally saw this nature of yours recently when my mother’s health was
bad, you personally called me on the phone and asked about her. Every meeting with you is like a boost for
us to continue in the path of Krsna consciousness enthusiastically. Your personal sadhana is exemplary for
all the devotees of Iskcon. Despite such an advanced age and bad health you continue travelling and even
after a hectic schedule you never miss mangala-arati. Your lectures are simple and straightforward for
any common man to understand and you never seem to deviate even slightly from the teachings of Srila
Prabhupada and the guru parampara. You have absolute faith in the holy name of the Lord and therefore
you stress it so much in your lectures and personal meetings.
Maharaja, you personally gave me service to assist in preaching in your upcoming grand project of Khar-
ghar. I feel myself extremely fortunate to have this opportunity but owing to my family problems currently
I am not able to give my cent percent in the project, but I assure you that I am trying my best to serve in
whatever capacity I can and I will improve it more and more. You make yourself personally available to all
of us. Whenever you come to Kharghar it gives me lot of inspiration to go ahead. I beg at your lotus feet
to please continue giving your association to us. In the course of rendering service, many times I commit
offences towards devotees knowingly or unknowingly because of my past conditioning and impure heart,
therefore I beg forgiveness from you.
I really feel that my life has become worthy after I met you and I sincerely pray to Krishna to keep me as
a particle of dust at your lotus feet eternally.
Your insignificant servant,
Sauri Caitanya dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories
to your divine mercy!
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura nicely describes the effect of the spiritual master’s mercy in the
famous Sri Gurvastakam prayers as follows-
yasya prasadad bhagavat prasado
yasya prasadan na gatih kuto’pi’
dhyayan stuvams’tasya yasas tri sandhyam
vande guroh sri charanaravindam
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“By the mercy of the spiritual master we receive the benediction of Krishna. Without the grace of the spir-
itual master one cannot make advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual
master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual
master.”
Srila Narottama dasa Thakura unlimitedly glorifies the mercy of the spiritual master as the only method of
fulfilling one’s life desire as follows:
sri guru carane rati eise uttam gati, je prasade pure asa
Make the teaching from the lotus mouth of the spiritual master your heart and don’t desire anything else.
Attachment to the lotus feet creates spiritual advancement. By his mercy all desires for spiritual perfection
are fulfilled.
In Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.3.22 Srila Prabhupada speaks to Maharaja Nimi about the success of a faithful
disciple-
tattra bhagavatan dharman, siksed gurvatme daivatah
amayayanuvrttya yais, tusyed atmatma doharih
Accepting a bona fide spiritual master as one’s life and soul and worshipable Deity, the disciple should
learn from him the process of pure devotional service. The Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari, the soul
of all souls is inclined to give Himself to His pure devotee. Therefore, the disciple should learn from the
spiritual master to serve the Lord without duplicity, and in such a faithful and favourable way, that the
Supreme Lord being satisfied, will offer Himself to the faithful disciple.
Guru maharaja, you are the dearmost disciple of Srila Prabhupada. You are travelling all over the world
for preaching Lord Caitanya’s Movement, the Hare Krishna movement. Your fame is spread all over the
world. By your mercy I can serve Their Lordship’s Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana ji. Please be merciful
so that I can follow your instructions karmana, manasa, vacha till end of my life.
Thank you guru maharaja.
Your humble servant,
Sita Mohan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Sri Gaura-Ni-
tai!
Maharaja, I am completely incapable and unsuitable to glorify you, but still I am taking this opportunity to
pay my humble respect to you, for my own purification for serving you and Srila Prabhupada’s movement.
Maharaja it is your mercy, humility, and benevolence which you always shower towards any ordinary or
special devotees, whoever comes before you. This experienced last year when you came to Kharghar tem-
ple to motivate us for book distribution, you asked, “how are you?” And after hearing about my profession
and experiences during book distribution, you were pleased to know that we grhastas are making an effort
and trying in our capacity the service of book distribution. That time maharaja, you inspired me to go
ahead and said please distribute this knowledge prabhu, people desperately need this. Maharaja, I felt it
was your blessings that previous years when I could manage to reach a maximum of 100 Bhagavad-gitas,
but this year, I could approach many people and my score crossed 550 Bhagavad-gitas. Maharaja, I feel
the atmosphere when you are present is expressed nicely in the verses of Bhagavatam as
भवद्विधा भागवतास्तीर्थभूताः स्वयं विभो ।
तीर्थीकुर्वन्ति तीर्थानि स्वान्तःस्थेन गदाभृता ॥१०॥
My lord, devotees like your good self are verily holy places personified. Because you carry the Personality
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of Godhead within your heart, you turn all places into places of pilgrimage. I pray at the lotus feet of Sri
Sri Lakshmi Narasimha to keep you in great health, and keep the devotees in your loving shelter at all
times.
Your insignificant servants,
Sudhanshu Shekhar, Mukund Krishna Shekhar and Ashwini Shekhar
Our dearest and most respected Gurudeva,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to your beloved
spiritual master His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada!
You are so dedicated to your master that you are ever enthusiastic to glorify him and his love for Lord
Krishna. You always mention his trials in travelling to USA and establishing Iskcon in New York. Every
year you write Vyasa-puja offerings to your master with such enthusiasm that inspires all your disciples
unlimitedly. Your staunch desire to serve His Divine Grace and His Iskcon life after life is clearly evident
in Vyasa-puja offerings written by you. Your discourses are always filled with pure devotional service
without tinge of jnana and karma. You tirelessly travel from one temple to the other and one country to the
other, and give a perfect example of a true wandering Vaishnava sannyasi (parivrajaka). Your cognizance
of every aspect around you, subsequent concern and care truly manifests your abundant spiritual quotient
(SQ). Your every minute is judiciously spent for the propagation of the Iskcon movement and for the up-
liftment of disciples. One who understands your spiritual mood surely gets blessed with pure devotional
service.
As we are lovingly connected to your abundant spiritual potency and incessantly receiving unlimited
blessings of yours from within and externally through personal association, our spiritual journey is cross-
ing many milestones every year for everyone’s delight. We have retranslated Bhagavad-gita in a very easy
language so as to increase its reach to the common man. We are making all the arrangements to release it
in Iskcon Tirupati through the Governor of Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Telangana state (TS). We are also
delighted to inform you about writing regular articles in Saptagiri, the monthly magazine of Tirumala Tir-
upati Devasthanams (TTD), since March 2018. Our articles on Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita are being
published in 6 languages with circulation of magazines crossing 1. 80 lakhs. TTD also requested us to
write an introductory book on Bhagavad-gita for 6th, 7th and 8th standard students of AP and TS in Telugu.
We are about to complete the project in the next two months.
In the coming months we will complete the project on Bhagavad-gita by TTD, complete the translation of
the remaining 12 small books of Srila Prabhupada for BBT service, publish two technical papers in inter-
national journals as a part of Ph. D. on artificial intelligence based study of Bhagavad-gita, complete the
designing five hours course on atma shakti (Gita shakti) as an inspirational and spiritual guidance to the
general mass of people, upgrade the quality of Back to Godhead (Telugu) and the website for a wider out-
reach on the occasion of the platinum jubilee of BTG, increase our austerities on Ekadashi day, increase
more visualization of life goals and serve Sri Sri Madana-mohana temple suitably. We will accomplish all
these tasks by your causeless mercy and incessant blessings of Srila Prabhupada, and support of Vaish-
navas.
My mothers, Govinda vallabha devi dasi and Padmakshi vinodini devi dasi, join us to offer respectful
obeisances and flowers of gratitude on the occasion of your 74th Vyasa-puja day.
Your loving disciples,
Vaishnavanghri sevaka dasa and Vishnujana sevika devi dasi
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
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Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to your most auspi-
cious appearance day and all glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This is indeed a very auspicious day for all of us. On this very special day, I would like to thank you from
the core of my heart for giving your mercy to this fallen soul. I do not have any ability to glorify you.
I am like a fallen and foolish soul and at an absolute loss of words to glorify your divine grace. Glorifying
you is like showing a lamp to the Sun.
The shastras tell us,
krpa-sindhu su-sampurnah sarva-sattvopakakah
nisprahah sarvatah siddhah sarva-vidya-visaradah
sarva-samsaya-samchetta ‘nalaso gururahrtah
One who is an ocean of mercy, who is fulfilled in all respects, who has all good qualities, who works
for the benefit of all souls, who is free from lust, who is perfect in all respects, who is well versed in the
scriptures, who knows the science of Krishna, who can remove all the doubts of his disciples and who is
always alert in the service of Krishna, is known as a genuine guru. (Hari-bhakti-vilasa 1. 45. 46 quoted
from Visnu-smrti vacana)
Guru maharaja, all the above qualities of a genuine guru are truly depicted in your personality. It is your
causeless mercy that you are engaging everyone in the service of Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani.
Even we did not have an ability to serve the Lord, but because of your mercy we are engaging in service.
You are completely ignoring our faults and flaws, and completely forgetting and forgiving offenses.
You are a very true tattva-darshi, or knower of the Absolute truth, and therefore always anxious to preach.
You are always trying to save suffering humanity by giving us the supreme knowledge. You are always
enthusiastic to follow the divine instructions of your spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada.
In your preaching efforts you meet so many opposing elements, but you are not disturbed.
Guru maharaja, I do not have words to glorify you, as I am not capable of that, so please forgive me if
I have made any mistakes. You are engaging in Srila Prabhupada mission with maximum strength. You
always try to keep everyone together. Your gratitude is to always engage in Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
Despite your hectic schedule you always take care of your disciples very nicely, giving time to each one
of them and hearing them properly. You are preaching in different countries, even though your health is
not so good.
Guru maharaja, after so many sacrifices and facing so much pain this mission of Srila Prabhupada has
reached such a high level. You have fully surrendered to your guru and you always follow your guru’s
instructions. Every time you glorify Srila Prabhupada in your lectures.
Gurudeva, you are a pillar of strength. Because of your mercy only, my kind of fallen soul is trying to
serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission. You are a source of energy and because of your oceanic mercy, only I
am just trying to engage in some service for the pleasure of the Lord.
Guru maharaja, I do not have any quality, yet you have accepted me as your disciple. There’s not an inch
of doubt in this, that by pleasing you, my life will become perfect. So please bless me so that I can serve
you just like your disciples. I may become an ideal follower of yours, an ideal representative of yours.
On this Vyasa-puja day, please bless me so that I can serve this mission of Srila Prabhupada with my life
and soul.
Your most fallen servant,
Vasudeva Jivana dasa
Dear Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your holiness!
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Please allow me to continue serving you in your Iskcon mission, and give me the good fortune of asso-
ciating with your sincere followers. In this material world and in the spiritual world, my only desire is
to be engaged in the service of Srila Prabhupada, yours and your followers. It is written in the Caitan-
ya-caritämrta Antya 1.24, purport: Fortunately, we had the opportunity to be born of a Vaishnava father
who took care of us very nicely. He prayed to Srimati Radharani that in the future we would become a ser-
vant of the eternal consort of Sri Krishna. Thus, somehow or the other we are now engaged in that service.
From this statement, it seems clear that you are engaged in the divine service of Srila Prabhupada who is
the eternal servant of Srimati Radharani. I pray that one day, if I can be so fortunate, I can also serve you
in the spiritual world while you are engaged in the service of the eternal consort of Sri Krishna. Until that
time I will patiently wait, serving your instructions, Iskcon and serving your sincere and loyal followers.
Your servant,
Yogendra Vandana dasa
MIRA ROAD
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
This is just an attempt to reveal our heartfelt gratitude towards you.
We want to thank you for accepting us as your disciples. We know that we have to behave like good dev-
otees and try to chant our rounds attentively and at the same time spend time reading Srila Prabhupada’s
books regularly. Along with all this we remember your instructions to help senior devotees spread the
Krishna conscious movement, not only just by holding congregational programs but also by our own
acharana.
Dear guru maharaja, we remember almost all of the things we promised at the time of initiation.
I want to confess for not being able to carry out your orders to the best of my ability, but I promise you in
the coming years to be a good devotee and if not able to preach, at least will try to follow the vows, the
rules and regulations that an initiated disciple needs to follow. Let us start from ourselves.
Dear maharaja, we beg at your lotus feet to forgive us for our mistakes that we may have committed know-
ingly or unknowingly.
We assure you that we will try our best to chant and read Srila Prabhupada’s books regularly and atten-
tively.
Looking forward to face you as a sincere disciple with your divine mercy.
In your service, your servants,
Achyutananda Gauranga dasa and Sevya Sundari devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
On this very auspicious divine appearance, let me pay homage at the dust of your lotus feet and beg for
your mercy.
Whenever I think about the importance of guru, saint Kabir’s couplet comes to mind which reads as:
guru govind dou khade, kaake lagoon pay
balihari guru aapne, govind diyo batay
“Guru and God both are here, to whom should I first bow? All glory be unto the guru, path to God who
did bestow.”
Similarly, you are also taking a lot of pain so that fallen souls like me can understand the ultimate goal
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of life and follow the path shown by Srila Prabhupada. We are very fortunate to have a compassionate
and merciful guru like you. Please bless me so that I can follow the path of Krishna consciousness with
increased sincerity and humbleness.
Dasanu dasa,
Amrish Diwakar
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept the humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
On this very auspicious divine appearance day, let me pay homage at the dust of your lotus feet and beg
for your mercy.
I first saw you in Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari Temple when you had come for giving Srimad-Bhagavatam
Class. I vividly remember that you entered the temple hall, there was a huge crowd, I was not able to have
your proper darshan, but what I saw was a saint is proceeding ahead amongst the crowd. I was standing
in front of Srila Prabhupada altar, I was trying to have glimpse of you, but couldn’t. You kept moving.
You paid obeisances to Srila Prabhupada and then to the Lord. And thereafter you took your asana and
finally I saw your beaming and blissful face and started listening to the Bhagavatam class. Though I could
not understand a few words clearly, however the class was fabulous. And after the class when you got up
from the Vyasa-asana, I could fortunately touch your lotus feet, then your merciful eyes looked at me and
my entire body got enthralled with divine energy. I can never ever forget that transcendental experience.
Maharaja, you do not know me personally, but your one look at me made my life meaningful.
Praying unto the lotus feet of Lord Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari ji for your long and healthy life so that we can
get more of your divine association and progress in our devotional service.
Dasanudasa,
Anjani Tiwari
Dandavat pranam Guru Maharaja,
I am feeling myself unqualified to write to you. Kindly give me strength so that I can open my heart before
you.
Maharaja, I find it difficult to understand the Bhagavad-gita. But when I keep you in mind while reading,
every verse relates to you, as it describing you. Then I easily understand all the verses. Because you are
fully surrendered to Srila Prabhupada and it is as good as fully surrender to Krishna because Srila Prabhu-
pada is a pure devotee. You always keep Srila Prabhupada’s instructions in mind. You take so many risks
for his service. This is the greatest fortune for a devotee as stated by Thakur Bhaktivinoda, to take troubles
for the service of Krishna. When Pune temple opening was there and our president was coming for inau-
guration, you were in great anxiety for security reasons. When asked by His Holiness Radhanath Swami
Maharaja, you said I don’t want any spot on Srila Prabhupada’s name. This is really amazing.
This unique quality of full surrender to Srila Prabhupada’s instructions, I desire to inculcate by your bless-
ings sometime in my life. That is my greatest desire.
Another wonderful quality is your tolerance. Once Kamal Lochan prabhu showed his great concern about
the temple ongoing management and his unhappiness. You told him to tolerate. When he asked till when,
then you said, “I am tolerating since the last 40 years”.
I wrote to you few times on your mail, but could not get a reply. You said you will reply, but the response
time may extend up to one year. So, in that hope, I am waiting for your reply.
My current services are –cleaning utensils in the Deity kitchen every Saturday, book distribution twice or
thrice a month as per temple program. I donate 10% in TOVP and Bhiwandi temple construction.
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I want to finish my rounds daily before going to office and do them attentively. For that I seek your bless-
ings Maharaja. I want that my chanting keeps improving. I may never miss reading one hour daily as
instructed by you about our daily sadhana. For that kindly bless me maharaja.
Trying to be your true servant,
Dayachandra dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to glorify you on the auspicious occasion of your appearance
day. I want to express my deepest gratitude to you for accepting this foolish self as your disciple, and
awarding me the priceless gift of Krsna consciousness, which I do not deserve at all. It is the mercy of your
greatness and Lord Krishna’s will that I am in the Krsna consciousness movement.
brahmända bhramite kona bhägyavän jiva
guru-krsna-prasäde päya bhakti-latä-bija
“Thus, the seed of Krsna consciousness is planted in the heart of a living entity only when one receives the
mercy of both Krsna and a bona fide spiritual master. [C.c. Madhya 19.151] Even if one takes to spiritual
life, unless and until one accepts a bona fide spiritual master and renders service to his divine lotus feet,
his door to spiritual reality remains closed.
Guru maharaja, actually, I did not obey your instructions many times before, because of deep rooted con-
tamination in my mind. Due to some bad samskara from my previous life I am struggling hard in my daily
sadhana and am not able to stay focused in Krsna consciousness.
Guru maharaja, your purity, enthusiasm, deep devotion is really unmatched and a source of inspiration for
all your disciples including me. You are so caring and affectionate that one can never forget.
I always remember your rarest quality to give a hearing to initiated devotees, and even others in a pleasant
way on the day of any initiation program, after taking so much of pain throughout the day.
Your relentless efforts and pleasant attitude at this age really makes me wonder, and I always think that
when shall I become so tolerant so that my life will be purposeful.
Guru maharaja, your enthusiasm for rendering selfless service and untiring efforts to make” Iskcon” a
global spiritual entity, is flourishing day by day.
Guru maharaja, your humility, tolerance, compassion and relentless services to the fallen souls will be
remembered at all times. I always feel that I am so fortunate to be associated with such a great soul and
also feel shame that I did not offer anything in return.
I want to beg forgiveness for all the offenses and mistakes which I always do knowingly or unknowingly. I
sincerely beg for your mercy so that I can also be a sincere and honest disciple of yours and can be a small
instrument of your mission in the near future.
Guru maharaja, I pray for your good health as we all need the association of a great soul like you. I also
seek forgiveness and beg for empowerment for rendering some service to preach materially attached peo-
ple around me.
I beg for your mercy and compassion for giving me strength to strictly adhere to your instructions and
follow the path of devotional service attentively and with utmost sincerity.
Jaya Srila gurudeva! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your most fallen servant,
Dvijananda dasa
Dearmost Guru Maharaja ji,
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I bow down in the dust of your lotus feet, please accept my humble obeisances.
On this special day of your birthday I am very happy to have a chance to glorify you, even though know
that I am unqualified to elaborate on your glories. But I am trying to do so by your mercy.
It is not possible to repay the debt of love we owe you, but I can try to please you with a humble service
attitude. Your appearance in my life is like the appearance of the sun making everything very clear to see,
you are opening our soul-eyes by engaging us in devotion service. Your instructions are removing the fear
of ignorance that cover my real identity as a servant of Krsna.
This year is a big test for me as per the service given to me, but due to your mercy everything can be done.
So I request you to please give me the strength to complete the service given to me and become purified
so that I can do more and more service in future as per your instructions.
I personally thank you with very single ounce of gratitude in my heart. You make my life meaningful and
have made it so easy for me. Now I will never have to go out searching for something higher, because I
have it all by your mercy.
I know that I have failed to properly glorify you because I am a fool number one. I pray that you will for-
give me and give me strength to accept your guidance to render a little service for you, birth after birth.
Please bless me so that I can always live according to the instructions you have given me, and become a
puppet in your hands.
Your servant,
Dwarkanatha dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
mukam karoti vachalam, pangum langhayate girim
yat-kripa tam aham vande, sri-gurum dina-taranam
“I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy
turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains.”
On this Vyasa-puja this fallen soul is trying to glorify you by my limited senses please forgive me if any
offense is committed.
I want to just glorify your unlimited qualities, you are perfect follower and disciple of Srila Prabhupada.
Thank you so much guru maharaja for bringing the message as it is of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya
to us all. I pray that I may be able to serve Iskcon like you.
Your unlimited qualities of love towards your god-brothers and god-sisters is incomparable.
You love and care towards your disciples is like Srimati Radharani.
May I always try to follow your instructions and follow your footsteps till my last breath!
I need your blessings as currently I am serving at Iskcon Desire Tree and Hare Krsna Television. Thank
you for your one talk Hare Krsna TV is spreading the Iskcon movement in Mumbai’s largest DTH through
cable, and this is happening because of your blessings.
Guru maharaja, I am preaching in the Bhakti Vriksha congregation at Nalasopara. We need your mercy so
that we can expand more, which will spread love of Godhead to each and every town.
I am really happy to have your vani association now and then by your mercy through your lectures and
quotes. I want to thank you for guiding the GKG Media team which allows us to get your vani association
through it.
Koti koti dandavat pranams guru maharaja.
Your fallen servant,
Jagadisa Murari dasa
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
My humble obeisances to you. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
prema-vivarta there is a śloka:
janame janame sabe pitā-mātā pāya, kṛṣṇa guru nahi mile bhaja hari ei
“In any birth, you’ll get a father and mother. That is not a very difficult thing. Without a father and mother
there is no birth, so to get a father and mother is usual. It is not very difficult. But, kṛṣṇa guru nahi mile
bhaja hari ei: in every birth, you cannot get Kṛṣṇa or you cannot get a bona fide spiritual master.”
Your mercy gives energy to the disciple to progress in devotional life. Your Mira Road project is taking a
good shape. Many new programs are introduced to attract the educated class. Every Sunday, we have the
Sunday Love Feast program in English. This is an addition to the existing one. Slowly the crowd is build-
ing up. The English speaking congregation have taken good interest in managing this program.
Apart from this, every first Sunday of the month, we have started a devotee care leaders program. Every
influential preacher has been asked to encourage the outstanding leaders under them to take up the activity
of the devotee care system. So practically now we have 50 devotee care leaders, who in turn are respon-
sible to hold a devotee care program twice a month in their respective places. Importance of initiation is
taught by them. This program also qualifies devotees to take up the process of initiation.
Last year we had started a Home school at Mira Road. This year it has taken a good shape. Teachers are
taking good interest in teaching Vedic knowledge to children.
Goshala project is also going on. There is a plan of starting Go vidyan prachar kendra Gurukula for boys
at Boisar. This year in Thane, we have a small Namahatta set up. Monthly book distribution Marathon is
also happening very nicely. Leaders come together and go for book distribution. All this enthusiasm is
seen in the devotees and success is also seen just because of your strong desire (tāra icchā balavān).
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, East Wave
ksantir avyartha-kalatvam viraktir mana-sunyata \
asa-bandhah samutkantha nama-gane sada rucih ||1.3.25||
asaktis tad-gunakhyane pritis tad-vasati-sthale \
ityadayo ‘nubhavah syurjata-bhdvankure jane ||1.3.26||
When a devotee attains to the stage of bhava-rati, the following nine traits are fully developed in him. He
does not waste his time even for the twinkling of an eye, without being constantly engaged in his bhaja-
naa, i.e. intense spiritual practices.
1. He develops an The mental equilibrium of such a devotee remains perfectly calm and composed
even if there are causes of extreme excitement.
2. He develops a natural apathy for worldly objects;
3. He is unassuming even though possessing all noble qualities.
4. He has firm faith in the realization of God in this very life and meeting with his beloved Lord.
5. intense longing for his beloved Lord;
6. He constantly sings the name of his beloved Lord;
7. His attachment for singing the glories of the Lord remains steady;
8. He passionately loves Vrindavana - the eternal realm of the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme
Lord Sri Krsna.
All these divine qualities are found in you 100%
Please pray to Srila Prabhupada and Sri Caitanya that I may get an iota of these qualities.
Your eternal servant,
Kamal Lochan dasa
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Most respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, please accept my humble offering, despite my insignificant and
very fallen condition. Maharaja, your spiritual activities are a source of inspiration for us. Your untiring
efforts to build new temples, to propagate Krishna consciousness enabling fallen souls to go back home,
back to Godhead, are activities that please Lord Krishna. If only I could follow your instructions to preach
which pleases Srila Prabhupada, I would be known as your true disciple.
I seek your mercy to give me strength and determination to follow your instructions for having a school
for Vedic knowledge at Mira Road temple. Please guide me in spreading Srila Prabhupada’s message of
Krishna consciousness.
Hare Krishna.
Your humble servant,
Kanai Priya sakhi devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, you said, “Srila Prabhupada was anxious that book-printing in India should expand.
During my first two years, he would press me again and again to print more and more books.” Taking
your spiritual master’s instructions you are always engaged in preaching and inspiring people. You always
encourage the devotees for book distribution and under your motivation temples have done large numbers
of book distribution. Guru maharaja, you have played a leading role in inspiring and completing several
large Iskcon temples. Your sincere service has brought all glory to Srila Prabhupada.
Guru maharaja, by your mercy we have started Monthly Sankirtan Festival in Iskcon Mira road this March
2018, in which we go out for Book Distribution. This is carried out on the First Sunday of every month.
Last two months in March and April 2018, Iskcon Mira road has scored 206 and 386 points respectively.
Guru maharaja, we request your blessings to continue this service sincerely.
Please give me mercy so that I can practice pure devotional service, chant the holy name attentively and
serve Vaishnavas. I pray to you to give me the strength to be an instrument in Lord Caitanya’s movement.
Please always keep me under the shelter of your lotus feet.
Your servant,
Krishna nandan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
The relationship of a disciple with his spiritual master is as good as his relationship with the Supreme
Lord. A supreme master always represents himself as the humblest servitor of the Personality of Godhead,
but his disciple must look upon him as the manifested representation of Godhead. Sri C.c Adi-lila 1.45.
When one sees Vrindavana dhama with the eyes of acharyas like Srila Prabhupada and siksha and diksha
guru, one’s perception to see Vrindavana changes or transforms from material to transcendental mode.
Vyasa-puja is an annual celebration by devotees of Krsna to offer homage to their guru, or spiritual teacher.
Krsna says, “One who claims to be My devotee is not so. Only a person who claims to be the devotee of
My devotee is actually My devotee.”
Without Krishna’s mercy one cannot attain the grace and blessings of guru and without guru’s mercy one
cannot achieve the grace of Krishna. This line says it all …. It also shows that how important it is for us
to surrender to guru and Krishna.
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In ‘Brahma Vaivarta Purana’ it is stated: “One pollutes his intelligence and exhibits severe weakness of
character when he rejects his spiritual master. Indeed, such a person has already rejected the Supreme
Lord. The bona fide disciple should always remember that his entire understanding of Vedic knowledge is
coming through the mercy of his bona fide spiritual master. If one superficially or whimsically accepts or
rejects a bona fide Vaishnava spiritual master, sometimes becoming attracted to another spiritual master
one commits a Vaishnava aparadha, a great offense against the devotees of the Lord.” Canto 11.3.48.
A spiritual master is not an enjoyer of facilities offered by his disciples. He is like a parent. Without the
attentive service of his parents, a child cannot grow to manhood, similarly without the care of the spiritual
master one cannot rise to the plane of transcendental service. Canto 11. 17. 27.
Your aspiring disciple,
Manish Shete
Hare Krishna Param Pujya Guru Maharaja ji,
On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, please accept my koti koti humble obeisances. All glories
to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to my guru maharaja!
Maharaja, though I am not qualified to glorify you, but in order to purify myself I am trying to write a few
words for your glorification. I know there will be many shortcomings, hence I pray at your lotus feet to
kindly ignore the same and forgive me for the mistakes committed.
Maharaja, at present with your kind mercy I have been assigned the seva of looking after the Sankirtan
Dept. as an HOD. The sankirtan department has been split into three parts i. e. 1. Paraphernalia 2. Books
dept and 3. Cow products. So I have been given the opportunity to look after the Paraphernalia dept. which
sells all the spiritual material other than books and cow products. Maharaja, after taking over the dept.
the first important thing was to bring all the items available in a proper accounting system. In this regard,
after having a discussion with Kamal lochan prabhu ji, the Iskcon Mira road Temple president, and Harsh
Govinda prabhu ji, it was decided to computerized the dept. accounting for all the products available. A
new computer with a barcoding system was purchased and all the items available were put into the system.
Now the dept. is fully computerized. Whole purchases and sale is done through computer the system only,
other than a few items of old stocks available. New stocks are bought resulting in doubling the daily sale.
Maharaja this is the result of your inspiration and encouragement. When I look at your services rendered
for the glorification of your guru maharaja, I feel that I am doing nothing. I feel ashamed. Hence I pray at
your lotus feet to give me strength and courage to serve you wholeheartedly.
Your eternal servant,
Matsya priya dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
My humble obeisances to you. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Your tireless effort to preach Krishna consciousness and spread Srila Prabhupada’s movement as always
has been my driving force in serving the movement. Namma Alwar is one of the 12 Alwars who in his has
Tiryvaimoli 5.2.2 clearly predicts the appearance of great souls who will roam around the world chanting
and singing the glories of harinama, so when I read this verse kandom kandom kandom kanaka kiniyana
kandom I just remember you guru maharaja.
Leadership qualities I have always seen in you, and I learn a lot from it. Under your care, I have been given
the task of managing preaching activities at 9 places spread all over Mumbai. Holding 5 Ratha-yatras in a
year, Goshala project at Boisar and Jagannatha Namahatta at Thane.
I have always seen enthusiasm in you to accommodate all sorts of people and there is always a smile on
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your face in spite of so many difficulties.
Praying at your lotus feet to always engage me in serving your mission.
Your humble servant,
Narayani Lakshmi devi dasi
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Neither am I eligible to write, nor do I know how to write, still I am attempting to write something about
your glories.
Maharaja, I heartily admire your surrendered attitude of servitude towards Srila Prabhupada. Srila Pra-
bhupada entrusted you with the great responsibility of distributing books. With utmost dedication you
are executing it, and also inspiring us to do the same. I also see that in every class of yours you have
mentioned and emphasized on book distribution. As a result of this Brhad Mridanga, book distribution
is reverberating throughout India. The impact of your efforts is overflowing to countries such as Pakistan
and Russia. What strength do I have to completely glorify you, your qualities are far beyond my compre-
hension to quantify and qualify. I am new in this society and am undergoing training under the guidance
of Gopibhava prabhu. I do book distribution seva and I am trying to understand the subject matter given
in Srila Prabhupada’s books.
Respected guru maharaja, please bless me so that I may sincerely undergo this training and understand
Srila Prabhupada’s books deeply and preach this message to others also. May I always remain engaged in
book distribution.
In your service
Niranjana Madhav dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept the humble obeisances unto your lotus feet on this very auspicious occasion of your divine
Vyasa-puja. Jaya Srila Bhagavatpada!
This is my very first offering unto your lotus feet. I have been hearing since my association with Iskcon,
that a disciple should forward his offering to guru maharaja. I didn’t do it because of my misconception
that a non-initiated person is not eligible to make an offering. But recently, due to the mercy of my siksha
guru, I came to know that a fallen soul like me can also urge you to accept my offering.
I don’t know whether my first offering unto your lotus feet is going to be accepted or not, but I am sure that
by getting this opportunity to express my gratitude for you, one day I may get your causeless blessings and
I will be able to serve you in all conditions.
I always hear that we all should serve Srila Prabhupada. Just as we need a person who can connect us to
the Lord, in the same way to connect to Srila Prabhupada, we need a divine soul who can connect us to
him and the parampara. That divine soul is none other than you, because you are the true disciple of Srila
Prabhupada. You have successfully faced various challenges to preach his words.
As per our nature we commit mistakes, while trying to serve the Lord directly or indirectly, and we may
intentionally or unintentionally commit some offences. It is guru who can protect us from falling down
from our path and he gives us shelter under the parampara. This is proved by the pastimes of Chota Hari-
dasa and Kala Krishna. Both of them did some offences, but the Lord protected Kala Krishna because he
was servant of Sripad Nityananda Prabhu, the adi guru, and on the other hand Chota Haridasa did not get
such protection from the Lord though he was a personal associate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, because
he did not have a guru like Sripad Nityananda Prabhu. Therefore, I believe that it is guru who can save one
from falling down and simultaneously he engages his disciples in the service of the Lord. By the grace of
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the Lord, please give intelligence to a fallen soul like me, so that we do not repeat offences.
I am fortunate to hear about your faithful and sincere service to Srila Prabhupada and your dedication to
expand the special responsibility of book printing given by him.
I have a deep desire to get initiated by you, but because of my lustful anarthas which are rooted within me,
I am unable to follow the regulative principles of Krishna consciousness, so I do not find myself qualified
to get initiated.
Through this first offering, I beg for your forgiveness and divine mercy, so that I can surpass this bad habit
of lustful anarthas, and become qualified to serve you.
Praying for your divine causeless mercy and waiting for your kripa to get initiated by you.
Dasanudasa,
Prince kumar Dubey
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Please accept my Vyasa-puja offering.
Maharaja, I am very grateful to you for accepting me as your disciple in this dark age of the Kali-yuga. I
am trying to serve at Sri Sri Radha-Girdhari ji Temple at Mira Road under the guidance of Vanmali prabhu
and Kamal lochan prabhu since 2005.
Maya is so strong that I could do nothing so far for the mission of Srila Prabhupada. Your visits, your
lectures, your books, your quotes on social media and your disciples inspire me to continue in the service
of Sri Sri Radha-Girdhari ji.
Your presence and activities give me so much enlightenment, which can be compared to the light of thou-
sands of Suns put together.
Of late, I try to meditate on you thinking that you are very nearby me always so that I remain cautious not
to indulge in non-Krishna conscious activities and focus on remembering Krishna and the devotees.
Nowadays I am taking care of the IYF Monthly Youth Festival ‘Upasana’, and I am involved in devotee
care programs and taking part in the monthly book distribution Marathon.
I am also involved in prasad distribution for the Sunday Love Feast.
I pray to Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupada that you should have very good health so that you can guide
us to improve our Krishna consciousness and preach to spread Srila Prabhupada’s Mission all over the
world.
Thousands of obeisances at your lotus feet.
Yours servant,
Raghunandan Ram dasa
Dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet on the most auspicious and holy occa-
sion on your Vyasa-puja.
Just like it is childish to glorify the size and the energy of the sun with our material eyes, please consider
this only as a frog like attempt by me to glorify the greatness of a divine personality like yourself.
I am very fortunate to get the shelter of your divine lotus feet. I pray that it becomes my constant endeavor
to seek more and more shelter and association of your divine lotus feet and follow your instructions care-
fully and sincerely.
Guru maharaja, you truly exemplify the below verse from Sri Siksastakam prayers:”
trinad api sunicena, taror api sahisnuna
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amanina mana dena, kirtaniya sada hari
You are very kind hearted and humility personified. You are a true and dear follower of Srila Prabhupada
and an able leader dedicated to grow and sustain the Iskcon empire. You have been instrumental in build-
ing so many huge temples and communities, engaging, inspiring, guiding and caring for thousands of spir-
itually starved souls, distributing millions of books around the world in so many languages, establishing a
strong connect with political leaders and media personalities all with the motive of spreading the Krishna
conscious movement. To endeavor for the above herculean objectives you follow a very hectic schedule
but yet remain humble and do not take credit for any achievements. You deal with so many complicated
matters in the most tolerant manner in the best interest of Iskcon. You constantly chant the holy names of
Lord Krishna and inspire us to become fully dependent on Krishna by becoming a servant of the servant
and practice bhakti sincerely in a humble state of mind without offenses.
Guru maharaja, your ever-smiling face both physically and in your photograph gives me inspiration to
practice devotional service with more rigour. Your concern about the well-being of devotees including
myself makes me feel protected.
On this most auspicious day, I pray to get a get a drop of your ever inspiring and increasing transcendental
energy such that I can be an instrument in your lotus hands in the service of Srila Prabhupada.
With your blessings and guidance from our counselor Shankaranad prabhu ji and Govinda priya mata ji, I
have recently purchased a new vaastu compliant home in Borivali East. I hope that this place gives me an
opportunity to welcome and serve you and the devotees.
Guru maharaja, I pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari ji and Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and
Subhadra Maharani, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai again and again to bestow Their blessings and mercy on you and
give you good health and a long life.
Begging for your mercy and forgiveness for my offenses committed at your lotus feet.
Your unworthy servant,
Ramsundar dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja.
I recollect whenever you visit our Mira Road temple you ask one question in your sweet voice: Aap sab
kaise ho? Asking each and every one his/her welfare reminds me of the feeling a parent has, which you
always have for devotees. Your simplicity and humbleness makes everybody feel secured and protected.
You are constantly thinking of Srila Prabhupada’s mission. You are carrying his mercy to the conditioned
souls through the distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books. Therefore, we offer our pranams to you, be-
cause by serving you we can please Srila Prabhupada and Lord Sri Krishna.
Hare Krishna.
Your servant,
Saci Vatsalya devi dasi
Merciful Guru Maharaja,
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All
glories to your divine grace! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
What you have given this useless soul is beyond mere words of expression. You have shown us the path
back to Godhead, at the lotus feet of Lord Krishna. Despite your ill-health you are still doing so much
service for Iskcon with great dedication and sincerity. I am amazed, and always remember you and pray
for your good health.
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You have the most pleasing personality and your presence invokes all auspiciousness wherever you are.
My only desire is to always be able to follow your instructions, so that the miseries and burden of this
material existence becomes nil.
Hoping to remain your servant eternally,
Sadhu Shyam dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
My dandavat pranam at your lotus feet.
We are very fortunate to get shelter of a guru like yourself and for your mercy that is working through
Vanmali prabhu ji. Although your heartfelt desire is to shower compassion on as many living beings as
possible, I am proving to be a poor assistant in that service. But now, due to the guidance and encourage-
ment of Vanmali prabhu ji we are taking small baby steps to preach in a systematic manner. Please shower
your blessings so that we can be worthy assistants in your mission to preach and please Srila Prabhupada.
Many times I desire to come in close association of your divine self, but then I realise that I am just not
pure enough to be near you. But, if I am able to sincerely follow your Vani then I am sure that you will be
pleased and shower your mercy upon me. Therefore, I pray to Lord Krishna and all the Vaishnavas to help
me in sincerely following your vani which is the supreme achievement for a disciple.
Your most worthless disciple ,
Sadhupran dasa
Hare Krishna dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories unto your Ho-
liness’ Vyasa puja celebration.
On the most auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja celebrations, I pray unto Lord Narasimhadeva, Sri Sri
Radha-Rasabihari and Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari to bless you with good health, long life and to remove all
obstacles from your path of spiritual progress, and relieve many conditioned souls from ignorance.
Only by your mercy and instructions I am happily engaged in humble seva. Thank you gurudeva for
these spiritual opportunities and for accepting my insignificant contributions towards Srila Prabhupada’s
mission. During my times of distress I recollect your blessings and slowly find my strength within. My
prayers unto you, may you continue to bless me and my family so that we stay engaged in Krishna con-
scious activities and fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s visions for us.
Your insignificant daughter and servant,
Sakhi gopi devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krsna! Please accept my humble obeisances.
I have been waiting patiently since my last offering, for this opportunity to express myself as your insig-
nificant servant.
I try my best and with sincere efforts attempt to follow your instructions.
I have observed that whenever I had the opportunity to seek your blessings personally, my chanting and
seva improves. I sincerely desire more.
Maharaja, I am happy to share that with your blessings our house help has completely left meat eating, she
observes Ekadashi regularly, and chants 4 rounds of the maha-mantra in the limited time available to her,
she reads Bhagavad-gita and Bhagavatam almost daily.
We will be through with our Bhakti Shastri course hopefully by 2019 year end, and will be free to move
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out of Thane.
It has always been my wish to share my bliss experienced in Krsna consciousness with others, more so
with other mata ji’s and children.
I seek your permission to relocate us to a small village in our native state Karnataka. I wish to assist my
prabhu ji Sakshi Mohan dasa in preaching in our mother tongue Kannada and English.
Maharaja, it is our desire to stay close to mother nature and practice Krsna consciousness and help others
too to do so. Kindly bless us and give us permission.
Maharaja, by your mercy this year, we were fortunate to attend more mangala-arati in temples.
I conclude by seeking your blessings to improve my sadhana and follow your instructions with my heart
and soul.
Your servant,
Sarojamukhi Indulekha devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your Holiness!
I wish to practice and learn the culture of gratitude that you always exhibit. The word ‘thank you’ profuse-
ly comes out from you. You make the other person valuable by your words. B.g. 17.15 anudvega-karaṁ
vākyaṁ satyaṁ priya-hitaṁ ca yat svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva vāṅ-mayaṁ tapa ucyate. Your words are
not just non-agitating, but also really pleasing to everyone. I want to develop feelings of genuine concern
for myself and others.
Srila Prabhupada mentioned in his letter that preaching is all about invoking rasa (taste) for Krishna con-
scious practice of life. We continue to see in your dealings with others, how you invoke that very taste
in every person who comes across you; common man to celebrity. Please guide me to develop that taste.
Devotee care system was started to provide visible genuine care in all respects to the devotees connected
at Mira Road. We are gradually progressing. Devotee community with faith, mutual trust and interdepen-
dency is shaping up under the guidance of Kamal lochan prabhu. To nurture English speaking people, new
English Sunday love feast has started at Mira Road. At Bhaktivedanta hospital, with a committed team
of devotees we started; Bhakta Prahlad project - An initiative to bring Krishna conscious progeny into
this world and build Srila Prabhupada soldiers to spread our mission of Vaishnava seva, Varnashrama and
Vaishnava dharma prachar. Please bless us to remain focused in the above activities.
Your humble servants
Shaligram Krsna dasa, Karuna Manjari devi dasi and Vaishnavi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet, and I pay my respects to you, which is the duty of
a disciple.
You gave us your mercy, without which we are nothing in this world. Please bestow mercy on me so that
I remain strong in Krishna consciousness and try to spread this movement. Only by your mercy I will be
able to follow the teachings and instructions of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada. I really
pray to Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari ji for your good health so you can spread the movement more and more.
Also I am serving at Iskcon Desire Tree to spread the movement of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila
Prabhupada since 7 years. You are like a real Father, who always makes sure that I am properly engaged
in Lord Krishna’s service. The day I lost my material father the next day I got initiated by you and get you
as my spiritual father.
I hope to get spiritual strength through your mercy now and in the future. I also beg for your blessings for
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my spiritual progress.
Your servant,
Shobha Radha devi dasi
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja.
I offer my humble obeisances unto His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja, who is very dear to
Lord Krishna, having taken shelter of His lotus feet. You are publishing and constantly distributing the
transcendental literatures of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada and preach-
ing his message.
My respected maharaja ji, you are engaged in inspiring and completing many of the Iskcon temples after
the departure of Srila Prabhupada. One such project “Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari temple, Mira Road” is dis-
playing the strength, will and power showered by Lord Krishna through guru maharaja. I seek your mercy
and blessings to go forward on the path of devotion.
Hare Krishna.
Your servant,
Sristi Pati dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja! All
glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Gurudeva, I don’t have any quality to offer something to you. Today is a very auspicious day of your ap-
pearance, so I am trying to offer my heartfelt offering to you. I am very thankful that you are giving your
mercy on this fallen soul. It’s by your mercy only that I am able to offer you a Vyasa-puja offering.
Gurudeva, your expectations from all of us is that we should preach the glories of the holy name and
take part in the mission of Srila Prabhupada with full enthusiasm. You’re not only expecting, but you are
showing us by your example itself. You’re doing whatever Srila Prabhupada wanted from you and this can
be easily understood by your busy schedule. Guru maharaja, you are so humble that you speak and take
permission from your disciples also. Just like if you want to do any service to Their Lordships then you
take permission from the pujari and the person to whom the seva is given. I hope that I can follow your
footsteps and this will only be possible by your mercy. You are such a humble and meek devotee who can
take me back home back to Godhead by giving me Krsna-prema.
Guru is more important than Krsna because by the mercy of the guru one can approach Krsna. So it’s nec-
essary for all the disciples to follow the guru’s instructions. You always focus more on book distribution
and chanting attentively. Guru maharaja, please bless me so that I am able to follow your instructions and
your wish that we all must do seva for Srila Prabhupada in Iskcon. In this material world full of darkness
and hopelessness when I look by my side, I can only find Sri Krishna, Srila Prabhupada and you gurudeva
of whom I can take shelter. By taking your charana renu - The dust of your lotus feet I am able to serve
the Lord.
Therefore, O guru maharaja! Please give me strength and the mercy of your lotus feet that I may serve you
through your instructions and help you in spreading Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
I pray to Lord Krishna that you spread this movement of Lord Caitanya the way you are doing, every-
where in the entire world. May you always meet good health and your lotus like face always fill with a
sweet smile.
Srila Bhagavatpada Vyasa-puja maha-mahotsava ki jaya!
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Sri Srimad Gopal Krishna Goswami guru maharaja ki jaya!
Begging you for your mercy.
Your eternal insignificant servant,
Srivas Jivan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to His
Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja!
Today is the most auspicious day of your divine appearance. For a disciple, the spiritual master’s appear-
ance day is the most important day of a disciple’s life. So today is the most important day of my life.
Guru maharaja you are an ocean of mercy. Sri guru karuna sindhu, adama janara bandhu. An ocean of
causeless mercy on the fallen souls.
Your glorification cannot be limited by words even in 100 years of Brahma. Guru maharaja, you are a pure
soul from Vaikuntha, Vaikuntha man, you have come here to deliver us, fallen souls.
Guru maharaja, you are an acharya, as action is always pleasing to Vaishnavas and Krishna, befitting the
Vedic scripture. All the good qualities of a Vaishnava are exhibited by you.
You have been a perfect disciple to your spiritual master. That is why you’re a perfect guru. Guru maha-
raja, you are Prabhupada’s Man. Your love for Srila Prabhupada is seen by your activities i.e. following
his instructions, fulfilling his desires, protecting and taking care of Srila Prabhupada’s projects. It is out of
love for Srila Prabhupada that you are day and night serving, sacrificing your good rest and health.
We are very proud that you have accepted us as your disciples, even though I am unqualified, you show-
ered your causeless mercy on me.
Dear guru maharaja, you have always been kind to me, always guided me and protected me. Even though
sometimes I have troubled you, misbehaved, was unruly towards you, but you are always kind to me and
tolerating me.
Guru maharaja, I am a useless soul, I am not able to follow your order and instructions, still you have
always been extra kind to me. That is why your glorification is unlimited. It cannot be glorified by words
even in Brahma’s 100 Years.
Shakti buddhi hina, ami ati dina karo more atmasat. I have no strength nor intelligence, because I am so
fallen. Still please be merciful. Shower your mercy, so that I can be a devotee, a good disciple of yours,
follow your orders, instructions and be able to please you.
On this auspicious day, I pray to Their Lordships for your good health, long life so that you can bring more
glories to your dear Srila Prabhupada! Jaya gurudeva!
Your insignificant humble servant,
Vanmali dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
mukam karoti vachalam, pangum langhayate girim
yat-kripa tam aham vande, sri-gurum dina-taranam
“I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy
turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains.”
On this Vyasa-puja your eternal dasi, Vidya Swarupini devi dasi, is asking for your blessings so that I can
assist my son Jagadisa Murari dasa to preach in his allotted seva areas.
Guru maharaja as instructed, currently I am reading Srimad-Bhagavatam 07.22 Vaman lila. In this chapter
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the importance of a bona fide guru is given. Whenever I read the purport by Srila Prabhupada, I see each
and every quality of a bona fide spiritual master in you.
I am eternally indebted to you for giving me a chance to get this unadulterated eternal nectar of the Sri-
mad-Bhagavatam.
Please keep your blessings so that I may continue to do morning sadhana at brahma muhurta daily, and
read the Bhagavatam daily. May my harinama ruchi increase day by day and may I get prepared to preach
and assist you in Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
Your eternally indebted servant,
Vidya Svarupini devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
When I first saw your disciples bowing in front of you to pay homage to you, it was my ignorance that I
could not understand the glories of guru.
God fulfills all desires of living beings be it good or bad. However, a guru is one who fulfills only good de-
sires. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is both Lord and guru. Thus, it is favorable for devotees to take His shelter.
For this purpose, Srila Prabhupada established the Society formally called Iskcon, in which the whole
world can stay and continue the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and connect it with the guru param-
para. Thereafter he gave the responsibility to you so that it can be systematically managed, which you are
doing with lot of energy and enthusiasm. From this it is evident that you are not an ordinary soul.
By seeing your disciples who have benefited by your teachings, I realize that by mercy one can progress
in devotional service.
Praying unto the Lotus Feet of Lord Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari ji for your long and healthy life, so that we
can get more of your divine association and progress in our devotional service.
Dasanudasa,
Vijay Singh

My dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
Gurudeva, you have given a lot of mercy to me. I was stuck in the darkness of ignorance but you kindly
saved me from this deep ignorance and showed me the right path.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari, Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Mai that you remain in good
health so that you can protect millions of fallen souls like me.
I am very happy and delighted about the coming auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja. I am a fallen
soul; so how can I describe your unlimited glories? But still by your mercy alone I have made a little effort.
Kindly accept my offering.
Your insignificant servant,
Vikas Sahu

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BRAHMAPUR

Dear Gurudeva Srila Bhagavatpada,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories unto you gurudeva and unto His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada!
I am trying to glorify you without having the ability to do so. Please forgive me if I commit any mistake.
It has been more than three years since I was initiated by you. My attraction towards you and my faith in
Lord Krishna have increased. But I am not satisfied, because sometimes I feel anxiety that I may fall down
from the path and get deviated, due to the offences and mistakes committed by me unintentionally.
You constantly remind us to chant attentively, read Srila Prabhupada’s books daily, associate with devo-
tees and always remain engaged in devotional service. Your instructions are so simple, meaningful and
potent. Despite that the misfortune is that I am engaged in sense gratification every time. Yet you have
accepted and provided me with the protection of your lotus feet. Due to inattentive chanting, committing
offences, being entangled in sense gratification, I am struggling a lot since the last six months. But heartily
I wish to sacrifice this body to you and Srila Prabhupada, so please sprinkle a little drop of your causeless
mercy upon me. This the only prayer from the core of my heart.
Your most fallen servant,
Achyuta murti dasa

Respected dear Guru Maharaja,

My pranams. Thousands of devotees are talking about your spiritual glories on this auspicious day. You
took birth on this holy Ekadashi day.
Guru is the representative of Vyasadeva. So his birthday is celebrated as Vyasa-puja. You are one of the
most favourite disciples of Srila Prabhupada. So on this festival, Vaishnavas get the opportunity to sing
and talk about you.
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thought of seeing you once in my life. I will be very happy to hear Hari Katha from you. I never thought
that you would fulfill my dream, so I prayed to God. In 2018 when you came to Puri dhama I was very
excited to listen to you. But I felt very sad for not visiting Puri. Then I heard that maharaja was coming to
Brahmapur temple. I was very excited. For the first time you gave us the opportunity to hear Hari-katha
from your voice. Vaishnava kripa is greater than an ocean. Unbelievable!
May Lord Radha-Radhakanta bless you to live long, and forever! This is my heartfelt wish at the Lotus
Feet of Krishna.
Your servant,
Adyarasmi Pattnaik
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this most auspicious day of your holy appearance I beg to offer my humble obeisances at your divine
lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Gurudeva, you are an ocean of innumerable divine qualities and your ability to manage so many services
is inconceivable. You are engaged in inspiring and completing many of the largest Iskcon temples after
the departure of Srila Prabhupada. Also, as a sannyasi, you keep travelling extensively and very expertly
engage your disciples in the service of Krishna.
Srila Prabhupada once remarked “Gopal is a very nice boy and he must be encouraged” even hardcore
atheists are attracted to your graceful simplicity and your selfless compassionate nature and inner convic-
tion to spread the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu globally.
On this most auspicious day I beg you to forgive my countless mistakes in serving you. Moreover, please
bless me so that I obey Pancharatna prabhu’s instructions and my mind is always fixed in chanting the holy
name very attentively and may I always remember your instruction.
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your insignificant servant,
Jagatbandhu Murari dasa
My supreme worshipable Gurudeva,
How can an unworthy disciple like me do your service carefully and think of your pleasure as my own
with this body? So, I pray to you,
baisnava – thakura aprakrta sada,
nirdosa, anandamay
krsna-name priti jade udasina
jhete dayardra hoy
abhimanakiya, bhajanaa praveena
bisayete anaskrta
antara-bahire, niskapata sada
nitya-lila-anurakta
When can I see you with a transcendental vision and constantly take shelter of your lotus feet, by realising
you to be Lord Krishna’s representative. Again, I take your orders on my head, keeping you as my center
point.
When I had gone to take ‘brahmin’ initiation, I asked you, “O gurudeva what service shall I do in my
life?” You ordered me to – chant 16 rounds attentively, attentively read scriptures for two hours and go
and preach in the villages of Odisha, because, so many followers of the Christian religion, now a days, are
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changing people to their religion by attracting them materially.
So, the only aim in my life is, to bear this preaching responsibility on my own,
Guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete koriya aikya, ar na koriho mane asa.
So, how I can work out on your instructions without any prestige? For this I desire causeless devotional
service at your lotus feet.
tomar pratistha, - sukarer vistha,
tar-saha sama kanhu na manava
matsarata vase, tumi jada-rase
majecho chadiya kirtana –saustava
Your unqualified devotee,
Kalanidhi Hari dasa
Dear Maharaja,
Kindly accept my most humble obeisances at your sweet lotus feet.
I am not qualified to glorify your transcendental qualities. Like Sri Gauranga’s mercy to fallen souls, your
mercy is also spreading on every soul. You are the representative of Srila Prabhupada and Gauranga Ma-
haprabhu, and you are giving Krishna-prema to every living entity. You teach us how to serve Krishna and
how to surrender to guru and Lord Krishna. Maharaja, out of your causeless mercy you have descended
from the spiritual world, and you are here to save fallen conditioned souls like me. You remind us about
our eternal perfect loving relationship with Sri Krishna, and teach us how to achieve Krishna-prema. We
are incapable of making you happy, yet you deliver us with all your devotion. This is your causeless mercy.
krsna guru rupe hane, sastra paramane
guru rupe krsna krupa, karena bhakta gane
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura said that Sri Hari is as respectable as Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna is
visaya vigraha and gurudeva is ashraya vigraha. Without the causeless mercy of ashraya vigraha we can-
not reach visaya vigraha. I am a conditioned soul and very very low grade, having no spiritual knowledge
at all without your mercy. I neither progress on the bhakti path nor do I achieve the goal of my human life.
Dear maharaja, when I was 6 years old I got the opportunity to see a supreme soul like you in my life for
the first time in 2001, at Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari, Pune Iskcon temple. From that day you inspired me
the most. After 18 years Lord Krishna gave me a chance to see you in our Berhampur Iskcon Temple in
January 2018. You had come to shower your mercy on all the suffering souls. But so sad maharaja, I could
not meet you. I think that I am the most unlucky person, and for that I am so sad, but after all I am sure
you blessed me on that day, although I was not present. I do not know when this suffering soul will get a
chance to see you again, and I am eagerly waiting for this sweet moment.
On this auspicious day I pray to you maharaja wherever you may be, to kindly extend your hand for lib-
erating this conditioned soul.
Your servant,
Mamata Sahu
My most respectful Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
Sri Nitai and Gauranga Mahaprabhu, and above all, all glories to Sri Sri Radha-Krishna!
On this most auspicious day of your divine appearance I congratulate you on your Vyasa-puja with deep
respect and humility, and wish you very very good health and well-being, your divine grace.
Everytime when I try to write my offering for your Vyasa-puja, I realize I am not capable to absolutely
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describe your transcendental qualities. Sadhya Vilasini Krupa devi dasi

Your auspicious arrival to our Brahmapur temple gives us, particularly me, a very very great pleasure. We
all are very grateful to you and our Pancharatna dasa prabhu ji.
gurudeva,
kripa bindu diya
karo ei dase trna pekha atihina
sakala sahane balo diya karo
nija mane spriha hina
Gurudeva, kindly give me a pinch of mercy and please bless me to always be in the association of Vaish-
navas and their service. You are an ocean of mercy and I am an offender full of anarthas. I beg you a
thousand times to forgive me for my offenses and to relieve me from the clutches of Maya.
I am begging at the lotus feet of the Lord to always remember you and give you good health, spiritual
energy and a proper audience for preaching as long as you want.
All glories to my dearest guru maharaja! Mercifully let me always stay at your lotus feet.
Your most fallen servant,
Padmakshi Gopi devi dasi
My dearest Guru Maharaja,
On this auspicious occasion please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru
and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories unto your divine self!
I am unqualified to describe your transcendental qualities. So, I kindly pray to Lord Krishna to always
engage me in the service of sadhu, guru, and the Vaishnavas. I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Radhakanta for your
good health.
Your most fallen foolish servant,
Radhika Pradhan
Dear Gurudeva, Your Divine Grace,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Sri Sri Nitai-Gauranga!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you gurudeva and to your wonderful appearance day!
On this auspicious occasion, I pray to your divine grace to be merciful to me birth after birth and give me
the shelter of your lotus feet.
ohe vaishnava thakura dayara sagar
e dase koruna kari,
diya pada –chaya, sodho he amaya
tomar carana dhori
“Vaishnava Thakura, ocean of mercy, please be merciful to your servant. Give me the shade of your lotus
feet and purify me. I hold unto your lotus feet.”
Although, I have no qualification, I aspire to be your disciple. You have always shown compassion to
me. Please give me the strength to be able to serve the glorious mission of your devotional master Srila
Prabhupada.
I pray to Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda to give you a long and healthy life and to give us your divine
association and guide us on the path of Krishna consciousness.
Please forgive any offences made by me due to my ignorance. Please give me your blessings and causeless
mercy which I need the most for advancing in my spiritual life.
Your most undeserving disciple,
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this most auspicious appearance day I offer my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Srila gurudeva, you always instruct me to be truthful to Krishna’s instructions, but due to my independent
mentality I am not able to follow your instructions.
“O gurudeva! By a drop of your mercy make this servant of yours and truthful to Krishna’s instructions.
Give me strength to face all types of exams in this regard and free me from an independent mentality.”
This is my only prayer at your lotus feet on this auspicious day, so that I can become a devotee surrendered
to Krishna.
Your rascal servant,
Samarpita Keshav dasa
Dearmost respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Please sprinkle some drops from the ocean of your causeless mercy upon me. Please accept me as the most
fallen in the three worlds and please bless me so that my mind like a swan, will swim in the ocean of your
lotus feet. I felt completely liberated by having your wonderful darshan in Sri Kshetra yatra. It was really
a transforming experience in my life that made me feel as if the Supreme Lord has incarnated to rescue
me from the ocean of suffering.
Your fallen insignificant aspiring disciple,
Soumya Ranjan Nayak
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
On this auspicious day, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Radhakanta to bless our dear spiritual master with perfect
health and a long life, so that he may continue delivering the message of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
throughout the world.
I would like to thank you for being so merciful to me by accepting me as one of your disciples.
Whatever I am doing now, like chanting, reading and doing seva, is because of your mercy. I have got a
good shiksha guru by your mercy. I am very unlucky as I can’t do well. I am a fallen soul.
Your causeless mercy alone can save me from the ocean of birth and death. It is because of your love for
us that you give love of Krishna to us.
Guru maharaja, please forgive me for the various offences I have committed, and please bless me to be of
some service to your servants.
Your servant,
Sruti svarupa devi dasi
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is my first offering. By the order of Sri Panchratna prabhu and other senior devotees, I am going to write
something.
On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja I desire to glorify all your transcendental qualities. But
how can I glorify them? Your qualities are unlimited. I have no such qualification to describe your glories.
Hence I beg at your lotus feet to kindly bestow your causeless mercy upon me to able to glorify you.

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When my mother got initiated by you then I was dreaming that you came to our Brahmapur Iskcon temple.
It was in 2015. You are so merciful and you came on 23rd January 2018. This was the best moment of my
life when I saw you in Iskcon Brahmapur. I will never forget this day in my life.
Dear guru maharaja, please bless me so that I can serve your lotus feet life after life.
Trying to serve,
Subhashree Prusty
BURLA
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
By your mercy I am able to give this Vyasa-puja offering. Although neither am I qualified nor capable of it.
The only way of associating with you is by your words. Your constant emphasis to read Srila Prabhupada’s
books and to chant 16 good rounds is what I try to follow in my Krishna conscious life. Thank you very
much for giving us your constant association. Your 24x7 efforts and dedication to fulfill Srila Prabhupa-
da’s mission is constantly inspiring us. Thank you, maharaja for your causeless mercy on me.
I pray at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna for your good health and to fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s
mission.
Please forgive me for my offences that I may have committed.
Your eternal servant,
Abhisek Pradhan
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
It’s the much awaited occasion of the Vyasa-puja of his holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja, and
to glorify him at his lotus feet and gain lots of mercy.
Our merciful maharaja is an epitome of purity, sheer determination, disciplined, and always hankering to
spread the mission.
Maharaja being the GBC is always in envisioning how to spread the glories of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and
the holy name. It’s visible from his dedicated disciples who are serving wholeheartedly for the fulfilment
of the mission. You are very kind to meet the youth personally and inspire them by enlightening words of
wisdom.
Maharaja has dedicatedly served for the pleasure of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, and that in turn
has inspired many of his disciples in building and maintaining temples, and spreading preaching activities
throughout the world.
I beg and pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Jagannatha,
Baladeva and Subhadra Mai, Sri Narasimadeva, and jagad guru Srila Prabhupada so that you live long
and give us your valuable inspiration and guidance on the path of bhakti. Please give us your mercy to
understand guru and Krishna, and enhance our faith and belief in the mission. Please bless us so that we
are able to contribute in some way.
Your menial servant,
Agneyarkatanaya Mohapatra
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances considering me as a dust particle at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri
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guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I am consider myself to be the most fortunate because I am getting a chance to glorify you although I am
a fallen soul.
Gurudeva, you’ve come to this world just to deliver the souls who are suffering in this darkest region of
the material world like me. You have tremendous attachment towards your spiritual master His Divine
Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. You focus mostly on attentive chanting of the holy
name. You are very attached to Deity worship and very strict about the morning programme. You say that
the morning programme is not just mangala-arati and chanting, but it is upto morning prasadam. You take
very little rest because you say that, “sleeping means forgetfulness of Krishna” and it inspires me a lot.
You’ve got the instruction from Srila Prabhupada to distribute books and to preach, and you are following
these instructions as your life and soul, serving tirelessly.
At last I pray to Sri Narasimhadeva for your good health and long life so that you can deliver many fallen
conditioned souls. Please forgive me for the offences I have committed at your lotus feet and at the lotus
feet of the Vaishnavas who are very dear to Krishna. Please bless me to become a servant of your servants.
Gopi bhartur pada kamalyor dasa dasanu dasa.
Your aspiring servant,
Animesh Satapathy
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most respectful humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Maharaja, I don’t have any qualification to glorify your holiness with my tiny intelligence. Still, I would
like to say a few words in your glorification.
Maharaja, because of your causeless mercy we got an opportunity to come out from the darkness of igno-
rance to the brightness of knowledge. Because of your inspiration only, a lot of youth are joining Iskcon.
You are an exemplary follower of Srila Prabhupada, which inspires us to become dear to Krishna and get
a higher taste. I always hear from you about the potency of the books of Srila Prabhupada and you also
recommend to sincerely read these books, but I am in a diseased condition and have no taste for this. Your
massive book distribution movement delivers a lot of conditioned souls. You came to this material world
as Krishna’s representative to deliver fallen souls like me. You are so personal to each and every devo-
tee. Maharaja, you are always ready to preach and extend yourself to the greatest degree, in spite of bad
health and late-night journeys and you are ready for worshiping the Deities which is most inspirational.
Maharaja, you never used to go in front of Srila Prabhupada without a book. Now you are also writing so
many spiritual books and guiding, and inspiring other devotees to write and publish more and more books.
I feel very fortunate to be at your lotus feet, and it is only possible because of your causeless mercy which
is flowing through the association of Jugal Kishore prabhu, Suddha Citta prabhu, and Dhanajaya Hrishi-
kesh prabhu. I don’t have any qualification for seeking forgiveness because I am knowingly committing a
lot of offences at the lotus feet of devotees.
I pray to Their Lordships for your good health and to keep on helping you in spreading Krishna conscious-
ness all over the material world.
Please forgive me for all my offences.
Your most insignificant servant,
Ashirbad
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
I am the most fallen. I have no qualification to live in VOICE, but because of your blessings I am able to
fight challenges and stay in VOICE. I am facing many problems related to lust and envy.
I am really inspired by your biography. Despite having many material opulences you took up bhakti so se-
riously and followed Srila Prabhupada. Your unparalleled fire of enthusiasm for preaching has enlightened
many hearts and they are also preaching rigorously.
The idea of getting initiated from you really inspires me to move forward in bhakti.
Your humble servant,
Ashutosh Pradhan
My dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances onto your soft and soothing divine lotus feet! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
I got an opportunity to practically meet you first in the Puri yatra in the year 2018. That was the most valu-
able moment of my life, to see you very closely and to get your association. I am so fortunate that at Sri
kshetra Puri where Lord Jagannatha resides I took your valuable association and heard precious lectures
from your lotus mouth. I remembered, when after finishing your lecture session you were sitting on your
Vyasa-asana and we students from VOICE surrounded you and cleared our doubts regarding progress in
bhakti, increasing our sadhana, improving chanting etc., and for all queries your reply was always “chant
the maha-mantra attentively”, this shows that chanting is the most important pillar for our bhakti to prog-
ress as Srila Prabhupada says” 99% of our bhakti depends on our chanting”.
You are such a greatest inspiration for all generations. By your dedication and eagerness to follow the path
of Srila Prabhupada and fulfill his divine instruction, you took his book distribution instruction so serious-
ly and executed it in a very enthusiastic manner. After you became the BBT trustee, the book distribution
score sped up like a rocket. You gave your life, money, time, and heart to serve Srila Prabhupada. This
shows the love that you have in your heart for him. You have very big responsibilities, to take care of BBT,
GBC meetings, preaching activities, and travelling across countries to give your valuable association to
your disciples. Even at this age you are doing it very enthusiastically and energetically.
You are very humble towards every person whether he is a devotee or any staff in the temple. You go to
the sweeper and talk to him and ask about his problems, this shows your kind heart which is full of mercy
and that mercy you shower upon us. Though you belong to a very rich family and you also had a good job
but you left them all just to lead Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s mission of Krishna consciousness. Your greatness
is that you remember all your disciples’ names, their parents and when they first met you. You care for
everyone like a mother cares for her children. You are so compassionate towards fallen souls like us. Your
love for Deity worship is very encouraging. You have also kept the things that Srila Prabhupada gave to
you as gifts very well maintained. This is a very touching relationship between the guru and the disciple.
I pray at the lotus feet of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari, Sri Sri Radha-Vrindavana-chandra,
Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Srimati Subhadra, Pancha-tattva and Sri Narasim-
hadeva that your health should always be good. Please bless us and shower your causeless mercy upon
us always, and pray for us so that we progress in Krishna consciousness smoothly and quickly and don’t
deviate from this path.
Aspiring to become a servant of the servant of your servants,
Asribad
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Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my humble obei-
sances unto your lotus feet.
Your glories are unlimited. It is only because of your causeless mercy that materialistic fools like me, who
have no qualification, are able to get the sublime message of Krishna consciousness. You are continuously
travelling and preaching all over the world without taking proper rest, despite your ill health. Maharaja,
you are a great Vaishnava, and we are fortunate to get an opportunity to be under your soothing shelter.
Maharaja, I am most fallen and insignificant. Because of a heart filled with anarthas, I have been commit-
ting grave offenses towards Their lotus feet. I am not able to practice devotional service with honesty and
determination. Suddha Citta prabhu and Dhananjaya Hrishikesh prabhu inspire us through their practice,
strong faith in guru and Krishna and guide us regularly. They travel long distances to regularly visit our
voice and distribute Krishna-prema. Maharaja, I fail to chant properly. I seek your blessing to make me
rise above this neophyte behaviour.
Maharaja, you won the heart of Srila Prabhupada by your submissive and intense tolerating nature. I have
a tremendous obsession towards my ambitions and remain largely inclined towards that only. Please pray
for me that if I am able to succeed in it, then it will only get utilised to glorify Krishna one hundred percent.
An insignificant soul trying to be your servant,
Avishek
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept the humble obeisances of this insignificant soul at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and
Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I feel blessed as you have given me a chance to glorify you on the most auspicious occasion of your Vya-
sa-puja although I am not at all qualified to do so.
Your love for Srila Prabhupada is clearly visible in your instructions to your disciples through your lec-
tures. Your enthusiasm to distribute many books and construct many temples inspires many of your disci-
ples to be in Krishna consciousness and follow your instructions strictly.
Once I heard that you asked Radhe Shyam prabhu to engage your disciples in youth preaching. It shows
your mercy upon the most misdirected population of the present world. I feel blessed as I am one of them
who received your mercy through your disciples Jugal Kishore prabhu, Suddha citta prabhu, Dhananjay
Hrishikesh prabhu and many more devotees in the form of VOICE.
Your valuable association to us when we had no knowledge of your Holiness, in our Utkarsh Camp during
summer 2016 through your lectures (1st lecture of the camp) and personal meetings with students of NIT
Rourkela and Vssut Burla Voice in your room, shows your love for the conditioned souls and the care you
feel for them.
Your attachment towards the Deities is clearly seen in your Deity worship wherever you visit. Especially
your love towards Lord Narasimhadeva is immeasurable. I heard that you have many Saligram Silas and
you worship Them everyday. I heard from Sundar Gopal prabhu that once his friend’s mother gave you a
Saligram Sila as she had been asked to do so by the Lord in her dream. This shows how elevated you are.
There are many such oceanic qualities in you, but I am not significant enough to glorify those qualities in
you. I aspire to be one of the fortunate souls to take the shelter of your lotus feet and follow instructions
like chanting, reading, and hearing regularly everyday. Please be merciful and bestow some mercy upon
this poor soul so that he can come out of this dangerous Maithunalaya and strictly and sincerely practice
the process of bhakti- Krishna consciousness.
I pray to the Lordships for your long life so that many other conditioned souls like me can be saved from
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the clutches of maya and get shelter at the Lotus Feet of Krishna.
Your aspiring and insignificant servant,
B. Kranti Kiran
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Your divine appearance day is an occasion of great jubilation for all your disciples and followers as it
enables them to express their deep-felt gratitude and appreciation for your holiness. Being an undeserving
recipient of your mercy, I consider myself immensely fortunate to be given a chance to present this humble
offering before you, yogyata vicare kichu nahi pai, tomara karuna sara.
You are an ocean of good qualities and out of your causeless mercy, you have showered your mercy upon
us. I am falling short of words to describe your transcendental qualities but I would not get a better oppor-
tunity than this to express myself
Maharaja, you are a completely dedicated follower of Srila Prabhupada. Starting from the early days of
your association with Srila Prabhupada, you have always shown utmost respect, love and obedience to-
wards him. Your first service in Iskcon was to clean Srila Prabhupada’s room. In the temple also, you used
to hear attentively till the end. Srila Prabhupada once remarked, “Gopal is a very nice boy.”
You have made Srila Prabhupada’s instructions of book distribution and constructing temples your life
and soul. You travel extensively from Centre to Centre encouraging and instructing devotees about book
distribution. As a result of your efforts, lakhs of Srila Prabhupada’s books are being distributed during the
Marathon time.
To spread the glories of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and to attract the conditioned souls, you have construct-
ed and are constructing so many magnificent temples. The Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi temple, NVCC are
the magnificent spiritual palaces that have come up due to your desire and many more like the temples
in Kharghar, Dwaraka, Kurukshetra will provide soothing shelter to countless conditioned souls like me.
Maharaja your concern and compassion for devotees is very touching. You are so easily approachable so
everyone is able to have your association. You are concerned about the welfare of each and every devotee.
In the recent Puri yatra the first thing you would ask is whether devotees have had prasadam or not. Just
as a loving a father you are concerned about every minute aspect of your followers.
Sadhu is one who cuts. You have so mercifully cut down the shackles of maya and saved your disciples
from nescience. You are especially very merciful towards students. You are ever ready to entertain doubts
of students and clear them so expertly that their eyes are opened and they sprint ahead on the path of bhak-
ti. I especially remember one statement of yours that you said, ‘when you do sadhana Krishna appears
more beautiful, when you don’t do sadhana Maya appears more beautiful”. With such easiness, you have
so powerfully established the importance of sadhana.
It is by your mercy that I am getting to stay in VOICE in the wonderful association of Jugal Kishore pra-
bhu, Suddha Citta prabhu and so many wonderful devotees. Maharaja ji, I am struggling with my anar-
thas and getting slaps and kicks from maya but I am still repeatedly offending Vaishnavas. Only by your
mercy shall this useless soul be of some use at the lotus feet of Vaishnavas. Please bless me so that I can
attentively chant my rounds, strictly follow the four regulative principles, be humble in my dealings with
Vaishnavas and perform my service with sincerity.
I pray to Lord Sri Narasimhadeva for your long life of dedication and commitment to Srila Prabhupada
and his mission
Your aspiring insignificant servant,
B.L.N. Sekhar
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Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja
festival. By Lord’s mercy I got a chance to meet you the very first time I visited Mayapur. By your mercy
I have happily spent two years in Krishna consciousness, and by your mercy I will be able to continue
further forever.
Guru maharaja ji, your lectures always inspire me. The simplicity in them, the importance of chanting that
you reveal in them touch my heart. I remember an incident that my seniors used to narrate, that how you
served Srila Prabhupada, by cleaning his room, even before you met him for the first time and how Prabh-
upada ji was pleased with you. Guru maharaja ji you also pleased Srila Prabhupada by distributing three
Srimad-Bhagavatam sets and thus he awarded his Rolex watch to you. Srila Prabhupada ji says that’s “the
secret of success.” Yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado, yasya prasadan na gatih kuto ‘pi
Guru maharaja ji, on the occasion of Vyasa-puja, it is the duty of the disciple to genuinely pray at his lotus
feet in the mood of intense gratitude for saving his life from the clutches of Mayadevi and allowing him
to taste the nectar of the holy name and devotional service. He gratefully aspires to render services to his
guru maharaja and thus he glorifies him for awarding service to Gauranga.
Please forgive me guru maharaja ji for I don’t know much about your glories, thus I am unable to glorify
you properly. But I take this opportunity to beg something from you, so please be merciful upon this lowly
wretched fellow and hear his humble prayer.
ṭhākura vaiṣṇava gaṇa, kori ei nivedana,
mo boṛo adhama durācāra
dāruṇa saḿsāra nidhi, tāhe ḍubāilo vidhi,
keśe dhari more koro pāra
vidhi boṛo balavān, nā śune dharama jsāna,
sadāi karama pāśe bāndhe
na dekhi tāraṇa leśa, joto dekhi sab kleśa,
anātha kātare tei kānde
kāma krodha lobha moha, mada abhimāna saha,
āpana āpana sthāne ṭāne
āmāra aichana mana, phire jeno andha jana,
supatha vipatha nāhi jāne
nā loinu sat mata, asate majilo cita,
tuyā pade nā korinu āśa
narottama dāsa koy, dekhi śuni lāge bhoy,
tarāiyā loho nija pāśa
Srila Prabhupada ji started this movement in the hippy land and there he saved those souls by giving them
Krishna bhakti. He made the hippies into happies. That was his magic.
Guru maharaja ji, I too am a lowly wretched hippy and I also aspire to be saved by your divine hands.
Nothing is hidden from you, thus I ask for your blessings, so that I may overcome my sinful tendencies.
Please don’t prolong my stay in this world.
Around myself I see all good devotees who are serving nicely and are practicing brahmacharya, but how
can I serve you? I have no good qualities, I am naradhama, I am a pretender and an offender guru ma-
haraja ji, and I break the four regulative principles. Such a wretched soul I am. How can such a person
be delivered? Dīna-hīna jata chilo, hari-nāme uddhārilo, tāra śākṣī jagāi mādhāi. But I don’t even have
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dainata, humility.
It is possible only by mahat kripa - the mercy and blessing of guru and Vaishnavas, that’s what I was told.
Please help me, I am in dire need of your mercy because by that I can be delivered from my grave attach-
ment to sex life and I may become a sincere disciple of yours. Please help me from this madness.
Please guru maharaja ji help me by giving me some mercy by which I may remain in Krishna conscious-
ness, and may act as a good instrument of yours and Srila Prabhupada’s. Thus, I may be able to act for the
pleasure of Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani and their blessed devotees like Srila Prabhupada, yourself
and other Vaishnavas.
I pray to Lord Jagannatha ji for your good health so that you many save can fallen souls who are in illusion
of enjoying and staying in this material world of whom I am the topmost. Thus, I request you to give me
some mercy by which I may become a good disciple of yours in future.
Guru maharaja ji, please forgive me for the offences that I have committed at your lotus feet and at the
lotus feet of devotees who are very dear to you and Lord Krishna. By your mercy I may get love for Lord
Krishna and become a good servant of servant of servant.
Yours humble servant,
Bibek Nanda
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Although I don’t possess a tinge of any qualification for being a devotee, but still for my own purification
I will try to glorify some of your qualities out of the oceanic number of qualities you possess.
Gurudeva, it is out of your kind mercy that a fallen soul like me could have your darshan for the 1st time in
this life at the Kanpur temple. The ever bright smile on your lotus face on meeting the young youths con-
necting to Srila Prabhupada’s movement inspired me a lot. Your special attraction for your deities could
be seen by your presence in worshipping Their Lordships regularly, no matter what may be the situation.
Gurudeva, the humility and care of devotees are an epitome of your divine qualities. Once I remembered
how you were attending the devotees’ late at night, asking about their health, devotional life and preach-
ing. Despite that, the next day you were present worshipping Their Lordships at 4:30 a.m. Your spirit for
preaching encourages me more and more. I remembered how you inspired devotees by saying, “If I would
have been in your place, I would have made one devotee per day.”
Gurudeva, your sincerity in spreading the mission of Srila Prabhupada without any deviation from the
parampara is my greatest inspiration of how a pure devotee follows the instructions of his spiritual master.
Although you were born and brought up in an aristocratic family your detachment in enjoying the worldly
pleasures and intense desire for self-realization inspires me to follow in your footsteps. Gurudeva, your
level of renunciation was best known when you gave all your salary in the hands of Srila Prabhupada for
preaching Krishna consciousness. Your love towards Srila Prabhupada shows how deeply you take care of
your watch gifted by Srila Prabhupada to you.
Gurudeva, this year by the mercy of Their Lordships I got your divine association in April. The delight on
your face on hearing about preaching in Burla inspired me a lot. The inspiration was at its maximum when
you had specially given time for one who wants to dedicate his life in the service of Srila Prabhupada’s
mission. It was late night, when you out of your kind mercy had asked to meet you next morning. The
next day you were busy in attending to various devotees. But before leaving you asked this fallen soul to
have your divine association. I was shocked how you could remember a rascal like me. This shows that a
disciple may sometimes forget guru’s instructions but a guru never forgets his disciple.
Gurudeva, your selfless sacrifice, lead many pathways in supporting Srila Prabhupada’s mission, by open-
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ing new temples and acting as a troubleshooter in times of crisis. By this you are entitled as “The Pra-
bhupada’s Man”. Gurudeva, your immense love for Srila Prabhupada’s books inspires me to follow in
your footsteps. Everytime I got the opportunity to meet you, you would always enquire whether we read
Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita everyday or not. It inspires me to read his books. I remember how you stated
that “If you read Prabhupada’s book daily 2 hours then Maya will not dare to touch you”. Not only do you
want devotees to read but again distribute books as much as possible.
Gurudeva, your mood for pleasing Srila Prabhupada is tremendous. I remember how Srila Prabhupada had
asked you to print books, and you would meet him only after you bring a new book for him.
Gurudeva, I am very fortunate to have the valuable association of your beloved devotees like Jugal Kishore
prabhu, Suddhacitta prabhu and Dhananjaya Hrishikesh prabhu who have tolerated this degraded soul all
through these years. By their mercy I am able to somehow follow the transcendental process of bhakti.
Gurudeva, at last please forgive this insignificant soul for any offences committed towards you because of
ignorance. It would be my great fortune if you shower a tinge of your mercy for a deeply degraded soul
like me who has a mountain full of anarthas like lust, fault finding, greed and a lot more beyond descrip-
tion. Gurudeva, please bless me so that I ever remain a servant of the servant of the Vaishnavas and be an
instrument in spreading Srila Prabhupada’s mission till my last breath.
I will surely pray to Their Lordships and Narasimhadeva that you ever remain healthy and continue to in-
spire degraded rascals like me to never give up this eternal process of bhakti in the association of devotees.
Your aspiring insignificant servant,
Jagadiswar
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
It is our great fortune that you have appeared in this world to save us from this darkest material existence.
brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
guru krsna prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija
Whatever insignificant devotional service I am practicing is only because of your causeless mercy. I am
very fortunate to glorify you on this most auspicious occasion of your appearance, although I do not have
any ability or qualification to do so.
Guru maharaja, I personally like your one special quality of excessive attachment to your spiritual master
Srila Prabhupada. I have seen how cautious you are about each and everything related to Srila Prabhupada.
You have unflinching faith in your spiritual master and the parampara. You have genuine humility and
you care for all devotees. You always give great importance to chanting of the holy names of the Lord and
you constantly instruct us to read Bhagavad-gita and Srila Prabhupada’s books regularly. Your attachment
to Deity worship is indescribable. No matter how hectic your schedule is and despite suffering from a lot
of health problems, still we find you everyday in the altar at 4.30 am. It shows your dedication and the
importance of the morning program. You worked tirelessly for the inauguration of NVCC temple and only
because of your endeavour the President of India came for this inauguration, which enhanced the glory of
Iskcon. Now you are working tirelessly to open new and big temples as it is the desire of Srila Prabhupada.
On this auspicious day I beg at your lotus feet to bestow your mercy on this fallen soul, so that I can chant
the holy names of the Lord nicely and always live in the association of devotees. Association is my life and
soul, so I want to assist you in spreading the message of Lord Caitanya all over the world. Please forgive
me for my offences towards all the Vaishnavas.
Your aspiring insignificant servant,
Kameshwar
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O my dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I was like an insignificant fool, sinful personality, full of ignorance who did not know what is right or
wrong. I am going on committing a lot of offences against the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Vaish-
navas. You send your disciples and by your causeless mercy I got the association of devotees. My lifestyle
completely changed. I was saved from ignorance and nescience.
I don’t have any qualification my guru maharaja, but I have faith in your mercy. You have even saved the
people of Pakistan who are cow eaters. You are ready to take any risk for your disciples. In spite of my
disqualification I want to stay connected to you, as your disciple. Your glories are unlimited. They cannot
be expressed in words. Please bless me so that I remain Krsna conscious throughout my life.
Your insignificant servant,
Nigam
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most fallen obeisances at the divine dust of your lotus feet.
I realise how unqualified I am to describe your unlimited glories. I would like to express my gratitude to
all the devotees for showing their mercy on this fallen soul and allowing me to make this offering.
Whatever progress that I have made in my spiritual life was only possible by your causeless mercy. Some-
times, I wonder how in the world did I end up amongst devotees wearing dhoti-kurta, kanthi-mala, tilak
and doing japa. Not only I, but hundreds and hundreds of youth like me feel the same. This transformation
could only and only be possible due to your causeless mercy, especially towards fallen conditioned souls
like myself who have been rotting in this material world for time immemorial. If you didn’t show your
mercy I would have continued my existence in this samsara doing the same animalistic activities again
and again without ever stopping to realise my constitutional position as an eternal servant of Sri Krsna.
Under your instructions Jugal Kishore prabhu came to Rourkela to start preaching in NIT and later on in
Burla. Due to your blessings and prabhu ji’s hard endeavors, this project came out to be successful and
every year it is giving wonderful results. Being one of the staunchest followers of Srila Prabhupada, you
have inherited his missionary spirit. That is why you inspire devotees to do youth preaching. All the se-
nior devotees - Jugal Kishore prabhu, Sudha Citta prabhu and Dhananjay Hrishikesh prabhu - who have
worked really hard to train and educate us in the principles of Krsna consciousness and have taken inspi-
ration by seeing your dedication to serve Srila Prabhupada through preaching and book distribution. I am
really thankful to you especially, for your invaluable contribution in the making of the NVCC, Pune tem-
ple. Due to your mercy, this temple has become a shelter for many devotees, and one of the most vibrant
preaching Centres throughout the world.
I am really inspired by your intense faith in chanting and reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. Once in Puri
yatra when one devotee asked you how to develop taste for chanting, you very simply replied that one
gets taste in chanting by chanting, one gets taste for reading Srila Prabhupada’s books by reading, one
gets taste in distributing Srila Prabhupada books by distributing. You always encourage devotees to read
Bhagavad-gita. You yourself read Bhagavad-gita continuously on Srila Prabhupada’s indirect instruction
even though you had already finished it previously. This shows your immense faith in his Books. You
have narrated Madhavendra Puri’s and Khirachor Gopinatha’s pastime on many occasions and every time
you speak it you speak about it exactly in the same way, completely as it is without forgetting to mention
all details. There is a difference between hearing a pastime and hearing it from the mouth of a pure dev-
otee. You feel transcendental bliss while narrating pastimes because you are situated in a transcendental
position. You are an embodiment of the third verse of the Siksastakam – trnad api sunicena taror api sa-
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hisnuna amanina mana dena kirtanayah sada hari. There are innumerable examples to prove this. You are
like a lamb amongst devotees and a lion outside. I was very inspired to see you boldly preaching in that
famous TV interview. You perfectly represented Iskcon and the principles of Krishna consciousness. You
faced that interviewer boldly without fear, answering each every one of his questions very intelligently.
This proves Krishna’s statement in the B.g. - teṣāḿ satata-yuktānāḿ bhajatāḿ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi
buddhi-yogaḿ taḿ yena mām upayāntite. Your preaching spirit remains the same both in favorable con-
ditions as well as unfavorable conditions. Krsna says that a person who is not disturbed by happiness and
distress and remains steady in both is certainly fit for liberation.
The one thing that inspires me the most is your surrender to Srila Prabhupada. You used to give 100% of
your income to Srila Prabhupada. Starting from your initial days in Krishna consciousness, there was not
a single moment when you were not surrendered to your spiritual master. Srila Prabhupada was so pleased
by your surrender that once in a sannyasi class he called you a sannyasi even though you hadn’t taken
sannyas at that time.
On this auspicious day, I am praying for a drop of your causeless mercy so that I develop a taste for chant-
ing, reading and distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books, and become more surrendered to my authorities.
Please bless me so that I can also boldly preach on the strength of his books and inspire a few souls to
become a part of this movement.
Please help this rascal to overcome his lust and material desires so that he is able to rigidly follow your
instructions without any deviation, and serve your lotus feet for eternity. You are eternally situated at the
lotus feet of your spiritual master as one of his most faithful servants so please bless me so that I am also
able to surrender to you the way you have surrendered to Srila Prabhupada.
Your aspiring insignificant servant,
Pritish
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you!
Gangara parasa haile pascate pavana, darshane pavitra kara ei tomara guna. “Merely by the touch of the
waters of the sacred Ganga, one becomes liberated, even if he is the lowest of mankind. But just by seeing
you, the same effect is achieved.”
In this age, it is a difficult task is to be humble and tolerant like grass, as Mahaprabhu says, ‘Trinad api
sunicena taror api sahisnuna, amanina manadena kirtaniya sada hari’. You inspired us and set an ex-
ample by following Mahaprabhu’s nectarean words and also you are so dependent on chanting the holy
name. You always quote to “chant and be happy” for all problems because you know “harer nama harer
nama harer namaiva kevalam.” So much trust in Srila Prabhupada made you follow Srila Prabhupada’s
books and attentive reading of the Bhagavad-gita. You are the perfect follower of Sri Krishna Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, as He says: “Na dhanam, na janam, na sundarim”. Taking sannyasa dharma after grhastha
is not so easy, but you made it possible by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada upon you. By dependence on
guru shows “Na sundarim”. You taught us how to depend always on guru. In your grhastha time you used
to give 100 % salary to Srila Prabhupada. This showed your renunciation on “Na dhanam”. Even if your
health is not good you do so much preaching and seva, and you are never late for the morning program.
You are always found in the altar doing Deity worship. You always preach to people, whoever meets you,
this shows “jare dekhe tare kaho krsna upadesa”. You have inspired a lot of devotees to preach to the
youth in many colleges, and teach them chanting and practicing the four regulative principles.
You sent Jugal Kishore prabhu and Suddha Citta prabhu to our Burla voice to save this fallen soul. Real-
ly, I am inspired by seeing your preaching, enthusiasm and planning to contribute to Srila Prabhupada’s
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mission. You have founded so many temples and Voices all across the map and made it possible for us to
practice bhakti.
Please forgive me maharaja, if I have committed any offences by my mind, and bestow one drop of your
causeless mercy upon me so that I can practice bhakti lifelong in the association of devotees.
I would like to pray to Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari ji, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and
Subhadra Mai, Sudarshana and Srila Prabhupada, so that your health will be good and you can take many
many souls to back home back to Godhead.
Your insignificant servant,
Rajesh Kumar Badatya
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.
I am grateful to guru maharaja as I got an opportunity to glorify him although I am not qualified. By the
mercy of guru and Srila Prabhupada I would like to say a few words about guru maharaja.
I was very inspired by maharaja 2 years ago as I got a chance to attend maharaja Vyasa-puja. I noticed that
although maharaja’s health condition is not good, but he attended to every devotee patiently one by one.
By this we can understand how much maharaja loves devotees. By the instructions of Srila Prabhupada,
maharaja always wants to establish new temples in different cities and to extend preaching at a higher
peak. You always stress about how chanting is very important to us and to chant without any anarthas.
You travel to different countries in a month although your health condition is not good. By this we can see
how much importance maharaja is giving to devotees. Sudha citta prabhu and Jugal kishore prabhu are
guiding us perfectly and helping us to improve bhakti day by day because of your instructions. Today due
to your instructions many youth are following Krishna consciousness and leading a bright life under your
guidance. I lack words to glorify you maharaja, as I am totally contaminated. Whenever we attend any
camp, although you have a busy schedule, you give time to us in terms of small lectures, basically about
chanting, and it inspires us a lot while listening.
In today’s world, everyone is thinking of their own self-interest, but you are so kind, humble, sincere in
practising bhakti, that only by a single instruction of Srila Prabhupada you have dedicated your whole life
to Iskcon. By your hard work and the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, Iskcon is now flourishing throughout
the world.
Last but not the least, please accept my insignificant offering and please bless me so that until my last
breath I will be in the association of Iskcon and the devotees.
Your servant,
S. Vinay Kumar
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam. Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, by your causeless mercy I was dragged into this divine process of bhakti, which was im-
possible for a most fallen soul like me. Your divine appearance on this earth is out of your compassion, to
deliver all the fallen souls. From your youth itself you have dedicated your life to serve with determina-
tion, in Srila Prabhupada’s mission. You are very dear to Srila Prabhupada, you are always enthusiastic in
your commitment to serve him. This gives me determination to practice Krishna consciousness.
Guru maharaja, by your endeavor Iskcon has got big temples, and it is your humility and hard endeavor
which has brought about this process, which was underestimated by materialists. This makes preaching
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and practicing bhakti so easy. You have wonderful relationships with everyone within and even outside
our society.
Maharaja, I first saw you in a TV interview. You were so boldly facing the interviewer, he was asking you
many questions, but you were cool in your dealings.
Maharaja, out of your kind mercy you have sent your intimate disciple to preach in Rourkela and it is the
only reason I am in this process. I am very fortunate to be under the shelter of Jugal Kishor prabhu, Suddha
citta prabhu and Karuna Nimai prabhu. Although you are always busy in serving Krishna and preaching,
still by your mercy you gave your valuable time personally to meet us. You are so friendly and approach-
able, and your attraction for chanting, is a solution to all problems. A great attraction for you was created
in my heart. Guru maharaja, your enthusiasm to worship the Deities and attend the morning program gave
me strong faith in our Pune camp.
Guru maharaja, I am most unqualified to practice bhakti, always suffering from lust and envy and always
flickering. Without your mercy it is impossible for me to fight with Maya. Please bless me so that I will be
able to dedicate my life with determination in Srila Prabhupada’s mission and remain attracted to the lotus
feet of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna.
I am praying at the lotus feet of Sri Narasimhadeva so that you live long and preach all over the world.
Your aspiring servant,
Satya Acyuta dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!
I am very fortunate to glorify you on this most auspicious occasion of your appearance, although I do not
have any ability and qualification to do so. Wandering throughout the universe in different types of bodies
for many millions of lifetimes, I had completely forgotten my eternal father-Krishna.
Being His representative, you opened my eyes and gave me the knowledge of my true identity and real
purpose of life through your representatives.
Gurudeva, there can be no one in the three worlds who is more compassionate than you. You are an ocean
of mercy and friend of the poor and the fallen. Despite all disqualifications, blunders and mistakes you
never reject anyone and above all, just like the most forgiving and munificent father, very mercifully you
engage them in Lord’s service. Your dedication to Srila Prabhupada and his mission of spreading the
Krishna consciousness movement all over the world gives me lots of inspiration and faith to stick to this
process. You are a perfect follower of your beloved spiritual master. Your lectures, your dealings, your
divine qualities and instructions are all his reflections. Your attachment to the philosophy, to Srila Prabhu-
pada and to the Deities and Saligrams teaches us the way to advance in Krishna consciousness and keeps
us away from being attached to temporary material objects for sense gratification.
You are constantly endeavoring to please Srila Prabhupada by strictly following his instructions and trying
to fulfill his desires. You always give importance to the foundation of devotional life: attentive chanting,
reading of Srila Prabhupada’s books and Bhagavad-gita daily and hearing. You always tell us not to miss
the morning program and you show it by your own example which inspires us a lot. Whenever I hear from
your dear disciples Jugal Kishore prabhu, Suddha citta prabhu and Dhananjay Hrishikesh prabhu and all
other Vaishnavas, and by seeing their faith and conviction, it gives me tremendous energy to follow this
path of Krishna consciousness. Your divine instructions and quotes help a lot in overcoming the obstacles
on the path of bhakti and always remind us about the ultimate goal of life.
Gurudeva, you have mercifully given me this seed of devotional service, but I am such a big fool that I
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don’t have taste for chanting and reading. I don’t pay attention during chanting and do not read Srila Pra-
bhupada’s books continuously. I have done grave offences to devotees, not recognising how precious they
are. Maybe that’s the reason I am unable to chant and read nicely. Moreover, my heart is filled with lusty
desires, pride and anarthas.
Maharaja, please give me a tinge of the taste which you have for the holy name so that I can progress
swiftly in Krishna consciousness under the safe shelter of your lotus feet.
Your eternal servant,
Sudeep
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! Please accept my humble obei-
sances at your lotus feet.
On the auspicious occasion of your divine appearance I feel grateful to get an opportunity to glorify you
with my imperfect senses. Although you are like an ocean of Vaishnava qualities I would like to shed light
on a few.
Your dedication towards Srila Prabhupada’s mission and your humility, tolerance, simplicity, dealing with
other Vaishnavas, Deity worship, morning program and renunciation truly inspires all devotees.
You have completely taken the shelter of Gauranga for spreading His message in countries like Russia,
where people are even crucified for spirituality, but you are fearless like Prahlad Maharaja and you took
the risk of spreading Krishna consciousness and it has been a great success.
You are like the sun who gives the mercy of Krishna consciousness to everyone irrespective of their
qualifications. By your compassion towards fallen souls in this material world and your strict endeavour
towards fulfilling the words of Srila Prabhupada’s and his instructions, I get firmly motivated in Krishna
consciousness. Maharaja built so many temples, more than Srila Prabhupada’s expectations, in Delhi.
Maharaja renounced his aristocratic life and dedicated himself at the Lotus Feet of Krishna.
I would like to share one of the incidents told by my superiors, about how maharaja had undergone heart
surgery and he was in admitted in hospital. On the same night he desired to leave the hospital to attend
morning program the next day, but the doctors did not agree and maharaja was very worried. On the next
day when the altar opened at 4:30 a.m. everyone in the temple had a great shock, because maharaja was
ready prepared to do Deity worship. So I understood that there is a limit for tolerance of pain in bhakti.
May I also get the inspiration to attend morning programs so enthusiastically! I am completely fortunate
that we have such a person to hear from.
I completely grateful to you maharaja, for sending Vaishnavas to our VOICE. Jugal kishore prabhu, Sud-
dha citta prabhu, Dhananjay Hrishikesh prabhu, are so compassionate and they are guiding all fallen souls
like me to progress in Krishna consciousness. I can’t imagine where I would have been without their
mercy and association.
Maharaja ji, it is due to your causeless mercy that I have come to Krishna consciousness, and whatever
bhakti I have performed is due to your mercy only, otherwise what is my qualification to receive this di-
vine gift. Only by the mercy of the spiritual master can one cross over material existence. Maharaja I have
so many anarthas, mainly lust, anger and greed.
Please shower your mercy so that I can surrender my life to Krishna. Please bless me maharaja so that I
can chant attentive 16 rounds, read and distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books, and follow my superiors until
my last breath. All this can only be possible by remaining in devotee association.
I would like to pray to Their Lordships for giving many long years to guru maharaja for his good health.
At last beg for forgiveness at the lotus feet of maharaja for my offenses towards all Vaishnavas, and please
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bless this conditioned soul, as this is the only way I can progress.
Your servant,
Susheel
REMUNA
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai! All glories to you guru maharaja!
Maharaja ji, please accept my humble obeisance unto your lotus feet. Although this servant of yours has
a heart full of dirt, still maharaja, please shower your divine grace so that I don’t make any offense unto
your lotus feet.
The spiritual master is considered worshipful by all scriptures. Guru maharaja, you have built so many
temples for Their Lordships, which was one of the prime desires of Srila Prabhupada. Your spirit of dis-
tributing Srila Prabhupada’s books is so intense, that just by seeing you, one is empowered to distribute
books. Your love towards Srila Prabhupada is also clear by the gifts that you have still kept with you, giv-
en by Srila Prabhupada, like watch, beads and many others. I remember the words of his holiness Bhakti
Madhurya Govinda maharaja’s line stating that - “Srila Prabhupada used to say if I can create one pure
devotee, my mission is successful. So we have to understand his holiness Gopal Krishna maharaja is a
pure devotee.” Maharaja many times doctors had said to take rest when your health was bad but then also
your exemplary nature of attending morning programs and be present for Deity worship is very inspiring
for me. Maharaja your lectures are an exact replica of Srila Prabhupada’s. Your lectures are very simple,
easily understandable and full of instructions for us. Maharaja your fatherly behavior is clearly visible, as
you always ask about our health and spiritual progress whenever you meet us. You treat no one as lower
class. I remember once in Iskcon Delhi you were giving special care even to a person who was assigned to
broom outside the temple. In one lecture his holiness Jayapataka maharaja said “Gopal Krishna maharaja
is a very senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada. He is the president of Iskcon India and I am the vice-pres-
ident.” In your Vyasa-puja, your behavior with your god-brothers is exemplary and teaches us how we
should behave with our equals and others.
Guru maharaja although by your divine grace, you had given me initiation, I am such a fallen soul that I
am not able to properly follow your words. Maharaja please bless me so that I can follow your instructions
properly and follow my counselor Sarvalakshan prabhu, my authorities Jugal Kishore prabhu, Ravindra
Caitanya prabhu, Karuna Nimai prabhu and Radheshyam prabhu. Maharaja please shower your mercy on
your fallen son so that I can never offend you and always please you.
Your insignificant son,
Sadhu jivan dasa
ROURKELA
My beloved Guru Maharaja,
First of all I beg to offer my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
I feel very fortunate guru maharaja, by sending your disciples you have enlightened me towards the tran-
scendental knowledge of Krishna consciousness, otherwise I would have been suffering in this life and in
my next life. I have always heard of your glories from your disciples. Srila gurudeva you are known as
Srila Prabhupada’s man. You always follow the teachings of Srila Prabhupada every moment, by serving
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the instructions of your most beloved guru maharaja. You have been repeating the essence of the teachings
of Srila Prabhupada to the whole world.
Maharaja all the 26 qualities of a devotee you possess. You have been serving every moment to further
expand the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, after Srila Prabhupada’s departure.
My only desire is to remain attached to your lotus feet, just as you are attached to Srila Prabhupada.
guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya,
är nä koriho mane äsä
sri-guru-carane rati, ei se uttama-gati,
je prasäde püre sarva äsä
My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth. Attach-
ment to his lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires.
Srila gurudeva, on this auspicious day, I beg to pray for your causeless mercy so that I may become fixed
in executing your divine instructions and help in propagating the sankirtana movement.
Your aspiring servant,
Ayush Singhal
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Hare Krsna! Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories
to Srila Prabhupäda! All glories to you Srila Bhagavatpäda!
Srila Gurudeva maharaja, I am very inspired by your followers, the process, philosophy and all the par-
aphernalia of the Iskcon movement, which aims to revive our original consciousness -“Krsna conscious-
ness” and perfecting the most valuable human form of life by achieving the ultimate goal. I am very grate-
ful to the founder äcärya Srila Prabhupäda. I feel very-very fortunate to come in contact with this process,
as I was longing for this since time immemorial.
Although I have no any qualification but, due to your causeless mercy, I got the best opportunity to come
to this wonderful system in my initial days of college in Rourkela. I got the most valuable thing in all of
creation, the association of very merciful, loving, caring, compassionate, missionaries, very nice devotees,
and your inspiring disciples. I got the wonderful counselling of Dasaratha Priya prabhu and expert guid-
ance and divine association of Jugal Kishore prabhu, Karunä Nimäi prabhu and Anand Muräri prabhu.
They all are serving the preaching mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu very nicely and following your
instructions.
Whatever valuable things I have now, like I have visited many holy dhamas, got the association of great
Vaishnavas, got the opportunity to serve them, able to know the aim of life and many more. This is only
due to your causeless mercy. You are the direct manifestation of the Supreme Lord. Lord Krishna says
äcäryam mäm vijäniyän nava manyeta karhicit
namartya-buddhyä süyeta sarva-deva-mayo guru
“One should know the äcärya as Myself and never disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him,
thinking him an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the demigods. ”
You are completely surrendered and very loyal to your spiritual master Srila Prabhupäda. You are known
as Prabhupäda’s man. You are so attached to his divine instructions. You are humility personified, very
loving and compassionate to all the living entities. On this very auspicious day I pray to the Supreme Lord
Sri Krsna for your good health and long life ahead, so that you can bless many souls to come to Krsna and
serve the mission. I am seeking your divine blessings so that my heart becomes pure. I always remain in
the association of devotees and serve them, become free from anarthas, serve the preaching mission in a
better way and become a devotee of the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna and a humble servant of all the Vaish-
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navas.
Your insignificant servant and inspiring disciple,
Chandan Kumar
Dear respected Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
You are a very merciful personality. Your compassion is exactly like Srila Prabhupada. You have bestowed
your saintly compassion to the suffering jivas in this world like anything. Dear gurudeva, I like you very
much. Your smile on the face and the boldness with which you preach to the public inspires me the most.
The way you represent Srila Prabhupada without any tinge of your own interpretations, pushes my faith
on the guru disciplic succession to a very high level.
Dear guru maharaja, I have heard a lot of glories about you and I have also heard that you are very simple
in nature. Recently I heard that when you went to Remuna to take darshan of Sri Sri Khirchor-Gopinatha
ji, you had a desire to taste the amrita kheli, but it was over by the time you reached. Then suddenly the
pujari of the temple came and gave you one pot of amrit kheli, telling you that Lord has again repeated
this pastime after 500 years for His very dear devotee.
Dear guru maharaja your simplicity and sincere endeavour has captured the attention of Krishna and that
is why He is reciprocating in this way. I also derive a lot of inspiration by hearing your lectures. Your
lectures are fully convincing and a perfect source to nourish one’s own faith. You always say that keep
trying in spiritual life. One day the result will come. This statement keeps inspiring me and now I am fully
convinced that though I may get failures in my own spiritual life continuously, I will not leave trying.
I am very fortunate that I got your mercy through your representatives Jugal Kishore prabhu, Karuna
Nimai prabhu, Anand Murari prabhu and Dasaratha priya prabhu. They are all very nice and pure person-
alities. They have taken care of us with extreme sincerity, and I cannot forget ever what Karuna Nimai
prabhu has done for me when I was in difficulty. Through this beautiful disciplic parampara system I was
saved from falling into the dark well of sinful activities. But I always aspire for spiritual strength and guid-
ance from you. Only by your causeless mercy, somehow I am able to understand the Krishna conscious
philosophy, but at the same time it requires lot of spiritual strength to execute it.
Dear guru maharaja please forgive me for any of my offenses being committed at your soft lotus feet, and
I beg at your lotus feet to give me some strength and intelligence with which I can serve the devotees of
the Lord with full faith, love and affection.
Your aspiring servant,
Deepak Kumar Barik
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances onto your soft and soothing divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Guru maharaja, all glories to you. Once again, the most auspicious day has come. I was waiting for this
day of your divine appearance, illuminating the nescience of this dark material world and awakening this
insignificant servant who is sleeping in the lap of Maya. Guru maharaja, I have no good qualities and you
are the embodiment of all good divine qualities. I beg you to allow me to glorify a drop of these oceanic
divine qualities of yours on this day and purify me if you like to.
Gurudeva, you have dedicated your life and soul for expanding this mission of Lord Caitanya, founded by
Srila Prabhupada, all over the globe. This is your dedication and loyalty to Srila Prabhupada. You are fol-
lowing in the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada as it is, by stressing so much on “book distribution”. Your de-
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termination and unflinching faith in bhakti, untiring preaching seva day and night and an uncompromised
morning programme, your compassion, love and care for every devotee, your tolerance power, simplicity
and humility, conviction in chanting of Krishna’s holy name, Srila Prabhupada’s books, and so on, unlim-
ited transcendental qualities have become the source of inspiration for me. Your enthusiasm in Krishna
consciousness is like an erupting volcano. You are making so many devotees enthusiastic, and me also.
Gurudeva, lust is my eternal enemy and troubling me a lot. Due to this, I am not able to meet your expec-
tations and I am solely responsible for it. I am unable to control my senses and always succumb to sense
gratification. Many a times I have broken the vows that I have taken during initiation, knowingly or un-
knowingly. I have committed offenses at your lotus feet. I am a pretender, liar, cheater and I have no good
qualities. Please, I beg for forgiveness at your lotus feet. I again promise, I will try to follow you as it is.
If you like, accept this servant of your servants.
Amara jivana sada pape rata nahi ko punyera lesa. “My life is always engaged in sinful activities, and
if you try to find out, you will not find even a trace of pious activities. Only full of sinful activities. And
I am always inclined to give trouble to other living entities. That is my business. I want to see that others
are suffering, and I enjoy.’’
Nija sukha lagi’ pape nahi dori. “For my personal sense gratification, I do not care for any sinful activities.
That means I accept any kind of sinful activity if it is satisfactory to my senses.’’ Daya-hina swartha-paro.
“I am not at all merciful, and only I see to my personal interest.’’
Para-sukhe dukhi. “As such, when others are suffering I become very happy, and am always talking lies,’’
Sada mithya-bhasi. “Even for ordinary things I am accustomed to speak lies.’’ Para-dukha sukha-karo.
“And if one is suffering, that is very pleasant to me.’’ Asesha kama nahridimajhe mora. “I have got lots of
desires within my heart, and I am always angry and falsely prestigious, always puffed up with false pride.’’
Mada-matta sada visaye mohita. “I am captivated with subject matters of sense gratification, and I am
crazy.’’ Himsa-garva vibhusana. “My ornaments are enviousness and false pride.’’ Nidralasya hata sukar
je birata. “I am subdued, or I am conquered by sleep and laziness,’’ sukar je birata, “and I am always
averse to pious activities,’’ akarjeudyogiami, “and I am very enthusiastic to perform impious activities.’’
Prati sthala giyasathya-acarana, “I always cheat others for my prestige.’’ Lobha-hatasada kami, “I am
conquered by greediness and am always lusty.’’ E heno durjana saj-jana-barjita, “So I am so fallen, and
I have no association of devotees.’’ Aparadhi, “offender,’’ nirantara, “always.’’
Subha-karja-sunya, “In my life, there is not a bit of auspicious activities,’’sadanartha manah, “and my
mind is always attracted by something mischievous.’’ Nana dukhe jara jara. “Therefore, at the fagged end
of my life, I am almost invalid by all such sufferings.’’
Bardhakyee khonau paya-vihina, “In my old age I have no other alternative now,’’ ta ‘te dina akincana,
“therefore by force, I have now become very humble and meek.’’ Bhaktivinoda (Gaura Hari Nitai dasa)
prabhura carane, “Thus Bhaktivinoda Thakura is offering his statement of life’s activities at the lotus feet
of the Supreme Lord.”
My prayers to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Vrindavana-chandra, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Jaganna-
tha-Baladeva and Subhadra Mai, and Lord Narasimhadeva for your best health. Let my life become yours,
Gurudeva! I have committed so many sins and offenses at your divine lotus feet, so please kindly forgive
me. I will try my best to become an instrument in your hands by assisting my authorities in yours and Lord
Krishna’s service as a menial servant of your servants.
Aspiring to become a servant of the servant of your servants,
Gaurahari Nitai dasa
Revered spiritual master Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
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Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.
After so many lifetimes I have got you as my most revered spiritual master. Surely this is your causeless
mercy that I am practicing Krsna consciousness among the most unadulterated Vaishnavas in Remuna
VOICE, Rourkela, which is very dear and close to your heart. It is by your mercy that I am still in the
association of devotees, although I am committing so many offenses towards them. I have no qualification
to get this most precious Krsna consciousness, but your mercy has no limit. Just like an adamant child de-
nies to take food, but the mother still feeds the child for his benefit, similarly I have been gifted this Krsna
consciousness, although I have denied it adamantly since many lifetimes.
Your dedication to Srila Prabhupada, following his instructions tirelessly, keeping all devotees under one
umbrella of “Iskcon”, despite difficult circumstances, and the tremendous mood of preaching worldwide
the message of Lord Caitanya, proves that you are a real Prabhupada Man. Your humility and tolerance
during the worst situations of management, you still have a blissful smile, which shows that every moment
you are relishing a higher taste. This is what gives us hope to continue on this path.
I am just an insignificant ignorant fool, forgetful of the real goal of life, begging at your lotus feet, to please
make me humble by your causeless mercy, please give me the dust of your lotus feet, please give me at
least a drop of the love and dedication you have for serving Srila Prabhupada, and for chanting the holy
names of Lord. Please forgive me for any offenses committed at your lotus feet, and please accept me as
the humble servant of your dedicated servants.
Your aspiring servant,
Rajkrushna
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All
glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It’s a great fortune to get the opportunity to write something as an offering at your lotus feet on this auspi-
cious occasion of your Vyasa-puja. Although unqualified, I am writing something as an attempt to get rid
of my anarthas.
Maharaja, you have always been a great source of inspiration for all of us to follow in the footsteps of Sri-
la Prabhupada. You have been truly successful in following the instructions of Srila Prabhupada by your
heart and soul. Whenever I get the fortune of having your personal association, I feel greatly moved by the
enthusiasm and spirit with which you serve each and every moment for the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Regardless of your health problems and old age, your preaching spirit has not gone down, and that is what
inspires all of us to serve the mission more and more.
Your enthusiasm to print and distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books has resulted in spreading their presence
in every nook and corner of the world. So many people are getting transformed by reading these divine
literatures. It’s always a joy to take part in the service of book distribution and preaching. Thank you for
all the support and encouragement guru maharaja.
After graduating from my college, I was very worried about getting proper association in my job life. But,
due to your mercy, I have been constantly getting the association of devotees wherever I have been. Under
the able guidance of Jugal Kishore prabhu ji and Karuna Nimai prabhu ji I have been able to practice and
get myself trained in the practice of bhakti-yoga. I am very grateful for the causeless mercy bestowed upon
me so far.
You are a true representative of Srila Prabhupada’s mood and mission and by your mercy only, I will be
able to render some service for the mission in whichever state I may be in. With your blessings, I would
like to strengthen myself and increase my determination to practice bhakti seriously and thereby develop
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constant remembrance of Lord Krishna so as to justify the purpose of the human form of life given to me.
Lastly, I would like to beg forgiveness at your lotus feet and also would like to request you to keep show-
ering your mercy on an insignificant soul like me.
Your aspiring servant,
Subham Jyoti Mishra

Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet maharaja. All glories to Sri guru and Gauran-
ga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I am so fortunate to get the opportunity to glorify a pure devotee of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha and
Krishna. Maharaja, you are unparalleled in serving Srila Prabhupada. The lectures you give always in-
spires me to take to Krishna consciousness seriously. Maharaja you have developed the all the temples in
Delhi from dust to places of pilgrimage.
The faith you have in Srila Prabhupada and his books gives me more faith in the disciplic succession. By
your causeless mercy I have been brought out of the deep dark well of material existence into an all bliss-
ful process of Krishna consciousness
Your tireless efforts to serve Srila Prabhupada even at this late age gives me more faith in the results of a
person becoming a pure devotee and its aftereffects. By your example we get faith that all that is heard in
the lectures and read in the books are actually true. On this auspicious occasion I beg for a tinge of faith
that you have in Srila Prabhupada and our Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Please bless me maharaja to follow your
instructions sincerely.
Your aspiring servant,
Vamsidhar dasa

Respected Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Maharaja, even though this fallen soul is not qualified to glorify your divine qualities, still trying to glorify
to get the shelter of the dust of your lotus feet.
Maharaja, you are perfectly following Srila Prabhupada and preaching to all the fallen souls like me with
your own example. You are called a ‘Trouble shooter’ in the Iskcon, one who has solved many difficulties
that appeared in the mission of Srila Prabhupada. Mountains of your compassion has only opened my eyes
after millions of years of suffering in darkness.
prema - bhakti jaha hoite avidya vinasa jate
The spiritual master awakens prema-bhakti in the heart and thus removes ignorance.
You give to the orphans like me, who are crying by turning away from their eternal parents, the lost loving
relation with them again. Your simplicity and faith in the holy name greatly attracts me. You teach all of
us how to control the mind and senses.
On the auspicious day of your appearance, I want to fall at your lotus feet and beg for forgiveness for my
countless offenses. I beg to be forever engaged in expanding Srila Prabhupada’s movement birth after
birth. I beg for strength to always meditate on your instructions.
Aspiring to be your servant,
Yeswantha Durga Pavan kumar

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Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
I am not at all qualified to even understand a fraction of your glories and mercy upon fallen souls like me.
I beg at your lotus feet for little strength so that I can offer a few words of gratitude to you for my own
purification.
Guru maharaja, when you visited this year to give away prizes to all the participants of the Book Mara-
thon, I saw that in spite of your old age you were so active, enthusiastic, and pleased to offer us prizes.
Book distribution being the prime desire of Srila Prabhupada, and you being his son, also have the same
desire. I pray to Lord Nityananda that I may also serve you and please you by taking up this service which
is most pleasing to you.
The verses of Srimad-Bhagavatam describe a sadhu to be tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living en-
tities, it totally reflects in you. You are tolerating me and have mercifully accepted so many of us in the
service of your spiritual master. I have noticed that if one shows a little spark and desire to be Krishna’s
devotee, you at once give him your shelter in spite of his shortcomings.
Whenever I associate with you in any form, I feel encouraged and get confidence that one day I will also
become a devotee, and my life will be successful. It gives me satisfaction and enthusiasm to consider Krs-
na consciousness to be my prime goal of life.
Inspite of your old age and bad health, you are untiringly striving hard to propagate Krishna consciousness
throughout the globe. This was done by Srila Prabhupada and is being followed by you. I thank you dear
guru maharaja for kindly accepting this unqualified soul and making me so fortunate. I am not a very sur-
rendered soul, but I am just trying to be in Krsna consciousness. I beg at your lotus feet and Krishna’s, that
I may become a sincere disciple. If I can serve and please you, then I would consider my life successful.
I beg you to please forgive me for my offences and inability to glorify you and serve you as your other
faithful disciples are doing.
All glories to guru maharaja! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Your unworthy and insignificant servant,

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Abhimanyu Sakha dasa
Dearmost Guru Maharaja,
On this most revered and auspicious day, I beg to offer my most humble obeisances at the divine lotus feet
of my eternal father and guide, His Divine Grace Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja.
I feel very blessed for getting an opportunity to glorify you on this most auspicious day of your divine
appearance. As I’m trying to make this humble effort, I’m realising how unqualified I am in doing so.
Thus, I seek your blessings and empowerment in order to properly write this offering. This is my second
attempt to write this offering, as while writing the first one, I lost my laptop. Surely there is some reason
behind it. May be my intentions were not pure. I again seek your blessings so that I make this offering
with a genuine feeling.
Today as I write this offering I’m feeling unlimitedly fortunate for having received your causeless mercy. I
had no clue of what the purpose of life is, neither was I inquisitive to know! Just like a donkey works hard
with only sense gratification as its purpose, I was similarly struggling in this material world only for sense
gratification. But despite such high degree of disqualification, your causeless mercy dawned upon me. You
mercifully, as paramatma, guided me to the right womb where I would get all facilities to get exposed to
Krsna consciousness. But despite this I was very lazy and took Krsna consciousness as another activity of
fun. You again intervened in my life and literally saved me. Today by your mercy only, I understand that
‘I’m saved!’ Maya is so powerful that it behoves one to think that the jiva is safe in her lap. But only by the
causeless mercy of guru can one understand that the only safest position is in taking shelter of Hari, guru
and Vaishnava. Although these sublime truths have theoretically received a place in my brain, but I poorly
fail into really taking this knowledge from my heart. Thus, my precarious condition still continues…This
story is endless.
Rather let me take this wonderful opportunity to make a humble attempt in glorifying your unlimited
qualities with the sole motive to please you and thus one day I’ll overcome my shortcomings and become
a sincere disciple. I’m sure that I will badly fail in trying to glorify your divine qualities. As Uddhava ex-
pressed his inability to properly glorify the Supreme Lord, and as Anantasesa with his many mouths could
not describe the transcendental qualities of Krishna, similarly, with a million mouths your transcendental
qualities and achievements cannot be described. But with the only hope that this humble attempt may
somewhat please you, I take the courage to write some words in your glorification.
Guru maharaja! You are an epitome of all Vaishnava qualities. In C.c. Madhya 20.61 Lord Caitanya Ma-
haprabhu says to Sanatana Goswami-
aksnoh phalam tvädrsa-darsanam hi
tanoh phalam tvädrsa-gätra-sangah
jihvä-phalam tvädrsa-kirtanam hi
su-durlabhä bhägavatä hi loke
“My dear Vaishnava, seeing a person like you is the perfection of one’s eyesight, touching your lotus feet
is the perfection of the sense of touch, and glorifying your good qualities is the tongue’s real activity, for
in the material world it is very difficult to find a pure devotee of the Lord.”
The very first quality that always shines most brilliantly in front of my ignorant eyes, amidst all your other
divine qualities, is your pure, selfless surrender and love towards your own spiritual master, His Divine
Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. No doubt that you are called ‘Prabhupada’s Man’. That is
the fuel which is making your divine grace run for service even at such an advanced age. Your existence
is for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada. You are a sold-out servant to Srila Prabhupada. Anything related
to him is very dear to you. You have a special ring which has Srila Prabhupada’s photo on it. You never
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like to miss guru puja. In fact, I came to know from one of your personal secretary, that you recite guru
puja even when you are travelling, and as soon as it becomes 7:30 a.m., you join your hands to pray. Your
dedication to Srila Prabhupada is like a huge unshakable mountain. By this you are teaching us by your
example, how to become an ideal disciple.
As I was reading one of your Vyasa-puja offerings, I came across this beautiful offering which you wrote
to Srila Prabhupada:
In the Caitanya-caritämrta Antya-lilä 2.13-14 the author says,
tä-sabä tärite prabhu sei saba dese
yogya-bhakta jiva-dehe karena ‘ävese’
sei jivenija-bhakti karena prakäse
tähära darsane ‘vaishnava’ haya sarva-dese
“To deliver people in regions throughout the universe who could not meet Him, Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu
personally entered the bodies of pure devotees. Thus, He empowered living beings [His pure devotees] by
manifesting in them so much of His own devotion that people in all other countries became devotees by
seeing them.”
Purport: “Unless one is empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu,
one cannot spread the holy names of the Hare Krsna mahä-mantra throughout the world. Therefore, they
are sometimes called ävesa-avatäras, or incarnations, for they are endowed with the power of Sri Caitanya
Mahäprabhu.”
I with my limited vision can clearly see that you are also following in the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada in
spreading this Krsna consciousness movement practically throughout the world. Thus you can undoubt-
edly be called as Prabhupada-ävesa-avatära. No sane man can deny this. Practically whole of Iskcon is
united just because of your humble yet firm presence. I am not speculating this. I heard this from one of
your senior disciple. He was telling us that once during Mayapur GBC meetings, he was told by one very
senior GBC and Srila Prabhupada’s disciples that because His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja
is there that’s why Iskcon is one, otherwise it would have been at least divided into 10 parts!
Guru maharaja, Iskcon is your home. No matter wherever on the globe you are, you always make sure that
somehow you are staying in some Iskcon temple. You always consider the temples and devotees as Srila
Prabhupada’s property. Many devotees who got the rare opportunity to interact with you whenever they
happened to visit any temple under your care, say that although they are not very significant personalities,
still you enquire from them about their accommodation, prasadam, spiritual well-being etc; although they
may not be your disciples. You see all of them in connection to Srila Prabhupada and Iskcon.
You are very concerned that Srila Prabhupada’s Lakshmi should never get wasted unnecessarily. Although
you are holding such a huge responsibility, and all facilities are available to serve you, you are very astute
in using any of them. I have practically seen it. In March 2016, you had come to Iskcon Mira Road temple
for giving initiation. Fortunately, my parents were also getting their second initiation that day. After you
got down from the car and as you were proceeding towards your room on 1st floor, other devotees called
for the lift. But you started going up by the stairs. Although, later to please the devotees, you reluctantly
went by lift, I could clearly observe your mood--You want to save every penny for Srila Prabhupada’s
movement and you are especially concerned about not using a single penny for your personal use. That’s
why you always prescribe devotees, even if he is house holder, that they lead a simple lifestyle and use
every penny very cautiously.
Guru maharaja! Deities are your life. From the very beginning of your early days in this movement you
had a special attraction towards Deities. I still remember, once you were giving a lecture at Sri Sri Rad-
ha-Kunjabihari on the occasion of Jhulan yatra. You spoke about how these Deities are personal mani-
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festations of Lord Krishna Himself. The conviction in your speech smashed the demon of impersonalism
sitting in my heart; not completely, but to some degree, as I’m un-surrendered to your words. I also recall
reading in ‘My Glorious Master’ by Bhurijana prabhu, where he writes about you in this way…”Gopäla
Krsna (then Gopal), would come straight from work every day, still wearing his business suit, and offer
respects by bowing down to each picture in the temple room.” So, in this way it is clearly visible that you
had attachment for the Deities from day 1.
With this I remember that this year is very special, as it marks the 50th anniversary of your meeting Srila
Prabhupada on 1st June 1968. 50 years of dedicated service, and more years to go! Guru maharaja, you are
practically teaching me by your personal example, that how a disciple should dedicate his whole existence
for the mission of his spiritual master. When will that day be mine?
Srila Prabhupada’s books and his purports are your heart’s delight. To this day you continue to serve as
a BBT Trustee, ensuring proper publication and distribution of books all over the world. In this regard, I
came across some instances during Srila Prabhupada’s time, of how you published books and distributed
them. Hari Sauri prabhu writes in his book ‘ The Transcendental Diary’, “He (Srila Prabhupada) said that
Gopäla Krsna was now fulfilling his strong desire to see all his books printed in Hindi and then widely
distributed.” Book Printing is not an easy task, but you with your dedicated efforts pleased Srila Prabhu-
pada. Here is another instance from ‘Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta’ Ch.52, by His Holiness Satsvarupa dasa
Goswami:
“In a similar mood, Srila Prabhupäda pushed his G.B.C. secretary for India, Gopäla Krsna, to produce
Hindi books faster and in greater quantities. Whenever Gopäla Krsna came to visit Srila Prabhupäda
without a new publication, Prabhupäda would reprimand him for his slowness. Gopäla Krsna therefore
began a policy of visiting Prabhupäda only when he had a new book to present. In mid-July, when Gopäla
Krsna brought a copy of Srimad-Bhägavatam, First Canto, Part Two, in Hindi, Srila Prabhupäda accepted
it happily and said, “Now unless he brings some book he won’t come, because every time I criticize him:
“Where is the book? Where is the book?’ “
And regarding book distribution, Hari Sauri prabhu again writes in his book:
Fortunately, not all the news brings problems. A telegram came from Gopäla Krsna prabhu in Delhi. The
Library Party is having big success there. He wants to print all the books in India on government conces-
sional paper so that they can guarantee supply. Prabhupäda was very happy and he called in Rädhä-Val-
labha, instructing him to send all the color transparencies from the BBT in Los Angeles to Delhi. In his
reply to Gopäla he said, “These standing orders mean standing respect.”
Just like Srila Prabhupada couldn’t think small, you also never think small! You were taking standing
orders! And here is this lowly self, a so called “disciple”, somehow is being able to push some few small
books, that too very rarely.
And to this date you distribute books! One time you were on a flight from Mumbai to Delhi. You happened
to be sitting beside a businessman. In 1.5 hours you spoke in such a way that he was ready to sponsor
around 2500 B.g’s! That is your efficiency in distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books. Every year during
the marathon, you travel extensively, practically all over India and even to some places abroad, just to
inspire devotees for the Book Distribution Marathon. Book Distribution is the heart of Srila Prabhupada,
and you being ‘ Prabhupada’s Man’ carry the same heart within you. Srila Prabhupada said “Preaching is
the essence”, and I’ve observed that in almost all your lectures, the essence is that you ask everyone to be
engaged in preaching in some way or the other. That is always there as a ‘Call for action’. And you are
practically demonstrating it through your personal example.
As mentioned above also, your dedication to your guru’s mission is like a mountain. And despite rendering
so many herculean services, you are not satisfied and want to render more and more service to the Lord.
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At this instance, I remember a sloka which is perfectly befitting your divine consciousness.
vägbhih stuvanto manasä smarantas
tanvä namanto ‘pyanisam na trptäh
bhaktäh sravan-netra-jaläh samagram
äyur harer eva samarpayanti
“With their words, they offer prayers to the Lord. With their minds, they always remember the Lord. With
their bodies, they offer obeisances to the Lord. Despite all these activities, they are still not satisfied. This
is the nature of pure devotees. Shedding tears from their eyes, they dedicate their whole lives to the Lord’s
service.”[Bhakti-rasämrta-sindhu 1.3.29]
Yes, guru maharaja, no doubt you have surrendered your life to the Lord’s service. Every activity that you
do, every word that emanates from your lotus lips, every breath that you take is filled with the desire to
serve and please Hari, guru and Vaishnava.
The list of your divine Vaishnava qualities is endless. In fact, most of the part of Srimad-Bhagavatam and
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta highlight the qualities of pure devotees like you, and how by getting attached to
such a pure devotee, one can perfect one’s life.
In this way, my dear master, you are teaching me how I should also try to follow your footsteps and be like
a sold-out servant of your divine grace.
I would also like to recall a few very important instructions which you again and again stress in your lec-
tures and personal meetings. The very first instruction which you mention practically in every lecture is
‘attentive chanting’. In fact, you go on to say that without this, there is no use of initiation. You also stress
very much that we develop genuine humility. You also equally stress on making an effort to avoid offenses,
and you want us to be especially cautious about Vaishnava aparadha - the most deadly of all. I recall how
you chastised me when you had come to Pune. I still very clearly remember the words and expression you
made. You also stress very much on reading Srila Prabhupada’s books daily! Books are the basis. And in
the end, you always stress on preaching. In your offering to Srila Prabhupada in the year 1983, you wrote
“You once stated that the disciple can never repay the debt to the spiritual master but can attempt to do
so by preaching Krishna consciousness. You taught us that to be recognized as a devotee by Krsna, one
must take to preaching seriously.” And in preaching also you stress very much on Book Distribution as is
evident from the following offering of your divine grace in the year 1993 “You also wanted the members
of Iskcon to dedicate themselves to the preaching work—especially book distribution. By distributing
your books, we are giving the conditioned souls your association and an opportunity to appreciate your
greatness.”
Guru maharaja! These divine qualities of your divine grace and instructions are my constant meditation
and source of great inspiration. These instructions act as a protective fence, thus securing the tender bhakti
lata which I’ve received by your causeless mercy. But I feel extremely poverty stricken in being able to
constantly and at every moment live by these instructions. I’m very foolish. I have a lot of faith in my
mind and senses, thus I always land up becoming their servant. Gurudeva! Kindly pick me up from this
rotten condition (kripa koro tolo more bale) and place me at your lotus feet. Personally, I don’t have any
strength of my own to be able to overcome my shortcomings. (sakti-buddhi-hin, ämi atidin). That’s why I
earnestly and humbly request you to kindly make me yours (koro’ more ätma-sätha).
This year I would like to seek your blessings to be able to follow the above mentioned instructions and im-
bibe a drop of your divine grace’s divine qualities. Apart from that, like last year my services in sankirtan
will mostly continue under the able guidance of Radheshyam prabhu and Sarvalakshan prabhu. Last year,
all devotees of Iskcon Pune, under the able guidance and inspiration of Radheshyam prabhu and Sarval-
akshan prabhu distributed 1.86 Lakhs maha Big Books. I seek your kind blessings, that this year we can
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distribute at least 2.5 Lakh maha Big Books and come in the Top 3 in overall book distribution.
At the end, I as an insignificant, humble beggar would like to offer this prayer unto your divine grace,
which is written by Srila Raghunätha däsa Gosvämi in ‘Sri Mukta-carita’,
näma-srestham manum api saci-putra matra svarüpam
rüpam tasy ägraja muru-purim mäthurim gosthavätim
rädhä-kundam giri-varam aho rädhikä-mädhaväsäm
präpto yasya prathita-krpaya sri-gurum tamnato ’smi
“I bow down to the beautiful lotus feet of my spiritual master, by whose causeless mercy I have obtained
the Supreme holy name, the divine mantra, the service of the Son of Sacimätä, the association of Srila
Svarüpa Dämodara, Rüpa Gosvämi, and Rüpa’s older brother Sanätana Gosvämi, the Supreme Abode of
Mathurä, the blissful abode of Vrndävana, the divine Rädhä-kunda and Govardhana Hill, and the desire
within my heart for the loving service of Sri Sri Rädhikä and Mädhava in Vrndävana.”
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Vrindavana-chandra ji, Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari ji, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri
Jagannatha, Baladeva and Srimati Subhadra and Srila Prabhupada to kindly bestow you with very good
health and a long life, so that you can keep continuing to reclaim more fallen souls like me and engage
them in your service to Srila Prabhupada.
Please forgive this neophyte aspiring disciple if in anyway my offering was not pleasing to you, consider-
ing me as a foolish son of yours.
I beg to remain your eternal lowly servant,
Amiya Madhusudan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
Although I feel myself utterly unqualified to glorify a pure devotee like you, because I see everything with
a material vision and thereby commit offenses. Please bless this worthless servant to do so and accept my
small offering on your 74th appearance day.
Because of your extremely merciful nature you have accepted this poor soul who does not have a tinge
of good qualification as your disciple. It’s my great fortune. “titiksava karunika suhruda sarva dehinam.”
You are a perfect example of the verse as your life is dedicated in surrender to Srila Prabhupada. When
you were working and earning money, after getting your salary you were offering everything to Prabhupa-
da. You have always inspired the whole devotee community by the virtue of your exemplary standards of
devotional service. I long to have a drop of the eagerness and attitude you have for serving the Deities. At
such an advanced age we see that you are not able to rotate the arati lamp, yet you never stop for even a
day, doing the arati of Their Lordships. Despite having a late night, you do mangala-arati the next morn-
ing. You are beyond the conditionings of material nature and beyond the bodily demands, constantly en-
gaged in carrying out the orders of Srila Prabhupada to give the valuable jewel of Krishna consciousness
to fallen souls like me. Iskcon is your home, your mission, your life and soul. Tirelessly you are engaged
in travelling to different countries across the globe, meeting with leaders and devotees, managing temple
related issues with a vision of expanding the mission of Srila Prabhupada and Gauranga Mahaprabhu, fol-
lowing exactly in Their footsteps. By your efforts of fulfilling the desire of Srila Prabhupada, miraculously
more than fourteen temples have manifested in the Delhi region.
I am struggling very hard to get rid of my anarthas. Kindly forgive me for that. It was an extremely dread-
ful situation of mine from where you picked me up and saved me from being drawn into the ocean of
nescience. I beg for your mercy so that I can become an instrument in lowering the load on your shoulders,
and certainly should not become a load on your shoulders.
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Dear gurudeva, on this auspicious day of your appearance, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Vrindavan-chandra,
Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Srila Prabhupada that they give you a long life so that
you deliver many fallen souls like me who are comfortably situated in this material world, forgetting their
ultimate goal of life. I pray at your lotus feet to kindly keep me under your shelter life after life and engage
me as an instrument in your service. Thank you so much maharaja for accepting this rascal with all bad
qualities and deficiencies and engaging me in the rarest path of bhakti.
Your most insignificant servant,
Anand Murari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this most revered and auspicious Vyasa-puja day, I beg to offer my most humble obeisances at your
divine lotus feet.
I pray to Lord to give me an opportunity to look into my heart sincerely, and glorify you, and express my
great gratitude to my spiritual master.
Although your health is not supporting you still you travel all around the world to preach, to expand the
mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Who must be pleased on this day for your great contribution to the
mission.
Guru maharaja, you have fulfilled all the desires of Srila Prabhupada and given shelter to many many fall-
en souls like me at your lotus feet. Through your preaching and books, you have bestowed your mercy to
countless devotees all over the world.
Maharaja, whenever I get an opportunity to take your darshan, my heart blossoms and I become empow-
ered to practice Krishna consciousness to the best. In spite of having so many temples and responsibilities
and despite your busy schedule, you take out personal time for giving us your divine association although
we don’t deserve it.
Although your health doesn’t remain good still you extend yourself everyday till late night, and despite
that you are always present in the altar for Deity worship, which inspires me a lot to become more sincere
to attend morning programs.
On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I want to fall at your lotus feet and beg for forgiveness
for my innumerable offences. I beg for the ability to always meditate on you. I beg to become a humble
servant of your divine lotus feet. I want to beg you to bless me so that I can remain fixed at your lotus feet
and never deviate from your divine instructions and path of devotion.
Your insignificant servant,
Ankit Kumar
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila
Bhagavatpada!
On the occasion of your auspicious Vyasa-puja I would like to take this opportunity to glorify you and
thank you for accepting a fallen soul like me.
It has been very difficult for me to meet you regularly in the last few years, however I still remember each
and every conversation with you and mostly my first meeting with you.
When I asked you if I can serve you and Srila Prabhupada, you asked me to come to Iskcon Delhi and join
the temple. I was so glad and am assured now that you have taken me in your shelter, so I have nothing
to fear.
I beg you to please bless me so that I can keep that spirit and enthusiasm to serve you and Srila Prabhu-
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pada.
I am looking forward to seeing you soon and have your association.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi to keep you in good health always so that you may keep giving us
your association and continue with your wonderful preaching activities.
Your servant,
Atmavan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances at your lotus feet.
Although I feel myself utterly unqualified to glorify a pure devotee like you, because I see everything with
a material vision and thereby commit offenses, but by the order of my superiors, by your mercy and bless-
ings and for my own purification, I will just write down in short what I have heard about your qualities and
activities from your disciples. It’s my great fortune that you have accepted this poor soul who was rotting
in the gutter of material sense gratification. As your disciple I do not have a tinge of good qualification.
Surely it’s because of your extremely merciful nature. You are an ocean of Godly qualities. You are a per-
fect example of the verse “titiksava karunika suhruda sarva dehinam… ”
Your life is dedicated in surrender to Srila Prabhupada. When you were working and earning money, after
getting your salary, you were offering everything to Srila Prabhupada, and whatever he used to give back
to you, you would send to your parents. Srila Prabhupada was very pleased with this and he said that you
are a real sannyasi. I long to have a drop of the eagerness and attitude you have for serving the Deities. At
such an advanced age we see you are not able to rotate the arati lamp, but you never stop for even a day,
doing the arati of Their Lordships. In spite of having late nights, you do mangala-arati the next morning.
In spite of having a bypass surgery, after which the doctor tells one not to bend down, but you engage in
Deity worship, tolerating the pain, for giving pleasure to Sri Sri Radha-Krishna.
You are beyond the conditionings of material nature and beyond the bodily demands, as you are constantly
engaged in carrying out the orders of Srila Prabhupada, to give the valuable Jewel of Krishna conscious-
ness to the fallen souls like me. Iskcon is your home, your mission, your life and soul and your life is
for Iskcon. Tirelessly you are engaged in travelling to different countries across the globe, meeting with
leaders and devotees, managing temple related issues with a vision of expanding the mission of Srila Pra-
bhupada and Gauranga Mahaprabhu, by following exactly in Their footsteps. By your efforts in fulfilling
the desires of Srila Prabhupada, miraculously more than fourteen temples have manifested in the Delhi
region. Following in the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada in preaching to the shresthas or people who are
post holders and leaders of the society, you have a very nice relationship and you have cultivated so many
ministers, presidents, government officers as well-wishers of Iskcon. Due to your preaching effort and
hard struggle in Russia, now so many devotees are coming up who have genuine love and faith in you,
Srila Prabhupada and in the process of Krishna consciousness.
Dear maharaja, you are practically holding Iskcon in your two lotus hands and protecting it from the at-
tacks of maya which keep on coming time to time in different forms. By your inspiration and desire, book
distribution has increased to a great degree. During the marathon time you travel to different temples and
inspire everyone in book distribution. By your guidance Delhi temple comes first in book marathon every
year. Dear maharaja, you are highly talented but extremely humble. You never speak big big philosophy
but stress always on the foundational principles of bhakti which are chanting, hearing and doing seva.
Practically in every lecture you speak about chanting attentively and your answer to all the questions is
attentive chanting. You have so much faith in the holy name that you always say that just by chanting the
holy name attentively all problems will be solved. One more thing which I get inspired by a lot, is your
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faith in the Deity incarnation of the Lord. In so many lectures I have heard you saying that this Deity form
is non-different from the Supreme Lord Himself. You tell us about the pastimes of Gopalji-Madhavendra
Puri, Khirchor Gopinatha, Sakshi Gopal and the brahmana. You are extremely merciful and your mercy is
very easily available to anyone who comes in contact with you through any means. I remember, whenever
you come to Pune, outside your room, from early morning to late night, always there is a big crowd of dev-
otees to meet with you and you give time to everyone, asking personal questions which touch their hearts.
Dear guru maharaja, I have received so much from you in the form of spiritual training, guidance, sup-
port, help and care from your disciples, faith in the process and inspiration to go on in devotional service,
fighting with difficulties and I get inspiration from your lectures and personal life examples. Just by being
in your presence and seeing you tirelessly engaged in serving the mission gives me lots of strength, en-
thusiasm and pulls me to engage myself also in service, to whatever extent I can. But dear maharaja, I am
not at all grateful for what I have received from you, rather I am a great fool that I am not at all following
your instructions even after hearing them repeatedly. I have become very lazy and careless about them.
You stress so much on chanting attentively and I am stuck up in the first and most important principle of
bhakti so much, that I always sleep during japa, offend devotees, and become proud of small small things.
Maharaja, I have a great desire to dedicate this human form of life in your service in the mission of Srila
Prabhupada, but I don’t know of what use I will be for the mission as I am a completely selfish, proud and
duplicitous person. Please protect me maharaja. Please purify me and engage me in your service. Please
make the best use of this unworthy person, for you are an expert in engaging your disciples. It’s surely
your causeless mercy that you have initiated this degraded fellow. I am ashamed to be called your disciple,
because of not following your instructions up to your expectations.
Dear gurudeva, on this auspicious day of your appearance, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Vrindavana-chandra,
Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Srila Prabhupada, that they give you a long life so that
you deliver many fallen souls like me, who are comfortably situated in this material world forgetting their
ultimate goal of life. I pray at your lotus feet to kindly keep me under your shelter life after life and engage
me as an instrument in your service. Thank you so much maharaja for accepting this rascal with all bad
qualities and deficiencies and engaging me in the rarest path of bhakti.
Your insignificant servant,
Bankebihari Shyama dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept my most humble obeisances onto your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja, I don’t have any qualification to write anything in your glorification, but out of my fool-
ishness I want to glorify you just like someone showing a lamp to the sun.
Dear guru maharaja in one of your offerings to Srila Prabhupada you quoted a verse from Srimad-Bhaga-
vatam 3.5.3 which is spoken by the great sage Vidura – in the purport Srila Prabhupada stated that “great
unalloyed devotees of the Lord are compassionate towards the fallen, and therefore they travel all over
the world with the mission of bringing souls back to Godhead. Such pure devotees of the Lord carry the
message of Godhead in order to deliver the fallen souls.” Srila gurudeva, you are that merciful Vaishnava
who left all his worldly comforts to deliver the whole world, like Srila Prabhupada your every action is
based on the teachings of the acharya and shastras. Dear guru maharaja, you always preach and teach by
your own actions. Recently we saw your photograph reading the 15th chapter of the Bhagavad-gita during
adhik masa. This proves how fixed up you are in your own sadhana, despite having so many services.
Guru maharaja, normally a disciple should come to meet his spiritual master, but you are so merciful that
you are traveling all over the world without any fear and without thinking of your own health, just to give
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your association to the devotees and to inspire them in Krishna consciousness.
Srila Prabhupada gave you the service of building temples and printing his books, and you have made
this order your life and soul. It is your determination that we see every year during book distribution. It is
touching new heights and Srila Prabhupada’s books have been translated in all the important languages of
the world, and we see every year some new big temple is getting inaugurated.
Dear guru maharaja, I want to be a simple humble instrument in fulfilling your desire for Srila Prabhu-
pada’s service. I want to beg you to give me the strength and intelligence to remain engaged in service in
this movement.
Your most insignificant servant,
Daksina Gopi devi dasi
Most revered Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet. The dust of your lotus feet
are my only shelter, my only object of worship and the ultimate goal of my practice of Krishna conscious-
ness.
Srila gurudeva, you are the external manifestation of the Supersoul. You lead us towards the eternal abode
of Sri Sri Radha-Vrindavan-chandra. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says in his Gurvastakam:
säksäd-dharitvena samasta-sästrair
uktas tathä bhävyata eva sadbhih
kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
“The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he is the most confiden-
tial servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities.
Therefore, I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a bona
fide representative of Sri Hari.”
It is impossible for me to fathom your oceanic Vaishnava qualities, unlimited love and attachment for
Srila Prabhupada and tireless dedication to our glorious movement Iskcon. It gives me tremendous joy
and inspiration to go ahead with my Krishna consciousness when I remember your sacrificing, selfless
and ever-enthusiastic service attitude towards Their Lordships and His most confidential servant Srila
Prabhupada.
Please kindly continue to grant me shelter at the most soothing shade of your divine lotus feet though I am
very fallen and undeserving. Please give me a drop of the oceanic love you possess for Their Lordships,
for Srila Prabhupada and his eternal mission.
Thank you so much for awarding me the association of devotees, wonderful ashram, glorious siksha guru,
loving and sacrificing counselor and at last but not the least amazing opportunity to practice and preach.
Aspiring servant of your dear servants,
Dasharatha priya dasa
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru
and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
On the most auspicious occasion of your appearance, I beg for your mercy, so that I get the strength to
glorify your divine self. Your dedication to the Iskcon movement is unparalleled. Your loyalty to Srila
Prabhupada is unmatched. I as a conditioned soul with very poor bhakti cannot estimate the depth of your
relationship with Srila Prabhupada. The way you have kept Iskcon together after Srila Prabhupada left
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physically and the way you travel extensively to keep Iskcon together, cannot be understood by ordinary
souls like me. Your intentions and every effort is to serve Srila Prabhupada and this is the perfect example
of parampara. The same mood was carried by Srila Prabhupada in serving his guru, Srila Bhaktisiddhan-
ta. Your effort to stabilize and grow the Kharghar temple is one more example of this. The way you are
concerned about it, the devotees staying there, meeting them personally, shows your deep desire to make
it a flourishing Centre in the heart of the city, just as Srila Prabhupada desired. The way preaching is flour-
ishing in Delhi and elsewhere, is result of your great struggle in serving Srila Prabhupada. By your divine
grace I am staying in the ecstatic association of devotees in NVCC. The kind of training we are getting
regarding what Srila Prabhupada wanted is very nourishing. As far as service is concerned, I am not able
to contribute in any tangible way. As a manifestation of caitya-guru, you know everything about my heart.
I am struggling to keep purity. In my sadhana I am not very consistent, especially in reading Srila Prabhu-
pada’s books. Although I am chanting my rounds because of the strength of my association, my deep taste
and shelter in the holy name has not arisen. In Vaishnava seva, I am very poor and due to my frivolous
nature I commit offences. I beg for your mercy, which is the only solace for this conditioned soul. My only
prayer at your lotus feet is to follow your instructions that you give in your lectures and in person, and to
assist Vaishnavas in spreading this glorious movement of Srila Prabhupada. Gurudeva! krpä-bindu diyä,
koro’ ei däse, trnäpekhä ati hina sakala sahane, bala diyä koro’, nija-mäne sprhä-hina
Your eternal servant,
Dauji Nityananda dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam. Please accept my most humble obeisance at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Sri
guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I feel most fortunate on this divine Vyasa-puja day of your holiness to glorify you by writing a drop
about your glories by the mercy of your disciple, although not qualified. Not only I but the whole world
is blessed by your appearance. Pure devotees of the Lord appear to relieve the burden on this earth by
giving Krishna to everyone. Anantasesa’s glorifying the Lord with His unlimited mouths still is not able
to complete the glories of the Lord. Similarly your glories are unlimited. You are a strict follower of Srila
Prabhupada and whatever he said, you are exactly following. Now Iskcon is expanding rapidly without
any problem because of your strict adherence to Srila Prabhupada’s instructions. Gurudeva, after Srila
Prabhupada left this world you struggled very hard to expand this mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Whatever we are seeing now it is due to your selfless sacrifice in Srila Prabhupada’s Mission. You opened
so many temples, following the instructions of Srila Prabhupada, where thousands of people are taking
shelter. You preached in different countries of the world where there is a risk to your life. Now thousands
of devotees are practicing bhakti in different corners of the world.
Guru maharaja, thank you for accepting this fallen soul who was wandering from millions of lifetimes in
this material world. Brahmända bhramite kona bhägyavän jiva guru-krsna-prasäde päya bhakti-latä-bija.
I feel really fortunate in this world to get you mercy. Maharaja, I have no strength to face the challenges in
my life but your lectures and instructions are always protecting me. Your lectures are very simple and in-
spiring. Your oceanic compassion towards all the living entities and great eagerness to serve Sri Sri Radha
and Krishna in a gorgeous manner inspires me a lot. Whenever you come here, every day in mangala-arati
I find you doing Deity worship even in such an old age, which is impossible for a common man.
By the mercy of pure devotees only can one get bhakti. Maharaja on this auspicious day please be merciful
to me. Many a times due to so many lusty desires in my mind I get confused whether I can practice this
process or not. Gurudeva, please bless me so that I can engage in the service of Krishna and His devotees
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24 hours and have strong faith and attraction to chant the holy name of the Lord. I am begging at your lotus
feet to please bless me so that I will never forget your instructions.
Your insignificant aspiring servant,
Dayavan Baladeva dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet on your Vyasa-puja day. All glories to your
wonderful service in Srila Prabhupada’s mission!
Taking the responsibility of bringing all of us back to Godhead, you are constantly traveling from place to
place and preaching the glories of Krishna, His name, qualities and past times.
This is a happy day for many thousands of souls, especially for us, your disciple’s because by your mercy,
we have a real chance to leave this - full of suffering- material world for good, and come back to Krishna.
Krishna will definitely fulfill your desire to bring fallen souls back to Him because Krishna loves you as
His pure devotee. I experience unlimited happiness to be, by Krishna’s grace, one of your disciples.
We talk about Krishna’s mercy, but we certainly cannot appreciate this mercy, but while associating with
you we can see you as a manifestation of Krishna’s mercy. How then is it possible to express that compas-
sion and love you have for us and all living entities in general, on this most glorious day of your appear-
ance? I once again pray for your mercy so that I may be able to serve you satisfactorily.
You are an ocean of kindness, gentleness and compassion and it is by your blessings only that I am trying
to make my life meaningful and Krishna conscious.
Your humble servant,
Ganga Sundari devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. Wish you many many happy returns
of the day.
You are very dear to your guru maharaja, Sri Gauranga and Sri Sri Radha-Krishna and this is the reason
why Sri Kheer Chor Gopinatha again stole kheer for you. This is Lord’s loving reciprocation with you.
You always think about Srila Prabhupada’s desires and act to make them come true.
When I asked you, what should we expect children to do? Your answer was they should chant and on this
very auspicious day I want to tell you that with your blessings all regular students in class are chanting dai-
ly 1 or 2 rounds and sometimes 16 also. On this auspicious day please accept my sevas as offerings, Value
education for Kids at Uttam Nagar and Bopodi, Book Distribution on every Sunday evening. I am able to
do all these small services because of your causeless mercy. Thank you guru maharaja. I am begging for
your mercy to continue this service and increase it to see your oceanic smile.
I am still struggling for good chanting and to follow your instructions. I beg for forgiveness for all my
mistakes.
I pray to Lord Krishna to give you a long and healthy life.
Your most insignificant servant,
Gaura Bhakti devi dasi
My dearest beloved Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet which are the shelter for the entire uni-
verse. Srila Bhagavatpada maharaja ki jaya!
Words cannot describe how indebted I am to you. It is all auspicious for me to glorify you. I feel very
insignificant to glorify you on this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, but I request you to kindly
accept my offering. I am very thankful to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri Radha and Krishna and Srila
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Prabhupada for allowing me to get your divine association. I also want to thank you for showering your
causeless mercy to an ignorant and fallen soul like me.
My lord, I submit the following prayer at your holy feet, in whatever birth I take, wherever my karma leads
me, let me sing the glories of your holy name birth after birth. This alone is my hope, my aspiration, and
my prayer at your lotus feet. Let me love your lotus feet as much as I love sense gratification. Empower
me to transfer my affection from the objects of the senses to your lotus feet. In danger or success, good
fortune or disaster, let me remain as your servant ever. And let my affection for you increase day by day.
Whether I live as a bird or a beast, in heaven or in hell, let me glorify you everywhere.
My lord I repeatedly pray at your lotus feet that I may simply be stronger in devotional service. May my
surrender unto your divine lotus feet be more strong and steady, because surrender unto your lotus feet is
so powerful, that one can have all the other perfections and even attain liberation from material existence!
If at all I continue to maintain my material and spiritual life (which is in a very weak condition) it is be-
cause of your divine mercy. I am a mere servant of yours.
Due to my disqualification, I am suffering in this Age of Kali, so it is especially difficult for me now to
overcome forgetfulness of Lord’s mercy. Lord Caitanya has sent you to save unqualified people like me.
On this day of your Vyasa-puja celebration, I rejoice in knowing that Lord Caitanya chose and empowered
you, His dearmost servant and representative, to spread chanting all over the world.
O my lord, your mercy alone can render all benediction to us. In your divine mercy you have invested all
your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for obtaining your mercy. O my lord,
out of kindness you enabled me to easily approach you, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction
for your divine mercy due to my deep materialistic consciousness. I only want your causeless devotional
service, birth after birth. I am your eternal servitor. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place
me as one of the atoms at your lotus feet. I know no one but you as my Lord, and you will remain so even
if you handle me roughly or makes me broken-hearted. You are completely free to do anything and every-
thing, you are always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally. Unless one surrenders unto your Lotus Feet,
it is certain that he will be bewildered.
Being a fallen soul, I am always attached to the pleasures of material existence. The great sages are always
anxious to do good to the people in general, and such sages are headed by you. You are a sincere friend to
all living entities, and at the risk of great personal inconvenience you are always engaged in the service
of the Lord for the good of all people. Being in the modern materialistic society I am detached from my
relation to the Supreme Lord and all my plans which are being made by me are sure to be baffled at every
step. Yet I am not waking up from this even after your repeated instructions.
The secret of success in spiritual life is in satisfying the spiritual master and thereby getting his sincere
blessings. Pure devotees of the Lord are more powerful than the waters of the sacred river Ganges. To
take shelter of the Lotus Feet of the Lord means to take shelter of your lotus feet. Your only business is to
serve the Lord and therefore you are honored by the name Srila Bhagavatpada, which indicates that you
are a representative of the Lotus Feet of the Lord. Anyone, therefore, who takes shelter of your lotus feet
by accepting you as his spiritual master can be purified at once. You are honored equally with the Lord
because you are engaged in the most confidential service of the Lord. You never tolerate being called God.
You came to propagate God consciousness, and intelligent people should cooperate with you in every
respect. By serving you, one can please God more than by directly serving the Lord. The Lord is more
pleased when He sees that His servants are properly respected because such servants risk everything for
the service of the Lord and so are very dear to the Lord.
The Supreme Lord wants all living beings to be obedient to Him and thereby become happy. Therefore
your interest is to guide all subjects back to the kingdom of God. I would like to thank gurudeva for allow-
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ing me to offer my humble gratitude and offering unto the divine lotus feet of his holiness. I always felt
greatly purified by your divine glance on a fallen soul like me. I pray that I should keep following your
divine instructions in this life and life after life. You are the only lord my heart shall ever know.
As in the Mundaka Upanishad it is explained tad-vijnänärtham sa gurum eväbhigacchet an expert spir-
itual master like you is absolutely necessary for a baddha jiva like me who is fallen in the traps of Maya
life after life and none other than you can save me from the entanglements and strong bondage of maya.
As the Lord is present everywhere and wherever His devotees want Him, similarly o’ deliverer of fallen
souls, I also feel your presence everywhere, everytime when I was in need of your divine help. I am highly
indebted to you, as on numerous occasions you gave me your precious association even though your time
is most valuable to everyone in this entire universe.
On this Vyasa-puja day, I beg for your mercy to please empower me so that I can fulfill your instructions
as it is. Without your mercy, I am just an animal.
May your glories be proclaimed throughout the three worlds! Jaya Srila Bhagavatpada!
Your insignificant servant,
Gopi jana dasa
Most respected Sri Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Very warm wishes to you on this auspicious day of your appearance.
Actually I am not qualified to glorify you but as a duty I am trying to attempt to write a few words.
I am trying to follow your instructions and guidelines of Iskcon, to progress in the devotional path. As-
sociation of devotees, temple programmes, attending S.B. class, give me strength to overcome my short-
comings. I take so much inspiration from you, as you teach by your actions and examples of enthusiasm
in fulfilling Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
On this auspicious day, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Vrindavana-chandra and Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari to keep
you in a healthy state and give you a long life so that you can please Srila Prabhupada. Please bless me
by ignoring my shortcomings and guide me how I can serve you better, in fulfilling the mission of Srila
Prabhupada.
Your most unworthy servant,
Indira Vasudha devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet, on this most holy occasion of your divine ap-
pearance. All glories to our beloved spiritual master. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Sri
Radha-Vrindavana-chandra and Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari!
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I would like to write about your glories. You are the most pow-
erful preacher. You follow Srila Prabhupada very closely. You are very sincere about distributing Srila Pra-
bhupada’s teachings. You are a perfect example of a perfect devotee and a perfect acharya, you produce so
much shade in the form of your instructions that we feel relieved from the scorching sun of Kali-yuga. You
are tolerant and merciful and always ready to give us another opportunity to become serious and humble.
O guru maharaja, we beg you to please bless us with your causeless mercy, so that we can follow all the
rules to the best of our capacity, and always put Lord Krishna at the center of our activities.
Your most fallen servant,
Kamalmukhi devi dasi
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My dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. Wish you many many happy returns of
the day. I am an insignificant soul, begging the Lord for your long and healthy life for my own desire as I
am in great need of you.
Guru maharaja, you are my life’s idol, my hero. Your faith in your guru maharaja His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada and his instructions is invincible, your dedication for the mission
is incredible, your compassion for jiva’s like us is incomparable, you are always innovative and you are
indefatigable.
You are full of many qualities that the dictionary’s words are insufficient in this world.
When can I be able to serve you in such a way at least in some percentage? I am so foolish that I am not
even able to follow your basic instructions properly, but you are so compassionate on me always. When
will I behave in a proper way and at least start following your basic instructions.
On this very auspicious day I can only beg you for your mercy to become a good child of yours and follow
all your instructions.
Please also accept offerings from me, the most insignificant soul, on this most auspicious day of your
Vyasa-puja,
1. Every Sunday 11.15 a.m. to 1 p.m. class on Bhagavad-gita
2. Every Saturday 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. class on Bhagavad-gita at Bopodi
3. Book Distribution on every Sunday evening at NVCC
4. Participation in Festival sevas
Please give me strength so I can continue this for your, all acharyas and Krishna’s satisfaction.
Your most insignificant servant,
Kasi Misra dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my millions of humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
Today is the most auspicious occasion for all your initiated disciples, aspiring disciples and for all who
love you. Guru maharaja, I am eternally grateful to you for accepting this fallen, unworthy soul as your
disciple. You are an ocean of mercy. You are very accommodative. You become very unhappy if someone
leaves Iskcon. You always say that by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and his books people join Iskcon and
we should behave in such a way that they should happily serve in Iskcon for the pleasure of guru, Srila
Prabhupada and Krishna. You have so much love for Srila Prabhupada that you tirelessly work to expand
the Iskcon movement. You never get discouraged in spite of so many difficulties. You are highly exempla-
ry in all your activities. Everyone becomes very happy when they see you on the altar for mangala-arati
worshiping Their Lordships in spite of your advanced age and tiring schedules. I feel ashamed when I go
late or miss mangala-arati because of laziness or tiredness. Following a verse from Caitanya-caritamrta
is very inspirational for me.
guru, vaishnava, bhagavan tiner smaran|
tiner smaran haya vighna vinashak|
anayase haya nija vancchit puran|
When one remembers the spiritual master, previous acharyas and the Supreme Lord, all obstacles are re-
moved and one’s goal of life is fulfilled, which is love of Godhead. You always emphasize on reading and
distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books, and chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra attentively, for rapid
progress on the path of pure devotional service.
Guru maharaja, on this most auspicious occasion of your appearance day, I beg at your lotus feet to forgive
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my unlimited offences at your lotus feet which I have committed knowingly or unknowingly because of We all pray to your grace to keep giving us your mercy more and more, and to keep us in Krishna con-
my immaturity in devotional service. I earnestly pray at your lotus feet to please shower your causeless sciousness.
mercy upon me for improvement in devotional service, so that I can become a good devotee. Please bless Your servant,
me so that I can read and study Srila Prabhupada’s books regularly and endeavor to chant attentively. I Nikita Venkatesh Iyer
aspire to become an insignificant servant in the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Your fallen servant, Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Mahavirya dasa Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you and Lord Gauranga!
Guru maharaja, you are a true inspiration and personified mercy for us. Just looking at you and your de-
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
termination to follow Srila Prabhupada gives us will and vigour to follow spiritual practices. You are ideal
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupa-
in all respects, ideal as a disciple and ideal as a guru as well.
da!
Guru maharaja, we as a family are really blessed to have your shelter. Though we are not following the
This year during the Puri yatra, I heard of an incident which happened in Remuna. Your liking for Sripad
spiritual practices to the highest standards, but we have a strong ray of hope that just by following you and
Madhavendra Puri increases day by day. The same pastime of stealing the sweet rice happened in your
Srila Prabhupada will ultimately lead us to the highest destination.
case also. Lord Gopinatha is so pleased by your service and dedication to the mission of Srila Prabhupada
Guru maharaja, along with your shelter, we are fortunate to have a counselor and an immediate shelter of
and the acharyas.
Kadamba Krishna prabhu. This year we had attended many yatras with him like Vrindavana, Jagannatha
Always I hear you stressing on uninterrupted and unmotivated devotional service towards Krishna. My
Puri, Mayapur and Pandharpur and really got immense benefits. He is very keen on doing 7 days Bhaga-
faith increases, at the same time I start understanding my shortcomings in bhakti. Your lectures are so sim-
vat-katha and we are assisting him.
ple that even a person like me can understand. Maharaja, I want to thank you for all those facilities which
Guru maharaja, I take this opportunity to honestly admit one thing. I don’t know how much it is reasonable
you have provided for me in the form of the temple, a counselor, and much more. Because of facilities
to share this in an offering letter but I am still telling you this, as one should be very open and clear before
related to the sravanam aspect, I feel very nourished. It gives me strength that someday I can please you
one’s spiritual master. I am very attached and engrossed in my business, and its practices. I also have lot of
by becoming pure.
attraction for making more and more money. Please make my mind stable in all such situations and bless
Maharaja, I want to serve you without any motivation or interruption. But anarthas are making me hope-
me to grow spiritually.
less. Please bless me. Presently, my PDC course is over maharaja. I have been allotted service by your
Guru maharaja, I am most fallen, degraded and so engrossed in this material world. You are the only ray
mercy. Under the guidance of Radheshyam prabhu, the training was very beneficial. I learnt a lot of points
of hope for me to take me out from this degraded situation and place me at your lotus feet.
related to dealing with devotees. I am trying to implement whatever service I have got. Maharaja I need
Ever-dependent on your mercy.
your blessing so that I can implement those principles like cooperation, forgiving, tolerating, humility, etc.
Your most unqualified disciples,
in my life. More and more I try to do it, I feel it is too difficult. Without your mercy it is not possible. In
Panchtattva Charan dasa and Radhika Lalita devi dasi
case of any mistakes, please forgive me. I cannot demand, but I beg for forgiveness. Because even after so
much training, I keep on committing mistakes. Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
I want to improve my behavior with devotees. Because of envy and ego I commit offenses. I would like I offer my respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories
to assure you to improve my rounds this year, do more sadhana, and also participate in youth preaching to you!
to contribute to the mission. On this very auspicious Vyasa-puja day of your appearance on this planet, kindly accept my humble obei-
Thank you maharaja. sances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to your lotus feet which are the shelter for any fallen soul.
Your insignificant servant, Due to my bounded limits I am unable to envision endless glories of you dear guru maharaja and incapable
Manikishore dasa of glorifying you, but for my purification I will try to do that.
I remember that, I decided to celebrate my son’s first birthday in Mayapur. At that time my counselor
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Kadamba Krsna prabhu ji told me that you will be there on that day. I thought in my mind that if possi-
A fallen person like me has no capacity to pay obeisances unto your lotus feet, however I request you to
ble I will celebrate my son’s 1st birthday with you in Mayapur. You are so merciful, that in spite such a
please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you dear Gopal Krishna
busy schedule you had given us time. You have so many disciples, but still you remembered us and you
maharaja! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
enquired about me and my two brothers. This quality shows that you are on a transcendental plane. You
Dear gurudeva, it is over one year that by your causeless mercy you have initiated me in the chanting of
always understand your disciples mind.
the holy name. By your unlimited mercy I can personally feel that (though very slowly) my negative qual-
I am very fortunate to be your disciple. On this most auspicious day of your divine appearance, I beg for
ities are disappearing. Dear guru maharaja, you are so merciful, that no matter whatever sins we commit,
your causeless mercy so that I may remain fixed in executing your divine instructions. I pray to you, guru
you still give us the shelter of your lotus feet. Gurudeva, your name Gopal Krishna is the name of the Lord
maharaja, to please give me your shelter and make my life useful, else I have no hope in this material
and the name is not different from the Lord Himself. For me you are the Lord. There is nobody who is
world.
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Your most fallen child,
Parikshit Priya dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. Also, I offer my humble obeisances
unto all your disciples, followers and well-wishers, all bearers of your mercy - guru-kripa.
O Srila Bhagavatpada, you are so enthusiastic to preach because it’s your guru, Srila Prabhupada’s desire.
You build so many temples, distribute books, travel all over the world and still manage to give your special
attention and association to your followers.
I am very fortunate that I get your shelter. Please bestow your mercy on me.
I am very grateful for getting a chance and had your association in Jagannatha Puri yatra 2018.The time
spent in the yatra was the best time in my life. All your instructions and example were inspiring me for ser-
vice towards Krishna. Especially the question answer session. Inspite of your age the way you answered
all the questions spontaneously and sometimes humorously.
With this energetic starting of the year with your blessings, I am eligible for the Bhakti Shastri course
and will be able to study Srila Prabhupada’s books in depth, also gave an exam on ‘Sri Isopanishad’ last
month.
Just because of your mercy and with the guidelines of Nityatrupta mata ji and Ravindra Caitanya prabhu ji
I am able to conduct Girl’s Voice in our college. My younger sister Kamalpriya - (disciple of His Holiness
Radhanatha Swami Maharaja) also helped me for the same. Please give us your blessings so that we can
deliver Srila Prabhupada’s message correctly and selflessly to my students.
O Srila gurudeva! You can see today that although I am expressing my hearts desires to serve you and
promising so much to serve you, still it is a childish play. Dear gurudeva, when I look into my heart, I am
terrified seeing so many anarthas manifest in me which are not allowing the holy name to grow. I know I
am not pure and I am quite foolish but let me somehow serve your lotus feet.
I wait for that day when I will get your personal association and will have a chance to serve you and the
devotees directly.
Please bless me so that I can always remember your instructions and achieve unconditional love of Krish-
na.
Yours insignificant servant,
Pranavallabhi devi dasi
Most respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Very warm wishes to you on this auspicious day of your appearance.
I am not qualified to glorify you, but as a duty I am trying to attempt to write a few words.
I am pursuing the Bhakti Shastri course at Iskcon Pune. This course is helping me to understand devo-
tional service in depth, the importance of sadhu sanga, temple and Vaishnava seva, attending S.B. class. I
am trying to follow and maintain consistency in devotional service and conscious to not commit offenses.
I always take inspiration from you, as you are teaching us by your actions and examples of enthusiasm and
dedication towards fulfilling Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
On this auspicious day, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari to keep you in a healthy state and give you a
long life, so that you can please Srila Prabhupada. Please bless me by ignoring my shortcomings and guide
me how I can serve you better, in fulfilling the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Your most unworthy servant,
Radha Govardhan dasa
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My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabh-
upada! All glories to you!
On this auspicious occasion of your divine appearance, I would like to express my gratitude for granting
me shelter at your lotus feet although I am utterly unqualified for it. I never thought I would ever come to
a stage where I would receive initiation into such a bona fide sampradaya. Only cause for this, I see, is
your causeless mercy which has come to me through your sincere representatives. Brahmända bhramite
kona bhägyavän jiva guru-krsna-prasäde päya bhakti-latä-bija. Like any other wretched and rebellious
soul in this material world, I too was wandering in this world life after life in search of happiness, rebelling
against the Supreme Lord, foolishly and ignorantly suffering in Maya’s lap. Out of so many living entities,
one who is actually fortunate (bhägyavän) comes in contact with a bona fide spiritual master by Krishna’s
mercy. I feel very indebted to you that you offered me that ultimate fortune by giving me initiation which
took place in Iskcon NVCC, Pune on November 2016. You gave me a very special name which means
‘servant of the Lotus Feet of Srimati Radharani,’ which seems to me so heavy and beyond my imagina-
tion without your shelter. Your unflinching faith and dedication to fulfill the instructions of your spiritual
master inspires me very much. You are a perfect follower of Srila Prabhupada. You took his instructions to
your heart and always strive hard to fulfill them. This is the reason, that so much preaching is happening
in India and so many people are getting connected to Iskcon directly or indirectly. The fame of Iskcon
and Srila Prabhupada is increasing day by day. You stress on book distribution which is Srila Prabhupa-
da’s heart. Many of the beautiful temples in India have come up under your able guidance. Due to your
motivation and inspiration, all the temples in Delhi have always been in the forefront of Bhagavad-gita
distribution.
Srila Rüpa Goswämi states in the first verse of Upadesämrta that one who can control the six urges can
preach all over the world. That you preached and continue to preach everywhere on this planet is a tes-
timony of your victory over all these urges. Gurudeva, in such a mature age your enthusiasm to preach
Krishna consciousness knows no bounds. In recent times, you had gone to China taking a great risk to
spread this message of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This shows your fearlessness to propagate the mission
of Lord Caitanya. You always tell your disciples not to neglect core aspects of Krishna consciousness that
is chanting, reading Srila Prabhupada’s books and hearing. In your lectures you always focus on strength-
ening these aspects repeatedly. It took me time to appreciate this point. But now I understand that these
principles form the basic foundation of our spiritual life which needs to be built up solidly. You are a per-
sonification of how one should give importance to practice the regulative principles of devotional service.
Your attachment to the Lord is clearly visible. Every day without fail you are present in mangala-arati
to worship the Deities despite your health problems, and late night extensions. You always have genuine
concern for every one of your disciples that they get properly sheltered under Hari, guru and Vaishnavas,
even for that matter, new devotees.
Guru maharaja, thank you very much for the wonderful association of devotees which you have given
me although I am not at all worthy of it. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to serve
you through your representatives since service to Krishna alone will keep my mind and senses controlled.
Last year I completed the PDC training course in Iskcon Pune. I am very grateful to my spiritual superi-
ors during training, who, under the able guidance of Radheshyam prabhu, focused on the core aspects of
Krishna consciousness and set a solid foundation for me to practice Krishna consciousness joyfully and
remain committed to the instructions of Guru and Krishna. I feel very blissful and strong in the shelter
of devotees in Pune and am hoping to continue full time. Please bless me with a high spirit to serve this
mission of Srila Prabhupada in whatever insignificant way I can, under the able guidance of your repre-
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sentatives. After completing PDC Training, Jugal Kishore prabhu engaged me in nearby college preaching
under the guidance of Anand Murari prabhu. I am serving there since the last one year. By your mercy,
this year around 10 students seriously took to chanting a minimum of 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna ma-
ha-mantra and following the four regulative principles. Under the guidance of Radheshyam prabhu, Jugal
Kishore prabhu and Anand Murari prabhu, a lively centre had been set up connected to VIIT college with
around 15 devotees staying there. Vishwakarma institute of Information Technology (VIIT) is one of the
leading engineering colleges in Pune. It is very close to Iskcon NVCC. Maharaja, I realize that without the
association of devotees I am nowhere. You know everything about me being the external manifestation of
Paramatma. Not understanding the value of Krishna consciousness, I keep on succumbing to the tempta-
tions of maya, especially when I go home and foolishly think that it will give me happiness, but I fall from
my standards. I am very fallen and overloaded with false prestige. My name always reminds me of Srimati
Radharani’s oceanic love and Her selfless service attitude towards Krishna. Neither have I love nor any
service attitude. If I could develop even a tinge of it, my life would be successful. I truly understand that
it is impossible to even think of it without your shelter and mercy. Therefore, I beg you to shower at least
a drop of your unlimited mercy on this conditioned soul, otherwise there is no hope for me.
O gurudeva, please, bless me to develop a taste for chanting the holy name of the Lord. Please give me
the taste for reading and studying Srila Prabhupada’s books so that I can effectively deliver the message
of the parampara to others with conviction. Please give me the taste for hearing your recorded lectures so
that I may be able to repeat them as they are for my spiritual benefit. And lastly, please forgive me for all
my offenses, committed knowingly or unknowingly at your lotus feet. On this auspicious day, I beg you
to please keep me under the shade of your lotus feet for all of eternity.
Your aspiring insignificant servant,
Radhapada Pankaj dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear gurudeva, you are most merciful to all of your disciples, and each and every soul on this planet.
You are very humble, very sincere and a perfect example of a devotee and devotion. Your blessings are
always with each of your disciples without any discrimination.
With your mercy we are sincerely trying to do our service of Deity and kitchen seva.
Also, I beg at your lotus feet for kripa, so that I can do some seva of preaching, as per my strength and
ability.
May you always have good health!
Your insignificant servants,
Raktak dasa and Siddhilalsa devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet.
My son Rasaparayana dasa is translating and writing an offering to you on my behalf,
Guru maharaja, I am really thankful to you for showering your mercy on a fallen soul like me and for
accepting me as your disciple,
Dear guru maharaja, I never went to any school, but only because of your mercy I am able to fulfil your
desire to daily read Srimad-Bhagavatam and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta.
I always pray to you guru maharaja and to Lord Krishna that whatever small seva I am able to do because
of your mercy, that should be my only treasure in life and I shall continue this for my entire life, because
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now this seva is my life and soul.
I am unable to explain in words the happiness and peace which I get just by hearing one word from your
lotus mouth,
Your darshan itself satisfies me and it is like I have got all the treasure of the world,
I pray on to your divine lotus feet that I shall always remain faithful to you and may your mercy always
be on us,
Your most insignificant servant,
Rama Madhuri devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja,
I am extremely happy to express my deepest gratitude unto you. All glories to you! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
You have always inspired the whole devotee community by the virtue of your exemplary standards of de-
votional service. Your love for Srila Prabhupada is being demonstrated in each and every service that you
perform for his pleasure. You are perfectly following in the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada and guiding all
of us in the same way. Even though I am young in age, sometimes I become too tired, and my enthusiasm
to practice devotional service becomes weak. But when I remember the hard work you are performing
even at this old age, a ray of inspiration illuminates my heart, and I get back to my service.
Gurudeva, you are an ocean of mercy and compassion for conditioned souls like me, and you are tirelessly
delivering them from the clutches of maya. Although you have repeatedly stressed the importance of at-
tentive chanting, reading and distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books, I am struggling in all these aspects of
devotional service because of my insincerity. Recently I heard a quote of yours which states that if anyone
who reads Srila Prabhupada books sincerely for 2 hours a day, Maya cannot touch him. I felt very much
elated to take a vow to act in that way. But somehow I’m unable to execute it. I beg for your mercy so that
I can take it seriously and will be able to improve my sadhana.
All your god-brothers admire you for your Vaishnava sadachar and humility. You have shown us the per-
fect example of how to become “trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna”. No doubt you are constantly
engaged in chanting the holy name of Lord Hari and spreading His glories throughout the world. I beg for
your mercy so that I may be able to develop the same qualities in myself, and be able to serve in a coop-
erative spirit in moving the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ahead.
Even after getting initiated in the process of devotional service, I am struggling very hard to get rid of
my anarthas. Kindly forgive me for that. It was an extremely dreadful situation from where you picked
me up and saved me from being getting drawn into the ocean of nescience. I beg for your mercy so that I
can become an instrument in lowering the load on your shoulders, and certainly should not become a load
instead. I pray to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Vrindavana Chandra for your good health, so that we may
be able to get your association as much as possible, and be able to follow your instructions to perfect our
lives and remain engaged eternally in the service of your lotus feet.
Your most insignificant servant,
Ramasundar dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you, my eternal
spiritual master!
I am most unworthy and unqualified person to write something about your glorification, but still I am
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trying to write for the sake of my purification. Again this year we will be celebrating this most auspicious
day of Sri Vyasa-puja, the day of your divine appearance on this planet to deliver millions of fallen souls
like me. Dear guru maharaja it is simply beyond my capacity to understand your causeless mercy, your
endless compassion and your glories.
Dear guru maharaja, I came across a beautiful verse in Bhagavatam (7.9.28) where Prahlada Maharaja is
praying to Lord Narasimhadeva and the same verse is quoted by Srila Prabhupada in his poem. I find is so
true and applicable to all of us –
evaḿ janaḿ nipatitaḿ prabhavāhikūpe
kāmābhikāmam anu yaḥ prapatan prasańgāt
kṛtvātmasāt surarṣiṇā bhagavan gṛhītaḥ
so ‘haḿ kathaḿ nu visṛje tava bhṛtya – sevām
“Thus, by associating with material desires one after another, I was following the general populace by
falling into a blind well full of snakes. My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead! Then the great
sage Narada Muni kindly accepted me as his disciple, and instructed me how to achieve the transcendental
position similar to his own. How could I ever leave the service of your servant?”
Dear guru maharaja, what I can offer to you or Krishna I am nothing but one insignificant soul suffering
in the cycle of birth and death because of so many material attachments, and my ego and you have given
me a new birth and purpose of life, so how can I forget your mercy,
Dear guru maharaja, the more I meet my god-brothers and the more I hear from them about you, the more
I become surprised and humbled. Gurudeva, I am amazed to see the dedication of my god-brothers, many
of them are fulfilling your desires and following your instructions as their life and soul. I realise that I
am really insignificant, and my services are so tiny in front of other god-brothers who are really putting
their everything just for your satisfaction. Gurudeva, you are like a touchstone (you are incomparable, but
as I could not find any better example I am giving this example in your glory) whosoever comes in your
contact you turn them into real gold, and make their life meaningful by giving them the most precious and
most rare gift i.e. Krishna bhakti.
I am moved to see how you have touched so many souls. Your each and every disciple has some personal
experience or dealing with you, I have never met any of my god-brothers who does not have anything to
share about his personal interaction with you, this shows how much you love and care for your disciples,
not only your disciples but you are kind and compassionate to everyone and anyone.
In your 2009 Sri Vyasa-puja offering to Srila Prabhupada you had written: “You were the personification
of humility and determination. You struggled against all odds to fulfil your guru maharaja’s instructions.”
I was just meditating on this and I realise that this is so true even in your case. You are following your spir-
itual master exactly. We all know that it may be printing Srila Prabhupada’s books in various languages
and making them available to the world, or it may be building big temples, you are also struggling against
all odds just to fulfil your guru maharaja’s instructions to you,
Further guru maharaja, you glorified Srila Prabhupada by saying, “Your every thought and action was ac-
cording to the shastras. In spite of thousands of followers and comfortable living conditions, you always
remained humble” and we see you guru maharaja, following the same line, your each and every action
and word is according to shastras. Guru maharaja, you have thousands of followers around the globe
and you also have all comfortable living conditions, but your humbleness is simply matchless. We never
saw you taking out time for your own self. You are always available for preaching. You are travelling so
extensively around the globe just to give your association to the devotees and to inspire millions of souls.
Guru maharaja, you further glorified Srila Prabhupada by writing: “You poured mercy just like the rain
cloud pours torrents of rain on this dry earth. You opened “spiritual hospitals” so that suffering humanity
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could understand the goal of human life.” And here you are guru maharaja who is continuing his legacy,
you have opened so many such spiritual hospitals and the list is growing bigger and bigger,
Dear guru maharaja, Srila Prabhupada said that “till the time book distribution is going on he will never
die” and here you are his beloved son who is keeping him alive by inspiring and guiding the world’s big-
gest book distribution movement, all glories to a master like Srila Prabhupada and all glories to the a pure
disciple like you!
Guru maharaja, I have heard you in a question answer session, you replied to one question and said that
“the biggest quality of a preacher is to preach by example” and guru maharaja you are the personification
of this sentence - you are a perfect example of a pure devotee, a perfect disciple, a perfect guru and a per-
fect god-brother.
Dear guru maharaja, your answer to a question that whether a guru rejects a disciple if he is not following
the vows. It amazed me and made me think that how serious a disciple should be, you said, “Guru never
rejects his disciple”, how much compassion you have guru maharaja, you are taking all the sins of disci-
ples, making clear their path to Krishna, and putting your everything even to save one single soul.
Dear gurudeva, I always heard form devotees that guru is tattva darshi and I have seen it practically and
have heard it from many devotees that in front of you we don’t have to ask or speak anything, you know
everything and none of the questions in our minds get unanswered.
Guru maharaja, your compassion, mercy, your determination to serve Srila Prabhupada and to preach,
your love for Krishna and Gauranga, your relationship with all living entities and your tireless work to
keep Iskcon integrated is simply matchless. Mercifully you have picked me up from the ocean of darkness
and ignorance, otherwise I don’t know for how many life times I would have been drowning in this ocean,
On this auspicious day I beg forgiveness for all my immaturity, insincerity and my undetermined be-
haviour, and I beg for your causeless mercy so that I can understand your mood and cooperate with your
and Lord’s plan for me, and I can take complete shelter of your divine lotus feet; I beg for your mercy so
that I can cooperate with devotees in serving Srila Prabhupada.
I pray at your lotus feet to please bless me so that someday I can fully surrender my everything at your
divine lotus feet, and please you by following your words should be my only goal of life.
Srila gurudeva, I am such a fool that I don’t even know how to offer gratitude to guru by writing a proper
offering, so I am trying to repeat whatever you have written to Srila Prabhupada in your offerings,
My dear guru maharaja, I don’t even know, how to pray properly at your lotus feet, hence, I am just re-
peating the words of your first Vyasa-puja offering of 1969 that “I want to sing this only song for my entire
life “vande guroh sri-caranaravindam, vande guroh sri-caranaravindam,”
Your most undeserving insignificant servants,
Rasa Parayana dasa and bhakta Parikshit
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
In most of your lectures I heard about surrender. If anyone fully surrenders to his guru and Krishna, then
only there is advancement in spiritual life. The surrender you have towards Srila Prabhupada is a teaching
for all of us from you. Whatever he told you, you have done without any excuse. This is the most import-
ant quality that you have towards your guru. Please give me some drops of that surrender, so that I also
surrender to you, like you have surrendered to Srila Prabhupada.
Srila Prabhupada received an instruction from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura to print books and
distribute them. The same message you received from Srila Prabhupada, and we see every year that you
personally go to most of the temples and encourage devotees to distribute books. Every year I see that
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Delhi temple has distributed a huge number of books under your guidance, and that is a major contribu-
tion to the Iskcon Society. Every year you build such big big temples, because of that Iskcon’s glories are
spreading all over the world.
I feel personally inspired by you because of your extending nature. Every devotee knows your schedule
and how busy you are. Then also you are always there in the morning programmes. Your activities inspire
me a lot.
I beg for your mercy and love, so that I can grow in my spiritual life. Although I am the most fallen soul
in this universe, I know that without your mercy I can’t do anything in my spiritual life. So please shower
your mercy on me so that I can develop some taste for spirituality. My last desire is to serve you till my
last breath.
Trying to become your servant.
Your servant,
S. Pranay Chaudhari
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Although it is not befitting to write words of glorification unto the personality who is imbibed with ocean
like qualities, from an unqualified disciple like me, nevertheless I take the opportunity to purify myself
through this little offering on the occasion of the Vyasa-puja of our dear guru maharaja. It is a very proud
and awaiting moment for any disciple to show his gratitude to the guru-parampara and ultimately to Lord
Krishna. It was your great compassion through which you expanded your mercy unto a suffering soul like
me and connected me to the family of Lord Krishna.
This is my first offering to you, which makes me remember your first offering to Srila Prabhupada in
1969,”I pray to Lord, that I shall always remain at my spiritual masters’ lotus feet. Please oh Lord; keep
me at my spiritual masters’ lotus feet.” In the same mood, I also pray to Lord that I may always be at your
lotus feet and be Krishna conscious throughout my life and please you. I remember when I saw you first
time personally when you had come to Pune temple. When I heard your introduction which one devotee
was briefing that you have been serving Srila Prabhupada’s mission from the last 40+ years as GBC and
many more responsibilities in Iskcon, then I realized that we were associating with a very great personal-
ity. At the same time your simplicity and loving nature pushed aside our inferiority complex. Really, I felt
that you are the great example of “Simple Living and High Thinking.”
Guru maharaja, your qualities are oceanic in nature and it reflects whenever we met you personally. The
most significant quality I saw in you is your guru-nistha. You are the real and very rigid disciple of Srila
Prabhupada. You are always meditating on the instructions, activities and ways to please Him. By seeing
your sincerity and dedication, Srila Prabhupada gave you so many services and responsibilities like GBC,
preaching in India, translating his books in Hindi and other Indian languages. Everytime we attend your
grand Vyasa-puja festival in Greater Kailash temple in Delhi, but last year were missing it when you were
in Russia. As my counselor Ravindra Caitanya prabhu ji always tells us about you, that no one is more
tolerant than you, as everytime he sees that many devotees come to you and tell their various problems. It
is just like a dustbin which is used for throwing waste things and you have to hear such things and console
and engage them again in devotional service in the best possible way.
You are very well known for your dealings with devotees with kindness and personal care. Last time when
we met you in Kharghar temple, you very lovingly asked about our welfare and progress in Krishna con-
sciousness. Giving time to everybody personally in the midst of such huge engagements, really inspires me
to contribute in the mission of Srila Prabhupada. With mother-like care, you also give father-like instruc-
tions for steady and continuous progress in devotional life. Guru maharaja, you have always emphasized
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on the importance of attentive chanting of the holy name of the Lord in your lectures, and instructions for
everyone to protect us from maya, which shows your staunch faith in the holy name. You have been the
perfect example of a strong sadhana practitioner, by strictly attending morning programs, reading Srila
Prabhupada books daily and attentive chanting.
I cannot imagine what austerities or pious activities I might have performed in my past lives, so I received
this special mercy of guru and Krsna through you. Although I am initiated by you, there are so many anar-
thas in my heart which are always torturing me like the scorching heat. Still after hearing a lot of times
from so many devotees, I have not developed a taste for sadhana-bhakti and my heart is always hankering
for material desires, prestige, money and so many things. All these anarthas make me commit offenses
unto the Lord in the form of His holy name, and Vaishnavas. Therefore my life has become self-centered,
selfish and full of false ego.
I know there is no other way to come out from this situation except fully taking shelter at your lotus feet.
ohe! vaiṣṇaba ṭhākura, doyāra sāgara,e dāse koruṇā kori›
diyā pada-chāyā, śodho he āmāya,tomāra caraṇa dhori
“O venerable Vaishnava, devotee of Krsna! O ocean of mercy, be merciful unto your servant. Give me the
shade of your lotus feet and purify me. I hold on to your lotus feet.”
Just by taking shelter at your lotus feet, I would be free from these anarthas and be situated in my consti-
tutional position as the servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord. Let my absorption be always on
thinking how I could I help you to lighten your burden by enthusiastically serving in the mission in the
constant association of devotees. Please forgive your unfaithful and unworthy disciple if I have committed
any offenses or hurt you. Oh Lord let me keep singing always
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
Your insignificant servant,
Saccidananda Shyama dasa
Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances on the auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories to you Srila gurudeva!
Kindly accept the offering of this fallen soul.
Srila gurudeva, because of your purity and quality of being a sincere and ideal follower of Srila Prabhu-
pada, Sri Sri Radha-Krishna and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, You are very dear to your god-brothers and all the
Vaishnavas.
You have the quality of engaging each and everyone directly or indirectly, according to their quality in the
service of the Lord and His devotees.
I have no qualification to glorify you. These glorification are like a drop of water in the ocean.
Some of your qualities are:
1. You have spiritual solutions for all material problems which come in the life of the devotees.
2. You have the quality to fan any small spark of Krishna conscious desire in the heart of the
living entity.
3. You have the quality of curing the root of all problems along with the problem.
4. You have the quality of mastering the mind and senses.
5. You have the great quality of how to be fully dependant on Krishna for maintenance and
protection.
6. You have the great quality to give judgment on the basis of guru, sadhu and shastra. Like the
judgment on the authority of shastra, that the chanting of the holy names of the Lord is the only
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means to elevate one to the transcendental platform. And actually we can see it is effective in each
and every devotees’ life. You are a live example of it.
Srila gurudeva, you are an inspiration for so many suffering souls. Because of your mercy and blessings
we realize that God is everywhere, and because of you only I am surviving in Krishna consciousness.
You have so many wonderful devotees like Mohan Rupa prabhu, Sunder Gopal prabhu, Rukmini Krish-
na prabhu and Rishi Kumar prabhu, Amogh Lila prabhu, Gopeshwar prabhu, Kamal Lochan prabhu and
Guda Kesh prabhu who are an inspiration for many devotees. This is only because of you.
Srila gurudeva, you have fulfilled all the instructions of Srila Prabhupada. Actually, from my material
vision I can’t measure your contribution to the Iskcon society. Some of the contributions are-
1. Srila Prabhupada ordered you to construct one dozen temples in Delhi, but you have constructed
more than 12 temples in Delhi.
2. Srila Prabhupada wanted big people to be connected with Iskcon though Life Membership and
other programs, and gradually they should be cultivated. You have inspired so many influential
people from the politicians to businessmen.
3. Book distribution.
Srila gurudeva, I am not able to do my regular sadhana, so please bless me so that I can do so, and chant
attentively, and become a humble instrument in the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Your insignificant servant,
Sachinandan Prasad dasa
Dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri
guru and Gauranga!
On this auspicious occasion of your 74th Vyasa-puja, I am trying to glorify you although I am utterly un-
qualified for this. Guru maharaja, I beg for your mercy so that I can glorify your unlimited transcendental
quality with my limited capacity and words.
As we have heard from the senior Vaishnavas that you are an ocean of mercy, mercy personified, humility
personified and practically all the 26 qualities of Vaishnavas are you one hundred percent. I can also see
how mercifully you have accepted this fallen conditioned soul with no good quality as your formal disci-
ple.
Your humility and tolerance power is beyond our imagination as we have seen many times in your deal-
ings with other devotees and your disciples. You are tolerating the mistakes of your disciples worldwide
by forgiving them and always encouraging them to engage in the mission of Srila Prabhupada. This is the
most amazing quality which is beyond my imagination.
One senior devotee was telling me that in the year 1896 Srila Prabhupada appeared on this planet and that
was the same year in which Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura sent the copy of his spiritual literature to the dif-
ferent libraries of Canada. Similarly Srila Prabhupada had first printed the Back to Godhead magazine in
the year 1944, and that is the same year in which guru maharaja, you appeared on this planet. This shows
that you have been sent by the Lord to fulfill His desire of assisting your beloved spiritual master His
Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.
Guru maharaja you are an embodiment of all Vaishnava qualities, some of them I am listing here, which I
have seen with my mundane vision.
1. Caring nature -You always give personal attention and time even to junior devotees and make them
feel very safe under the shelter of your lotus feet
2. Extending Nature -Inspite of your bad health you extend yourself for expanding the movement of
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Srila Prabhupada
3. Always saving time and money -Always cautious not to waste even a single penny of Srila Prabhu-
pada or even 1 second. You are always engaged in devotional service
4. Taking anxiety and responsibility for expanding Srila Prabhupada’s mission worldwide
5. Very simple in your dealings and day to day life
6. Very strict to follow the morning program and sadhana
7. Always thinking about the disciples welfare
8. Renunciation reflects in each and every word and action
9. Always resolving all conflicts with a cool and calm head, very politely although you have many
important responsibilities on your shoulders.
10.Always cooperating with all the god-brothers, as Srila Prabhupada instructed “If you want to please
me- cooperate.”
11. Always seeing good in others and engaging them in devotional service very expertly.
There are many, but due to limitation of my words and other conditions I couldn’t list them here.
Guru maharaja this year for the 1st time in my personal meeting with you in the Kharghar temple you
mercifully allowed me to join as a full time devotee in temple next year in 2019, although I am totally
unqualified for this. Taking this as your 1st instruction to me in my heart, I am trying to settle my all ma-
terial responsibilities towards my material family members as far as possible till June 2019.I know it is
impossible for me, but I also know that this can be possible only by your causeless mercy upon this fallen
conditioned soul. I beg for your mercy so that I can follow your very 1st instruction to me by your mercy.
Guru maharaja being an ideal spiritual master, you know in and out of your disciples mind, but because I
am not an ideal disciple, I couldn’t know your heart, and am unable to follow your instructions which you
always give, to chant attentively, read Srila Prabhupada’s books regularly and preach the message of Lord
Caitanya. I am always failing in these most important subject matters. I beg for your mercy to improve
myself in this important sphere.
In one of the lectures of his holiness Gaura Govinda Swami maharaja which I was hearing recently, ma-
haraja was mentioning that when a sannyasi guru starts accepting disciples by giving initiation then the
guru is judged by the others according to the behavior of his disciples. On this most auspicious occasion I
beg and pray at the lotus feet of the whole guru parampara, Srila Prabhupada and yourself that I shouldn’t
behave in such a way that gives trouble and a bad name to Iskcon and yourself. I promise you that I will
always try my best to behave ideally, which will not discourage anyone in their devotional life.
Last but not the least, I beg for your mercy by which I can serve you as you want me to serve in your mis-
sion of pleasing Srila Prabhupada, till my last breath.
Your insignificant servant,
Sadhusanga Chaitanya dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Srila gurudeva ki jaya! Srila Prabhupada ki jaya! Please kindly accept my most humble
obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
I got another chance to write a Vyasa-puja offering this year, it is my good fortune. Srila gurudeva every
time I try to remember your divine qualities especially your unbelievable dedication and enthusiasm to-
wards spiritual life and strong attachment to your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada. It is really amazing!
You have strong and firm faith in the holy name and shastras, especially Srila Prabhupada books. Only
these two instructions are extremely powerful for attaining the perfection of human life. In almost every
lecture and talk, you emphasize more and more on these two things: 1) chant 16 rounds attentively and 2)
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regularly read Srila Prabhupada’s books like Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam.
I am trying to follow these things, but many times failed to continue. So, I am begging for more and more
of your mercy and blessings. Recently I faced too many disturbances in my personal life. I was totally out
of the association of devotees due to some family problem. Somehow I chanted my rounds in these couple
of months. Many times my consciousness was not good for spirituality. Repeatedly my consciousness is
going away from the right path due to my own anarthas. I am trying, trying and trying to avoid. But still
it goes on. Actually I am totally unfit for bhakti. I have nothing..... Only it is your causeless mercy and
blessings are allowing me to do only a little bit bhakti. I have a strong desire to become a good disciple not
only a so called initiated disciple. Please gurudeva, bless and give me sufficient strength to do something
for your pleasure and for the Supreme Lord. Somehow if I can please guru and Krishna then my life will
be meaningful, else it is totally useless.
Please guru maharaja, your glance and mercy is needed for this poor conditioned soul to make my spiritual
life healthy. Please give me another chance along with sufficient strength and spiritual power, and boost
me to cross over this ocean of the material world. Please accept this little offering this year guru maharaja.
Dandavat pranam guru maharaja!
Your insignificant servant,
Sahadeva Arjuna dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
To have darshan of guru means to get a completely new life, and new enlightenment. Brahmanda bh-
ramite kone bhagyavana jiva, guru-krsna prasade paya bhakti lata-bija. Out of millions of wandering
living entities one who is very fortunate has an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master
by the grace of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the spiritual master such person receives the
seed of the creeper of devotional service.
Thank you guru maharaja to have given us a wonderful opportunity to serve Krishna and His pure devo-
tees. Your merciful glance is always upon conditioned souls. Your dedication to Iskcon is always an inspi-
ration to me guru maharaja, you followed Srila Prabhupada as it is. You fulfilled his instructions like book
distribution and temple opening, and as you are aging, you are preaching vigorously. This inspires me a lot
guru maharaja, and your merciful glance is always on me. You ask about devotee care, and temple man-
agement. You are engaging devotees accordingly their nature. As a result Iskcon is growing worldwide,
and you are the main pillar of Iskcon. In my personal life I have learnt from you to have enthusiasm and
dedication, just as you are dedicated to Srila Prabhupada.
I beg for your mercy so that I can also follow you dedicatedly and perfect my life Thank you guru maha-
raja for engaging an insignificant servant in your service. I pray to the Lord so that I can get a chance birth
after birth to serve my guru maharaja.
Your insignificant servant,
Sandip Patil
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I beg to offer my humble obeisances unto your holy feet.
Being a bona fide representative of Srila Vyasadeva, you are entitled for Vyasa-puja every year.
Sri guru maharaja ji, you are the most faithful and confidential servitor of Lord Krishna.
Only by your causeless mercy and our Nitya tripta devi dasi mata ji’s blessings I could even attempt to
write this offerings to you.
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I get the opportunity to take your darshan in Pune Radha-Kunjabihari Mandir at the camp every year.
I get to associate with you through social media a lot, but I wish to serve you personally and get your
blessings for my family.
Only by your causeless mercy, the fire of material existence can be extinguished, and fallen souls like me
can take this path of devotion in the mission started by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ji.
Thousands of dandavats to guru maharaja ji.
I pray to Lord Krishna, that may you be blessed with a long life. May Lord give you good health every
moment of your life!
Your humble insignificant servant,
Sanjivani S. Gaikwad
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada, I feel myself immensely fortunate to have you as my guru maharaja. I don’t
know in which lifetime I have performed austerities to get this opportunity. I conclude it is only because
of your causeless mercy to be a recipient of your grace coming through the parampara. Your life is totally
dedicated to fulfill your guru’s instructions. Your love towards the Deities, your compassion towards the
conditioned souls, and your eagerness to serve the mission of Srila Prabhupada is amazing.
By your inspiration, during the last marathon we could distribute more than one lakh eighty thousand
maha big books. Guru maharaja, it is only because of you that I am still practicing Krishna consciousness
in the midst of maya jagat with my powerful senses. Your nectarean instructions are my driving force.
Thank you very much guru maharaja for keeping me in the best of association.
Please give me strength to fulfil your instructions. Please forgive my offences at your lotus feet.
Your insignificant servant,
Sarvalakshana dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
I am so fearful to even beg you to accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet as I know that I am
totally unworthy to get your mercy and blessings.
Even though I got such a valuable gift of Krishna consciousness under Iskcon society, and your shelter
which is incomparable to anything in this material world, I am still unable to follow the principles prop-
erly. Although, I am physically staying in devotee’s association, my mind and senses are always running
after sense pleasures. I don’t know what will be my fate. Practically everyday, I take a resolution to chant
Hare Krishna attentively and not break any regulative principles, not offend any devotees but I always fall
prey to these.
Sometimes, I become totally hopeless that I am unworthy to practice Krishna consciousness and I will
only give a bad name to the society, but your words of wisdom again gives me inspiration to continue and
endeavor. But, again I feel like I am cheating myself, devotees, guru and Krishna. Although, last year I had
taken your blessings to take brahmacharya training at Pune for one year and see if it is working out for
me, but due to my fall down again and again, I feared that in future also, I may not do the same in the pure
brahmacharya ashram. Of course, ideal grhastha ashram is also very regulated under guru’s guidance,
I am aspiring to get your kripa to able to follow all the principles of Krishna consciousness and practice
sincerely under your guidance.
I am feeling ashamed to show my face to you, but don’t know how I am getting engaged in sinful activities
by the invitation of my mind and senses. I don’t if it is the right forum to express my pain, but there will
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be no more a safe place in this entire planet other than the guru’s lotus feet.
So, understanding my fallen situation please guide me and bless me so that I can do - “nija jivan sarthaka
kari paropakar”. After writing this I am feeling that how selfish I am, only asking for myself without glo-
rifying your transcendental qualities and glories. But, I know one thing that a real guru never leaves his
disciple and always try to get him back to the right path. Although, I want to continue in the right path, my
turbulent mind and senses are blocking me which can be removed only by your causeless mercy. Awaiting
your mercy to come soon in my life.
Your unworthy insignificant servant,
Sesa Narasimha dasa
Rourkela, Remuna Voice
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to you!
On this auspicious occasion of your divine appearance, I would like to express my gratitude for granting
me shelter at your lotus feet although I am not qualified for it. I never thought I would ever come to a stage
where I can practice devotional service in such bona fide sampradaya. Only cause for this, I see, is your
causeless mercy which has come to me through your sincere representatives.
Guru maharaja, because of your mercy only, I am able to practice the highest perfection of life. Maharaja
you have unlimited qualities which inspire me a lot. You are using these qualities fully in the service of
Krishna. You are following the instructions of Srila Prabhupada as it is. Srila Prabhupada once told you,
that you should touch the brick of each and every Iskcon temple, and from that day you are working so
hard for temple construction. Under your guidance many huge projects are running nicely. Your mood is
always tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ I saw personal-
ly, that even though you have so many engagements, and because of that you sleep late night, yet I always
see you in front of Sri Sri Radha-Vrindavanchandra doing the worship at 4.30 am. This shows your sur-
render towards Srila Prabhupada and Sri Krishna.
Guru maharaja, I know that you had gone through two heart operations and bypass surgery, then also
whenever you come in front of the Deities, you immediately bow down. I can’t imagine, how painful it is
for you. Maharaja, because of your great contribution to the Krishna consciousness movement, it is flour-
ishing like anything. During book distribution marathon you try to visit each and every temple and inspire
the devotees for book distribution. The result of it is that, devotees are able to distribute a huge number of
book for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. This is the reason, so much preaching is happening
in India and so many people are getting connected to Iskcon directly or indirectly. The fame of Iskcon and
Srila Prabhupada is increasing day by day gurudeva! kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro’ ei dāse tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna. O
guru maharaja, thank you very much for your mercy. Although I am not at all qualified for that. Thank you
for the wonderful association of devotees which you have given me. Please bless me to develop a taste for
chanting the holy name of the Lord. Please give me a taste for reading and studying Srila Prabhupada’s
books. And lastly, please forgive me for all my offenses, committed knowingly or unknowingly at your
lotus feet.
Your aspiring insignificant servant,
Shubham
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
I have been saved by your mercy, from this world of ignorance. You have given me the shelter of Srila
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Prabhupada which is the only hope for a living entity in this age. I was just rotting in this material world
without any hope, but you saved me by sending your sincere servants. Your service to Srila Prabhupada
is incredible, incomparable, and uninterrupted. Seeing your dedication and enthusiasm to serve him my
heart fills with bliss and I am simply attracted to your lotus feet. You take so much pain and extend your-
self and are sacrificing everything to maintain and expand the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Whenever I hear your lectures my attraction to Srila Prabhupada books, affection for Srila Prabhupada
and faith in the process given by him increases more and more. Whenever I think about myself, I feel that
certainly I had no qualification to get such a thing in my life. Certainly, it is your causeless mercy that I am
able to stay in the association of devotees and am practicing nicely and relishing every single day. I beg
you that I may always be able to stay with the devotees and never commit any offence to them.
Last year I completed my graduation from IIT Roorkee and came to Pune for a job. I tried to preach here
but could do only a little bit. I beg you for purity so that I can effectively present Srila Prabhupada’s teach-
ings, so that people’s hearts can be attracted to bhakti. I want to follow your instructions very strictly, but
due to passion and ignorance my heart is contaminated and not able to do so. I beg you to kindly empower
this fallen soul so that one day I will be able to do that.
I am planning to join the ashram soon in Bahadurgarh temple. I beg at your lotus feet that I may be able to
stay in the ashram throughout my life and always serve the devotees and never offend them.
I beg the Lord to maintain your good health.
Servant of your servants,
Subhanga Damodar dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most fallen obeisances at your divine lotus feet, which are giving shelter to unlimited
conditioned souls
Dear guru maharaja, you are always very conscious of Krsna, His devotees, His energy and anything and
everything related to Krsna. You always use Krsna’s energy very carefully so that everything can be uti-
lised properly in the service of the Lord.
Guru maharaja, you are 24 hours engaged in Krishna’s service. Although you are heavily engaged, still
you manage to give time to devotees and ask about for their well-being.
Guru maharaja, your commitment to distribute Šrila Prabhupada’s books to every corner of the world is
amazing. Each year you always encourage us so much, that book distribution is reaching new heights year
by year.
Guru maharaja, because of your efforts, the fruits of Krsna consciousness are now also seen in the most
hostile countries like Russia. By your desire Srila Prabhupada’s books are now being distributed in great
number each year in Russia. You are preaching by your own example.
On this auspicious day, this foolish servant of yours would like to beg you for your causeless mercy so that
I may be able to help to expand your sankirtana movement. I also pray that I may be eternally engaged in
your service.
Your foolish servant,
Subuddhi Raya dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this most auspicious festive occasion of your 74th Vyasa-puja mahotsava we beg to offer our prostrated
obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
We feel totally unqualified and unworthy to glorify your oceanic transcendental qualities. Today is a very
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auspicious day, because on this day your Holiness appeared on the face of the globe to deliver conditioned
souls like us.
In Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.43 verse, just as Sri Prahlad Maharaja is concerned about the materialistic per-
sons, similarly best of the great personalities Srila gurudeva, you are not at all afraid of material existence.
Wherever you stay you are fully absorbed in thoughts of the Lords glories and activities. Your concern is
only for delivering the fools who are making elaborate plans for material happiness and maintaining their
families, societies and countries. You are simply concerned with love for them.
Srila Gurudeva you are very dear to the Lord. He personally speaks about the qualities of pure devotee in
B.g. 12.13-14, which befits you as it is
adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ, maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ, sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī
santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogi, yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir, yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ
You are not envious of anyone and you are a kind friend to all living entities, you do not think yourself as
a proprietor, you give all credit to Srila Prabhupada and you are free from false ego. You are equal in both
happiness and distress. You are tolerant, always satisfied, self-controlled, and engaged in devotional ser-
vice with determination. Your mind and intelligence is fixed on fulfilling the desires of Srila Prabhupada
and Lord.
Srila gurudeva, it is very touching to see your personal dealings with so many disciples and devotees
whom you remember in spite of having a very hectic schedule. Your tireless travel across the globe for
serving the mission of your beloved gurudeva Srila Prabhupada, is a testament of serving on a platform of
genuine love and devotion, defying all physical limitations.
On this auspicious day, we beg that we may develop sincerity for following your instructions and princi-
ples of sadhana-bhakti. We pray at the lotus feet of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Vrindavana-chandra,
Sri Sri Jagannatha-Baladeva and Srimati Subhadra, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai to shower you with good health to
assist Srila Prabhupada in delivering many conditioned souls. May we become good instruments in your
hands and contribute some service to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya’s sankirtana movement.
Your insignificant disciples,
Subuddhi Raya dasa and Manjiri Sevini devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet millions of times. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to you and Gauranga! Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/ Hare Rama
Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.
My life will be successful simply by getting a connection with your divine lotus feet.
While reading S.B. 4.30.37 I remembered your activities. “Dear Lord, Your personal associates, devotees,
wander all over the world to purify even the holy places of pilgrimage. Is not such an activity pleasing to
those who are actually afraid of material existence?”
You are tirelessly travelling all over the world in this old age for pleasing Srila Prabhupada and to maintain
the Krishna consciousness of common people like me.
Iskcon is the only organization which is preaching Krishna consciousness tirelessly in the entire world,
only because pure devotees like you are the root of this inspiration.
We visited Iskcon Rohini and Dwaraka in Delhi. All these temples are your offerings to Srila Prabhupada.
Your hard work to please your spiritual master is amazing.
Please give me one boon in my life, to always keep me at your lotus feet, because I am an insignificant and
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useless conditioned soul, and I cannot sustain without the protection of your lotus feet.
Currently by your causeless mercy alone I am engaged in Burla, Odisha and Wagholi, Pune and realizing
how difficult it is to make one person even to practice Krishna consciousness. Now I understand that to
preach gallons of blood is required. You have a lot of mercy from Srila Prabhupada, so please give me one
drop of that mercy so that we can offer some result at your lotus feet.
Iskcon is Srila Prabhupada’s body and it is your life. This year we got the opportunity to associate with
two great personalities who are your mercy personified. They are the two maharajas, his holiness Prab-
hodananda Saraswati maharaja and his holiness Bhakti Ashray Vaishnava maharaja.
Please bless me to follow their instructions and serve them sincerely for your pleasure.
Your servant,
Suddha citta dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this most auspicious day of your divine appearance within this world, please allow us to offer our re-
spectful obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet again and again.
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada, although we are unqualified, out of your unlimited kindness you have accepted
us as your disciples and you are guiding us towards the perfection of life- Krishna consciousness.
Your appearance in this world is most significant. You are the torch of light in the dense darkness of Ka-
li-yuga. Persons like us who have lost their vision due to the darkness of ignorance of this age of Kali shall
get light by your divine guidance.
We thank you from the core of our heart and pray that we may always remember your lotus feet and re-
main surrendered to your divine instructions.
Your servant,
Sunita Satayanarayan Agarwal
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri guru & Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I am really grateful for getting your mercy through your disciples, who are constantly guiding me in my
spiritual life. After spending some years in Krishna consciousness, by your mercy, I am able to see the
horrible nature of the material world. In the material world there is no shelter other than Krishna. But to
take the shelter of Krishna is very difficult. But through his devotee it is very easy. Because pure devotees
are all compassionate to the fallen conditioned souls like me. They take the rotten souls from the gutter of
material life and give them a taste of nectar in spiritual life.
As described by the acharyas, the spiritual master is showering mercy upon the living entity like a huge
amount of rain pouring on the forest of material existence to wipe out the blazing fire of misery.
In this old age you have taken full responsibility of Iskcon as a GBC member following the order of Srila
Prabhupada. I have heard from others that whatever things Srila Prabhupada gave you, till now you have
kept safely. This shows how much love you have for Srila Prabhupada. You have full faith in the holy
name and in Srila Prabhupada’s purports. Whenever anyone asks for a solution to any of their problems,
the one and only answer that you give is to chant 16 rounds attentively and read Srila Prabhupada’s book. ”
You are never tired of doing service from morning to night. Again the next day you are doing Deity wor-
ship on the altar. You are taking care of your disciples, by guiding them in their spiritual life as parents
take care of their children. A lot of loving reciprocation, I have heard from your disciples, who are serving
you personally.
Please pray at the lotus feet of Lord Krishna in whichever way He wants to mould my life let it be. I am
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praying for your long life to deliver more souls from the material world.
Your aspiring servant,
Suryakanta
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to Sri
guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
You are an ocean of mercy. Although I do not have any qualification still by your causeless mercy and my
great fortune, I am making an attempt to glorify you on this most auspicious occasion of your appearance.
“Service attitude doesn’t get reduced in old age”. In fact it increases even though the body grows old. This
is evident from the life of Uddhava, many acharyas and guru maharaja also. Even though guru maharaja
cannot lift heavy objects with his hand, still we find him worshipping the Deities with all the paraphernalia
during mangala-arati. Such is the attachment of guru maharaja for the Deities.
Guru maharaja has a very hectic schedule. Even though he gets very tired, he never disappoints anyone
by not giving his time to solve their problems. If devotees request him to take day rest, he strictly denies.
Once devotees decided not to wake him up from day rest for around 2 hours, as his health was down.
When guru maharaja woke up, he chastised them saying “For two hours I was in Maya!” Through his
personal example, he shows how high spirited we must be in devotional service. Devotional service is not
dependent on our age but on our consciousness. As one advances in Krishna consciousness, his attachment
to devotional service increases.
The dealings of guru maharaja with his devotees is very sweet, personal and humorous. Devotees feel
instantly connected to him just by his smile.
Srila Prabhupada said “I’m alive in my books. When I see the sales of my books going up, I feel more en-
livened and high spirited.” Guru maharaja has extracted this essence and has focused on book distribution.
He never lets any book distributor to massage his feet because he treats them as directly serving the in-
structions of Srila Prabhupada. He loves them and values them a lot. He gently rubs them over their head,
being pleased with their book distribution seva. Guru maharaja also gives lot of importance to preaching,
and book distribution is one of the strong ways of preaching. Hence we can please guru maharaja by dis-
tributing more books.
He has extreme compassion for living entities. Once his vehicle stopped on the road. As he came out he
saw some ants on the road. He chanted 1 round for the ants. If one has so much compassion for the ants
then how much compassionate and benevolent he would be for fallen souls like me.
Once a man slapped guru maharaja and blood oozed out from his ears. Yet he stayed and didn’t retaliate.
When Srila Prabhupada heard of this incident he praised maharaja for his tolerance.
Srila Prabhupada would also appreciate him for his detachment from wealth opulence and comforts.
Though a grhastha and Managing Director of Coca Cola company in the initial days, he would offer his
entire salary at the lotus feet of guru maharaja. His wife would borrow money from Srila Prabhupada to
buy grocery items. Srila Prabhupada once appreciated him in front of all “He is a real sannyasi”.
Guru maharaja’s tolerance, patience, sincerity in devotional service, compassion for all the living entities
and strong attitude of surrender to Srila Prabhupada has given Iskcon a great boost. Guru maharaja tire-
lessly solves various management related problems of various temples across the world. In spite of great
success, he doesn’t have even a tinge of pride. Situated in his position as a servant of Srila Prabhupada,
Guru maharaja takes a very humble stance in all situations. It is very difficult for an internationally fa-
mous personality to not retain humility. Thus by his personal example, he inspires us to stay humble in all
instances of life.
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I am very grateful that Krsna has chosen him for delivering such a fallen soul like me. I’m deeply en-
grossed in the material conceptions of life, constantly getting whipped by 6 anarthas. May guru maharaja
accept me as one of his insignificant servants and bestow his mercy so that I might get fixed up in devo-
tional service.
Srila Narottama dasa Thakura says that one should not have any other desire except serving the lotus feet
of his spiritual master and following his instructions. However I have a lot of false ego and pride in my
heart that prevents me from becoming a sold out servant of guru maharaja. However, I do realise the im-
portance of aligning the self with the dreams, desires and instructions of ones’ spiritual master. Only by
pleasing one’s’ spiritual master, can one get all auspiciousness in life and attract the mercy of the acharyas,
Srimati Radharani and Krishna. Without pleasing guru maharaja, one would end nowhere.
yasya prasadad bhagavat prasado
yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto’pi
Though I am aware of this concept, I’m too weak to implement it, weakened due to my personal goals,
ambitions, material desires and lust. On this Vyasa-puja, I pray to guru maharaja to give me strength to be
able to serve him wholeheartedly and please him. May he cast his merciful glance on this rascal and be
merciful so that I can practice devotional service sincerely without committing offences to Lord and his
devotees.
Dear guru maharaja, your glories are unlimited like Krishna but because of conditioning of this and past
lives, I am not able to glorify you. Please forgive your foolish child for not following your instructions
properly and offences made at your lotus feet. I pray to remain a dust particle at your lotus feet.
Begging for your causeless mercy,
Your aspiring servant,
Trideva dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
titiksavah karunikah, suhrdah sarva-dehinam
ajata-satravah santah, sadhavah sadhu-bhusanah
The symptoms of a sadhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no en-
emies. He is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime. (S.B. 3.25. 21)
mukam karoti vachalam, pangum langhayate girim
yat-kripa tam aham vande, sri-gurum dina-taranam
“I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy
turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains. “
dhyana moolam guru murti, puja moolam gurur padam,
mantra moolam gurur vakyam, moksha moolam guru kripa
Guru Gita - Skanda Purana Dialogue between Shiva and Uma (Shakti): “The guru’s form is the best to
meditate upon; the guru’s feet are the best for worship; the guru’s word is the mantra; the guru’s grace is
the root of liberation.”
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you
on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja!
Dear guru maharaja, you are a specially empowered devotee of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. It is both
amazing and difficult to understand, how with material aging, your eagerness and enthusiasm to serve and
preach Krishna’s mission keeps on increasing. There are unfathomable qualities that you display which
are inconceivable, to an insignificant disciple like me. However, some qualities which I admire and wish
to inculcate are
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1. Your steadiness in executing the morning program. Please accept the most humble obeisances of your most fallen child at your divine lotus feet. All glories to
2. Your steadiness and love for Deity worship. Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
3. Your meticulous manner of handling material issues without impacting sadhana. You are most compassionate and most merciful because you have given shelter to a fallen soul like me.
4. Your ability to inspire devotees. Although I do not have any qualification, still by your causeless mercy and my great fortune, I am making
Dear guru maharaja, it is only due to your kind mercy and love that I am still able to perform some Krish- an attempt to glorify you on this most auspicious occasion of your appearance.
na conscious activities. It was by your inspiration that we started the Book distribution service few years I have seen the people who have aged more than sixty. Mostly they are bedridden or they go to farm house
back, and hopefully you will be pleased to know that our satsang group has been able to distribute more or village to live relaxed life. But even at the age 74 and unsound health, you are traveling continuously
than 8000 maha big books this year. Also, by your mercy we have 3 different preaching programs going and inspiring millions of people. Seeing this inspires me a lot. It indicates the symptoms of a transcenden-
on every week in Wanowari, Viman Nagar and Shirur in Pune Area. tal body of a great nitya-siddha devotee.
Guru maharaja, as per your instructions and mercy we are trying to take shelter of Srila Prabhupada’s Your attachment to your Deities and Saligram silas, your faith, seriousness, eagerness to worship and
books especially Bhagavatam, to both motivate and overcome our challenges in devotional service. doing Their abhishek is touches my heart. Whenever I see you in the altar with your intense love for the
Dear guru maharaja, please bless me so that I can become a worthy disciple of yourself and overcome Lord I derive a lot of inspiration from that.
my shortcomings due to material attachments. Also, please bless me on this auspicious day that I develop Dear gurudeva, my heart melted when I heard about the pastime of your heart surgery. From that incident,
strength and eagerness to be in Krishna consciousness and serve devotees. you have shown us how to fully depend on the Lord and be completely detached. You are also the GBC
Your insignificant servant, of more than 44 temples, but you have written in your will that nothing belongs to me, the whole property
Ugra Narsimha dasa belongs to Iskcon and Srila Prabhupada, and that only my Deities are my property.
Your instructions are very simple. You always tell us not to miss the morning program, and you show it to
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, us by your own example. You always give importance to the basics of devotional life, like; reading Srila
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. Prabhupada’s books, attentive chanting and hearing. Because of past conditioning I am not able to follow
On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, we wish you a long life and the best of health in service them perfectly but like compassionate father you still accept us.
to Srila Prabhupada and our Supreme Lord Krsna. A conditioned soul like me, when I hear some pastimes of the Lord 2-3 times I become bored to hear it
again. But your divine grace, you relish the pastimes of the Lord with great love. This is the difference
Even though I have never met you personally, between a conditioned and liberated soul. Guru maharaja, whenever I hear your lecture, most of the time
But still all the atoms in my body bow down to you, you tell us about the pastime of Madhavendra Puri and Sakshi Gopal. Recently I heard the pastime which
When I close my eyes, happened thousands of years back, being repeated again by you. When you went to Remuna after the Puri
I can only see you as my guru, yatra, at that time Lord Himself stole the pot of kheer for you. This gave me a lot of faith on the Lord, His
In no world I’m worthy to be your disciple, pure devotee and their relationship.
But only by your mercy I can know Krsna and myself, Dear guru maharaja, you have oceanic qualities, like your humble dealings, tolerant nature and relation-
Only by looking at your picture, ship with all living entities. Everybody, not only your disciples but other guru’s disciples and other people
I feel energetic to chant, are all attracted to you. Because of these qualities you have strongly supported Iskcon at the time of crisis
By listening to your lectures, (after the departure Srila Prabhupada).
I feel inspired to practice devotional activities as sincerely as possible, ohe! vaiṣṇaba ṭhākura, doyāra sāgara,
And by reading your quotes, e dāse koruṇā kori›
I feel motivated to distribute books more and more, diyā pada-chāyā, śodho he āmāya,
I am blessed by Krishna, tomāra caraṇa dhori
That I am aspiring for a Guru like you, Dear guru maharaja, your glories are unlimited like Krishna, but because of my limited strength and sinful
And I wish to follow each and every instructions given by you, “as it is”. heart I am not able to glorify you. I am not worthy to write this offering, but out of your causeless mercy
Please forgive all my known and unknown mistakes, you have allowed me to write this for my purification. Gurudeva, please accept this small offering like a
Accept me as your servant, compassionate father at your divine lotus feet and please forgive your foolish child for not following your
And allow me to serve you and Krishna with grace. instructions properly and for the offences made at your lotus feet. I pray to remain a dust particle at your
lotus feet.
Your servant, Begging for your causeless mercy,
Unnati Chawda and Osheen Biwal Your insignificant servant,
Vishvakirti das
My dear Guru Maharaja,

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Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Today again at this auspicious moment of the Vyasa-puja of your holiness, I am begging for your blessings
to glorify your divine qualities. As it is said that without Krishna’s grace no one can glorify Him, similarly
without your and Krishna’s grace it is impossible to glorify a pure devotee.
By your kindness you award one and all the opportunity to meet you and get enriched with transcendental
experiences despite your busiest schedule in the service of the Lord. By seeing your unparalleled enthu-
siasm and compassion for the conditioned souls everyone is attracted and pulled towards the Lotus feet
of Lord Krishna. By seeing your service attitude even the hearts of the most adamant, disobedient and
rebellious souls melt away. From the core of your heart you always try to make everyone feel the urgency
of accepting Lord Krishna’s shelter and for that you are round the clock busy to preach all over the world.
You spread Lord Sri Caitanya’s mission all over the world by distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books, and
building temples is your heart and soul. You humbly invite everyone to take part in this Krishna conscious-
ness movement and become fortunate. Out of your compassion for the fallen souls you give us shelter by
accepting them as your disciples. You yourself set the example of an ideal disciple of Srila Prabhupada by
serving him in Lord Caitanya’s mission with utmost earnestness and eagerness.
By seeing your great divine Vaishnava qualities even peoples stone-like hearts melt. I find myself so
selfish, disobedient and foolish, that I don’t take your instructions seriously and am suffering in the lap
of maya. I found it difficult even to execute your basic instructions like chanting attentively, reading Srila
Prabhupada’s books and doing service for the Vaishnavas. I beg at your lotus feet to kindly bless this fallen
soul with determination and intelligence, so that I can follow your instructions seriously. Please give me
a drop of your compassion for the fallen souls, so that I can in some way assist you in preaching. Finding
myself helpless in this incompatible material world, I pray at your lotus feet to kindly give me strength and
intelligence to come out of maya’s clutches.

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Krsna se tomar krsna dite paro tomar sakati ache, shakti buddhi hina ami ati dina deho krsna nama dhane.
Your most insignificant servant,
Simha Caitanya dasa
LUDHIANA
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I am very grateful to you for engaging me in devotional services. Although I do not have any qualification,
yet you are showering your cloud of mercy due to which I am continuing my devotional practices other-
wise it is impossible to do bhakti in Kali-yuga. Please bless me so that I can fulfill your desires to expand
preaching in the whole Punjab and follow your instructions to do 16 rounds attentively without offences.
I pray to Their Lordships Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Maharani to give you good health so that
you can do more service to please Srila Prabhupada and also give directions to us how we can please you
and Srila Prabhupada. For offenses I committed unto your lotus feet, please forgive me. You are always an
inspirational source for me to render devotional services with commitment. I have seen you many times
come late in the night after preaching, yet you are always there in mangala-arati. Please be merciful on
me so that I can also develop such a mood.
Your insignificant servant,
Ashraya Giriraja dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you guru maharaja!
The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service.
The spiritual master is an ocean of mercy, the friend of the poor, and the lord and master of the devotees.
Dear maharaja, please be merciful unto me and give me the shade of your lotus feet.
Your tiny servant,
Rakesh
Hare Krishna my dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet.
Although I have no qualification to say anything about your glorifies because of being impure, still I am
trying to do it for my purification, as you are mercifully giving me a chance to purify myself by engaging
my senses, and thoughts, in the service of an exalted Vaishnava like you. I need your mercy so that I can
do it with genuine feelings for your pleasure. Please forgive me maharaja if I commit any offenses by
enumerating your divine activities with my material vision, as I am impure.
I feel very very fortunate to be under your divine instructions and care, even though I am a fallen soul.
I feel very inspired when I see you serving tirelessly, without wasting even a moment, in spite of your se-
verely bad health. You have to work so hard because you have accepted such foolish and lazy candidates
like me as your disciple, who does nothing to remove your anxiety and enjoys at the cost of your hard
work - Guru bhogi.
I have so many attachments like with my mother, and you perfectly know how to inspire a neophyte can-
didate like me. You always ask about my mother’s welfare. It is your genuine caring nature towards every
living entity too.
A pure Vaishnava like you never hurts anyone including a small insignificant creature like an ant.
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I felt very inspired and learnt how to deal, when you personally wished me on my birthday.
Each and every activity of yours gives lot of teaching and inspiration, so much so that, if I can follow the
message inherent in that, I will definitely achieve the highest result.
You have been tolerating this foolish disciple for many years.
On your very auspicious appearance day, I would only like to beg for your mercy, so that I may always
remain under your care and protection, and may try to serve as per your desire.
Your insignificant and foolish servant,
Sadhu Jivan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I feel very fortunate to write to you on the auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja. Though it is very difficult
to write in words. Six months back I first met you personally and heard you speak, when on the occasion
of Lord Jagannatha Rath-yatra, you arrived at Ludhiana. I still remember your empowered preaching that
touched my heart and as well as all other persons. I do hear your recorded lectures regularly. You are such
an expert preacher, guru maharaja. Your instructions are my inspiration. I am glad to have the association
of your disciples. Now I know the motive of my life to spread Krishna consciousness and go back to God-
head.
Guru maharaja, I have nothing else to offer you, other than my humble obeisances up to infinity. In fact,
I want to take much more grace from you, my spiritual master, because with your grace and mercy only I
can cross this material world. I am a budding devotee just like a newborn baby sparrow who can’t fly to
reach to its mother sparrow, but the mother sparrow has to come back to the baby sparrow to feed.
Guru ji, you always inspire your disciples to give all their energies to devotional service, so I humbly re-
quest you to accept me as your disciple and be at your service as initiation is the beginning of spiritual life.
Guru ji, please bless me with Krishna consciousness, the most essential need of a human being in this age
of Kali, so that I can spread it to other people and help them to be Krishna conscious.
Always look forward to your visit.
Your aspiring servant,
Seema Pruthi
PATIALA
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances on this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja. All glories to Sri Sri
Radha-Rasabihari ji! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Over and over again, I offer my obeisances unto your lotus feet, as you are my spiritual master and guide,
who helps me in my spiritual advancement.
By the benediction of a perfect spiritual master, one can achieve Lord Krishna. For the devotee a guru is
very essential. You are very kind to have accepted me as your servant, as you are giving me a great chance
to serve Lord Krishna. You are very merciful towards me. You are always concerned about my spiritual
advancement. You are one of the dearest disciples of Srila Prabhupada.
I am very happy to have found such a pure and perfect guru of my choice. I can develop my bhakti only
by your mercy.
I. always pray for your blessing upon me and my family.
Hare Krishna!
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Your most fallen servant,

Cakradhara simha dasa

ZIRAKPUR

Dear Guru Maharaja,

I have heard a lot about the guru having mercy on the disciple. But I had never experienced it. I came to
Iskcon 5 years ago. At that time, I didn’t know much about it. But when I started coming I liked it and
also came to know that our guru maharaja is so merciful. I met him during Ratha-yatra. He came to the
Chandigarh Ratha-yatra and was walking among the devotees. He met everyone with great warmth and
asked about their well-being. He had a smile on his face and I felt better after watching him. At that time
I decided that I would get initiated by him only. When the announcement was made at the temple regard-
ing initiation, I also gave the test. When I got initiated and met guru maharaja I felt like my life has got a
direction. I have stopped looking around. He showed me the path to reach Radharani. I am really thankful
to my guru maharaja who gave me, a person who stands nowhere, a place at his holy feet and brought a
sinner like me at the feet of God. Gurudeva, please provide me with a place at your holy feet always.
Your disciple,
Kanika Kriti devi dasi

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Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your 74th anniver-
sary appearance day. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Guru maharaja, you are an ocean of mercy towards all living entities.
Maharaja, your daily presence in the altar in mangala-arati for Deity worshiping is very inspiring for me.
Maharaja, you follow Srila Prabhupada as it is by spreading the Krishna consciousness movement all over
the world, by preaching to people of Russian, China, Japan, India and all parts of the world.
You always encourage and instruct me to preach Lord Caitanya’s Mission by Srila Prabhupada’s book
distribution and sankirtan, through your lectures and daily quotes.
I am trying to follow your instructions of daily chanting 16 rounds early in the morning and follow the four
regulative principles and daily read Srila Prabhupada books under the guidance of the authorities without
offences.
Please forgive my offences and bless me that I can serve you and the Vaishnavas properly.
I pray to Lord Narasimhadeva to protect you and may Lord Krishna give you a long and healthy life.
Yours insignificant servant,
Nitya Vidvan dasa

BHILWARA

Dear Guru Maharaja,

On this most auspicious day of the appearance day of your divine grace, I would like to offer my most
humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
yair īdṛśī bhagavato gatir ātma-vāda
ekāntato nigamibhiḥ pratipāditā naḥ

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tuṣyantv adabhra-karuṇāḥ sva-kṛtena nityaḿ
ko nāma tat pratikaroti vinoda-pātram
As this verse explains, what can we offer to great saintly personalities who are pure devotees of the Lord,
they can only be satisfied by their own compassion. And if one thinks one can repay their debts then he
becomes a laughing stock.
Therefore this is just a humble attempt from my side to glorify you my beloved spiritual master, for my
own purification.
This year I was reading ‘Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu’ and then I realised the value of the seed of a pure devo-
tional creeper. It is so rare to get this seed amongst so many of seeds of karma, jnana, mixed devotion etc.
And also rare to find a personality who is distributing this seed of pure devotion. On this day I consider
myself most fortunate to have got this rare seed of pure devotional service.
Also I read in Madhurya kadambini’ that Krsna has fully dedicated all His power to His pure unalloyed
devotees to transformer the hearts of conditioned souls and make them qualified to accept this rare seed.
Neither the Supreme Lord Himself nor His holy name can do this. Out of their compassion they never in-
terfere in the free will of conditioned souls, but pure devotees out of great compassion and understanding
the inner desire of the Lord travel around the whole world to distribute this seed of pure devotion and bring
conditioned souls back under the shelter of the Lord.
I remember last year your divine grace visited China to distribute this seed, although the political situa-
tion of China and physically your health was not supporting you. You keep travelling day in and day out
extensively, to various countries to distribute this seed to more and more people giving great pleasure to
the heart of Krishna.
As Srila Prabhupada used to say, the foremost duty of an acharya is that, he himself remains fully faith-
ful and connected to his spiritual master. And this quality is very grossly visible in you. Your dedication
and determination to print and distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books all over world is explicitly seen in the
results of book distribution in which Delhi Temples are always on top. You also extensively travel to all
temples to encourage them to distribute more and more books.
Under your divine guidance more than 14 temples are constructed (some under construction) in Delhi
alone. Also you are taking care of many other Temples around the world which even includes Mayapur,
Vrindavana and Juhu temples also. This shows how much responsibility you are carrying on your shoul-
ders to insure that Srila Prabhupada’s desires and all instructions to you can be fulfilled. You take all these
managerial pressures upon yourself so that new devotees and disciples can very easily take to Krishna
consciousness and get a blissful experience.
Although you remain so busy, still you find time to meet all of the devotees who come to meet you. And
most of your disciples, you know them personally. This is really a big privilege for all of us disciples, as
in this way all of us get some chance to serve you personally and to hear from you and observe your tran-
scendental qualities very closely.
As a perfect acharya, you follow whatever you preach. How can we your disciples forget, your daily
performing of mangala-arati regardless of your health constraints. It gives us great inspiration to be strict
and regular in morning programs.
Your attachment towards the Deities is also strong. All of our great previous acharyas had great attach-
ment to Deities and their worship. Similarly we see you regularly performing worship of your own Deities
everyday with great enthusiasm and love. While doing worship you regularly hear instructions of your
guru maharaja Srila Prabhupada either in the form of his lectures or his books.
As Srila Prabhupada mentions, pure devotees are in actual oneness with the Supreme Lord, as they both
are one in desire and they also share the same mission. Mission of the Lord is described in B.g. 4.7-8 yada
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yada hi dharmasya.
Similarly you have a mission -
A) Yada yada hi dharmasya glani -
You also appear from the spiritual world, whenever Krishna sends you here for preaching (a nitya sid-
dha), to distribute pure devotion.
B) Paritranaya sadhunam -
You protect pure devotees by building big temples and giving them shelter and facilities to practice
Krishna consciousness. By giving diksha to sincere seekers and by instructing them to engage in ser-
vice of Lord and Srila Prabhupada.
C) Vinasaya ca duskritam -
Through printing and distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books you destroy the ignorance within the
hearts of conditioned souls. By giving discourses on pure devotional subject matters, you vanquish all
the anarthas within the heart of a sadhaka.
D) Dharma sansthapanarthaya -
1. You establish the yuga dharma in the heart of your disciples by again and again stressing and focus-
sing on the power of the holy name, as the holy name is the only means of all deliverance.
No disciple can forget this intense instruction of yours - “we should chant our rounds very attentively,
root cause of all our problems is inattentive chanting and only solution of all problems is attentive
chanting.”
2. You by your own example have established the importance (dharma) of the morning program in the
heart of everyone who has seen you doing mangala-arati of the Lord without considering your fa-
tigue or unfavorable seasons or any other circumstances.
3. By your intense attachment towards Srila Prabhupada you have established the mood of a disciple
towards a spiritually master.
4. By executing all you services which Srila Prabhupada gave, with great enthusiasm and sincerity for
such a long time (almost 50 years) you have established the ideal service attitude of a disciple.
5. By your Vaishnava qualities, especially humility and tolerance, and with your dealings with god-broth-
ers and disciples you have definitely set an unparalleled standard of etiquette for all of us.
6. After Srila Prabhupada’s physical disappearance you have preserved this principle or dharma of
sankirtan means book distribution. And book distribution as one of the best ways of preaching.
E) Sambhavami yuge yuge -
1. As one of the meanings of yuga is time. It means whenever there is some mahotsava or great festival
in different temples or some problems or crisis you keep appearing there. To increase the enthusiasm
of devotees and to help and guide them with you spiritual vision.
2. In the form of your instructions you keep appearing in the hearts of sincere disciples to guide them on
the path of Krishna consciousness.
3. You endeavour and presence keeps appearing in the form of big temples all over the world.
4. During book marathon time- you appear in various temples to establish the dharma of Iskcon “books
are the basis”.
All glories to you Srila gurudeva! I am struggling in my practice of devotional service and in my endeav-
our to please you. I have no other hope other than your mercy.
Please bless me so that I can act as a humble instrument in your hands and serve the mission of Srila
Prabhupada. Also bless me to develop a taste for the holy name, as this is the way you will be pleased the
most. Please give me your blessings so that I can serve with love and cooperation along with other devo-
tees and avoid Vaishnava offences.
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I pray to Their Lordships for your better health and long life. Please accept my humble attempt in the form
of this offering to please you and all the Vaishnavas, and bless me so that I can always remember myself
as dust in your lotus feet.
Your insignificant servant,
Hari Bhakti dasa brahmacari
JAIPUR
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear guru maharaja I feel very fortunate to write on this auspicious day of your appearance. I feel very
blessed to be associated with Iskcon which indeed has changed my perception of understanding the real
purpose of life. It has all happened by your causeless mercy.
Guru maharaja, with the mercy of Lord Krishna you have saved the lives of millions of people by giving
them pure love of God, Krishna-prema, which indeed is the ultimate goal of all living entities. I pray to
dear Radharani and Krishna to give you good health so you keep on enlightening fallen souls.
Guru maharaja, with your mercy I would like to be initiated in upcoming years.
Nitai Gauranga ki jaya! Long live guru-maharaja! Long live Iskcon! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your servant,
Kuldeep Singh
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, thank you for accepting me as your disciple. Although unworthy to write, I am writing
an offering letter to you. Maharaja, you are the representative of Nityananda Prabhu and have taken the
responsibility of delivering us. As mentioned in C.c. “ Out of many millions of wandering living entities,
one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace
of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the
creeper of devotional service”
By the grace of Krishna I was able to associate with you and by your divine grace you accepted me as
your disciple. Maharaja in your spiritual association we feel protected like a child in the care of his par-
ents. This year in May when you came to Jaipur, then by your divine grace I was able to understand what
bhakti actually means. It means following what guru says and any other tapasya or sadhana which is not
approved by guru is not bhakti. Just by your behavior you explained this to me. Maharaja you have a very
special quality of appreciating even the smallest service rendered by a person and taking care of each and
every person.
You are an embodiment of mercy maharaja. You take so much pain for delivering fallen souls. You go
around the world for us, as Devakinandan prabhu said “You are a 73 year old young man”. Maharaja, you
are the perfect guide for every Iskcon devotee. You are Prabhupada’s man. You have accepted his word
and wish as a vow and are stuck towards completing them. This can be specially seen in the case of book
distribution. Maharaja you are very dear to every devotee. Your voice is like nectar which touches every
person’s heart and inspires each and every person to devote their lives to guru and Krishna. Maharaja ev-
eryone becomes enchanted by your qualities, and your wise personality. Only very fortunate persons are
able to get your association, and your mercy, and you are very dear to Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Maharaja, I don’t have any attraction towards guru and Krishna’s seva and I am always engaged in mate-
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rial bhoga. Please take care of me.
Your dasi,
Narayani Vishakha devi dasi
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Thank you so much for everything. I know very little about Krishna consciousness but I am very fortunate
that I know something. I need your mercy to get out of this problem which is running since the past 2
years. Please bless me and always keep at your lotus feet.
Your servant,
Ruchi Sawhney
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri-Sri Radha-Govindadeva ji. All
glories to Sri Sri Radha-Madhava!
Words fall short in expressing the gratitude we feel in the core of our hearts, for accepting fallen souls
like us, as your disciples. Maharaja, you are an ocean of mercy, reservoir of devotion, treasure of love,
epitome of Vaishnava etiquette, full of knowledge and bliss, and the ever well-wishing and caring friend
of all living beings. Maharaja ji, your life is a perfect example of pure devotional service, following in the
footsteps of your spiritual master and looking after Srila Prabhupada’s mission meticulously. Untiringly
you are travelling around the world and meeting and preaching to every single person right from a com-
mon man to the President of the country. You have brought so many devotees to the Lotus Feet of Srila
Prabhupada and Lord Krishna. Guru maharaja, only by your causeless mercy we are able to go on with
our spiritual advancement. Lord Krishna is so kind that He has given us such a merciful and perfect spiri-
tual master like you. In spite of our repeated mistakes and shortcomings you forgive us and grant us your
unlimited mercy, which is to be found only in a true Vaishnava. With your spiritual eyes you see through
each of your disciples and find out his level, and accordingly give service to him. You are a personification
of a bhagavat in every sense of the word. Maharaja we are indebted to you from the core of our hearts for
showering your unlimited mercy, on us fallen souls. We wish and pray to Krishna to serve your lotus feet
eternally, life after life. On this auspicious day I pray to Lord Krishna for your best health and long life.
Your most insignificant servants,
Shadbhuja dasa and Aarti Prema devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please let me pay my obeisances to your lotus feet and on this auspicious day of your appearance I want
to wish you good health. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to the Sri guru parampara! All
glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja! You carry out the mission
of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and attract us to serve this mission. In this age of Kali there is no other
chance to obtain the shelter of Krishna. You preach all over the world, by awakening the sleeping souls
from the spell of illusion. Let me be an honest and sincere servant of yours.
In your service,
Sunil Meghawal
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JODHPUR
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Dear guru maharaja, first of all I offer my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on the auspicious day of
your 74th appearance day on Annada Ekadashi. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and
Gauranga!
As Krsna stated in B.g 4.34: “Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from
him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you
because they have seen the truth”. Whenever I hear your lectures, I easily understand this knowledge and
feel inspired.
Guru maharaja, though you are a liberated soul, but just to teach and inspire us you follow all the standards
at a very high level. You just show by your aacharan, how a Vaishnava should act. As all the scriptures
state, that guru is not an ordinary person. He is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he is
the most confidential servitor of the Lord. S.B.11.17.27 also confirms this, “One should know the acharya
to be Myself and never disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him, thinking him an ordinary
man, for he is the representative of all the demigods.”
I am very weak in my sadhana due to material desires and attachments. I always find myself weak in fight-
ing with maya. But I have full faith that if I follow your instructions very strictly, all these problems will go
away. On this auspicious occasion I’m begging for your blessing to follow your instructions and forgive-
ness for my offences that I have committed many times at your lotus feet. Although I am not at all eligible,
but I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Govinda, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai for your better health and long life, so that we can
spread Lord Caitanya’s message more and more under your guidance, to please Srila Prabhupada.
Thank you again and again for the causeless mercy of your divine grace.
Always seeking the dust of your lotus feet.
Your insignificant servant,
Abhimanyu Arjun dasa
Hare Krishna! Respected Srila Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
We are very fortunate that we are celebrating your appearance day on the auspicious occasion of the An-
nada Ekadashi today. We all have received your blessings to advance on the spiritual path.
To cooperate with Lord Krishna because, to give Him enjoyment is the constitutional position of the soul.
Lord Krishna appears in the material world to annihilate the miscreants and protect His devotees. Internal-
ly Lord guides as Supersoul, and externally He guides through the spiritual master. You are cooperating
with the Lord by being the spiritual master, on receiving His instructions through the disciplic succession.
Such a bona fide spiritual master is qualitatively one with the Lord Krishna (SB 1.13.48 purport).
You are guiding everyone and the importance of practicing bhakti-yoga through your exemplary behavior.
You possess all the qualities of a pure devotee including honesty, humility, simplicity and sincerity. Thus
people take shelter at your lotus feet to get out of material entanglement.
For the deliverance of the conditioned souls, you are continuously engaged in preaching activities. You
are guiding the disciples all over the world to increase the preaching. You have sacrificed your personal
comforts for others’ welfare. You have accepted even unqualified disciples like me. You have immense
love for us. That’s why you are always ready to discuss and solve our problems. Being a pure devotee, you
show your magnanimous nature by not considering the offences committed by us unto you.
You have full faith in the holy name and scriptures. That’s why you always stress on attentive chanting and
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regular reading of Srila Prabhupada’s books.
You serve your personal Deities of Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Lord Narasimhadeva, Sri Sri Jagannatha Baladeva
and Subhadra, the Saligrama Silas and Srila Prabhupada daily with love and devotion.
You accept everyone and direct them on the path of spiritual advancement. You engage us in the service of
Vaishnavas and the Lord. By your causeless mercy, Sri Sri Radha-Govinda ji deities are installed here in
Jodhpur on the auspicious occasion of Gita Jayanti, last November. By serving the Deities we are feeling
very grateful to you and all the Vaishnavas who are guiding us to increase our service attitude and sincerity
to please the Lord. This is very purifying and is giving us the realization that devotional service is the real
engagement of the soul.
Your deep gratitude for Srila Prabhupada is visible in your actions. You are helping in completion of his
desire of printing and distributing his books all over the world in all languages. You teach your disciples to
be grateful to Vaishnavas and the Lord by your behavior. You feel grateful by heart even to your disciples
who help you in spreading this mission of Lord Caitanya. Last November you replied “Thank you prabhu
when I completed a service of your personal Deities allotted by Dashavatar prabhu ji in Jodhpur. These
words left a deep impression in my heart and forced me to practice gratitude towards you and everyone
helping me on the path of spiritual advancement.
Guru maharaja ji, I express my gratitude from the core of my heart to you today, for accepting such a fallen
soul like me to be delivered from this material entanglement. This is really the causeless mercy of His Ho-
liness Bhakti Ashraya Vaishnava Swami maharaja ji, Sundarlal prabhu ji, Jodhpur, and all the Vaishnavas,
that such a fallen conditioned soul of this Kali-yuga like me is getting your association.
Guru maharaja ji, I have received initiation from you on the path of bhakti-yoga. But knowingly or un-
knowingly I have committed many offences by disobeying your instructions due to a varying sincerity
level. Please pardon me for this. I request you to consider me in your shelter always, and give me the
strength to follow your instructions strictly. I request you to bless me so that my surrender and submission
unto you and the immediate authorities increase, I can always remain humble and tolerant in dealings with
everyone, I can chant attentively at least the prescribed minimum no. of rounds (16) daily, I can scrutiniz-
ingly read Srila Prabhupada’s books daily without fail and follow the four regulative principles strictly.
Guru maharaja ji, I want to serve you by being an instrument in the mission of spreading Krishna con-
sciousness. But I am a foolish and fallen conditioned soul. By your mercy only, can I get the strength,
intelligence and knowledge to understand and spread this mission in the real manner.
Your insignificant servant,
Adi Vira Mukunda dasa
Most respected and dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you
guru maharaja!
It is very difficult to glorify such an exalted Vaishnava like you. My words will appear like a lamp in front
of the sun, but I am feeling very glad to glorify my guru maharaja. A real guru means, one who follows
instructions as it is, and you are a personified example of this. A spiritual master is a captain, who can
deliver the ship of fallen souls from the midst of the ocean of birth and death. So guru maharaja, please
bestow your mercy upon me so that I can also develop unflinching faith in your words, in the holy name
and in Vaishnavas. In the present age of Kali it is difficult to practice bhakti, but by your mercy only a
disciple can follow this bhakti process. Maharaja, you are so determined in your daily sadhana. I saw this
practically in the Juhu temple, that whenever it is announced that you are coming, then it is not difficult
to take your darshan, because you will be there in altar of Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji for mangala-arati,
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Deity worship. Maharaja you are so kind and soft in nature, that after morning program when devotees
are eager to pay obeisances at your lotus feet or talk with you, you never ignore whether a devotee is a
neophyte or a senior. You always worry about how his chanting is going on, what kind of service we are
doing. This loving behavior attracts all the devotees. As a disciple it is important to follow the vow that
is taken at the time of initiation so guru maharaja please be merciful upon me so that throughout my life
I can follow those vows sincerely and become an instrument in the service of Vaishnavas at Sri Sri Rad-
ha-Govinda ji temple, Jodhpur.
Your worthless servant,
Amani Gauranga dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I offer my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on the auspicious day of your 74th appearance day on
Annada Ekadashi. Your glorification has no end, since you are the ‘as it is’ follower of Srila Prabhupada.
I have no authority to judge you, but as a spiritual master you strictly adhered to two qualifications of a
spiritual master i.e. shrotriyam and brahamanistam.in the early days of your spiritual life even when you
did not meet Srila Prabhupada you had a great service attitude. As I read from devotees’ articles that for
the first time you got a chance to clean Srila Prabhupada’s room even before his arrival in one of the tem-
ples in Canada, and till that time you had not yet met His Divine Grace. Whenever I hear your lectures I
feel a kind of compassion towards every living entity to make a connection with God. I heard that once
you were chanting and suddenly you started chanting loudly. Later on it was found that there were a lot
of small ants and you wanted that Hare Krishna maha-mantra should be heard by the ants. So this kind of
compassion towards every living entity including human being is very touching to me. Your commitment
towards daily morning programs and Srila Prabhupada’s book distribution is extraordinary. By your ef-
forts our Vedic literatures have reached every part of the world. Your unalloyed and extremely dedicated
efforts for preaching at this age of your life, motivates us to help in preaching and book distribution. You
inspire your disciples to preach and by these efforts guru maharaja, the idea of Srila Prabhupada’s brhad
mridanga concept has become true. Guru maharaja, I am trying to fulfill your instructions i.e. chant 16
rounds daily and daily book reading and avoiding the four pillars of sinful life.
Guru maharaja, please forgive me for any offence that I have done in ignorance. Please give me a little
drop of your mercy so that I can contribute to this movement and chant attentively.
Hare Krishna.
Your eternal servant,
Gajendra Nath Hari dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I am very grateful to you my spiritual master for having initiated me.
You are the eternal servant of Lord Krishna. You are fulfilling the desire of Srila Prabhupada.
You came here for saving the conditioned souls.
You are very merciful. You are very active in the service of Krishna.
You always focus on book distribution, food for life programs, and reading Bhagavad-gita and Sri-
mad-Bhagavatam.
You are propagating the Hare Krishna movement, thus your all deeds are for the satisfaction of Krishna.
In spite of health issues, you are always engaged in the service of Sri guru and Gauranga. Recently you
inaugurated the Sri Sri Giridhari-Dauji Mandir, Jaipur.
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After being initiated I am feeling well.
Please forgive me for my offences. I have not glorified your service attitude in a proper way. Please be
merciful to me! Please be merciful to me! Please be merciful to me!
Hare Krishna guru maharaja!
Your servant,
Gaura Advaita dasa
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada,
Please accept my humble pranams unto your lotus feet.
I am not capable of describing your wonderful qualities and making any notes about your merciful appear-
ance. However by the mercy of devotees I can understand that, the shelter of your lotus feet is the only
value-of-life for me, because I am merged in ignorance and bereft of all good qualities.
I have only one desire in the hope for your mercy, that my attraction for Krishna always increases and I
become attached to serve Krishna and His devotees.
Please accept me as a servant of the servant of your servant.
Your own,
Hadaipran dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri
guru and Gauranga!
I was born in the darkest of ignorance, and you opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. Dear guru
maharaja, first of all I offer my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on the auspicious day of your 74th
appearance on Annada Ekadashi.
As stated by Lord Krishna in the S.B. 11.17.27 (äcäryam mäm vijäniyän) “One should know the ächärya
as Myself” and in the Siksastakam prayers it is stated, “by the mercy of the spiritual master one gets the
mercy of the Lord.” Dear gurudeva, by your unconditional mercy so many conditioned souls like me are
receiving and benefitting from this great movement of Lord Caitanya.
Dear guru maharaja, you are teaching us different aspects of Krishna consciousness by your example.
As Prabhupada used to say “An acharya teaches by his own example”. In S.B. 11.17.27 Lord Krsna says
“One should know the ächärya as Myself”. In this way guru maharaja you are a bona fide and sincere
representative of Lord Caitanya. Guru maharaja, your commitment and surrender in following the instruc-
tions of Srila Prabhupada is also exemplary for us. Your enthusiasm and untiring efforts for spreading the
message of Lord Caitanya inspires me a lot.
By the blessings of so many Vaishnava’s around, I have been given a few services. But due to my condi-
tioning, many times I commit mistakes and offences. Please bestow your mercy upon me so that I can do
service in a proper mood, and follow your instructions strictly. Guru maharaja, please bless me so that I
can become steady in my devotion and please Vaishnavas with my service attitude.
Your aspiring servant,
Janardana Arjun dasa
Hare Krishna dear Srila Guru Maharaja ji,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
We know there is no way we can repay our debts to you. We know your mercy is unlimited, so I beg for
your mercy to keep trying to repay it, as it is just like showing a lamp to the sun.
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Guru maharaja, I am so fortunate that you have accepted this fallen soul. You have saved me from the
clutches of maya. It is by your mercy that I am getting guidance from His Holiness Bhakti Ashraya Vaish-
nava Swami Maharaja ji and Sundarlal prabhu ji.
Guru maharaja ji, your tireless service to Srila Prabhupada is my inspiration. Despite being so old your
service towards Srila Prabhupada is increasing more and more.
Your lectures are filled with your love and dedication towards Srila Prabhupada. You are fulfilling his
desire by printing and distributing books and building so many temples in India and in other countries.
You always say that the only remedy to all problems is attentive chanting, but I am so fallen that even this
simple instruction I cannot follow.
Guru maharaja, you have given us Lord Krishna, and also the opportunity to give Krishna to others. It is
by your mercy only that we are able to share. Please make me your instrument to spread the message of
Lord Caitanya. May my head always remain bowed at your lotus feet, and may my heart beat only for you.
Please forgive me for all the offences I commit at your lotus feet, as you are my only hope.
Your insignificant servant,
Kalindi Mohan dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my most humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to His
Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada!
I feel most fortunate for getting an opportunity to make a humble attempt to glorify my beloved spiritual
master. Although I do not have any qualification to glorify you but it will be your mercy by which an un-
qualified person like me can glorify you.
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude towards you for accepting me as your disciple. In C.c. Mad-
hya-lila 19.151 Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu while instructing Srila Rupa Goswami says:
brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
Really it is the mercy of you and Lord Krishna that I got the seed of bhakti lata. It is a miracle for me, a
person who does not have a single quality to acquire this. But it became possible just because of your in-
tense desire to provide Krishna-prema to every living being who is suffering in this material world, in the
ocean of miseries. Dear gurudeva, again it is only due to your mercy that I am trying to water the bhakti
lata seed, because by my own effort I am not able to do this. I can feel your mercy in your lotus words
which regularly instructs me to improve my condition. You always give instructions on sravanam, kirta-
nam, reading Bhagavad-gita and Bhagavatam daily, preaching and attentive chanting.
As Rupa Goswami says in ‘Nectar of Instruction’ text 1:
vāco vegaṁ manasaḥ krodha-vegaṁ
jihvā-vegam udaropastha-vegam
etān vegān yo viṣaheta dhīraḥ
sarvām apīmāṁ pṛthivīṁ sa śiṣyāt
“A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind’s demands, the actions of anger and the urges
of the tongue, belly and genitals is qualified to make disciples all over the world.”
Guru maharaja, you are an epitome who has all the six qualities describe in the verse. In this age of Ka-
li-yuga it is very difficult to find a person who can control these six types of vega. But it is your determina-
tion and dedication towards your spiritual master that you easily acquire these. The qualities which I have
mentioned are only a few drops of the ocean of qualities that you have. As we daily sing sākṣād-dharitve-
na samasta-śāstrair uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ. Yes, you are a merciful incarnation of Lord Krish-
na Himself. You are sākṣād hari, so there should not be any doubt about how you possess innumerable
qualities.
Dear guru maharaja, your enthusiasm towards Srila Prabhupada’s movement always inspires me. I see that
you are deeply engaged to fulfill the desires of your spiritual master. Really it is impossible to perform the
actions as you are doing to please your guru. So I beg you to have mercy upon me so that I can follow all
your instructions and please you. Please bless me so that I become determined in bhakti. Srila Bhagavat-
pada, I offer my humble obeisances again unto your kind lotus feet. Thank you very much for everything
in my life.
Your das-anu-dasa,
Mani Madhav Sakha dasa
My most respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my sincere and humble obeisances. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and
Sri Gauranga!
You are the saviour of humanity.
saḿsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-
trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanā ghanatvam
prāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇ avasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a
forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing
the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual
master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.
You are equal to Krishna and are the most confidential servant of the Supreme Lord as stated in Gurvas-
takam
sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair
uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ
kintuprabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
All shastras and saintly persons confirm your position equal to that of Krishna. The spiritual pastimes
performed by you increases the faith of your disciples in you. Your every activity is transcendental as
explained in purport of Gita 9.14 as “a mahatma is always engaged in chanting the glories of the Supreme
Lord Krsna, the Personality of Godhead. He has no other business. He is always engaged in the glorifica-
tion of the Lord.”
And without approaching and surrendering unto you there is no chance of getting even a tinge of Krish-
na-prema as stated in the last stanza of Gurv-astakam and Gita 4.34
tad viddhi praṇipātena, paripraśnena sevayā
upadekṣyanti te jnānaṁ, jnāninas tattva-darśinaḥ
The teachings given by you are non-different from what Srila Prabhupada has taught. You have completely
reflected the mood of your spiritual master. You are like that spiritual postman who delivers what he has
received as you always act as presenting the real genuine parampara. It is because of your fire that the
frozen cold hearts of souls like me started melting.
You always know the heart of your disciples. Before even they open their mouth, you reply to their
thoughts. You have the ability to see through a person, and one who tries to hide from you is a fool.
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are and singing it makes me very proud that I am connected with such a great personality.
As the number of disciples like me you are accepting, your health deteriorates, but you keep on doing it
because of your immense compassion for each and every soul. We are most fortunate that we are receiving
your blessings. You are so merciful that you have taken the responsibility to deliver us.
Earlier I used to think how lucky were those who associated with Krishna but now I can realize there is
no difference between them and us as we are connected and associated with you. Because as stated in the
Srimad-Bhagavatam 9.4.63, the Lord says:
ahaṁ bhakta-parādhīno, hi asvatantra iva dvija
sādhubhir grasta-hṛdayo, bhaktair bhakta-jana-priyaḥ
“The devotees are always in My heart, and I am always in the heart of the devotees. The devotee does
not know anything beyond Me, and I also cannot forget the devotee. There is a very intimate relationship
between Me and the pure devotees. Pure devotees in full knowledge are never out of spiritual touch, and
therefore they are very dear to Me.”
I am such a fallen soul so I ask for forgiveness for all my sins. I cannot keep up my determination. I pray
unto your lotus feet to pardon me with your blessings so that I can serve you with whatever I have. May
Krishna bless you with good health and a long life! I always want to please you and I hope to do so in the
future and make my life complete. Please also forgive me for my mistakes in this offering as I have no
knowledge or skill to glorify such a great personality.
Your real fallen insignificant servant,
Raghunatha Shyama dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your 74th Vyasa-puja
celebration. All glories to your lotus feet, which are and will continue to lead humanity in Kali-yuga on
the path back to Godhead.
Before offering this brief homage, I must admit that I feel totally unqualified to do so. Still for my purifi-
cation and for the transcendental pleasure of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Govinda ji, I will try my best
to glorify you.
Lord Krishna tells Uddhava in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.17.27)
äcäryam mäm vijäniyän, näva manyeta karhicit
namartya-buddhyä süyeta, sarva-deva-mayo guru
“One should know the äcärya as Myself and never disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him,
thinking him an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the demigods. Here Lord clearly explains
to Uddhava that how a brahmacäri should behave under the care of a spiritual master. A spiritual master
is not an enjoyer of facilities offered by his disciples. He is like a parent. Without the attentive service of
his parents, a child cannot grow to manhood; similarly, without the care of the spiritual master one cannot
rise to the plane of transcendental service.”
The ability to walk is born with a baby and within a couple of years the child develops it with practice.
Similarly, Krishna consciousness is eternally present within the conditioned soul but can only be realized
when guided by a true representative of Lord Krishna.
Guru maharaja, you are a real acharya, one who teaches by example. Anyone who sees you know at once
that he is seeing a pure devotee of the Lord. You are repeatedly reminding suffering humanity that Krish-
na is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You are bold in your preaching. You didn’t compromise your
guru’s instructions. You presented the Supreme Lord’s teachings “as it is”. This is your glory. The most
important science is to know how to get out of the clutches of material existence. Anyone who knows
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this science is the greatest person. You are one who knows this science. Pure devotees help the Supreme
Personality of Godhead in His mission, and such devotees appear by the will of the Lord. By your exam-
ple you are continuously showing your disciples that Preaching is the Essence. Even if someone has no
attraction to Krishna consciousness, somehow you engage him in the service of the Lord and make him
favourable to Krishna consciousness.
Also in “Journey of Self Discovery” Srila Prabhupada writes: “The spiritual master will never say, “I am
God - I can give you mercy.” No. That is not a spiritual master, that is a bogus pretender. The spiritual
master will say, “I am a servant of God; I have brought His mercy. Please take it and be satisfied.” This is
the spiritual master’s business. He is just like a mailman. When a mailman delivers you some large amount
of money, it is not his own money. The money is sent by someone else, but he honestly delivers it-”Sir,
here is your money. Take it.” So you become very much satisfied with him, although it is not his money
he is giving you. When you are in need and you get money from your father or someone else-brought by
the mailman-you feel very much satisfaction.
Similarly, we are all suffering in this blazing fire of material existence. But the spiritual master brings the
message from the Supreme Lord and delivers it to you, and if you kindly accept it, then you’ll be satisfied.
This is the business of the spiritual master, samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-tranaya karunya-ghanaghan-
atvam praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasya vande guroh sri-caranaravindam. Thus the spiritual master is
offered obeisances: “Sir, you have brought mercy from the Supreme Lord; therefore, we are much obliged
to you. You have come to deliver us, so we offer our respectful obeisances.” That is the meaning of this
verse: the first qualification of the spiritual master, or guru, is that he brings you the message to stop the
blazing fire in your heart. This is the test.
The second test is, mahaprabho kirtana-nrtya-gita- vaditra-madyan-manaso rasena. The second symp-
tom of the guru is that he is always engaged in chanting, glorifying Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu - that is his
business. Mahaprabhoh kirtana-nrtya-gita. The spiritual master is dancing and chanting the holy name of
the Lord, because that is the remedy for all calamities within this material world.
The third symptom of the guru is, sri-vigraharadhana-nitya-nana-srngara-tan-mandira-marjanadau yuk-
tasya bhaktams ca niyunjato pi vande guroh sri-caranaravindam. The spiritual master’s duty is to engage
the disciples in worshiping the Deity, sri-vigraha.
The fourth symptom is: catur-vidha-sri-bhagavat-prasada-svadv-anna-trptan hari-bhakta-sanghan krt-
vaivatrptimbhajatahsadaivavandegurohsri-caranaravindam. The spiritual master encourages distribution
of prasad (remnants of Krsna’s foodstuffs) to the public.
The fifth symptom is: sri-radhika-madhavayor apara-madhurya-lila-guna-rupa-namnam prati ksanas
vadana-lolupasya vande guroh sri-caranaravindam. The spiritual master is always thinking of the pas-
times of Krsna with His consort Srimati Radharani and the gopis. Sometimes he is thinking about Krish-
na’s pastimes with the cowherd boys. This means that he is always thinking of Krsna engaged in some
kind of pastime. Prati ksanas vadana-lolupasya. Prati-kshana means he is thinking that way twenty-four
hours a day.
The next symptom is: nikunja-yunorati-keli-siddhyai, ya yalibhir yuktir apeksaniya tatrati- daksyad ati-
vallabhasya vande guroh sri-caranaravindam A spiritual master’s ultimate goal is that he wants to be
transferred to the planet of Krsna, where he can associate with the gopis to help them serve Krsna. Some
spiritual masters are thinking of becoming assistants to the gopis, some are thinking of becoming assis-
tants to the cowherd boys, some are thinking of becoming assistants to Nanda and mother Yasoda, and
some are thinking of becoming God’s servants. Some are thinking of becoming flower trees, fruit trees,
calves, or cows in Vrindavana.
A true disciple never forgets any instruction of his spiritual master. Spiritual master’s instruction can be
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delayed but can’t be avoided. From your life we can easily notice how you follow the above principles.
One practical example of this is acquisition of Chippiwada Temple in Old Delhi. I found a beautiful ex-
cerpt regarding this on internet:-
“After establishing Iskcon, Srila Prabhupada visited this temple several times and later instructed his dis-
ciples to request to acquire the temple which he himself had initially tried, but backed out as the trustees
were not interested in it then.
But after nearly 4 decades, beginning early 2011 Iskcon’s Governing Body Commissioner Gopal Krishna
Goswami and a team lead by Raghava Pandit dasa began meeting and a negotiating with the trustees of
Chippiwada temple to donate it to Iskcon and after several months of discussions, the legal procedures
for the transfer of the temple was completed on 19th of August 2011, remarkably just 4 days prior to the
appearance day of Srila Prabhupada.
“Prabhupada told us that he got the inspiration to write and preach in Sri Sri Radha-Damodara temple, but
this [Chippiwada temple] is where he really began writing, especially Srimad-Bhagavatam” said Brah-
mananda dasa, one of the early disciples of Srila Prabhupada.”
(Above excerpt is taken from writing of Yudhisthira Govind prabhu ji, entitled “Iskcon acquires Chippi-
wada Temple” on Sept. 10, 2011.
Another instance I remember which reveals that you are staunch follower of teachings of Srila Prabhu-
pada. You never deviate from them. Once in East of Kailash Temple, New Delhi, just next day of your
Vyasa-puja celebration in 2016, you had to speak to a group of young devotees from Rajasthan, Rourkela,
and Bombay etc. I was also there in that group. I asked a question from you that if some devotee is not able
to attend morning program then he should not take morning prasadam (this quotation of Srila Prabhupada
I saw in Vrindavana in Krishna Hall) but if devotee finds it difficult then what should he do? What you
spoke surprised me? You told that one should try to follow the instructions of Srila Prabhupada. Instead of
giving me a short cut solution you told me as it is what he said.
When I see you worshipping Deities in the altar, as well as your personal Deities I get so much inspiration
and teaching that even after having so many responsibilities and a busy schedule, still when you come to
worship the Deities you do it with so much love, care and attention that it reminds me of verse no-3 of
the Gurv-astakam: sri-vigraharadhana-nitya-nana-srngara-tan-mandira-marjanadau yuktasya bhaktams
ca niyunjato pi vande guroh sri-caranaravindam. You are fully dedicated to Lord’s service and the same
thing you teach your disciples by your own example.
Also once I remembered when I was feeling very weak (actually right now also) in spiritual life I came
to meet you in Mayapur. Although you had a very busy schedule and I was feeling very guilty of being
irresponsible in spiritual life in terms of sadhana and seva, so I was hesitating to ask you your personal
time but I accumulated strength and asked you, and you gave me your valuable half an hour and listened
to me and suggested many practical solutions to my problems. I was amazed and feeling gratitude towards
you. You are such an exalted devotee yet due to your humility and service attitude, you were listening to
this fallen wretch.
Srila Prabhupada wrote at one place that whatever is done in India it is done by your holiness. You are in-
strumental in establishing many big big temples including Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi Temple in Delhi, Sri
Sri Radha-Rasabihari temple in Juhu, Mumbai. Your unparalleled service to Srila Prabhupada is “Books
Publication and their distribution” at a large scale. Even in your seventies you travel extensively all over
Iskcon centres to inspire devotees for book distribution. Your excellent way of dealing with government
officials had helped and is helping Iskcon in many legal issues. For example when “Bhagavad-gita As It
Is” was banned in Russia it is by the efforts of the devotees (and chiefly you) that that problem finally got
solved. These are few jewels from the treasure house of your service to Srila Prabhupada.
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I always try to remember and apply your most common but most powerful instruction regarding advance-
ment in spiritual life, that is, attentive chanting. I am trying my best every day to complete my rounds
by 7:00 a.m. in the morning. But I am still careless regarding reading of Srila Prabhupada books every
day without fail and developing a humble attitude. Last time you came to Jodhpur for Deity installation
program in November 2017. You gave various instructions to us which I wanted to follow to please you:
1. Out of service and sadhana, sadhana is more important because it lays down the foundation for
good service. But it doesn’t mean that you do only sadhana whole day but not service.
2. For brahmacaris, discipline is very important.
3. Morning Program is must and very important for a brahmacari.
4. After morning program and before evening program there must be 8 hours of service.
5. Punctuality and cleanliness is very important in deity service. Refer ‘Nectar of Devotion’ for of-
fences.
6. Have 6-7 hours of good night rest.
7. If you are free in the evening then go for Gaura-arati. If you have service, then no problem.
8. It’s better that grhastha should preach to grhastha.
9. More service means more mercy.
At last I beg forgiveness for all offences committed unto your lotus feet and I pray unto your divine lotus
feet to always keep me engaged in your service though I am unqualified. Even in future if I fall down
from my position please don’t neglect me because you are my true shelter. I will try my best to change my
attitude from guru bhogi to guru sevi. I pray to Lord Narasimhadeva for your good health and well-being.
Your unqualified servant,
Sankarshan Priya dasa
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada,
On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I would like to offer my most humble obeisances in the
dust of your lotus feet. I also want to beg your forgiveness for not having the ability to adequately glorify
your transcendental qualities.
Dear gurudeva, you can bestow the highest benediction to this fallen conditioned soul. Your glorification
is our foremost duty as described in the ‘Gurv-astkam’ prayer;
yasya prasädäd bhagavat-prasädo
yasyäprasädän na gatih kuto ‘pi
dhyäyan stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam
vande guroh sri-caranäravindam
“By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krsna. Without the grace of the
spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the
spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of
my spiritual master.”
Gurudeva! You are the mercy incarnation of Lord Hari. You are very dear to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead Lord Sri Krishna. Your compassion towards fallen conditioned souls is unlimited. One disciple
of yours asked you a question regarding offences towards your lotus feet, you replied – “Don’t worry
about offences towards me but be careful about other Vaishnavas.” This incident happened in Nathad-
wara yatra. You are very tolerant. I will never forget that day when I was massaging your shoulders and
by mistake dropped oil (almost half of the bottle) on your kurta. I was very much afraid and expecting
chastisement, but you said - “it’s not your mistake.” I didn’t see any anger on your face. You were very
peaceful. I am very fortunate to get such a great master. Your glories are spread all over the three worlds.
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Ebe jasa ghuchuk tribhuvan.
O gurudeva, you are very compassionate towards fallen conditioned souls. Therefore you are always trav-
elling around the world and preaching Krishna consciousness to dissipate the darkness of maya. You are
a true friend of all living entities. Please bless us so that we become instruments in your hands. You are
my master, use me in your mission. I am a great fool, please bless me so that I can serve you in a humble
mood.
Your insignificant servant,
Sundar Lal dasa
KARAULI
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Guru maharaja, you are the representative of Lord Nityananda, adi Balarama, and you are very dear to
Srila Prabhupada because you give your utmost concern to distribute Vedic literatures and your most am-
bitious preaching plan is to save conditioned souls.
You are very merciful because you accepted me as a disciple, otherwise I have no ability.
Guru maharaja, you are empowered by previous acharyas, Srila Prabhupada and Sri Sri Radha-Krishna,
So you are capable of doing everything.
Guru maharaja, my situation is extremely pitiable, my mind repeatedly desires the pleasure of this material
world, I have no power to fight against Maya. My senses are unruly and I am immersed in the deep dark-
ness of this world, please save me, save me, save me.
Guru maharaja, I request you to please give me a drop of nectar of devotion so that I can be stable in the
devotional service of the Supreme Lord, Sri Sri Radha-Krishna and serve your lotus feet.
Your conditioned and fallen disciple,
Vallabha Murari dasa
PILANI
Hare Krishna Your Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Since the last year I have become stronger in my conviction and have started realizing the statement of the
shastras which says padam padam yad vipadam, at every step there is a problem in this material world.
Even the gross materialistic people agree that whomever they talk to he or she is in misery. The material
world is designed by Krishna as a house of dukha. I have started developing a conviction in this fact, that
only by the service to the devotees and Krishna, I can be delivered. However, it is not because of qualifi-
cation nor because of my effort that I have got this realization. It is only because of your causeless mercy
maharaja that the truth of this material world and about my real identity is known to me.
Srila Prabhupada says that the time I am not serving Krishna, at that time I have fallen down from my
real constitutional position. Again because of your mercy and Srila Prabhupada’s tireless efforts, I am
getting an opportunity to be engaged in Krishna’s service through this international society for Krishna
consciousness. I am working on my occupational duty of teaching as a service to Krishna. When I prepare
for a teaching lecture, I consciously make efforts to do this as a service to you while delivering the lectures
as well. I want to be involved in your service for 24 hours, kindly bless me that I always remember my
constitutional position and act in that position to please you.
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Your servant,
Adhoksaja Gauranga dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Kali-yuga is a very very dangerous age. People like me are born in this age because our hankering for
modern gadgets, programming, internet etc. and our hypocrisy cannot be accommodated in any other age.
These things erode the essential inquiry that a human being should have from the very core leaving only an
animalistic consciousness in a human body. In such a dark age, pure devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
are the only true benefactors. They raise the consciousness of fallen people like me who are not capable
of following any mainstream Vedic purificatory process like tapasya, studying Vedas, sacrifices, charity,
celibacy etc. by the simple process of sravanam and kirtanam.
In previous ages, those who had a burning desire for self-realization would search out for a bona fide spir-
itual master and follow his every instruction with great care. In Kali-yuga, pure devotees of Lord Caitanya
are causelessly approaching sinful people like me and giving them a desire to search for the Absolute
Truth. They raise our consciousness so that we can learn the importance of submission and service. We
are fully made up of the mercy of such pure devotees. Without their mercy, we have no hope of escaping
hellish future lives.
Thanking you.
Your servant,
Amarendra Gaura dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Krishna lists humility (amanitvam) as the first aspect of transcendental knowledge in 12th Chapter of
Bhagavad-gita. We have seen you being glorified on your Vyasa-puja day, but still you remain unaffected
and equipoised by all those huge arrangements made just for you: samah shatrau ca mitre ca tatha mana-
pamanayoh. This kind of detachment and being equipoised is only possible when one is firmly situated in
transcendental knowledge.
Your actions are not under the modes of material nature but are directly carried out by the internal energy
of the Lord: No matter how tired you are or how late it got the previous day, you are always there in the
mangala-arati with full devotion, energy and enthusiasm. This is never possible materially.
Dear maharaja, you always carry a loving and genuine smile on your face. As a big leader in our move-
ment, you must have to deal with a lot of difficulties and challenges which one has to face for standing
against Maya and Kali, but amidst all that you are always happy and blissful. Anytime when the opportu-
nity comes, you spontaneously speak about the glories of Krishna and His devotees and following the path
of devotional service: This shows where your heart is.
You are actually internally renounced: Krishna says in the 5th chapter about a devotee who is deeply con-
nected with Him (yoga-yukta) is manasa sannyasat: he is internally renounced and hence always happy
and sense controlled (sukham vashi). It is so nice to see you as a live example of a pure devotee of the
Lord, whose qualities Krishna lists in so many places in His Bhagavad-gita.
Dear maharaja, please bless me that I am able to be absorbed in Krishna, His holy names, His devotees
and detach myself from maya.
Your servant,
Atul
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Respected Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
You have been serving Srila Prabhupada for about 5 decades now, facing troubles and inconveniences
from so many fronts especially in Kali-yuga. It is easy to give up when one faces so many troubles. But it
is your love for Srila Prabhupada that is driving you.
Another aspect, which is attractive in your personality, is that you keep your classes and lectures very
simple. You do not make it very flamboyant or overly complex. Krsna consciousness is very simple and
you present it in a simple way. Also on every Vyasa-puja in your message to your disciples, you patiently
repeat the emphasis on chanting good quality 16 rounds and studying Srila Prabhupada’s books daily. You
do not give up your endeavours to inspire us though we do not try sincerely. Srila Prabhupada has written
such wonderful, clear and compassionate purports keeping us in his mind addressing our mentalities very
lovingly. Thank you for emphasizing on studying these books daily. Also, you have put in a lot of efforts
by facing many troubles in getting Srila Prabhupada’s books published so that these books can be avail-
able to as many people as possible.
Whenever we meet you, you never make us feel that we are meeting a very big person though you are an
elevated personality with so many disciples, etc. This is your simplicity. A Vaishnava never makes others
feel that he is a big person just as karmis do.
Also another aspect of your personality which is inspiring is you do not assume yourself to be elevated
enough that you need not attend mangala-arati everyday. Though your health is not so good now and your
travel schedules are very tight, still you do not miss mangala-arati. This shows your humility. This is also
a lesson for me that I should not give any flimsy excuses to miss mangala-arati which Srila Prabhupada
has compassionately given us so nicely.
Thank you maharaja.
I beg your forgiveness for my offences committed to you.
I beg for your blessings so that I can become a simple Vaishnava.
Your servant,
Citta Hari dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my heartiest obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, we are very fortunate to come in touch with Srila Prabhupada’s movement. Without Krish-
na consciousness, life does not have any meaning or purpose. Anything we do without focus on cultivating
Krishna consciousness, is totally useless because it cannot give happiness and satisfaction. Ultimately,
each one of us is looking for peace, happiness and satisfaction in our lives. This is possible only when we
become Krishna conscious. By giving us an opportunity to become Krishna conscious, Srila Prabhupada
has given us the chance to become happy and satisfied.
Becoming Krishna conscious is not just a matter of practicing some externals like wearing dhoti - kurta
and putting Vaishnava tilak. It means remembering Krishna at all times, in all situations and circumstanc-
es. This is what Krishna also says in Bhagavad-gita:
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto, mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru
mām evaiṣyasi satyaṁ te, pratijāne priyo ’si me
“Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will
come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.”
We can remember Krishna at all times, by associating with elevated devotees of the Lord, chanting 16
rounds daily, hearing Krishna katha, worshipping Deities, studying Srila Prabhupada books and eating
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only Krishna prasad. On this auspicious day, please bless us so that we always remain in association of
devotees and are able to chant, hear, study Srila Prabhupada books on a daily basis and also contribute to
the preaching mission of Lord Caitanya in whatever way we can.
Thank you very much.
Happy to serve!
Dhananjaya Partha dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
One time we all devotees from Pilani were sitting in your room and one devotee, Dhananjaya Partha
prabhu, asked you a question that how to increase taste for reading Srila Prabhupada’s books? It is a very
important question for all of us as our life is supposed to be based on the teachings of Srila Prabhupada.
Guru maharaja, you very spontaneously and immediately replied, “By reading them!” I was not able to
understand the answer at that time and even until two years later ( till few days back), but since the past
few days, as I am reading Srila Prabhupada’s books and contemplating on that answer, Krsna is giving me
an understanding of it by your mercy.
Srila Prabhupada said that by licking the bottle of honey from outside, we can’t taste honey. This exam-
ple is relevant not just in our beginning days of Krsna consciousness. Every day we keep forgetting the
taste of reading Srila Prabhupada’s books, the taste of Vaishnava seva owing to the heavy effects of rajo
tamo guna in the environment. We have experienced that on slightly giving relaxation to our sadhana, our
consciousness degrades to abominable levels. Sages of Naimisharanya already predicted, “Kalim sattva
haram pumsam.” In this age, good qualities have no endurance. The environment itself is that it quickly
deteriorates all good qualities of everyone. The only way to avoid this degradation is to take shelter of
Srimad-Bhagavatam. Bhagavatam is compared to honey by sages of Naimisharanya, “…makrand liham
satam….” Therefore it is very important that we keep licking honey continuously. We keep reading the
books daily. By reading, we will get the taste to read. So instead of giving an elaborate answer to that
devotee (indeed an elaborate answer would have had a different nectar!), guru maharaja gave the crux, “
Go on reading Prabhupada books”. Someone would think, “That’s what I am asking, I don’t have taste,
how can I go on reading?” A similar question was asked by a devotee to Srila Prabhupada, “I don’t feel
like paying obeisances.” Prabhupada said,”Still pay obeisances!” If we go on paying obeisances, we will
develop a taste for it. We all have experienced this. This is the beauty of Krsna consciousness. Goal and
means are the same. Srila Rupa Goswami also gives this example in ‘Nectar of Instruction’. A patient suf-
fering from jaundice does not find rock candy sweet. But the cure for jaundice is to go on licking the rock
candy. I realize how much guru maharaja was in tune with the mood of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Rupa
Goswami to give that answer.
Every year on Vyasa-puja, guru maharaja asks us that how many of you read Srila Prabhupada’s books
daily? He even said that we can keep the books in our smartphones so that at least we may read daily
despite not being able to exclusively take out time. It shows how much guru maharaja is worried about
us. He is very concerned that we safeguard ourselves from the effects of Kali-yuga by taking shelter of
the Bhagavatam. We know one pastime from ‘Prabhupada Lilamrita’ that whenever maharaja, that time,
Gopala Krsna would come to see Srila Prabhupada, Prabhupada would ask, “Where is the book?” And
he would become angry if Gopala Krsna would not have a newly translated book in his hand. It shows
the strength of the relationship between Srila Prabhupada and guru maharaja. Prabhupada appreciated
the sincerity Gopala Krsna to Tamala Krsna maharaja that he would come to see Prabhupada only when
he had a newly translated book of Prabhupada in his hand. It requires much deeper love for the spiritual
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master to do this. That we are more concerned about fulfilling the interest of our spiritual master, rather
than going to the spiritual master to be in his physical association. Even after 40 years after the departure
of Srila Prabhupada, guru maharaja is going on serving Srila Prabhupada’s mission. This shows his deep
commitment to Srila Prabhupada.
On your Vyasa-puja, most respected guru maharaja, I seek your causeless blessings to be able to live my
life strictly based on Bhagavatam principles and never give up the commitment to serve Srila Prabhupada
and his instructions.
Your servant,
Gajendranatha Vishnu dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories unto you and Srila Prabhupada!
Maharaja it is my great fortune to be in your association in 2008 when you visited Pilani. Visit of a pure
devotee is not by accident. It is inspired by Krsna. One day while going on a morning walk, you mercifully
looked at me and chanted near my ears. This sound vibration deeply moved me. There is no one in this
world except Vaishnavas who can really wish for our welfare.
You are fearless. You left a very materially prosperous career and joined the movement of Srila Prabhupa-
da. You have worked tirelessly to publish Srila Prabhupada’s books in all languages of the world. You have
tremendous faith in his books. That’s why you strongly tell devotees to distribute books and you want all
of us to study Srila Prabhupada books seriously.
You have strong faith in the holy names. You always carry your bead bag. If there is no other work, you
are seen chanting with your bead bag. Whenever you meet us, you ask us to chant attentively. That is the
process to cure all our misgivings.
You are very punctual in worshipping your Deities. No matter what, you are there in the Deity room wor-
shipping the Deities during mangala-arati. pratima nai sakshat brajendra nandan. You see the Deities as
the Supreme Lord personally standing.
In the scriptures it is said,
samsara-davanala-lidha-loka
tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam
praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasya
vande guroh sri-charanaravindam
“The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a
forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing
the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual
master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.”
Guru maharaja, by your activities you are showering mercy on all of us. We are totally unqualified. Yet by
your disciple’s mercy, we are getting the opportunity to hear, chant and serve Vaishnavas in the association
of devotees.
Please forgive me for my offences.
Your fallen servant,
Harichandra dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories unto you guru maharaja!
Thank you very much Maharaja for taking forward the mission of Srila Prabhupada with your extreme
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endeavors of travelling and preaching in spite of your bad health. Nothing can come as a barrier between
your faith in Srila Prabhupada and your service to him. Your faith in chanting the holy names and studying
Srila Prabhupada books is amazing. Thank you for being a role model in following the teachings of Srila
Prabhupada.
You manifest wonderful Vaishnava qualities such as humility, gratitude and tolerance, which are the symp-
toms of a genuine sadhu as described in Bhagavad-gita. You are a very soft hearted person and are always
forgiving all our offenses and sins committed. Thank you for all the service you have rendered for the
mission of Srila Prabhupada. Thank you for showering your mercy upon us, because of which the Pilani
project would have been impossible.
Kindly forgive us maharaja for being grossly and subtly offensive to you.
Your servants,
Jagat Sesh and Nandini
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Prabhupada!
Maharaja, you always stress on proper chanting. It is very important to purely glorify the parampara and
Krishna. Otherwise, one will surely get affected by the influence of Kali-yuga. When Maharaja Parikshit
noticed the infiltration of Kali in his kingdom, he personally visited different places and encouraged his
citizens to glorify the Pandavas and Krishna. He himself also spoke about the pure glories of the Pandavas
and Krishna. He was very grateful to the Pandavas. This is how he kept Kali out of his kingdom. He was
himself very pleased when people were glorifying the Pandavas. Whenever you speak, you very strongly
encourage us to chant purely. Please bless me with your mercy so that I can chant properly – to please
Krishna.
Your servant,
Mahasundar charan dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauran-
ga!
Guru maharaja, you have dedicated your life to the service of Srila Prabhupada. You speak in your classes
about the importance of chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra attentively and with humility. Offence-
less chanting is a solution to all problems. Trnad api sunicena, taror iva sahisnuna. You emphasize how
we must always wear this verse as a necklace on our neck and chant the holy name. You also emphasize
the importance of studying Srila Prabhupada’s books daily, nityam bhagavata sevaya. Each time in your
Vyasa-puja lecture, you ask us whether we are studying Srila Prabhupada books or not. You become
happy if we study. Srila Prabhupada books are full of deep meaning and clarity. They give us enthusiasm
and determination to practice Krishna consciousness. You also highlight the importance of association of
Vaishnavas. Sadhu sanga sadhu sanga sarva shastra kohe. Such association gives us strength to practice
Krishna consciousness even amidst all difficulties. Sadhu sanga nama japa bhagavat sravana, mathura
vasa sri murta ye sraddhaya aradhana.
Guru maharaja, you also emphasize in your classes about the importance of Deity worship especially for
grihasthas. In a Vyasa-puja class, you mentioned how we must practice Krsna consciousness nicely and
offer bhoga to Krsna with devotion. You told how bhoga does not become prasadam simply by the ringing
of a bell. You desire that all of us seriously and sincerely try to understand and follow the instructions of
Srila Prabhupada. That will ensure our going back to Godhead.
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Guru maharaja, I beg forgiveness for the offences I keep committing towards you. Please bless me to chant
nicely and study Srila Prabhupada’s books scrutinizingly to please Krsna.
Your servant,
Mukunda Sundara dasa
Hare Krsna Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Pure devotees engage themselves fully in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Their minds can-
not be diverted from the lotus feet of Krsna. Their talks are solely about transcendental subjects. Devotees
of the Supreme Lord are twenty four hours daily, engaged in glorifying the qualities and the pastimes of
the Supreme Lord. Their hearts and souls are constantly submerged in Krsna, and they take pleasure in
discussing Him with other devotees. No one is put into difficulty, anxiety, fearfulness or dissatisfaction by
such a devotee. Since a devotee is kind to everyone, he does not act in such a way so as to put others into
anxiety. At the same time, if others try to put a devotee into anxiety, he is not disturbed. It is by the grace
of the Lord that he is so practiced that he is not disturbed by any outward disturbance. Actually, because
a devotee is always engrossed in Krsna consciousness and engaged in devotional service, such material
circumstances cannot move him.
The special qualification of the pure devotee is that he is always thinking of Krsna without deviation and
without considering the time or place. There are no impediments. He is able to carry out his service any-
where and at any time. Some say that a devotee should remain in holy places like Vrindavana or some holy
town where the Lord lived, but a pure devotee can live anywhere and create an atmosphere of Vrindavana
by his devotional service. The mahatmas receive transcendental messages from the realized devotees and
thus gradually develop devotional service in Krsna consciousness and become so absorbed in transcen-
dental service, that they no longer desire elevation to any of the material planets, nor do they even want
to be transferred to any spiritual planet. They only want Krsna and Krsna’s association, nothing else. That
is the highest perfection of life.
A pure devotee is neither happy nor distressed over material gains and losses. If he loses anything which
is very dear to him, he does not lament. Similarly, if he does not get what he desires, he is not distressed.
He is transcendental in the face of all kinds of auspicious, inauspicious and sinful activities. He is prepared
to accept all kinds of risks for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. Nothing is an impediment in the dis-
charge of his devotional service. Such a devotee is very dear to Krsna. There is always some upheaval in
the material world which may be good or evil. One who is not agitated by such material upheavals, who
is unaffected by good and evil, is to be understood to be fixed in Krsna consciousness. As long as one is in
the material world there is always a possibility of good and evil, because this world is full of duality. But
one who is fixed in Krsna consciousness is not affected by good and evil, because he is simply concerned
with Krsna, Who is all-good and Absolute.
A pure devotee is always, twenty four hours a day, one hundred percent engaged in activities under the
direction of the Supreme Lord. To a devotee who is thus engaged in Krsna consciousness the Lord is very,
very kind. In spite of all difficulties, he is eventually placed in the transcendental abode, or Krsna-loka.
He is guaranteed entrance there. In that supreme abode, everything is eternal, imperishable and full of
knowledge. A pure devotee, who worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead only, achieves the planets
of Vaikuntha and Krishnaloka without a doubt. A pure devotee puts the Supreme Personality of Godhead
within his heart, and all sinful contaminations are naturally washed away. Continuous thinking of the Su-
preme Lord makes him pure by nature.
The pure devotee does not have to worry about the material necessities of life; he need not be anxious,
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because when he removes the darkness from his heart, everything is provided automatically by the Su-
preme Lord, Who is pleased by the loving devotional service of the devotee. One who is fully surrendered
and engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord can understand the Supreme Lord as He is.
The Lord gives such a devotee sufficient intelligence so that ultimately the devotee can attain Him in His
spiritual kingdom.
Your servant,
Navakishore Govinda dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is because of your love for Srila Prabhupada that you are tirelessly engaged in rendering service to him,
despite your advanced age, health difficulties and hectic travel schedules. Because of your love for him,
your words carry great potency to inspire others to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. Hundreds and
thousands of people have benefitted by your merciful distribution of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. Surely
one cannot preach the holy name without being empowered by Krsna.
Whenever you have met us, you have always emphasized on attentive chanting of the Hare Krsna ma-
ha-mantra and daily study of Srila Prabhupada’s books. Thank you for repeatedly emphasizing on these
very important elements of our devotional service. Srila Prabhupada struggled so hard to print his books.
He took to printing of 1st canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam in India when he did not have any support, money
or even a proper place to stay. Srila Prabhupada took many difficulties upon himself in order to give to this
world the gift of Srimad-Bhagavatam with authentic translations and commentary in the parampara sys-
tem. When he went to America, he just went with his books. He had no money and no place to stay. Yet he
was full of confidence because he had full faith in Srimad-Bhagavatam. Just seeing the prints of 1st canto
of Srimad-Bhagavatam gave him immense happiness. He had full faith that these books can transform the
heart even of very sinful people. Srila Prabhupada could transform the hearts of sinful hippies. And his
books are continuing to transform so many hearts across the world. We can continue to feel his presence
in our lives by taking shelter of the books and the disciples he has given to us.
It is just my misfortune that I do not have attraction for studying the wonderful messages given to us by
Srila Prabhupada. Guru maharaja, you are always so eager to serve Srila Prabhupada in any possible way.
You are always emphasizing on us regarding reading his books and following his instructions. Please bless
me so that I may be able to take deeper shelter of his books and develop some taste for them. Please bless
me so that I may imbibe the teachings of Srimad-Bhagavatam in my life.
Your servant,
Pratik
Dear Srila Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauran-
ga!
On this very very auspicious day of your glorious appearance, we are very very fortunate that once again
we got the opportunity to remember and nurture our hearts with the glories of your good self guru mahara-
ja. Your dedication to the mission of Srila Prabhupada is unique and unparalleled. It is also an auspicious
day in the sense that many great Vaishnavas come together and glorify your spotless glories.
Srila Prabhupada in one of his lectures, said that even if one of his followers become a pure devotee of the
Lord, he considers his mission to be successful. Your appearance on this planet and in the mission of Srila
Prabhupada confirms that the mission of Srila Prabhupada was already successful even during the physical
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presence of Srila Prabhupada itself. Our own society and the society in general are extremely fortunate to
have your presence in our lives. You were and are motivated by the natural Vaishnava qualities of Srila
Prabhupada and moreover you yourself are a reservoir of all good qualities as well, and whoever takes
shelter of your good self surely gains all those wonderful qualities beginning with humility and respect
for all.
Preaching in this world and especially in this age of Kali is not at all an easy job, rather it is actually a
challenging service from many directions, and you have been very successfully doing this service (both
by your personal example and by your causeless mercy in the form of your speech) from the time you
have met Srila Prabhupada for the first time. Your good self has inspired so many devotees even in foreign
countries like Russia, Kenya, USA, …… to take up the process of Krishna consciousness very very seri-
ously and also to give it to others. Your compassion is unending and a sample of it is the inspiration that
you give to the devotees to distribute books and in that way the devotees also once again realize the great-
ness of Srila Prabhupada books. Also they themselves improve their quality of compassion by distributing
books to others and this clearly shows that all the activities of a pure devotee like your good self are always
beneficial to everyone (including those who have not participated physically in it) without looking for any
personal benefit (sivaya lokasya bhavaya bhutaye). Therefore, no matter how much we may glorify a pure
personality like you, still it is always a drop in the ocean or even less than a drop. Finally guru maharaja,
we have been saved and uplifted by your dear devotee in Pilani and thus we always remain grateful to your
good self as well as to him, for saving many others also.
Thank you very much guru maharaja for giving us Sri Krishna and His service in our lives. And also kind-
ly forgive us for all our offenses at your lotus feet. We are eagerly looking forward to serve you.
Your aspiring servants,
Radha Murari dasa and Anu
Respected Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
In the 8th Chapter of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Kunti Devi says to the Lord that Yudhisthira Maharaja’s king-
dom is flourishing only because of Krishna’s glance. The material world is a world of envy- yatra mrtyu
parasparam. But still there is so much mercy of Krsna around. For example, there are still rains, food
grains, medicinal herbs, rivers etc. Having rebelled from Krsna, we don’t deserve all this. But still all these
are present in this world, because Krsna is glancing on this world, because of the presence of His pure
devotees like you. Whether one is a devotee or not, everyone is getting benefitted to some degree because
of your presence. You are so merciful!
Your presence is the only auspicious thing in this world. The quest for happiness is very natural. Today
people are doing so many things to become happy- right from putting lipstick to landing on the moon-
every project is done so that somehow we become happy. But real happiness is in the association of a
Vaishnava. This is the constitutional position of the soul. When one serves a Vaishnava, only then can one
find bhakti rasa. But Vaishnava association is very rare, especially those who are fully committed to the
mission of Srila Prabhupada. We are fortunate to get your association. You are so dedicatedly going on and
on and on in the service of Srila Prabhupada. You have completely renounced everything that is material
and have fully taken to the service of Srila Prabhupada. This makes your association so valuable. Further,
you are not only yourself engaged in serving Srila Prabhupada, but also are engaging others in his service.
All glories unto you!
On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I thank you for providing the world with the opportunity
to practice Krishna consciousness. You are giving us the holy name to chant, Srimad-Bhagavatam and
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other books of Srila Prabhupada to study and hear, services to engage our propensities in Krsna conscious-
ness and most importantly Vaishnava association. In my case, realizing my especially doubtful nature, you
gave me not only devotee association, but also faith in the association which Krsna arranged for me. I offer
my grateful obeisances at your lotus feet for that.
It is said that Vaishnavas are more merciful on this day. I thus have two requests at your disposal. I humbly
beg you to bless me so that I am always in devotee association. Secondly, I beg your mercy to give me
the strength to take the right steps in Krsna consciousness keeping aside all material contaminations like
attachments, fears etc. There is nothing more powerful than the blessing of a pure devotee like you.
Your aspiring servant,
Rajiv
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri
Sri Gaura-Nitai!
First of all, let me admit my frailties in trying to comprehend and glorify the words and activities of a pure
devotee such as yourself. However, shastras enjoin that thinking, meditating about activities of a pure
devotee and glorifying Krishna’s associates are all auspicious and purifying. Hence, I humbly submit my
offering for my own purification and as an injunction of scriptures that must be followed irrespective of
one’s position. Srimad-Bhagavatam glorifies and appreciates the activities and loving exchanges between
pure devotees of the Lord. Even Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, personally relishes the
glorification of a pure devotee throughout Bhagavad-gita, saying how a devotee decorated with a multi-
tude of qualities is very dear to Him (yo mad bhaktah sa me priyah). Arjuna, as an ideal student of Bhaga-
vad-gita is more and more eager to hear about the qualities of such a pure devotee.
One of the qualities Krishna repeatedly glorifies in Bhagavad-gita is equanimity. Equanimity of mind in
happiness and distress, equal vision towards all living entities and in all circumstances of life. True to Lord
Krishna’s appreciation, you treat all the people who come to you as equally important. Seeing yourself
as servant of your deities you receive all the guests - whether they are first-time comers to the temple or
seasoned devotees - you greet them with a pleasant smile, folded hands, make them feel comfortable and
humbly inquire about their individual progress in Krishna consciousness. Even a little bit of time that you
give to someone, you try to make them feel welcome in Krishna’s organisation and gently encourage them
to become better devotees, either through good sadhana or reading Srila Prabhupada books or through
rendering some service in the temple. Keeping a poised mind through strenuous situations, difficult man-
agement discussions you keep your focus on what pleases Srila Prabhupada and never neglect your per-
sonal hearing, reading, sadhana, worship of the Deities etc. After all, they are the core principles of the
Krishna consciousness movement on which the entire movement is dependant. As an acharya you teach
this important principle through your personal example.
In this age of Kali-yuga, it is not easy for two people to agree on one thing - let alone an entire organ-
isation to adhere to pure Krishna consciousness principles set forth by previous acharyas. Even great
institutions have failed in the past due to lack of good leadership. It is inevitable that people coming from
various backgrounds and motivations introduce political agendas and personal motivations knowingly or
unknowingly in a place that is meant for pure worship of Krishna through words and activities. Hence,
generally, administrative work is seen as a Kshatriya work, having to deal a lot with the mode of passion
involving groupism and politics. But, keeping in line with the parampara acharyas you are dealing with
the management services in a pure brahminical way - keeping prime focus on core Krishna consciousness
principles - sravanam, kirtanam by your personal example. Hence, management meetings that should take
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hours of time - draining energy, come to a consensus very quickly by Krishna’s intervention. We come
to hear from Srimad-Bhagavatam that great bhagavata kings such as Yudhisthira Maharaja and Parikshit
Maharaja ruled their kingdoms this way.
It is not surprising that many leaders of our movement look up to your shining example and guidance be-
cause of your prime focus on glorification of Krishna. As glorified in Gurvastakam prayers you are expert
in engaging people in service according to their propensities. Dealing this way, looking for the benefit of
even a fallen person, you help them to somehow stay connected to the Krishna consciousness movement
and devotees at whatever level they can comfortably serve.
Another appealing quality of the parampara you exhibit is that even a neophyte such as myself can appre-
ciate is your mood of begging people to take up to Krishna consciousness. We hear pastimes of Lord Ni-
tyananda and Srila Haridasa Thakura going in the streets of Navadvipa from door to door begging people
to chant Hare Krishna. Adhama patita jiver dvare dvare giya - harinama maha-mantra denobi layiya). I
have not seen a person, who, sitting on a high positioned Vyasa-asana, adored and worshipped by thou-
sands of people, to beg the very same people in such a humble mood requesting everyone to please take up
to chanting attentively and carefully study Srila Prabhupada books. They are coming to worship you and
you are begging them to please take to Krishna consciousness and chant Hare Krishna. In the entire world
such a miraculous thing can only be done by true followers of Lord Caitanya. We are fortunate to have
been under the guidance of your student, who, in line with your teaching by personal example, is dedicated
to the process of sravanam and kirtanam and begging unfortunate Kali Yuga souls such as myself to take
shelter of Krishna and Srimad-Bhagavatam sincerely. We are forever grateful for that seed you have sown
in the form of the Bhagavad-Gita course here and the person you entrusted it with. Thank you very much
for representing the humble mood of the parampara for the masses and sincere devotees alike.
Your humble servant,
Ranchor Govinda dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
The most important gift that Srila Prabhupada has given us are his books. And Srila Prabhupada has put so
much empowerment in his books that a sincere devotee can access all the principles of devotional service
through his books. Therefore, the greatest service one can do for the devotees of Krishna consciousness
is to inspire them to study Srila Prabhupada’s books. Whenever we meet you, you always emphasize on
attentive chanting and studying these books. Thus, you are doing the greatest service to Srila Prabhupada.
And, we see that despite in such busy schedules, you always take time to study Srila Prabhupada’s books,
because you always feel so dependent on the mercy coming through his teachings.
It is so inspiring to see your focus on studying his books. Kindly bless me, so that I should sincerely and
seriously study his books and dedicate my life to following the teachings of Srimad-Bhagavatam and
Bhagavad-gita.
Your servant,
Sankarsana Gaura dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
One of the most important things that you stress in your lecture besides attentive chanting of the holy
name, is the study of Srila Prabhupada’s books. In one sense, it is such an easy instruction, but from an-
other angle it is not at all easy. One can become distracted by so many things of this world and thereby
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neglect this simple instruction of reading Srila Prabhupada’s books daily. Srila Prabhupada’s books are
so simple yet so deep and sublime, always keeping in focus what is required for our spiritual growth in
this age of Kali-yuga. Srila Prabhupada is a specially empowered acharya in this age of Kali-yuga, and
therefore, his books are the shastras for the people of Kali-yuga. Therefore, just by reading the books of
Srila Prabhupada under guidance, one can achieve the highest perfection of spirituality. If one thinks that
Srila Prabhupada has not given us something in his books and we need to go outside, then he is mistaken.
Such a person will waste time and also be misled. Because you have firm faith in the instructions of Srila
Prabhupada and whatever he has given, you keep repeating the instructions of chanting the holy names
and reading Srila Prabhupada books again and again in your lectures and personal instructions to your
disciples. Thank you for your simplicity and focus and for saving us from the distractions caused by the
mind and the influence of Kali-yuga.
Your insignificant servant,
Shaktipati dasa
My dear Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful and tiny obeisances at your feet. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabh-
upada!
labdhvä su-durlabham idam bahu-sambhavänte
mänusyam artha-dam anityam apiha dhirah
türnam yateta na pated anu-mrtyu yävan
nihsreyasäya visayah khalu sarvatah syät
(Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.9.29)
“After many, many births and deaths one achieves the rare human form of life, which, although tempo-
rary, affords one the opportunity to attain the highest perfection. Thus a sober human being should quickly
endeavor for the ultimate perfection of life as long as his body, which is always subject to death, has not
fallen down and died. After all, sense gratification is available even in the most abominable species of life,
whereas Krsna consciousness is possible only for a human being.”
Srimad-Bhagavatam repeatedly gives the message and emphasizes that this most valuable human life is
very rarely achieved and is temporary. Therefore a sober human being should not waste it in useless pur-
suit of things which are available in any other form of life, even the most abominable forms like pigs or
even worse. Pleasures of sense gratification and any other achievements of this world are available even
in the most abominable forms of life. But Krsna consciousness can be cultivated only in this human form.
Therefore a sober person should not only want to perfect this human life, but with great urgency (turnam)
put full efforts and endeavor (yateta) to achieve the real goal of human life - cultivating pure Krsna con-
sciousness.
And this is the message that all our acharyas have repeated again and again.
durlabha manava-janma labhiya samsare
krsna na bhajinu—duhkha kahibo kahare?
bhajahü re mana sri-nanda-nandana
abhaya-caranäravinda re
durlabha mänava-janama sat-sange
taroho e bhava-sindhu re
manusya-janama päiyä, rädhä-krsna nä bhajiyä,
jäniyä suniyä bisa khäinu
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I feel that if I am missing this point then I am missing the association of the great acharyas and the Sri-
mad-Bhagavatam that is being offered to us through the parampara system. Though I might be externally
associating with the devotees and moving around like a devotee I am missing the core point of the teach-
ings of our acharyas and Srimad-Bhagavatam. In fact, Prahlada Maharaja expresses his pain when he sees
that the conditioned living entities like me do not understand this great value of the human form of life
and waste it.
Srila Prabhupada expressed that his mission is to create a few brahmanas. And in his own words in
Bhagavad-gita he says that one who does not utilize this human form properly to solve all the problems
of life is a krpana, and one who uses this human form of life properly to solve all the problems of life is
a brahmana.
Who is the man in material perplexities? It is he who does not understand the problems of life. In the
‘Brhad-äranyaka Upanisad’ 3.8.10, the perplexed man is described as follows: yo vä etad aksaram gärgy
aviditväsmäl lokät praiti sa krpanah. “He is a miserly man who does not solve the problems of life as a
human and who thus quits this world like the cats and dogs, without understanding the science of self-real-
ization.” This human form of life is a most valuable asset for the living entity who can utilize it for solving
the problems of life; therefore, one who does not utilize this opportunity properly is a miser. On the other
hand, there is the brähmana, or he who is intelligent enough to utilize this body to solve all the problems
of life. Ya etad aksaram gärgi viditväsmäl lokät praiti sa brähmanah. (Bhagavad-gita 2.7)
Thus as a follower of Srila Prabhupada it’s my great responsibility to utilize this human form of life prop-
erly. I have been living like a krpana. And there is great enthusiasm, determination and patience to go on
living like a krpana. Srila Rupa Goswami is instructing us to have great enthusiasm, determination and
patience to follow the instructions of the acharyas.
Maharaja, I offer my obeisances to you again and again. Please bless me so that I can understand this great
responsibility of using the human form of life properly, as prescribed by the acharyas.
Our parampara acharyas is wonderful. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has personally made the path so easy to
understand and live by. And our great acharyas have made it even more and more clear, easy to understand
and apply or live by.
Srimad-Bhagavatam tells us clearly how to understand whether we are making proper use of human life
or not, whether we are factually developing Krsna consciousness or not?
This is done by developing a taste for hearing and chanting the holy names of the Lord. In your classes
you often emphasize that we must develop this taste for chanting the holy names.
If we go on doing many things in this life but don’t develop a taste for hearing from pure Vaishnavas and
chanting in the company of pure Vaishnavas, then surely all our efforts are a waste only.
dharmah svanusöhitah pumsäm
visvaksena-kathäsu yah
notpädayed yadi ratim
srama eva hi kevalam
In the words of Srila Prabhupada:
The proper method for receiving this transcendental message is to hear it submissively. A challenging at-
titude cannot help one realize this transcendental message. One particular word is used herein for proper
guidance. This word is susrüsu. One must be anxious to hear this transcendental message. The desire to
sincerely hear is the first qualification. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.2)
By serving the servants of the Lord, one gradually gets the quality of such servants, and thus one becomes
qualified to hear the glories of God. The eagerness to hear about God is the first qualification of a devotee
eligible for entering the kingdom of God. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.16)
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Maharaja, please bless me to have this taste and eagerness to hear from pure Vaishnavas, and based on this
have a taste for chanting the holy names of Krsna.
Your servant,
Shyama Hari dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I am very thankful to you for encouraging us to study the books of Srila Prabhupada, this has immensely
helped us in practicing Krsna consciousness. You are relentlessly working to spread the mission of Srila
Prabhupada and due to your dedication to serve Srila Prabhupada, I am getting benefited though I am not
sincere in my attitude. You are doing this in spite of your bad health, which shows your deep love for Srila
Prabhupada. Please bless me with intelligence and dedication to serve Srila Prabhupada and I beg forgive-
ness for the offences I have committed.
Your servant,
Soumendu
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauran-
ga!
Guru maharaja, your presence on this planet and in our lives is a great benediction for whole humanity.
Just by the presence of one pure devotee, Krishna becomes so happy, that He bestows all His mercy and
blessings upon any one in touch with that devotee. Krishna considers a pure devotee like you to be His life
and soul and He loves such a devotee even more that Himself. All the great acharyas in all the Vaishnava
songs are always begging for the association of such pure devotees like you, who are always dedicated to
fulfill the instructions of previous acharyas. Prati janme kori asa caranera dhuli…narottame koro doya
apanara boli… Just if you consider us to be yours and some way connected to you, is a great blessing upon
us and we do not need anything else to perfect our lives. The process of jnana yoga and dhyana yoga are
dependent on self-endeavor, but bhakti is a path of mercy as it is an elevator process. We just need to board
the elevator and then the elevator itself takes us through all the stages and makes us reach perfection. Sim-
ilarly if we just remain determined to follow your instructions of daily hearing, chanting, Deity worship
and reading Srila Prabhupada books and remain in touch with you, then automatically by your mercy we
will develop all good qualities of a devotee and will be elevated in our consciousness. On our own if we
try to cultivate these qualities then that is never going to happen.
All the good qualities mentioned by Srila Rupa Goswami in Sri Upadesamrta are a gift of the spiritual
master and cannot be achieved by our own endeavors. Rather if we think that we can develop these qual-
ities by our endeavor, then that is too proud a thought, and that thought itself will remove all the existing
good qualities also. Therefore we should always remain in a mood of complete dependence on your mercy
and that will make our lives completely perfect.
Guru maharaja, we are very tiny to be able to glorify you actually. Your glories are ever-expanding like
the sky and we are very small birds. We can never measure the whole sky. Still if we fly to our full capac-
ity, then we will feel fully satisfied. Similarly if we try to glorify you and serve you to our full capacity
then we can feel complete satisfaction. Glorification and gratitude have to be part of our thought process
every moment and not just once a year. Guru maharaja, please bless us so that we can completely detach
ourselves from the useless affairs of this material world and fully absorb our mind in your glories at least
for some time every day.
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Aspiring to become your servant,
Vijay Krishna dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Thank you guru maharaja for having a strong desire to serve Srila Prabhupada and Krishna and to see
Their glories and teachings being spread far and wide. Also thank you guru maharaja for your being
very keen to distribute Srila Prabhupada books. Whenever we meet you, you encourage us to study Srila
Prabhupada books very seriously. As I am reading Srila Prabhupada books, I realize more and more why
you emphasize this. Guru maharaja, recently I was reading the Preface of the ‘Bhagavad-gita As It Is’ by
Srila Prabhupada and there he says that “Our Krishna consciousness movement is genuine, historically
authorized, natural and transcendental due to its being based on the Bhagavad-gita as it is”. Our acharyas
including Srila Prabhupada have offered us a complete lifestyle beginning from the practice of waking up
early in the morning, worshiping the deities, offering bhoga… which are all strictly based on the Bhaga-
vad-gita and it is very important to understand its teachings properly to live by those teachings. If we are
not understanding properly, we will change the program given by the purvika acharyas and everything
will be spoilt (yogo nastah parantapa). Therefore, right in the preface Srila Prabhupada emphasizes that
the genuineness of the Krishna consciousness movement is based on its being based on the Bhagavad-gi-
ta, and thus if we are not seriously aspiring to live by its teachings then we are only in illusion that we are
in the Krishna conscious movement. Further in his books, we see a spontaneous manifestation of Srila
Prabhupada’s devotional qualities. Like in the Preface and Introduction of the ‘Bhagavad-gita As It Is’ he
gives all credit of the Bhagavad-gita commentary to Krishna and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.
Also in the introduction he begins with offering prayers to the spiritual master, previous acharyas and the
Lord. He also describes the spirit of Bhagavad-gita which is to accept Krishna as the Supreme Personality
of Godhead and to accept His teachings as it is in the parampara system. He describes the mood in which
this message should be received (bhaktosi me sakha ceti). He also very nicely summarizes the 5 subject
matters which are discussed in the Bhagavad-gita (isvara, jiva, prakriti, kala and karma). Thank you guru
maharaja for encouraging us to study Srila Prabhupada’s books. Guru maharaja, you would be pleased to
know that I am not only studying the Bhagavad-gita as it is, but am teaching and discussing the same with
my wife too, and she is also enthusiastically practicing Krishna consciousness.
Guru maharaja, thank you for your kindly having and manifesting Vaishnavas qualities like humility,
prayerfulness, being tolerant, compassionate, sacrificing… all of which manifest as a natural outcome of
your affection for Srila Prabhupada and Krishna and your desire to please Them.
Guru maharaja, I beg for your blessings so that I may be able to study Srila Prabhupada’s books with great
seriousness and may be able to apply and live by the teachings highlighted by him in his books. Thank
you guru maharaja.
Your servant,
Vrajarenu dasa
SRI GANGAPUR
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble dandavats pranams.
As stated in S.B. 1.1.18 the devotee bhagavata is a direct representative of Bhagavan so by pleasing the
devotee bhagavata one can receive the benefit of book bhagavata. Thank you so much guru maharaja for
giving me this process of hearing and doing occupational duties as a service to you. Lord Krishna sends
his representatives in this material world to attract the conditioned souls. With your lectures your smile
and gestures a very fallen soul like myself is attracted towards you. Thank you maharaja for finding me.
Lastly, I pray to you for developing attachment for your Vaishnava teachings and qualities and kindly keep
engaging me in your service.
Your servant of the servants,
Jagannatha Mukund dasa
UDAIPUR
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja ji,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I feel extremely fortunate to write this Vyasa-puja offering,
For my spiritual father who is extremely caring
Very humble and loving is he,
Always smiling and affectionate is he
I am an extremely fallen soul but he gave me shelter of his lotus feet,
Protecting me from Maya’s material heat
Serving his guru ‘Srila Prabhupada’ is his only goal,
He is an extremely compassionate and pure soul
May guru and Gauranga always be by his side,
May his glories shine worldwide
Your most insignificant humble servant,
Daivi Radha devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I beg to offer my most respectful obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
I admit that I am most unqualified to describe your unlimited transcendental glories and achievements. I
am full of anarthas, with your mercy, now at-least I am able to witness how fallen I am, how contaminat-
ed my mind and consciousness is. Almost every day in mangala-arati, I seek mercy from all acharyas to
please purify my heart, so that without any hesitation I can offer a purified heart at the lotus feet of Lord
Jagannatha.
Guru maharaja ji, am full of anarthas and most unqualified, but you still shower your mercy and give me
shelter at your lotus feet. I was literally rotting in my own material world with an intense attachment to my
job, my position, my wealth, my family and somehow with Krsnas’ mercy I got in touch with devotees and
they helped me get your divine association. Your causeless mercy saved me from continuing to further rot
in that filthy place. I humbly beg and request you to kindly accept me as your servant birth after birth, and
keep me engaged in different services under your guidance.
Guru maharaja ji, you are a source of huge inspiration for me, whether it is deity service, your enthusiasm
for mangala-arati, your focus on your health to ensure you are able to invest every moment in the service
of your spiritual master, your hectic schedule reflecting how compassionate you are for every soul, and
your love and affection for your disciples.
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and utilizes every moment in Krsnas’ service, taking forward the mission of Srila Prabhupada of saving You have descended with the purpose of accomplishing Srila Prabhupada’s mission, to print and distrib-
almost every soul in the whole of humanity. ute the transcendental books, ‘Brhad Mrdanga’, in every town and village. I have no such qualification to
I feel ashamed of my deity service when I see you completely absorbed in serving your deities with so glorify your unlimited transcendental qualities, but I am making this humble attempt of praising you in
much of purity, love and affection. I feel ashamed of my laziness when I see your hectic schedule of travel- order to purify myself.
ling almost every day to different places to give your association and purify an unlimited number of souls. You possess all the symptoms of a sädhu which are explained by Lord Kapila:-
I feel ashamed of my surrender to my spiritual master when I see you serving Srila Prabhupada with a fully titiksavah kärunikäh, suhrdah sarva-dehinäm
surrendered consciousness and strictly following his instructions. ajäta-satravah säntäh, sädhavah sädhu-bhüsanäh
Guru maharaja, please bless me and give me strength to win over my anarthas which are troubling me The symptoms of a sädhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no en-
almost every moment and making me commit both physical and mental offences. Please bless me so that emies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime.
I can develop love and affection for my Deities so that I can serve them nicely. Please bless me so that I Srila gurudeva, I am always trying to remember and follow your transcendental instructions, but I know
can serve all Vaishnavas with fully surrendered consciousness and execute my sadhana in line with your that without your causeless mercy I can’t follow. Many times I become astonished when I see how a ma-
instructions. terialistic person such as me, being completely controlled by the dictates of the senses, maintains himself
Guru maharaja ji, please instruct me how I can please you, and contribute with my tiny capacity to take in devotional life. At these moments I can understand your unlimited compassion upon fallen souls like
Srila Prabhupada’s mission forward. Please help me surrender 100 percent unto the lotus feet of Sri Sri me. Although I don’t have any qualification to maintain myself on this transcendental boat of Iskcon, you
Radha-Shyamasundara. have kept me on it. By your mercy only I am serving as a brahmacari.
On this most auspicious day, I fall at your lotus feet and beg for forgiveness for my countless offences. Srila gurudeva, I am a perfect mudha, a fool who has committed so many mistakes in my life even till date,
but only by your causeless mercy I can continue my devotional service.
gurudeva! Srila gurudeva, I remembered last year when you came to Udaipur, just by your presence many condi-
kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro’ ei dāse, tioned souls became purified.
tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna gangära parasa hoile pascate pävan
sakala sahane, bala diyā koro’, darsane pavitra koro-ei tomära gun
nija-māne spṛhā-hīna After bathing in the waters of the sacred Ganges many times, one becomes purified, but just by the sight
of you, the fallen souls are purified. This is your great power.
sakale sammāna korite śakati,
Gurudeva, by your mercy we registered the land in the name of Iskcon. Very soon we will plan a wonder-
deho’ nātha! jathā jatha
ful project to please Srila Prabhupada. Also we have started Bhakti Vriksha Programs in different areas
tabe to’ gāibo, hari-nāma-sukhe,
of Udaipur city, and we are getting good results from it. Our congregational devotees are taking so many
aparādha ha ‘be hata
service responsibilities in the temple. This year also we celebrated Lord Jagannath Ratha-yatra at Fateh
kabe heno kṛpā, labhiyā e jana, sagar lake area, and we are planning to celebrate two days Janmashtami festival this year.
kṛtārtha hoibe, nātha! Srila gurudeva, please let me always perform this sankirtana-yajna one way or another, sheltered in the
śakti-buddhi-hīna, āmi ati dīna, shade of your lotus feet. Let me remain like an atom of dust at your lotus feet. Although my mind is re-
koro’ more ātma-sātha luctant to accept Krsna consciousness, please keep revealing that unlimited mercy to this fallen soul. In
one way or another, let me continue serving the Vaishnavas, and Srila Prabhupada’s mission. Permit me
jogyatā-vicāre, kichu nāhi pāi, to be an instrument to accomplish something in this great mission of establishing Krsna consciousness
tomāra karuṇā-sāra everywhere.
karuṇā nā hoile, kāndiyā kāndiyā, Srila gurudeva, please always give me shelter in the shade of your lotus feet.
prāṇa nā rākhibo āra Your eternal servant,
Mayapur Vasi dasa
I sincerely pray at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Shyamasundara that you live for many years to pull all
fallen souls on this earth and engage them in Krsnas’ service. I would feel blessed if whatever balance time Dear Guru Maharaja,
of my life is left, is added to yours to serve Srila Prabhupada for a few more moments and help many more I beg to offer my humble respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet.
souls struggling in this material world. I am truly an unqualified disciple to glorify your qualities, just like a blind person cannot appreciate the
Yours most insignificant servant, sun. Even though I make attempts to do so, it will be a failure, just like showing the sun a tiny lamp. The
Madan Govinda dasa sun doesn’t need to be acknowledged by someone. In the same way you do not require my feeble glorifi-
cation, guru maharaja.
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Guru maharaja, Krishna consciousness is a live experience which you imparted to us. We have been Faster than the fastest river,
sleeping from time immemorial, but are now awakened again by your mercy. Just like the sun enlivens the Flows his prema bhakti,
creatures which have been dormant for a long while during the rainy season. With his divine presence around,
Guru maharaja, you are immensely powerful to illuminate the entire world with Krishna consciousness, It is impossible to have asakti.
just like the sun, who simply by its presence can remove all the darkness of the universe. Inspite of being
so powerful, the sun feels so soothing during winters. In the same way you relieve us from the dark mate- Such a sweet smile,
rial ignorance and freezing cold. Those pearly jasmine teeth,
Guru maharaja, you travel across the world extensively, for the sake of delivering us. We are in such a He is always crowded by some flowers,
helpless position, that we cannot even search out the shelter, or where we can find solace. But you merci- Some garland or some wreath.
fully come and meet us just like the sun appears and nourishes the immovable and helpless trees.
Precious than nectar,
Guru maharaja, your association and following your instructions cannot be even compared to completing
Sweeter than the sweet,
millions of pilgrimages, studying millions of shastras or assiduously following shastric prescriptions for
How merciful to me they look,
millions of years. Just like the attempts made by a small sweeper to clean the mud cannot be compared to
Them two lotus feet.
the sun, who at once removes all the impurities of the whole world without touching them.
Guru maharaja, I am as good as mud. If I have some value, that is because we are engaged in your service.
Just a little fallen soul,
You can accept service from the mud also, by making pots out of it. But our constitutional position is that
Wretched that I am,
of mud only. Kindly be especially merciful to me, as I am an independent and impudent son of yours.
My merciful Gurudeva,
We have been assigned some responsibility of preaching so that we can lessen your anxieties. But actually
Gave me shelter, his loving hand.
that is my foolishness to think like that. We are still completely dependent upon your divine grace. I have
no strength to do any service. If I can follow your instructions that is my success.
Your insignificant servant,
I pray to Krishna to keep your health always good.
Radhe
Yours fallen servant,
Nitya Murari dasa

My dear Guru Maharaja,

Clad in saffron,
A golden aura,
All stand struck,
Birds, fauna and flora.

His voice is deep,

Like a rumbling cloud,
Of this voice,
Prabhupada is so proud.

His head stands high,

How he walks, so bold,
The nectarean words from his mouth,
Flow like molten gold.

Three perfect rounds of,

Tulasi mala he wears,
The insignia of Srila Prabhupada,
So bravely does he bear.

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ANDHRA PRADESH-KURNOOL

Hare Krishna my dear Guru Maharaja,

All glories to you! Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada and Gauranga!
Dear guru maharaja, wish you all auspiciousness and very Happy Vyasa-puja celebrations year after year
by the blessings of Srila Prabhupada, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi and Sri Sita-Ra-
ma-Lakshmana.
Dear guru maharaja, with your blessings, we had the association of Madhumangal prabhu, who has been
encouraging each and everyone by his conduct. Preaching in Gurgaon had been on the path of progress.
Many new devotees joined different programs, thereby the foot fall to the temple has increased.
Dear gurudeva, I had been very unfortunate to leave Gurugram and missed the opportunity to serve, due
to my transfer. However, I had your darshan and blessing before leaving Gurugram, and to my surprise I
have the opportunity to serve Lord Jagannatha, in Kurnool Iskcon centre.
With your blessings, I hope to get the association of devotees in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. Dear guru ma-
haraja, on your Vyasa-puja day, I pray at your lotus feet to always remain on the path of devotion and be
able to serve the mission of Srila Prabhupada. Please bless me and the members of my family to engage
always in Krishna consciousness activities, follow your instructions properly, and chant the holy name
without any offense.
Finally, I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sita-Rama-Lakshmana to give
your holiness good health to preach and deliver many fallen souls like me year after year.
Yours eternal servant,
Svadhyaya dasa

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BANGALORE
Hare Krishna dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear spiritual father, I, your son am associated with Iskcon Bangalore Sri Sri Lakshmi-Narasimha Gi-
ridhari Mandir whose president is Varadakrishna prabhu. With your causeless mercy, I have started ren-
dering Lakshmi Narasimha pujari seva with enthusiasm and bliss.
Your holiness gave me second initiation on November 04, 2017, at the holy dhama Vrindavana
I am eternally indebted to you for your causeless mercy and for putting me in the devotional service of
Their Lordships. Second Saturday abhishekams and all other programs are going on very well here dear
maharaja.
I eternally thank you very much for giving this wonderful opportunity to serve you and Their Lordships.
I constantly pray to Sri Sri Lakshmi-Narasimha to give you good health in the service of Srila Prabhupada.
Ugram veeram mahavishnum jvalantham sarvathomukham. Narasimham bheeshanam bhadram, mrtyu
mrtyum namami aham.
Thanking you dear guru maharaja.
Hare Krishna!
Your loving son,
Shuddha Nitai dasa
CHENNAI
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
On the auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, please accept our humble offerings to your lotus feet.
This offering is made from Singapore, during our short visit to the city. As per your holiness, recommen-
dation to visit the Singapore congregation for association, we are placed here for this month - May 2018
our regular sadhana.
Dear maharaja, whenever we hear your vani on the importance of chanting and other lectures, the empha-
sis on chanting without offences, book reading and services are our topmost priority. Please help and guide
us with your blessings.
Temple services: With Chennai’s Sri Sri Radha-Krishna, Lalitha and Vishaka’s mercy, our temple services
on bhoga preparation, deity dressing, pujari seva are going on nicely and we ensure to follow your instruc-
tions and seek blessings for continuation of services without offences.
Book distribution services: The annual book marathon and our book distribution for the year was with
8 lakh Lakshmi points and 2500 maha books with 15 sets of Srimad-Bhagavatam distributed during the
marathon period.
Congregation services: The regular Bhakti Vriksha programs conducted across our south Chennai con-
gregation is going on with regular attendance from devotees. We conducted classes on Friday and the
weekends in our neighbourhood.
The weekly harinama with prasadam and book distribution in the marketplace is also going on without
interruption. The Tamil BTG services with distribution, contribution to articles, subscriptions and this year
specially, we released the Tamil Caitanya-caritamrta of the 9 volume set recently in the month of April
2018.
School preaching and BPS Bhakta Prahlad School for children: The school preaching to students in 4
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schools with regular Bhagavad-gita recitation completed this year successfully. Also the house program
based BPS preaching is being conducted for 50 children across the neighborhood in different devotees’
residences.
Kindly accept our little offerings as they are just a humble attempt for your pleasure.
As Arjuna says in B.g. 11.44: “tasmāt praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṁ prasādaye tvām aham īśam īḍyam
piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum.”
As our father, we request you to kindly forgive our offences and bless us to continue in our services.
Your humble servants,
Sri Narayan dasa and Sugopi devi dasi
Singapore
HYDERABAD
My dear Gurudeva,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja maha-mahotsava, I beg you to
accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Gurudeva, the seven purposes of Iskcon have been achieved by your tireless efforts to carry forward Sri-
la Prabhupada’s mission of preaching activities, construction of temples, both in India and abroad, and
distribution of books. It is a source of inspiration to the present and future generations. By distributing
the holy name to the conditioned souls and preaching in unfavourable conditions, you are taking a lot of
responsibility of delivering the conditioned souls by following in the footsteps of your spiritual master.
By your divine mercy, I am studying Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and
chanting Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
Dear gurudeva, I beg for your mercy and blessings to give me the strength to follow your instructions
without any deviation and for continuing to serve Their Lordships Sri Radha-Madhava, your lotus feet
and Vaishnavas.
Yours eternal servant,
Paramaprabha devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I do not have any qualification to glorify Your Holiness; still I am trying as this pleases you.
tulayāma lavenāpi, na svargaṁ nāpunar-bhavam
bhagavat-saṅgi-saṅgasya, martyānāṁ kim utāśiṣaḥ
“The value of a moment’s association with the devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attain-
ment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form
of material prosperity, which are for those who are meant for death.” (S.B. 1.18.13).
How transformation happens in the association of pure devotees is inconceivable. We cannot understand
the value of your association at this stage. But we are sure that our lives have got transformed by your
invaluable association. This sloka is applicable to us in connection to Your Holiness. We are very fortunate
to come in touch with you. As Srila Prabhupada mentions many times, iron rod in touch with fire will
also become fire. Similarly, we conditioned souls are infected with devotion by coming in touch with you.
Also, Srila Prabhupada mentions in S.B. 1.5.25 that pure devotion is just as infectious, in a good sense, as
an infectious disease. Conditioned living entities can get infected with qualities of purity by associating
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with pure devotees. We get enlivened by your association. Just by hearing about the activities of your ho- When will I surrender to gurudeva? As Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura prays: Gurudeva, by a drop of your
liness, we get immense inspiration to practice Krishna consciousness seriously. Wherever you visit, your mercy make this servant of yours more humble than a blade of grass. Give me strength to bear all trials
holiness never misses mangala-arati. On top of this, your enthusiasm to render Deity worship is unimag- and troubles, and free me from all desire for personal honour. When I examine myself, I find nothing of
inable. This shows your unflinching faith in morning programs given by Srila Prabhupada, which pushes value, your mercy is therefore essential to me.
us to take morning programs very seriously. Your absorption in chanting the holy names inspires us to “The mercy of the Vaishnavas is unlimited and one who has tasted that mercy becomes mad after the Lotus
chant the holy names attentively. Fortunately, this year we got an opportunity to be with you at Jagannatha Feet of Krsna, not caring for the hallucination of so called material pleasure or mental speculation” S.B.
Puri. We got valuable instructions from your lotus mouth and we are trying to implement them in our lives 11.3.23.
to please your holiness. You are a boundless ocean of mercy. Just by seeing your amazing spiritual activities, one who has shastra
yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado chakshu can understand who you are.
yasyaprasadan na gatiḥ kuto ‘pi My only prayer to you and the Lord is that you please stay with us personally for a long time.
dhyayan stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam Your immature son,
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam Shastra dasa
“By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krishna. Without the grace of the
spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the
spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of
my spiritual master.”
Following this instruction of previous acharyas your holiness is always seen meditating on the lotus feet
of Srila Prabhupada and his instructions, and on how to expand his movement. You are always anxious
to distribute more and more Srila Prabhupada’s books to all sections of people. As Srila Prabhupada says
that if leaders take to Krishna consciousness then whole society can take to Krishna consciousness. We see
your holiness distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books among all sections of society especially among the
influential class of people. This clearly reflects your compassion on the whole society.
I am highly obliged as you have accepted me as your disciple. Happily bowing down at your lotus feet I
pray millions of times to be your humble servant. On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja celebra-
tion, I humbly beg for your mercy, so I can also render some service at your lotus feet for your pleasure
and the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada.
Your unworthy servant,
Saccidananda Vigraha dasa

KERALA

Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Pra-
bhupada!
dhyayan stuvams tasya yasas tri sandhyam
vande guroh sri caranaravindam
On this glorious occasion we have an opportunity to glorify you and the auspiciousness of your appear-
ance on this planet. By remembering you always gives me strength to continue practicing and developing
my devotional service. In spite of all my disqualifications, you literally dragged me by engaging me in
the service of the Lord. I am wearing that necklace of instructions on my neck, which you had given me
last year. Especially, chant, read, do deity worship and preach. I need more mercy to preach. I took your
instructions to the core of my heart and keep it as my greatest treasure. Due to pramatta-madness I am not
always able to, but I have a strong desire to do it at all costs. I endeavor to make spiritual advancement,
but the fact is that the blessing of the spiritual master is necessary.

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AGRA

Respected Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
My words cannot say enough for the gratitude and appreciation I feel towards you.
I thank you for showing such mercy on me. You have so many disciples that you care about so much all
over the world, but you still give us all your individual attention like we are your only disciples. Your
endless love and devotion to Krishna and Srila Prabhupada makes me feel all the more determined and
devoted towards pleasing you.
Please reveal to me how I can be a better devotee and of better service to you.
I feel helpless and dependent on your mercy.
Your aspiring servant,
Arvinda Svarupa dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories unto your lotus feet!
Guru maharaja, thank you very much for accepting me as your disciple. Though I live in Bangalore and
get very little association, but through the Whatsapp group I am always informed about you. By seeing
your photographs during mangala-arati and Deity worship I get so much inspiration. Please bless me so
that I also get determination in following bhakti yoga in any circumstances and health condition.
Here I am taking Bhakti Vriksha classes. Three ladies have started chanting on a regular basis. Sometimes
I do book distribution also, but not on a big level. In this Purushottama month I am daily doing manga-
la-arati and Tulasi-puja by the inspiration of one mata ji. I try to visit the temple every Sunday. I am aware
that this human life is very rare and doing bhakti is also very rare, but sometimes I forget this and become
lazy. Please bless me guru maharaja. I am very fallen. Please forgive me for my offences.
I pray to Lord Krishna for your good health and long life.

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Please give me mercy. Within the first two weeks of meeting Srila Prabhupada, he decided that he would accept him as his spir-
Your fallen servant, itual master. In the words of Hs Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
Shyama vallabha devi dasi “When I first met Srila Prabhupada, the motivation to surrender to God was already there in me, and two
BAREILLY weeks after meeting him, I knew that Lord Krishna wanted me to surrender to Srila Prabhupada”. In fact,
around December 1967, H. H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja had started visiting many Hindu tem-
Dear Guru-Maharaja, ples, gurudwaras and churches, in his search for the Absolute Truth or God. Every Sunday, he would seek
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! out a different church, temple or gurudwara, and would spend the whole day there.
Dear guru maharaja, I feel myself very fortunate that you have accepted me as your disciple. Although I His Holiness. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja was the only Indian who would come regularly and sit
am not qualified, but by your kind nature you initiated me and engaged me in the service of Lord Caitan- right till the end of the lecture. During the three month period that Srila Prabhupada stayed and lectured
ya’s sankirtana Movement. As stated in Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 19.151, in Montreal, His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja spoke. “Of course, I did not know the im-
brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva portance of hearing at that time, but my only small qualification was that I was very respectful to Srila
guru-krsna-prasade paye bhakti-lata-bija. Prabhupada from the first day I saw him, and I would stay for his lectures till the end, and leave only after
When I was reading this verse from Bhagavad-gita 10.9, he had left the temple”.
mac-citta mad-gata-prana bodhayantah parasparam Guru Maharaja is a pure soul. He has never missed mangala-arati till date. He is very merciful.
kathayantas ca mam nityam tusyanti ca ramanti ca He always focuses on chanting. Whenever any devotee asks, “how can I serve you?” You always say,
I remembered you guru maharaja. I think this verse is the perfect description about you, although please “Please chant attentively.”
forgive me as I am no one to judge you, but that’s what I feel about you guru maharaja. His focus is on chanting and reading Bhagavad-gita daily. Despite his busy schedule and old age he al-
Guru maharaja, you have made all arrangements not only for your disciples but for humanity at large, ways engages in the devotional service of the Lord.
through your many innovative ways of getting your association. In every activity of yours, you never fail At present, H. H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja is the G.B.C. for Mumbai, Northern India, Canada,
to strengthen our commitment and conviction to Srila Prabhupada and His Iskcon. In a very exemplary some states of America, and many parts of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Also, he is the
way, you teach us the mood of becoming an eternal sishya by displaying your unconditional pure love for Chairman and Trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of
Srila Prabhupada. Please guru maharaja, instill in our hearts a drop of that mood of servitorship for your Vedic literatures.
divine grace as you have for Srila Prabhupada. Even hardcore atheists are attracted to his graceful simplicity. Every encounter, every gesture and every
We wish you a very happy Vyasa-puja and pray to Srimati Radharani for many many happy returns of this answer brings out the inner conviction he has, in the mission he has embraced.
auspicious day. Keeping you at the centre of my life, each day I can feel how your causeless mercy flows H. H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja ki jaya!
unconditionally in the upkeep of my devotional service. Dasanudasa,
yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado Abhilove Saxena
yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto pi
dhyayan stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Dear guru maharaja, please give me your divine blessings so that we are able to please you by our useless Kindly accept my Vyasa-puja offering.
efforts and make our life successful. Gurudeva, you are a personification of mercy and endurance. Your patience to put up with a foolish person
Your eternal servant, like me, determination to help the fallen souls, dedication to protect the souls who seek your guidance,
Bhima Arjuna dasa your proficiency in answering queries, your devotion to your spiritual master are all very wondrous and
awe-inspiring. Gurudeva, please forgive me if I have committed any offense at your lotus feet.
GHAZIABAD Eternally indebted to you,
Your insignificant servant at your lotus feet,
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji Abhirama Govinda dasa
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. I wish you a very happy Krishna conscious ap-
pearance day. Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Today I am writing for the first time an offering to you. I am not qualified to write a single word about you. I offer my humble obeisance unto His Holiness Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja. All glories to
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja appeared on this planet on the most auspicious day of Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Annada Ekadashi, on August 14, 1944, in New Delhi, India. Having named as Gopal Krishna at the time You are very dear to the Lord and have taken the shelter of His Lotus Feet.
of his appearance, his spiritual master had not changed his name at the time of harinama initiation. We are fools number one who are always involved in sense gratification like dogs and hogs. You are the
H. H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja first met Srila Prabhupada in the evening of June 1st, 1968. only hope to save me. We always search for bodily comfort. This world has totally disappointed us.

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Due to attachment to material pleasure in childhood till date, we have developed bad habits. Because of
these sinful acts my body has become an impediment in the service of the Supreme Lord.
Gurudeva! Because you are so merciful, please give to this servant just one drop of your mercy so that
we may develop the humility by being lower than a blade of grass. You will find no good qualities in me.
Your mercy is hope for us, else we can only cry and we would not be able to maintain our devotional life.
When will our mind become tranquil and fixed? When will we endure all hardships and serve you?
Kindly bless us.
Your aspiring useless servants,
Achintaya Abhijit dasa and Radha Karuna devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
I am so fallen and insignificant to glorify you, but this is the shortest path of perfection and purification,
kindly bless me so that I can say a few worlds in your glories which is continuously sung by everyone
everywhere.
Maharaja, you are a personification of compassion, because you never discriminate about your health
and rest, you always keep going, travelling all over the world to deliver fallen souls like me. You are con-
tinuously traveling and not free for a single second from services. You have engaged so many people in
services all around the world. You always give a smile to your beloved ones and even to everybody. By
seeing your smiling face everybody becomes blissful and smile.
Srila Prabhupada desired his books in Hindi to be distributed in India. You always fulfill his instructions
and desires. You have dedicated your mood for distribution, and encourage everybody to distribute more
books, and have always had massive distributions all over the world.
To set the example for all of us, in spite of so many health issues, you always do dandavats in the altar
and to Srila Prabhupada. Your association always makes us purified and blissful. By your smiling face I
become so joyful.
Dear maharaja, you are glorious. Any issue that comes to you, you manage very smoothly, and satisfy
everyone, because you are so sensitive towards all, even a child.
You are like Narada Muni, in one second somewhere and in another second somewhere else.
Here and there moving and reaching all round
Making jivas chant the Hare Krishna mantra round
Flowing everywhere Prabhupada’s bold teachings
Making possible by book distribution pushing
Traveling, chanting and preaching like Narada Muni
Saving jivas from maya making them happy
You are kripa sindhu flowing on every jiva bindu
Keep always healthy because we require your kripasindhu
Your lotus feet are the only shelter for me, please bless me and make me dance always as per your desire
and treat me as you like.
Please forgive me for my offences at your lotus feet for not following your instructions.
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your useless servant,
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Achintya Gaura dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories unto you on the auspicious occasion of
your glorious Vyasa-puja!
In the year 2017, 22 May you accepted me as a disciple, at your lotus feet. Since then the chanting of the
maha-mantra has brought a tremendous amount of change in my life.
Srila Prabhupada’s movement is wonderfully growing in northern India due to your great efforts in his
service. Now we have more than 14 temples and millions of books have gone into the hands of people.
Your words of wisdom and your compassion for all the people of this world is a continuous source of
inspiration, due to which we are able to take up some of the responsibilities in the service of Srila Prabh-
upada.
We are trying to reach out to different colleges and bring more and more people at the lotus feet of Srila
Prabhupada, but I am unable to do so. We need your blessing and mercy so that we can become instrumen-
tal in doing something significant in serving Srila Prabhupada.
Your most insignificant servant,
Adbhuta Narasimha dasa
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Please accept the humble obeisances of this insignificant servant unto your lotus feet.
I have no qualification nor the ability to glorify a pure devotee of the Lord, but by your mercy only I have
this opportunity. On this Vyasa-puja I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana, Sri Sri Jagannatha, Balade-
va, Subhadra Maharani, Sudarshana and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai for your good health.
Maharaja, you have been a constant source of inspiration for us and a treasure house of so many qualities.
Your humility teaches us at each and every step how to pursue this path of devotional service. How beau-
tifully you are leading and taking care of this sankirtana movement is astonishing. Preaching is increasing
by leaps and bounds under your holy shelter. The surrender and dedication with which you are serving
Srila Prabhupada and Iskcon is unimaginable and teaches us the depth and mood of a true disciple. With
your blessings and mercy I have tried to compile a small poem in your glorification, please accept it as an
offering unto your lotus feet ignoring my shortcomings and conditioned nature.
Preaching the glories of this Sankirtan Movement
You are setting us free from material engagement
You are the beacon of our spiritual ship
And our only hope is your merciful whip
Setting the example of true Vaishnava behavior
We seek your blessing in our every endeavor
A life lived for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada
Acting as a warrior and Spiritual guard
Protecting us from the onslaught of material hankerings
Please always keep us under your blessings
Please bless me with the strength to serve your holy mission
May my actions and thoughts always remain inclined to your vision
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Please forgive my countless offenses and conditioned nature
Bless me to remain engaged in your service forever
Please bless me maharaja so that I may serve you as per your desire and I may always remain engaged in
your eternal service.
Your insignificant servant,
Adhoksaja Dham dasa
Hare Krishna our most respected and beloved Guru Maharaja Srila Bhagavatpada,
On this most blessed event of your Vyasa-puja, please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All
glories to your lotus feet which are the shelter for a fallen soul like me!
I am unqualified to write anything about your divine grace. Guru maharaja, you are one of the most be-
loved disciples of Srila Prabhupada. Being empowered by him, you are fulfilling his mission with great
success.
Gurudeva, you are the first Indian guru who is spreading the message of the Lord on a massive scale all
over the world. You are successfully preaching in Russia, USA, Canada, India and Africa to millions of
fallen souls. I also hope that only by your causeless mercy, a fallen soul like me can be uplifted to the
Krishna consciousness platform.
I am always seeking your blessing to be bestowed upon me. Please keep us at the shelter of your lotus
feet. In the end we pray for your mercy and hope you will forgive us for the offences we have made due to
ignorance. I always wish to remain your servant. My only desire is to serve you forever.
Your most insignificant servant,
Adi Karta dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet and a very happy 74th Vyasa-puja to
you.
While writing this time Vyasa-puja offering into your lotus feet my mind is full of thoughts and your
glories. Guru maharaja, it has been a decade when I saw you for the first time in the temple opening of
Ghaziabad temple. The aura and effulgence attracted my mind immediately. As Narattoma dasa Thakura
says, “darshane pavitra karo ei tomar guna.” So is this with you guru maharaja. Just by your beautiful
smile and merciful glance you are making fallen souls like us pure. The way you ask, ‘theek ho? Anyone
who is burning in the blazing fire of material existence receives rains of Krishna-kripa.
Guru maharaja, when we look towards you we see how occupied you are in the mission of Srila Prabhupa-
da. Despite age and all body problems you never take a break, you are always thinking how to expand this
movement of Srila Prabhupada. For Srila Rupa Goswami it is said Sri caitanya manobhistam, similarly
we can say that you are Prabhupada’s man as you always understand what Srila Prabhupada wanted and
desired. Maharaja I ask at your lotus feet to forgive all my sins that I have committed knowing or unknow-
ingly, although I am not qualified to be your disciple, but because you are so merciful you have accepted
me. Please guru maharaja bless us so that we are also able to help you in this mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Your fallen servant,
Adisimha dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
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to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, today on the day of your Vyasa puja we are being given an opportunity to say something
about His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja, although we don’t consider ourselves eligible to
say anything.
We still believe that it’s just due to the mercy of all the Vaishnavas and Lord Krishna, that we have got this
opportunity. Just by reciting his name, we feel connected with Krishna. Gopal Krishna Goswami Mahara-
ja, is someone who we look at, after Srila Prabhupada. For us he is the representative of the Lord.
Even at this age, he rigidly follows the morning program and renders devotional service as anyone would.
He is very polite and merciful by nature. I’ve never seen him getting anxious and angry at anything. His
face and personality is so charismatic that even by having a glance at his face, the dormant divine love
ignites in our hearts. He is always blissful and a pure devotee. He is always ready and enthusiastic follow
the instructions of his spiritual master, which is even included in his pranam mantra, as all the instructions
that he received from his spiritual master are there in his pranam mantra.
Srila Prabhupada always wanted and stressed on book distribution and he as a true disciple of his spiritual
master took all those instructions and made them part of his life. He is a role model as to how we can fol-
low and obey the instructions of our spiritual master. Even in this old age, he is always ready to travel and
spread the message of the Krishna to every part of the world.
Despite being at such a high position in Iskcon, he’s never filled with prestige and honor. We hope to be the
disciple of such an inspirational spiritual master. You are so merciful, please forgive us for all the offences
that we might have committed and shower your mercy on us.
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your useless servants,
Amit and Usha
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble offering at your lotus feet.
Maharaja, although by profession I am an advocate and it is my bread and butter to explain things, howev-
er I am short of words in explaining your causeless contribution in my life. You are indeed an epitome of
how wholeheartedly one should carry the instructions of Srila Prabhupada. Whenever I observe I find you
are always engaged in preaching without a tinge of selfish interest. I derive immense inspiration from you
maharaja, and it is because of you that I am having such a devoted family. Maharaja I still remember the
moment when you accepted this sinful soul and bestowed me with a beautiful name, I still rejoice the nec-
tar of my beautiful spiritual name. I am trying to serve you maharaja under the guidance and instructions
of Sundar Gopal prabhu and Madhava Gaura prabhu, still I find myself incompetent in serving you to the
extent I should, please bless me maharaja so my enthusiasm in your service increases, and my hankering
for material possessions dwindles.
Your useless servant,
Atipriya Anagha dasa
My revered Gurudeva, His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This is my humble offering to your Grace on this auspicious day of your holy appearance. I deeply thank
Sri Sri Radha-Krishna for letting you appear on this day on earth, as your grace has done many great and
extraordinary services for your beloved Srila Prabhupada. I am so thankful that your grace has accepted
a fool like me in the magnanimous movement of Srila Prabhupada. I am so fortunate to have your grace
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as my spiritual father, your grace is the most loving and gentle father any child could ask for. I surrender
myself more and more unto your lotus feet as the days go by. Your grace is the most important person in
my life. I can’t imagine my devotional life without your mercy. By your sweet mercy only I am connected
to our beloved Srila Prabhupada. Who can else in all the universes can be more merciful and loving than
Srila Prabhupada? I know who I am and what I must do. Gurudeva, I am so indebted to your lotus feet,
what can a beggar offer your grace, I only have my shraddha, determination and service to offer at the dust
of your lotus feet, hope you will accept these. I wish to dedicate my very life in serving wholeheartedly,
this spotless movement of Iskcon without duplicity, so please bless me. My heart sometimes bears the
pains of this material world, but when I see your beautiful face and hear your soothing voice, those pains
become so insignificant.
Please forgive me for my countless offences. Please bless this lowly servant, so that I may become humble,
chant attentively and develop a better service attitude, by always remembering my position as a servant. I
don’t want anything else gurudeva, just wish to eternally serve your lotus feet and your order. Please grant
me this desire and accept my imperfect services.
Your insignificant servant,
Babita Yadav
My dearmost Gurudeva His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Gurudeva, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude towards you for being so kind that you accepted
a very materially engrossed person like myself as your disciple on 22nd May 2017
Gurudeva, you have very expertly and honestly represented Srila Prabhupada in the Society.
You have taken so much pain and austerities just for guiding us on the path which Srila Prabhupada
wanted us to follow. So minutely you follow the rules and regulations, and that inspires me and makes
me feel guilty when I am not able to follow them. By your mercy only we can recognize the Lord in His
deity form at least. You have so kindly given us harinama which is the most precious thing in the world.
Gurudeva, I am rotting in this world, and don’t even have the sense to cry for help. You have so kindly
given the shelter of your lotus feet to such a person. You are very rightly glorified in shastras as an ocean
of compassion and mercy.
You are so nicely playing the two roles
1. A genuine humble spiritual master
2. As a GBC
You do take a lot of care of the presence of the Deity. Even when leaving for small intervals, you bow
down before the Deity.
By your own behaviour with your god-brothers and with even with your disciples, exemplifies what it
means to be genuinely humble. This is an example to be followed by us in our own behavior for your
Holiness’ pleasure.
Gurudeva, your ideal sensitivity and humbleness even to us when you say sorry, for not being able to talk
due to bad health and extensive journey, to the servants of your servants, will always be embarked in my
heart, exemplifying what it meant to be a representative of Lord Caitanya.
You are amazingly strict in following Srila Prabhupada, and never speak or refer to anything outside of
his books.
I am feeling very grateful to you for providing me the guidance of Sundar Gopal prabhu ji. He is so nicely
taking care, which is clearly shown in the increasing sensitivity, love and respect for you, and in those who
are following him.
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In the fortunate moment of your association you expressed your concern about the conversion of people
from sanatana dharma to others, be it Christian or Muslim, Also you were expecting significant results
from the Village Preaching Campaign. You once kindly expressed your transcendental desire for develop-
ing Farm Communities.
I understand that I am not as careful and honest towards my sadhana and seva as is needed. I humbly beg
for your mercy so that I can achieve the most desired success of my life, and that is your holiness’ pleasure
and satisfaction.
The most unqualified of yours servants,
Bankebihari dasa
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, we may think that one who has a big house or one who is driving a fancy car or one who
has a beautiful wife, is fortunate. But the real fortunate person is the one who takes to the process of de-
votional service; one who understands that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead; one who does
not misuse his human life.
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja being an empowered representative of Lord Sri Caitanya,
is engaged tirelessly in distributing Lord Gauranga’s mercy, and is one of the important spiritual precep-
tors, who is fully devoted to fulfilling Lord Gauranga’s prophecy that “My name will be chanted in every
village and town of the world “.
Maharaja’s principal instructions to his disciples are - Please chant attentively, read Srila Prabhupada’s
books regularly, associate with devotees, and engage yourself in devotional services.
Distributing the holy name to conditioned souls, preaching in unfavorable environment and risky places,
perfect management of the Society, and demonstrating exemplary behavior in practicing devotional ser-
vice is unchecked! His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja is taking on a lot of responsibility per-
sonally, of delivering conditioned souls world-wide. The schedule of guru maharaja is very hectic all the
days of the whole year. He is taking long tours at this age for our progress and for Krishna. His Holiness
Gopal Krishna Goswami ji is personally overseeing the translation, printing, publishing and distribution
of Srila Prabhupada’s books and preaching without cessation.
He lectures to a variety of audience – students of leading Universities, Scientists, Politician and Industri-
alists. He is regularly participating in Interfaith Dialogues and regularly lecturing on the Bhagavad-gita
and Srimad-Bhagavatam in Iskcon temples worldwide.
All these spiritual activities are just a glimpse of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja’s deep
commitment and surrender to Srila Prabhupada. His untiring, dedicated efforts, his selfless compassionate
nature and inner conviction to spread the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu globally.
My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth. Attach-
ment to his lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires.
He opens my darkened eyes and fills my heart with transcendental knowledge. He is my Lord birth after
birth. From him ecstatic prema emanates; by him ignorance is destroyed. The Vedic scriptures sing of his
character.
Our spiritual master is the ocean of mercy, the friend of the poor, and the lord and master of the devotees.
O master! Be merciful unto me. Give me the shade of your lotus feet. Your fame is spread all over the
three worlds.
The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service. I
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bow to his lotus feet with great awe and reverence. By his grace one can cross the ocean of material suf-
fering and obtain the mercy of Krsna.
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your useless servant,
Braj Mohan Arora
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I am not able to glorify my guru but because my authority ordered me to glorify him, so I’ll try to say some
lines in the glorification of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja.
1. Guru maharaja is very enthusiastic for preaching even at this age.
2. On this Rama Navami I saw that maharaja ji was weeping while seeing Rama-lila. It shows that
maharaja ji’s heart is very soft.
3. Maharaja ji never stops his seva even in bad health.
4. I keep maharaja ji on the place of Krishna. (Saksad dharitvena samasta shashtrair)
5. Their order is everything for me. (Guru mukha padma vakya)
6. But maharaja ji never gives order. He says everything in by requesting.
7. Maharaja ji is very conscious about attentive chanting. He always requests in last of his lecture -
“Please do your chanting attentively”
8. I never seen him in anger. He has a smiling face always.
9. He speaks very softly. Because his sadhana and tapasya is very strong, so he is very humble. He
replies in a very loving way “Hare Krishna”
10. Maharaja ji likes Deity worship very much. He has many Saligram Silas and very beautiful deities
of Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai.
He worships Them very nicely and always keeps Them with him.
Dasanudasa,
Chirag Rana
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
On the occasion of your auspicious birthday please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
You are most dear to Srila Prabhupada and you are fulfilling Srila Prabhupada’s desire by publishing
books, feeding Krishna’s tasty prasadam to the general people and aristocratic people.
By seeing your sadhana and seva spirit many youth preachers and congregational preachers are very in-
spired and motivated, and we all are learning from your most humble attitude.
You were to meet Srila Prabhupada by the help of his grace Mahapurusa prabhu in Montreal, he was pres-
ident of Iskcon Montreal. On 30th May 1968 you got a life changing news that your dear Srila Prabhupada
is arriving shortly. For the pleasure of guru you selflessly asked about seva. This service mood shows us,
how eager you were to get the causeless mercy from a pure and merciful guru, Srila Prabhupada.
You always connected to your spiritual master with a heart to heart conversation.
You always receive your god-brothers with very great enthusiasm and care.
You are always anxious about peaceful management in every Iskcon temple and want to uplift everyone
spiritually.
I am always begging for your blessings for my purification. Please bless me so that I can always be in
the shelter of your divine instructions, associate with Vaishnavas and become a useful instrument in Srila
Prabhupada’s mission.
Your’s useless handicapped servant,
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Damodar Lila dasa
Our dearmost and respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet on the auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja
2018. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Guru maharaja, we are conditioned souls and above that devoid of all intelligence, so how can fools likes
us perceive your divine qualities? We are very new to devotional service and don’t have sufficient realiza-
tion, it is by your blessings only that we are trying to offer something at your lotus feet.
Dear guru maharaja, you are an ocean of compassion. You are so merciful that you have accepted sinners
and rascals like us, under the shelter of your lotus feet.
Dear gurudeva, one of the most inspiring and attractive features we have realized, is that you are always
available to all the devotees in spite of being engaged in so many services and thousands of disciples, just
like Krishna is available to every devotee. As a compassionate father you always listen to us.
Darśane pavitra kara-ei tomāra guna. Dear gurudeva, you are such a pure devotee of the Lord that by
having your glimpse, one’s heart gets purified.
Dear guru maharaja, you never reject anyone. You are so kind and gentle to all the fallen souls.
You follow exactly in the footsteps of your guru maharaja Srila Prabhupada that can be seen at every step
by your exemplary behavior. You are the source of inspiration for us as to how to remain humble in any
type of situation. Please empower us so that we can also imbibe this in our life. Please bless us so that by
our humble service we are able to reduce your anxiety to preach to conditioned souls. At last, our only
request to you is to keep us protected at your lotus feet by your divine instructions and blessings. Please
use us as a puppet in your hands or in the hands of your faithful servants.
Your insignificant, useless servants,
Gaura Hari dasa, Dhruva dasa, Padma Kumari devi dasi and Madhava Gaura dasa
My dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you!
These are historic times, my dear master, as you push forward the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
These are, in essence, the modern-day pastimes of Mahaprabhu. How fortunate I feel to be able to assist
you in some way. Who am I to be a part of this sacred movement, full of saints and sages living pure lives
and proclaiming the highest truths! Not long ago I was also on the street, full of sadness and despair, suf-
fering the results of my misdeeds which were so numerous that there was no hope for my deliverance in
thousands of births.
Then suddenly, without notice, you appeared in my life. I did not know you were coming. I did not know
who you were – but through time I have come to understand your supremely exalted position as a pure
devotee of the Lord, an intimate servant of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. By inconceivable mercy I am one of
your servants. If someone were to ask me, “Sir, please tell us who you are”, I would say with pride, “I am
the humble servant of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja!”
Yet I know that I cannot have the title of “your servant” without acting and behaving properly. I hope I
can always show my respect and love for everything you have given me by upholding my sacred vows to
chant sixteen rounds a day and follow the regulative principles.
Your servant,
Karunika Vishakha devi dasi
My respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you!
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Guru maharaja, you first met Srila Prabhupada in the evening of June 01, 1968. Within the first two weeks yasya-aprasadan na gatih kuto ‘pi
of your meeting, you decided that you would accept the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and be- dhyayan stuvams tasya yashas trisandhyam
come one of the most dedicated disciple of Srila Prabhupada. vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
Guru maharaja, you are a blissful servant of the Supreme Lord Krishna. By preaching, you bring to light By satisfaction of the spiritual master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes satisfied. And by not
the transcendental knowledge about God for us, who struggle in the darkness. You are tolerant, merciful satisfying the spiritual master, there is no chance of being promoted to the plane of Krishna consciousness.
and friendly to all living beings. You have no enemies. You are a pure spiritual soul. You have dedicated I should therefore meditate and pray for his mercy three times a day, offer my respectful obeisances unto
your whole life to the mission of Srila Prabhupada. You have been propagating the mission of the Krishna him, my spiritual master.
consciousness movement all over the world. Your insignificant servant,
In your lectures, you inspire devotees to be a part of this movement and urge them to distribute the books Malini Sumitra devi dasi
of Srila Prabhupada. I found that your lectures and discourses are very simple and inspiring and have a lot
of influence on our lives by hearing the life and pastimes of Lord Krishna. Dear Gurudeva,
Guru maharaja, you have all the qualities of Balarama, the adi guru. Your nature is very humble and polite. Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to your dear gurudeva His Divine
You always try to keep your disciples together and motivate them on the path of Krishna consciousness. Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada and all glories to the whole guru sishya parampara! All
You seem to be very strict with yourself, but sometimes lenient with others. According to the ability of glories to your heart and soul Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai!
the disciples, you engage them in the service of Lord Krishna. You are a spiritual messenger. You give Although in these 5 years I didn’t get any chance of interacting with you personally, but you are always
shelter to those who aspire for and remove the darkness from their lives. You have said that whatever we there in my heart in the form of your words and instructions. According to your instruction I always try
are hearing and listening, we need to distribute to others in the same manner, without any alteration. I was hard to read at least one sloka of Bhagavad-gita on a daily basis. After your instruction of distributing
very fortunate that I came to know about Lord Krishna through your lectures. I understand the value of the Bhagavad-gita during Gita Marathon I tried hard and saw the positive results in adverse conditions by
Bhagavad-gita, the law book of life. By reading Bhagavad-gita, we have come to know that we are spirit your mercy. As time passes, I always see a new dimension in your divine character. Moreover in my sur-
souls and not the body, and parts and parcels of God. B.g. 2:13. roundings I feel that your simplicity and smile always diminishes the fire in my burning heart. By your
Dehino smin yatha dehe, kaumaram yauvanam jara, thata dehantara praptir, dhiras tatra na muhyati. mercy I always feel myself safe under the guidance of my immediate spiritual authorities, although I am
“As the embodied soul continuously passes in this body, from birth to youth to old age, the soul similarly an insignificant fellow.
passes into another body at the time of death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.” Srila Prabhupada says “purity is the force” when we listen to the sweet divine voice of yours, our hearts
When I first saw you guru maharaja, my heart was filled with respect for you and my eagerness to meet fill up with nectar, as it vanquishes our anarthas. Maharaja, you always teach us by your spotless character
you grew day by day. I finally got to meet your grace for a few minutes at the Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mo- as you never miss mangala-arati and always enthusiastically chant the holy name.
hana temple in Ghaziabad. I became very happy to see you and sought your blessings. I feel that you are I always beg for your mercy so that I can serve devotees and follow your instructions more enthusiastically
always there with us ever willing to guide us, in the right path of Krishna consciousness. without any offenses and feel more enthusiastic while serving the devotees.
Finally, I received diksha from your divine grace. That day was a very auspicious and memorable day in Your humble servant,
my life and that was the beginning of my spiritual life. From then on, I became very serious about chant- Mani Bakshi
ing, learning and reading books. I came to realize that chanting is the most important activity. If we are
serious about going back to Godhead, we should follow the order and message of our guru maharaja. Pre- Your Holiness Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
viously my chanting and reading habits were not very good. I had not taken them seriously and sincerely. A humble offering unto your lotus feet.
But gradually by reading books and attending lectures and yatras, and being in the association of sadhu
sanga, my interest started to grow and is still growing. You are so great and yet so humble
I am a fallen soul. I try to chant the holy name of God in order to express love and gratitude to Krishna. and fearless in the face of fear
I follow the regulative principles strictly. I try to attend mangala-arati and weekend classes on Bhaga- you show the way by perfect example
vad-gita regularly in our congregation. Guru maharaja, it is your mercy that you keep us engaged in the I realise this more with every passing year
service of Lord Krishna. After coming in touch with you, I am able to understand the goal of life. By read- everything you say is confirmed by shastra
ing Srila Prabhupada’s books, I have come to know that “ishvara parama krsna sat-cit-ananda vigraha, and everything you do is for the Lord
anadir adir govindah sarva karana karanam.” and all you teach me averts disaster
Guru maharaja, you are very merciful and nearest to Krishna. I therefore request you to remove all the and strikes in my heart a sympathetic chord
obstacles that may come in the way of my devotional service and spiritual journey. It is my constitutional from your lotus lips I long to hear
duty to serve God and the Vaishnavas. I really need your merciful blessing all the time to improve my life. more and more of that nectar dear
At last I pray, that in my eye will raise a tear
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the truth divine has been handed down

from heart to heart of our gurus
this fruit divine, which has no bounds
now passes from you to us
your appearance here, there is no doubt
has blessed the world, it’s true
and out of many thousands about
saints like you are very few
and so I pray for just one drop
of mercy from your feet
as I recall those words of yours
“Serving Krishna’s desire is our ultimate goal of life”
With love from you worthless servant,
Manoj Mishra
Dear Guru Maharaja,
It gives me immense pleasure to address this Vyasa-puja offering to my most loving guru maharaja. With
folded hands and from the core of my heart this fallen soul requests you to please accept my humble
dandavat pranams at the dust of your lotus feet. I don’t know how to express myself, as I have no proper
words for your glorification. On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, I am trying to express my
personal experiences and feelings, however somehow I do not know how to express myself.
Maharaja, it is due to your blessings that I could perform the marriage ceremony of my daughter this year
on 5th Feb. We invited our whole congregation for sankirtan one day before the marriage. It was only be-
cause of your blessings, otherwise we were thinking where the money will come from for the marriage.
But everything went on very smoothly. Thank you.
Maharaja ji, this year 7th June 2018 my spiritual life will complete 2 years, and I have been chanting 16
rounds regularly (however one day I just forgot to chant 3 rounds. This offence just happened. I do not
understand how) I discussed with my counselor and he suggested to chant extra rounds for a week, which
I did. I sincerely beg for your mercy so that in future I do not make such mistakes.
Guru maharaja, my main problem is still there” that I do not get up early in the morning, although on my
first meeting on 4th June 2016 with you, you insisted that I should get up early. I am so fallen that I am
not able to follow this instruction. I pray unto your lotus feet to please bless me so that I can follow this
instruction.
I feel very fortunate that I get your darshan a few times in a year, but I am so unlucky that this year on
snana yatra you visited Ghaziabad Temple, and I could not come for your darshan. Please bless me so that
my ego and anger goes away.
I humbly pray at your lotus feet to please help and guide me to devote myself in Krishna consciousness
without sinful activities.
I pray to Krishna, let the glory of our gurudeva spread all over the world so that the mission of Mahapra-
bhu and Srila Prabhupada is spread more effectively and harinama is given to more and more fallen souls
In the end, I pray for your mercy, and hope that you will forgive me for my offences made in the mode of
ignorance.
Your fallen soul servant,
Mohan Atmarama dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, I wish you all auspiciousness on your appearance day. I first met you during the Kartik
parikrama to Govardhana back in 2015, and got the divine opportunity of doing parikrama in your divine
association. My heart rejoices and a ray of devotional service illuminates after seeing you. You are a true
representative of Lord Sri Krishna and I get to remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead after taking
your darshan. Maharaja ji, before giving lectures, always sings “Jaya Radha Madhava”, that fills my heart
with ecstasy. Guru maharaja, is very polite and is always engaged in rendering devotional services to his
spiritual master. Guru maharaja has dedicated his complete life to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada and
is a very close disciple of his master.
Later I got another opportunity to meet His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami during Lord Jagannatha
Puri yatra in 2018, and the very first thing that Maharaja asked after getting on stage, was if we had any
problems and discomfort during the yatra, are we getting the prasad on time, this was indeed heart touch-
ing! I was miles away from my material home, and just a like father he took care of all of us during the
yatra.
Whenever someone asks how to render devotional services, Maharaja ji, always says to focus on your
chanting and be sincere towards it and distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books. I pray to guru maharaja, that
I continue to be one of the soldiers of Prabhupada’s Army and remain on the path of rendering devotional
service forever.
Please continue to shower your mercy on this conditioned soul.
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your useless servant,
Monu Raghav
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Sri guru and
Gauranga!
Maharaja, I wish you a very happy Krishna conscious birthday! Please accept this from me.
I have been trying to write a few words to give you my offering on the occasion of Vyasa-puja.
Through your mercy, kindness and compassion you are spreading the message of Krishna consciousness
throughout the world. Please give me your mercy so that I follow your instructions (Daily reading Bhaga-
vad-gita, morning sadhana, four principles), just as you have followed the divine instructions of your own
beloved spiritual master.
You are very kind-hearted. May Lord Krishna continue to bless you, and through your teachings bring all
of us back to Godhead.
May you have a long life for giving the holy name to every village and town!
Hare Krishna
Your servant,
Naina Jadon
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
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in my attempt to write a few lines about you. Maharaja ji, you are Srila Prabhupada’s eyes. You are car-
rying Srila Prabhupada’s views. Srila Prabhupada is still alive and between us because of his books. You
played a big role to publish and distribute these books. Just because of you, it was possible to distribute
these books especially in India. Nowadays, everyone is getting benefited by these books whether he or
she is a devotee or a non-devotee. You are a great example of a perfect pupil. You have followed Srila
Prabhupada’s order to distribute these books and spread spiritual knowledge in India. Now we have big
spiritual Centres in Delhi and all over India. Jaipur temple is also ready to spread Srila Prabhupada’s view
of spreading spiritual knowledge. It was never very easy for me to know about Vaishnava culture, but just
because of you Maharaja ji, I am also getting benefited by it. You are very well educated. You were doing
a very prestigious job in a MNC, still you left everything and accepted the spiritual path for the welfare
of society and you are continuously doing it. Even at this age, when people generally think of taking rest
and enjoying the family life, you are working as a spiritual guru and travelling all over the world to spread
Srila Prabhupada’s mission. Due to your great services, Srila Prabhupada admired you several times and
once he said “Gopal is a very nice boy and he must be encouraged”. I heard about the lila that happened
in Mayapur when Sri Khirchor-Gopinatha gifted you a pot of kheer. Maharaja ji, please show your mercy
on me and bless me with Krishna prem.
Your servant,
Naveen
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. Srila Bhagavatpada ki jaya!
On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I am praying to Sri Sri Radha-Madhava and Pancha-tat-
tva for your good health and success. May Their Lordships fulfil your dreams in assisting Srila Prabhupa-
da in his eternal pastimes!
My dear most and lovable maharaja, I have experienced that your blessings give me strength, perfection
and support to practice bhakti-yoga. Whenever I am confused, in trouble or in happiness, your remem-
brance clears my all doubts at that time. You have taught us personally how to practically engage our-
selves in devotional service. It is practically impossible for a person of your age to do so much of service,
travelling, preaching and Book distribution. Especially, when I see you in the altar doing Deity worship
early in the morning, in spite of your hectic schedule of the previous day, it fills my eyes with amazement,
enthusiasm and inspiration. All these things are only possible due to your spiritual potency.
The relationship between guru and disciple is the most sacred and permanent in this universe and due to
your kindness, you have taken the various responsibilities of so many disciples all over the world. All
other relationships in this material world are temporary, binding and motivated by selfish ideas. Your lotus
feet are the coolest shelter for me. It is just like a small child being fearless while being accompanied by
his father. The most important elements in this relationship are trust and integrity. Therefore, my lovable
maharaja, I am seeking your blessings so that I can be one of your trustworthy disciples.
I am in the grhastha ashram and I am staying at Ghaziabad where I am getting a strong association of dev-
otees in Iskcon Ghaziabad. You always say chanting of the holy names without offence is the best solution
of all the existing problems. But I am such a fool that I fail to appreciate this simple instruction of yours.
By your mercy, I always aspire for big projects like healthy contributions in temple construction after 25
to 30 years. I want to completely surrender myself unto your lotus feet. I also want to utilize my material-
istic skills in your service by making a model layout of temples, with the help of architectural drawings.
Right now, by your mercy, I am able to see anarthas in my heart. I hope that there will be a day in future
when I will be able to dedicate myself to your service so that these anarthas fade away. I pray for your
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mercy so that I can follow your instructions with seriousness. Without your mercy it is impossible for me
to progress in spiritual life.
My most lovable guru maharaja, may that day come closer when I will be able to see you as my father,
mother, guide and true friend!
I pray to Lord Krishna at least in this lifetime, so that I can become an instrument for accomplishing your
mission. In this manner I can work for your pleasure without any selfish motive and can get your mercy.
When you congratulate me for accomplishing your mission in future, on that same day I will think that at
least I have made some good use of a bad bargain.
Your insignificant servant,
Nirapeksha Shukla
Hare Krishna dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. Please accept my heartiest wishes on
your appearance day in this world.
You have appeared in this material world just to deliver conditioned souls from the material clutches and
take them back to Godhead. Guru maharaja, we all get inspiration to advance in spiritual life by simply
taking your darshan. You take so much pain for us. Even at this age and in unhealthy conditions, you fol-
low the process of bhakti yoga so strictly just to teach humanity at large. (yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas, tat tad
evetaro janaḥ, sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute, lokas tad anuvartate)
Your divine instructions are my very life and soul. Whenever I read your instructions, I get so much en-
couragement and determination to progress and take the spiritual path seriously. This year would be the
second year of me being accepted by Your Holiness as a disciple. You have given me so much mercy by
connecting me to the bona fide guru-parampara. I am a completely unqualified person to be receiving so
much mercy from you, guru maharaja.
You are so very dear to Srila Prabhupada. His instructions are your life’s mission. You have spread the
Krishna consciousness movement far and wide even at places where no one knew God such as Russia,
Gulf Countries, etc., to name a few. You have contributed so significantly in distributing the transcendental
books all over the world, flooding the whole planet with Krsna conscious literature.
Today, although completely unqualified, I am begging for your eternal mercy on me, so that you accept me
as your menial servant always serving your lotus feet. Also, I pray to the Lord for your good health. Please
forgive me for all the offenses I keep committing at your lotus feet on a daily basis.
Srila Bhagavatpada ki jaya!
Your most insignificant servant,
Nrsimha Daya devi dasi
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Respected guru maharaja! You are an epitome of spiritual bliss who blesses everyone who comes in con-
tact with you. Even if one gets your darshan, he is blessed and those who listen to you grow spiritually by
leaps and bounds!
I have seen that when you come to Ghaziabad, the whole temple gets surcharged with spiritual energy and
transcendental vibrations can be felt for days to come. And if someone comes to the temple on that day and
hears your lecture, he gets changed once and for all! Darshane pavitra karo ei tomara guna!
A devotee in Ghaziabad congregation was neutral to Iskcon but had doubts. Devotees literally forced him
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to come to the 26th January program at Bijwasan around 5 years back. He took your darshan and heard
your lecture and raised his hands when you cajoled devotees to read Srila Prabhupada’s books every day.
Within next 1 year, he started doing 48 rounds daily, reads Srimad Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavat-
am daily 1 verse. Shifted to Vrindavana and started serving in Namahatta department at the temple. All by
your causeless mercy! Shuddha bhakta charana renu bhajana anukula!
Guru maharaja! You are tirelessly working for Srila Prabhupada’s mission and do not take any credit for
the services rendered by you. You always say that you have not done anything, only Srila Prabhupada has
done whatever has been done by you. That’s why your god-brothers say that if one wants to be humble, he
should seek your divine association!
Guru maharaja! You elucidate the teachings of scriptures in an easy to understand language. By continu-
ously hearing your lectures and following the instructions, one can easily make all round progress in one’s
devotional life. We have seen so many devotees in Ghaziabad, who are leading the show by your causeless
mercy, simply by hearing and following your instruction.
On this auspicious occasion of your holy Sri Vyasa-puja mahotsava, we offer our prostrated obeisances
unto your lotus feet and lotus feet of your beloved disciples and pray to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Sri Rad-
ha-Madana-mohana, Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Srimati Subhadra and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai to grant
you and your beloved disciples even more spiritual strength to serve the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahapra-
bhu for many many more years to come!
If you deem fit, you may kindly bless us in a way so that we can plug the aparadha holes in our bhakti pot,
so as to retain your causeless mercy and progress in our spiritual life!
Hare Krishna!
Servant of your servants,
Pankajanghri dasa
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your ecstatic ser-
vice to him!
Today I am writing for the first time about one of the most senior and respected leaders of Iskcon, his ho-
liness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja.
I would like to thank you for bestowing your causeless mercy, and for showing me the way back to God-
head.
I also had the good fortunate to meet you personally and take your darshan at Ghaziabad temple, and to
attend some of your lectures at the temple.
As you always say to read the Bhagavad-gita daily, so I started reading Bhagavad-gita only by remember-
ing your instruction. That has changed my life completely.
I also pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana, Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Maharani to
bless you with good health, a long life, and to remove all obstacles in your selfless preaching.
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja ki jaya!
Your fallen servant,
Puja Saxena
Dear selfless Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet, which are unceasingly in motion, in
order to fulfill the mission of Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this
auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja!
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Guru maharaja, I do not have any qualification to glorify your holiness with such a limited mind and intel-
ligence. You are an ocean of mercy, simplicity and compassionate behavior. You are constantly ignoring
your personal health in preaching activities for the liberation of infinite souls. Before joining Iskcon I was
merely an animal. But after associating with you and the devotees, I feel a lot of enthusiasm for following
the path of Krishna consciousness. By mere your divine darshan lot of thoughts develop for achieving the
real goal of life. Through you and your disciples my life has changed completely. You gave us the direction
and showed us the right path, a path that gives real happiness, a path that is full of love and devotion. Guru
maharaja, you have given me everything i.e. holy name.
On this auspicious day of your appearance, I fall at your lotus feet and pray that you continue to shower
your causeless mercy on fallen souls like myself, bless us all, so that we may also render service in Srila
Prabhupada’s mission by your grace. I pray to Sri Jagannatha for your good health and to help you in all
that you are doing to spread Krishna consciousness to the materially afflicted world.
Please forgive me for my countless offences, for not following your directions and lots of shortcomings in
services given to me through your delegated authorities.
Your humble servant,
Ragini Aradhana devi dasi
Dearmost and Respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear guru maharaja ji, today by the mercy of senior devotees I have got this opportunity to write a few
words for your glorification. I have no capabilities to do so, as I am the most fallen soul, but I want to take
this golden opportunity to express my heart’s feelings before you.
You have been showering your blessings most mercifully on us, and our congregation and it is because
of that we are getting the energy to do something in the service of Srila Prabhupada. Maharaja ji I have
personally felt the miracles of your blessings in the life of devotees.
Guru maharaja ji, I am getting energy from your blessings and instructions. I was never regular in reading
Srimad Bhagavad-gita As It Is slokas but last time on 8th Nov 2017, when you visited Ghaziabad temple
and inspired us to read at least one sloka daily, since then I am regularly reading Bhagavad-gita slokas.
Your instructions in the forms of your daily quotes is like a personal guidance, one step at a time every day
for me. These instructions are really inspiring and keep me motivated.
Guru maharaja ji, I am very hesitant in doing prachar, hence not able to serve Srila Prabhupada’s mission
properly. Please bless me with intelligence to be able to do prachar.
Dear guru maharaja, being a least capable servant in Srila Prabhupada mission, I beg for your blessings
so that I can get motivation, energy, dedication to contribute more in Srila Prabhupada’s mission. And I
also beg before you, to please, please give me a chance to get the association of the dust of your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila gurudeva! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Your most fallen and insignificant servant,
Rajneesh Kumar Mishra
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, I have been asked to glorify your qualities on this auspicious day, but I don’t feel myself
capable of doing so. Please allow me to say something from the limited fund of knowledge that I have.
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You have been an inspiration of how one has to follow the orders and instructions of his Spiritual master.
You have left no stone unturned in making sure that you execute the orders as they were passed on to you.
You are the first Indian devotee who was initiated by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada and after that its
recorded in the book of time, what services you have done.
Your face is always illuminated with divine happiness which is the source of life and survival for many
conditioned and fallen souls like me. I wish and pray to Lord Krishna that you maintain this happiness and
charm forever.
You are ever busy in spreading the message of the Lord in every small and large part of the world, with
the prime objective of delivering the fallen and conditioned souls out of this repeated cycle of birth and
death and take them back to the Godhead. For this, you don’t differentiate between day and night and are
ever ready to serve.
Despite having health issues, you haven’t faltered an inch in rendering devotional services. You are a role
model and a source of inspiration for all of us. We look upon you as our spiritual father, and truly believe
in your words and instructions that you will take us back to the Godhead, where we aspire to live in the
association of other Vaishnavas for eternity.
Please continue to shower your mercy on us as you have been doing till date, and motivate us so that we
can advance in rendering devotional service to guru and Gauranga.
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your useless servants,
Rakesh and Kanchan
Our dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. May this offering find you in very good health!
On this auspicious day of your appearance we pray to Sri Sri Radha-Madana-mohana, Sri Sri Jagannatha,
Baladeva and Subhadra Maharani, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Srila Prabhupada to give you good health so
that at this advanced age too you can easily propagate the message of the Lord in the whole world to save
many fallen souls like us.
Maharaja ji, I have been a part of Iskcon since 2011 and participated in various services since then, but this
year I think turned out to be most significant regarding growth in my devotional life. After getting married
in March 2016 I somehow was not able to balance properly my spiritual and material life due to the rea-
son of entering into a new ashram, office workload, and my parents shifted to Ghaziabad (from our native
place). After struggling for a year, by your mercy and the mercy of other Vaishnavas your humble servant
Damodar Lila prabhu ji connected me to Govindapuram congregation lead by Shyam Karuna prabhu ji.
Many things have changed since then and now me and my wife both are a part of this congregation for
more than a year, and we are trying to get ourselves engaged in various services. It’s all because of your
mercy and our siksha gurus support who are teaching us by their own examples, that the situation changed
so fast, else I never thought of regaining enthusiasm in devotional life this much. This was the first time
when I went on the roads, markets and other places for book distribution during the Gita Marathon (earlier
I used to get sponsorships only). We put in whatever efforts we were able to, and distributed around 300
Bhagavad-gitas on a one-to-one basis and on a sponsorship basis collectively. Maharaja ji, we beg you to
please bless us so that we can maintain our enthusiasm in devotional service and try to serve you and the
Lord in a better way every day.
At the time of my diksha, during our personal meeting, you asked me to marry a devotee girl. Somehow I
was not able to marry a girl who was already a devotee, but I always prayed at your lotus feet to grant fa-
vourable Krishna consciousness to her too. By your mercy she got the association of good devotees in the
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congregation and started to chant 16 rounds since Kartik month of 2017 and has developed a good interest
in reading and hearing shastras too. As for me, I am struggling to regularly read the shastras as per your
instructions and trying to overcome it under the guidance of Shyam Karuna prabhu ji. I am trying to read
more, for longer duration, and have a better understanding of devotional service, so that we can develop
more taste towards chanting the holy name of the Lord.
We seek your blessings as we are in the phase of expanding our family. Though we were not able to meet
you personally to seek your blessings, but we pray to you to please bestow your mercy on the coming
soul and both of us too, so that we can train the coming child in pure Krishna consciousness as per your
guidance and instructions. We are performing the prescribed samskaras and we beg you to please grant
your shelter to the upcoming soul at your lotus feet, so that the purpose of taking the human form of life
can be achieved by all of us.
We again pray to you to please keep us under the shelter of your divine lotus feet, so that we can be instru-
ments to help to propagate the mission of Lord Caitanya and Srila Prabhupada eternally.
Your insignificant and aspiring servants,
Rasik Madhusudan dasa and Shalini Batra
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! First of all I beg to offer my most humble obeisances at my spiritual master’s lotus feet. I
think that I am fortunate because you have accepted me as your disciple, otherwise I would have continued
to live in darkness. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
On this most auspicious day of your divine appearance I beg to offer my humble obeisances in the dust of
your divine lotus feet. All glories unto you! All glories unto Srila Prabhupada!
Only because of your mercy, I have come to know the objective of human life. Before that I was just
living an animal life. I need your blessing because I am a very fallen soul and still attached to material
designations.
Maharaja, you are very dear to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna. Please shower your mercy on me. I
pray to you to please engage my energy in the service of Srila Prabhupada.
Please accept me as your servant though I am not capable enough. You have come here to show us the path
back to Godhead, to fallen souls like me.
On this auspicious occasion, please bless me to be a part of the sankirtana movement of Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. It will be my constant endeavour to serve your lotus feet. Please bless me with your mercy
and forgive me for all my offenses at your lotus feet.
Your daughter,
Rasika Vrajesveri devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, a true soldier of Spiritual Army of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila
Prabhupada. I listened to one of his lectures which made my soul very calm, and realised that whatever
happens in my life is the mercy of guru and Krishna.
His Holiness Sri Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja ji is a true follower of Srila Prabhupada since a long
time, and during this long journey lots of devotees have been inspired by watching his divine service. It
finally resulted into a widening growth of this divine family all the way. Let’s pray to Lord Krishna to take
care of him so that his remarkable achievements will be witnessed by the world of spirituality in future,
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by his excellent contribution to this divine family.
The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service. I
bow to his lotus feet with great awe and reverence. By his grace, one can cross the ocean of material suf-
fering and obtain the mercy of Krsna.
I always miss these lotus feet, my head is looking for its eternal refuge and the heart is longing for a merci-
ful sight of my master. Should I worry when the torch light of transcendental knowledge is in your hand?!
Dear guru ji gives a saving hope, pointing the way to the Kingdom of eternal love for the lotus-eyed young
man with a flute in His hand and a peacock feather in His hair. The eternal Kingdom of kirtan, the King-
dom of the holy name and His eternal servants, where my eternal well-wisher is waiting to engage me in
eternal service, free from all the duality of material existence.
This priceless human life takes on a real meaning only when filled with the nectar of guru’s satisfaction.
Illuminating the heart, the smile of the Lord awakens the ocean of true emotions in Krishna consciousness.
The diamonds of your instructions filled with love and devotion adorn your true followers free from all
doubts inherent in conditioned existence.
All glory to you, O dear gurudeva, Srila Bhagavatpada, O ocean of compassion and friend of the fallen
souls, your eternal servant is praying to become worthy of his beloved master. Let me one day become a
real dasa-dasanu-dasa.
I pray at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, to bestow His choicest blessings on you for your
good health, peace and pure devotion, so that Krishna consciousness / harinama is spread all over this
world to every town and village, for the pleasure of the Lord.
May Lord empower me to serve His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami guru maharaja in every possible
way in all times in his mission.
May Lord add my ayu to Guru Maharaja’s ayu, so that he lives long with good health in the service of Sri
guru and Gauranga.
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your useless servant,
Reetu Arora
My dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you!
These are historic times, my dear master, as you push forward the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
These are, in essence, the modern-day pastimes of Mahaprabhu. How fortunate I feel to be able to assist
you in some way. Who am I to be a part of this sacred movement, full of saints and sages living pure
lives and proclaiming the highest truths! Not long ago I was also on the street, full of sadness and despair,
suffering the results of my misdeeds which were so numerous there was no hope for my deliverance in
thousands of births.
Then suddenly, without notice, you appeared in my life. I did not know you were coming. I did not know
who you were – but through time I have come to understand your supremely exalted position as a pure
devotee of the Lord, an intimate servant of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna. By inconceivable mercy I am one
of your servants. If someone were to ask me, “Sir, please tell us who you are?” I would say with pride, “I
am the humble servant of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja!”
Yet I know that I cannot have the title of “your servant” without acting and behaving properly. I hope I
can always show my respect and love for everything you have given me by upholding my sacred vows to
chant sixteen rounds a day and follow the regulative principles.
Your servant,
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Rohini Kishor dasa
Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my prostrated obeisances.
I consider myself so fortunate that Krishna has given me one more chance to glorify your unlimited qual-
ities. Last year was year of great turmoil for me, but I consider it the mercy of Krishna, as I was able to
come out of it by your mercy, and in this process I got more of your association. I have felt that coming
to meet you, doing pranam to you and talking to you removes all anxiety and fear and I always become
joyful internally.
I always used to think it is very difficult to meet you and now I realize that it was my lack of desire due
to which I was not doing this. You are always busy in the service of Srila Prabhupada and even at this age
you are always available to meet with an insignificant person like me and that too with full attention and
smile which gives me the energy to survive.
By travelling daily for about 5 hours, I feel I am tired, but when I see you doing very long distance trav-
elling all the time 365 days in the year, I realize that you are a messenger of Lord Krishna, who has come
just to give shelter to fallen souls like me.
I am trying to follow your instructions of chanting attentively, avoiding Vaishnava aparadha by observing
humility, reading Srila Prabhupada’s books and Bhagavad-gita daily, and doing regular book distribution.
You are an ocean of mercy, and can accommodate everybody in your heart. I don’t know what pious ac-
tivities I have done that I became your disciple. On thinking about it more, I realize that none of my pious
activities could result in such a beautiful gift. It is only your causeless mercy that you gave me shelter
under your lotus feet.
I may continue to do more mistakes due to my false ego, but maharaja, I will definitely try to serve you
as per your instructions. Please forgive me for my mistakes as I am a foolish child of yours. Without you
where will I go?
On this very auspicious day, I pray to Lord Krishna that you always remain in good health and keep giving
your vani and vapu seva to us.
gurudeva!
jogyata-vicare, kichu nahi pai,
tomara karuna—sara
karuna na hoile, kandiya kandiya,
prana na rakhibo ara
Your servant,
Rukmini Jeevan dasa
Dear Srila Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
This is my humble offering to you on this auspicious day of your holy appearance.
I thank Krishna for sending you to save us from the burning material lives. You have contributed a lot to
the mission of Srila Prabhupada, and you have saved many fallen souls like me, by guiding us on the path
of devotional service to the Lord.
I was lost in this material world but you saved me and showed me the right path to Krishna.
You are simple and gracious, and whenever I hear you, a different kind of enthusiasm and determination
rises in my heart to practice Krishna consciousness.
I was surprised after knowing your contribution to the Krishna consciousness society. You have dedicated
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your whole life to Krishna and that amazes me. You inspire me at every step of my life. Thank you for
showing us the reality of this world which is full of deceit and pain.
Thank you for leading me in the right direction.
Your insignificant servant,
Rupali Aggarwal
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, glorifying your qualities is like showing a candle to the sun, still I want to glorify your
qualities from the bottom of my heart. From a very tender age you had all material facilities and wealth.
Despite being born and brought up in an aristocratic and rich family, your personality and your calm and
compassionate nature is nothing short of divinity. You were educated both from India and went abroad
for higher studies, still you remained untouched by the western effect. In reality your birth is divine, your
personality is divine, your whole perspective is divine, O my incomparable spiritual master!
I’ve not seen Srila Prabhupada, have only got the image of how he would have looked like by reading his
books, but this quest of mine is satisfied the moment I see you. I feel divine satisfaction whenever I see
you and it is very hard to express that feeling in words.
When you sing the glories of the Lord by singing “Jaya Radha Madhav” my heart starts beating in excite-
ment naturally. Hearing your lectures directly or via any electronic media, the divinity remains the same.
Srila Prabhupada was very fond of literature and Vedic scriptures and your contribution towards printing
and publishing of his Vedic translations has been immense and is second to none. I bow down to your work
ethics. You are always travelling and spreading the divine knowledge to every small and big part of the
world, even at this age, I bow down unto you.
You are very polite and I’ve heard many things about this particular quality of yours. In the recently
concluded Sri dhama yatra to Jagannatha Puri, the moment you arrived on stage, the first thing that you
said, was to check the condition of all the assembled devotees. Did you face any problems and discomfort
during the yatra? Listening to this my heart filled with feelings, I bow down unto your politeness.
Today whatever preaching and spreading of the holy names of the Lord is happening across the world, it is
just because of you and other disciples of Srila Prabhupada. Today everyone has access to harinama and
spiritual knowledge, which is just because of your mercy. O my compassionate guru maharaja!
You gave me knowledge about the Supreme Personality of the Godhead and made me aware of my rela-
tion with Him. It is due to your compassion towards me, I can see the difference in my life. I truly believe
that you will continue to shower your mercy on this conditioned soul in the future as well. I am so fallen
that your blessings are the only source of upliftment for this soul.
I’ve already accepted you as my true spiritual master, and eagerly waiting for the time when you will ac-
cept me as your disciple as that will make my life complete.
Looking forward. Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your useless servant,
Sachin Sharma
Dear Guru Maharaja.
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to guru maharaja!
I have no qualification to glorify you, guru maharaja, I am fortunate because, you have accepted me as you
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disciple. Without your mercy, I am nothing but a fallen soul full of anarthas, which keep me away from
my devotional service. Guru maharaja, I beg for your mercy so that these anarthas vanish from my heart,
so I will be able to serve you and Their Lordships Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Srimati Subhadra.
Your lotus feet are the only way to obtain pure devotional service. Guru maharaja, please give me shelter
under your lotus feet so that I can follow your instructions and serve your servant’s servant.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha Madana-mohana to give you good health and strength. I am a fallen soul and hope
to get your mercy till the end of my life.
You insignificant servant,
Sakshi kishori devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
When I joined the Krsna consciousness movement, and after some years when the word initiation came
about, among all the guru maharaja’s, your name His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja was
introduced. Till that time, I had never heard about you, but to know you, I started reading about you.
Before that I had heard about your various qualities like ‘humility.’ After hearing about this quality of
yours, I realised how important it is to be humble in order to deal with any situation. I also discovered the
importance of book distribution, and later I realised that distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books is one of
my favourite services.
Something interesting that I would like to bring to your notice, is that few years back before coming to
Krsna consciousness, I bought a book from Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi temple book shop i.e. Krsna -The
Source of Happiness and it was written by you. Later I read it. So this was also a coincidence for me. I
would also like to mention that, I haven’t had the opportunity to see you but have always heard your glo-
rification. But in my heart, I have accepted you as my spiritual master.
At the end I would like to say, that my only prayer to Krishna is that He bestows His mercy upon you so
that you remain healthy and initiate more souls in order to send them back to Godhead. Under your guid-
ance we can continually distribute more of Srila Prabhupada’s books.
Yours most useless servant,
Saloni Pal
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, you are a great devotee, sage and loving disciple of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada
and Lord Sri Krishna, you have taken the mantle of preaching Krishna consciousness after the disappear-
ance of Srila Prabhupada. You keep yourself so busy that in a moment you are in India and in other you
are in other parts of the world like China, South Africa or America, still you manage to spare time for your
devotees and care for all of them. Your humbleness, compassion and mercifulness can’t be expressed in
words.
Even after receiving disrespect and inappropriate behaviour from other devotees you patiently forgave all
of them, you remained calm in those times. You gave all your life in lifting fallen and conditioned souls
like us. You consider all us as family and care for all of us. We are so fallen that we can’t even follow your
instructions properly.
You personally connect and motivate devotees and listen to their problems so that they can leave the ma-
terialistic path and progress in Krishna consciousness. It appears as if the Lord Himself has sent you in
this world only to lift and take conditioned and fallen souls like us back to Godhead. Our mind becomes
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peaceful whenever we have your darshan. After hearing your lectures we get to realize a lot of our wick-
edness, and are able to understand many of our shortcomings. You are so merciful that you care even for
the smallest living being like an ant.
Please forgive me for any offence that I may have committed out of ignorance and keep showering your
mercy on me.
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your useless servant,
Samavedana
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
It is my great fortune to get shelter under you. I am not qualified for this maharaja as you know, those who
are my suhrda them also I have neglected. I have found fault in them also. I am a cheater, but still I am
existing among devotees by your mercy.
I decide so many times to stand, again I fall, again I stand again I try but again I fall. This is going on
maharaja. Please bless me with sanity to absorb all and tolerate, so that I can serve you to the best of my
capacity. I had left things so that I can be free and serve, but I realize that I am now bound by the shackles
of my mind in terms of lust, greed, pride, arrogance, desire for credit, desire to not give credit, and these
shackles are so great, that I am now feeling that leaving my job, family etc., was easier than leaving these
things.
Actually, I am not able to follow the 4 regulative principles, also maharaja as recommended for manasa,
karmana, vaca all are difficult to follow. Srila Prabhupada said that follow the 4 regulative principles, do
not criticize devotees, chant Hare Krsna - I will take you back to Godhead. For that I need your mercy, so
today I promise you maharaja that I will try not to break it for even one thought. I promise you no second
thoughts.
Thanks so much that I have got this movement in this lifetime. So now I may make it back to Godhead.
I know that I need to be more serious and more committed so I will never give up. I need your mercy.
We have started preaching at IIT Mandi, AKGEC, Hitech, Bahara University, JP University. And we have
got some very nice boys there. I seek your blessings so that we may develop the preaching and create more
centres there maharaja.
I am also assisting in the Website for Ghaziabad Iskcon, for which I worked hard, and I had a role of get-
ting it designed. Some devotees wanted that I should also manage it which is not possible maharaja as I
have less time. I want to be engaged in preaching. Initially I used to think that the best way we will please
you is by assisting you in serving your spiritual master in preaching, but later I came to know that the big-
gest thing I can do as a service to you is to prepare myself to go back to Godhead in this life.
Please bless me maharaja to work on my sadhana, because that is more important for me and I have to
work on this only. I have more to improve inside than outside, so I am not so eager to become outspoken.
I should just serve as told and work for inner correction.
I am also very selfish but with some request from devotees I am doing 1 round of the maha-mantra for
your health also maharaja. Now I understand that there are some people who are into sadhana and for
some it is preaching but for me it is mainly preaching.
When I see that you do not see any fault in anyone at all, I understand that it requires a very great vision
from the perspective of the Lord that a person can be so forgiving.
Whatever is inside that is attractive to us! There is no matsara inside you that is the reason you appreciate
and see only good in others.
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1. You do not want any credit but you get that also
2. You focus on engaging in core Krsna conscious activities, not just managing lecturing etc.
3. You also value the sacrifice of devotees
My only request maharaja is, just to keep me in this movement with devotees, so that someday in some
lifetime I may understand Krishna consciousness and be able to please you.
Your humble servant,
Sanatan Gaura Chandra dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, you were born and brought up in a rich and aristocratic family and had a luxurious life with
all the facilities that are required in this material world but as soon as you met your spiritual master His
Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, you immediately renounced all of your possessions.
Srila Prabhupada appointed you, Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja, as a person in charge of GBC and
from then onwards you have been serving Srila Prabhupada. You have seen many temples being construct-
ed under your guidance and supervision. Maharaja ji translated Srila Prabhupada’s books in Hindi, and
made them available to the masses and has been doing this service relentlessly.
Maharaja ji, got initiated at a very early age and also accepted the sannyasa ashram at a relatively early
age and dedicated his entire life towards the service of his spiritual master.
Maharaja ji, is very humble and courteous and always ready to give credit by calling us fortunate for being
connected with this mission of his spiritual master. He always focuses on attentive chanting. He is a loving
disciple of Srila Prabhupada as he always abides by his orders and instructions. Srila Prabhupada always
believed in preaching and distributing books as that is the need of the hour, even the preaching part comes
in the pranam mantra for His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja.
On answering questions of how he can be served, maharaja always says that if one is attentively chanting
the holy names of Krishna, I am served automatically.
Maharaja ji, is very compassionate to even the smallest creatures like an ant, what to speak of human be-
ings. Once maharaja ji was coming from Vrindavana dhama with sweet prasad, and was quite a few miles
away from it, when he opened the prasad, he saw an ant moving in it. Suddenly he said, that he has got a
resident of dhama with him and asked the driver to turn back towards dhama. He went back, placed the
ant safely there and apologized for taking it with him, such is his compassionate heart.
He’s always feeling for the others and keeps on asking for any discomfort that might have been caused.
Maharaja ji, we keep on committing offences, please forgive us for all of them which we do knowingly
and unknowingly.
On this day, kindly forgive all the mistakes that we have done and bestow your blessings on us so that we
can obey your orders and follow your instructions.
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your useless servant,
Sanjay Sudarshan dasa and Aksaya Archana devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
You dear Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja appeared on this planet on the most auspicious day of Annada
Ekadashi on August 14, 1944.
Maharaja, first met Srila Prabhupada the founder Acharya of Iskcon, in the evening of June 1968. Within
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two weeks after meeting him you decided that you would accept him as your spiritual master.
In 1981 Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja, you took sannyasa. A year later in March 1982, on the auspi-
cious day of Gaura Purnima you became a diksha guru (an initiating spiritual master).
Srila Prabhupada always admired your qualities of head and heart, and he once remarked “Gopal is a very
nice boy and he must be encouraged.”
Your useless servant,
Sanjay Thakur
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, please accept my greetings and wishes on your appearance day. Please forgive me for all
the offences that I’ve committed and bestow your mercy on me on this so fortunate day. I am such a fallen
and conditioned soul that I keep on committing mistakes over mistakes. I don’t remember to the best of
memory, following instructions of Srila Prabhupada, yours’ or of my counsellor.
Please give me enough strength that I can follow your instructions with complete rigidness. I don’t feel in-
terested in doing any kind of service towards the guru parampara or towards the great Vaishnavas, nor am
I able to complete my rounds as my whole body is filled with laziness and dullness. I am always building
a web for achieving greater material opulence and status.
You are a true Vaishnava and it is by your mercy and the mercy of other Vaishnavas that I can be lifted to
the platform of goodness and render some devotional service.
Maharaja ji, you have renounced and left behind the highest material position and have committed your
whole life towards the fulfillment of the instructions of your spiritual master, please sow a similar seed
in us so that we can also follow what you did. Maharaja ji, you at such an advanced age and despite your
health problems are able to complete your rounds in the early hours of the morning. Without differentiat-
ing between day and night, you keep on rendering your services across the world. You have such a great
contribution towards books publication.
Maharaja ji, I don’t consider myself capable or suitable for glorifying you, but I pray and request you to
shower your mercy on me so that I can progress on the path of devotional service.
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your useless servant,
Sanjeev Gupta
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept our humble obeisances.
As Lord tells us in the Bhagavad-gita, “To reach Me first bow before a bona fide spiritual master who
knows Me. Guru maharaja ji who else can take fallen souls like us with the lowest brain to Krsna.
Guru maharaja ji, when we did the IDC course this year, we got to know the importance of guru padashra-
ya, but when will that day come when fallen souls like us will get the shelter of your lotus feet.
We have no intelligence to serve Vaishnavas, we do not know how to talk to Vaishnavas, we do not know
how to pray to Krishna, we even do not know how to serve you, and we just know that you are a direct
representative of Lord Caitanya, who can save fallen souls like us from the trap of birth and death.
Guru maharaja ji, kindly show mercy on us, kindly ignore our misdeeds and forgive us for our aparadhas
which we keep on committing.
We pray to you to keep holding our hands as we cannot progress unless your causeless mercy is not be-
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stowed on fallen souls like us. Only through your mercy can we serve you, your disciples and Krishna.
Your fallen servants,
Sanjiv Sharma and Anupam Sharma
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to
you!
After a year, I got another opportunity to sing your glories as my offering to your lotus feet on your aus-
picious Vyasa-puja.
Dear guru maharaja, everyday since I joined Iskcon, I feel very fortunate, because of Srila Prabhupada and
his dedicated and merciful disciples like you, who have made my life very beautiful and valuable.
Iskcon as an institution and you as a merciful father and teacher came into my life to teach me how to get
out of this material bondage of life and death and how to develop pure love in my heart for Sri Krsna.
I was struggling in the clutches of maya thinking that I am leading a happy life, but this illusion was over
when I heard your discourses, though I am still struggling in the process of purification, and trying hard to
accept more austerity gradually in my life.
Your emphasis on Book distribution always inspires us to participate with full energy and enthusiasm in
the distribution of transcendental literatures of Srila Prabhupada.
Your loving dealings with all your disciples and fatherly affection has been inspiring me to follow your
instructions seriously.
When you last visited Ghaziabad temple you instructed all devotees to read Bhagavad-gita every day.
Somehow with your blessings I am trying to keep my promise made to you that day, and reading Bhaga-
vad-gita regularly. It would never have been possible for me to do it regularly without your kind encour-
agement. You made me realize the importance of reading and implementing scriptural instructions in my
own life.
I am thankful to you for taking time out of your busy schedule and giving us your elevated association
sometimes, though we understand that following your instructions as it is, has it all, but still we desire to
take your holy association in person and take some divine inspiration from you.
I bow down a thousand times to your lotus feet and ask forgiveness for my very slow progress and offences
committed unintentionally onto devotees. Please keep me in your blissful divine shelter always, I pray on
this special day of your Vyasa-puja.
Your insignificant servant,
Sashipriya nath dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
It is my great fortune that I have received an opportunity to say something and glorify you although I don’t
feel myself capable still I would try to say something.
You are a true incarnation of Srila Vyasadeva and you have come here only to send fallen and conditioned
souls like us back to Godhead and for this purpose, Srila Prabhupada’s divine eyes selected you. Srila
Prabhupada knew beforehand that it’s only you who can do this. You have made your day and night equal
in discharging your duties towards the nourishment of Iskcon.
Born in a rich and aristocratic family, leaving behind a high job profile in one of the Fortune 500 compa-
nies like Pepsi, you made your spiritual master’s orders as the only purpose of your life.
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Your renunciation, service and devotion is an example for all of us. In an age range of 70-75 when a normal
human being, spends his life in ordinary and mundane activities, you still do your service and devotion
with complete rigidness and in the remaining time, you show your mercy on fallen souls like us by giving
lectures. You are the chief in charge of the Governing Body Commission, India which is responsible for
book distribution across the world and oversees 30 temples across the Globe.
It is only because of your selfless efforts, the publication and distribution of the Srila Prabhupada’s books
is going on without any disruption, and many people are able to make their lives significant and are able
to know the real purpose of the life.
Please give enough strength and patience so that I can follow the instructions of my spiritual master and
can follow the path laid down.
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your useless servant,
Shalini Gupta
Dearest Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most respectful and humble dandavat pranams at your lotus feet.
All glories to jagad guru Srila Prabhupada, and all glories to your loving divine grace!
Lots of Krsna conscious wishes to you on this very auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja. I pray to Sri Sri
Gaura-Nitai to protect you from all turbulences and bless you with the best of health, so that your journey
to deliver fallen souls like me continues smoothly.
Guru maharaja, thank you for giving us the divine opportunity to meet you and allowing us to serve you
during your visits to the Ghaziabad temple. By your mercy I am able to chant my rounds regularly and fol-
low the four regulatory principles as well. After promising you to read one sloka of Bhagavad-gita daily,
my reading habit is gradually improving.
Today on your Vyasa-puja celebration, I request you to please bless me so that I can improve my chanting
quality and bring regularity in my reading and hearing. I am struggling with my sadhana and I take this
opportunity to beg for your mercy for my spiritual growth. You are very kind and generous, so please
always keep your merciful divine hand on my head, so that I can protect myself from the attacks of maya
and surrender completely in the service of the Sri guru and Gauranga.
“Yasya prasadad bhagavad prasado, yasya aprasadan na gatih kuto ‘pi!”
“By the mercy of spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krsna, without the grace of spiritual
master, one cannot make any advancement” so please always remain merciful upon me so that I can quick-
ly achieve the highest goal of this human life.
Your insignificant servant,
Shanti devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Aap kai caran kamalon mein koti koti dandavat pranam. His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja
ki jaya!
I have no quality to write anything about the guru maharaja but as directed by my seniors and to follow
their instruction I pray to the Supreme Lord to please provide me strength to say some words about guru
maharaja.
Guru maharaja is so polite and there is no difference between his words and actions. He has always di-
rected his every follower to chant attentively and follow the four basic regulative principles. Gurudeva ji
always explains the importance of association of Vaishnavas and book distribution, which are the basis of
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bhakti and preaching. He never forgets to remember Srila Prabhupada ji and always quotes his instructions
in every lecture. This shows his dedication and respect towards Srila Prabhupada ji.
He is so soft hearted person, it is unimaginable. Due to this, sometimes he cannot imagine that such a ter-
rible situation can be faced by someone. Sometimes, guru maharaja is like a child. It seems that he has no
ego at all. He has all the qualities that a pure Vaishnava should have. It seems as if has come from another
planet to deliver bad souls like us. I pray to Lord Krishna that guru maharaja lives a long life with good
health, so that we all have his association for a long period.
Your insignificant servant,
Sunita Rawat
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
On this glorious day of your Vyasa-puja, I offer my respectful obeisances at the divine merciful feet of
your holiness Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja who is so very dear to Lord Sri Krishna.
How fortunate and blessed I feel to have been allowed through Srila Prabhupada to have your exalted
association, to have heard you speak, to have been in your divine presence and to have seen your transcen-
dentally sweet face, which is like a golden lotus flower.
You are so kind and merciful, someone so rare in this world, and your dedication to your revered guru
maharaja, Srila Prabhupada and the mission of Sri Gauranga, is exalted. You are worshipful by all souls
and, by your affectionate and profound instructions, you awaken the urge in us to return home back to
Godhead. I bow down in love and gratitude for your tolerance and affectionate concern for the spiritual
well-being of all fallen souls. I prostrate myself at your dear lotus feet and say with all my heart how I miss
your sweet presence and how I never forget your wonderful, munificent mercy upon this fallen soul. I am
eternally your affectionate servant and I worship you with all my heart and soul.
As Srila Prabhupada engaged his lady disciples in various services, kindly also bestow your mercy on me
and engage me in spreading the glories of harinama as per your desire and satisfaction, throughout the
world. Please give me your shelter.
Your daughter,
Vibha Mishra
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this most auspicious day of your appearance!
Your lotus feet are the only shelter for us in our whole existence. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glo-
ries to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Maharaja ji, we have no qualification to understand and chant even a fraction of your transcendental
glorifications. Whenever we come in association with you whether vani or vapu, we feel that we are in
association of very very dear disciple of Srila Prabhupada, as your whole life is fully surrendered to serve
the instructions of Srila Prabhupada! In spite of all difficult circumstances, you are always engaged in ful-
filling the desire of Srila Prabhupada. When will we get the same spirit to serve your lotus feet!
“Yasya prasadad bhagavad prasado, yasya aprasadan na gatih kuto api”, only by your causeless mercy
can we get the mercy of the Lord. Therefore, on this auspicious day, we beg for your causeless mercy upon
fallen souls like us so that we can sincerely engage all our senses in following your instructions, because
that is the only way to please Lord Krishna.
We pray to Sri Sri Radha Madana-mohana ji, Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva, Subhadra Maharani and Sri Sri
Gaura-Nitai that you always remain in a healthy condition to fulfil the desires of Srila Prabhupada and to
shower mercy upon fallen souls like us.
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Insignificant servants of your servants,
Vinay Damodar dasa and Dayamai Ganga devi dasi
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
This is my first Vyasa-puja offering. I have no qualification to glorify guru maharaja but still try my best
to do whatever I can. Please forgive any offenses I may make while writing this offering at your lotus feet.
You are the personification of a true sadhu setting the example of a pure Vaishnava. Your qualities never
stop to amaze us, your commitment and devotion to the mission of Srila Prabhupada inspire us tremen-
dously. Your active example inspires much and gives strength. This poor unfortunate soul has so many
shortcomings. Please guide me so that I can overcome all my anarthas and become a pure devotee of the
Lord. I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi that your health gets better day by day, so that you can release
more fallen souls from material bondage.
Your insignificant servant,
Vineet Jadon
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
On this auspicious occasion of your appearance on this planet, please accept my humble obeisances at
your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to you, Srila Gurudeva!
As insignificant creatures, we do not have any quality to perceive and write about your glories. As a bright
star showers its brightness, gurudeva, you have showered the knowledge of Supreme religion all over the
world. Gurudeva you are very humble, sincere, and have deep love and compassion towards all your dis-
ciples. Gurudeva you continuously say in your lectures to read Bhagavad-gita, to follow the four rules, to
do our sadhana properly, to do Vaishnava seva, and to preach about Lord Krishna. Gurudeva, please give
us your blessings so that we are able to follow your instructions properly and can do some seva to give
you happiness.
I pray to the Lord for a long life for His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja ji, so that we can get
his grace through his lectures and his blessings.
Please forgive all my offences that I may have committed at your lotus feet knowingly or unknowingly.
Your insignificant, useless servants,
Vishal and Harshit, Kavita and Purva
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet, on this most auspicious occasion of your
Vyasa-puja ceremony. All glories unto your grace! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear gurudeva, only just by seeing your service to Srila Prabhupada’s movement, we feel encouraged to
serve this movement more and more. I got a chance to take your divine darshan after such a long time
on 10 June 2018 in an initiation ceremony at Iskcon New Delhi. As we just reached Delhi, and were just
going to enter the prasad hall, you were also coming from your room. At that time by seeing your enthu-
siasm, I was feeling shamed.
Dear gurudeva, you have all qualities of a true Vaishnava. By traveling all over the world you are bestow-
ing mercy on fallen conditioned souls like me. On this auspicious occasion, dear gurudeva I’m begging for
a small portion of mercy from your ocean of mercy, so that I can serve you more and more.
I am here in Iskcon Ghaziabad doing youth preaching under the guidance of Sundar Gopal prabhu and
Adikarta prabhu. Dear gurudeva how can I serve you more?
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Desiring to assist you properly in the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
Your servant,
Vishnu Gaura dasa
KANPUR
Srila Gurudeva,
On your 74th Vyasa-puja utsava my prayers to the Lord are that He keeps you always in good health. In
this Vyasa-puja glorification to you, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for accepting a fallen
soul like me.
Yesterday on Panihati Dahi chidwa utsava, I completed one year since my initiation. Thank you so much
maharaja ji for accepting a fallen soul like me.
Sometimes when I introspect, I realize that my heart is so contaminated, that even after knowing the things
that are not good for my spiritual advancement, I still become attached and entangled.
Presently I am here at IIT Kanpur staying with my husband, and by your mercy guru maharaja, we are hav-
ing nice devotee association. We try to follow the instructions of his holiness Bhakti Ashraya Vaishnava
Swami maharaja to live a simple spiritual life under his guidance. We are also very fortunate to have the
association and guidance of Lila Purusottama prabhu ji and his wife Gopa mata ji.
Guru maharaja, this year although I was engaged in some minor services, my sadhana was not so good,
especially Srila Prabhupada’s book reading. It has been challenging for me as I am newly married and
new responsibilities have come into my life. Though throughout the year my japa was good and constant
compared to last year, but last month was difficult for me to chant properly. I wanted to say sorry for that,
guru maharaja. Please bless me so that my sadhana becomes steady.
You are so merciful guru maharaja that you know each and every disciple’s heart. I have realized that
whenever I felt proud in front of you or just broke down, and whenever I am my real self, you recognize
that. Thank you, for correcting and guiding us.
At your lotus feet, my most humble prayers are to please always stay in my heart and guide me towards
the right things on my spiritual journey.
mukam karoti vachalam pangum langhayate girim |
yat-kripa tam aham vande paramananda madhavam ||
All glories to you guru maharaja! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Your daughter,
Jaya Chitra devi dasi
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja,
I offer my most humble and respectful obeisances to my guru maharaja, who has opened my eyes from the
darkest ignorance by the torch of transcendental knowledge, and whose mere merciful glance can purify
a fallen soul like me.
Dear guru maharaja, I am very happy and thankful to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna for giving me the
opportunity to write a Vyasa-puja offering for you.
Each year, somehow by the mercy of the Lord I am able to attend your Vyasa-puja celebration in Delhi.
It really gives me a spiritually pleasing and enriching moment in my normal life. I think it is due to the
association of yourself and your senior disciples.
I feel very inspired by seeing the dedication and love of your disciples. I have come to know about your
divine glories from your divine disciples only, as I am a materially gross person and have no qualification
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to experience the divine.
Your qualified disciples are such nice inspiring gentlemen. They always glorify you with a lot of love.
Guru maharaja, please give me the ability to glorify your divine qualities and the Supreme Lord.
Though I have no ability to glorify you still I will try, as I know this is the most pleasing and satisfactory
act for a disciple. One thing which I really like about you is that you are always engaged in serving Srila
Prabhupada’s mission without fail. You always perform mangala-arati and Deity worship wherever you
are, in spite of your busy travel schedule, without concern for proper rest. You always inspire your disci-
ples to maintain good sadhana by setting an example. You are doing so much service for Srila Prabhupa-
da’s movement. You have many disciples around the world, and you are one of the GBC members. Despite
having such a position and prestige, you always maintain simplicity and humbleness.
Dear guru maharaja, please bestow your mercy upon this fallen soul. I beg for your blessings so that I can
follow in your footsteps and serve Srila Prabhupada’s movement wholeheartedly.
Please forgive me for my offenses at your lotus feet.
All glories to you Srila gurudeva! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Your unqualified servant,
Panchtattva Krsna dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
On the auspicious day of Ananda Ekadashi you appeared on this planet as a leading soldier of Srila Prabh-
upada’s Army to deliver fallen souls like me
Actually, I have no qualification to speak about your glories.
My life has some meaning just because of you. You are so merciful that you even accept a person like me
who is good for nothing.
So, on this day I just pray to Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama for your good health, your association and mercy
upon me so that I can follow your instructions and make spiritual progress.
Your servant,
Shweta Yadav
LUCKNOW
Dear Guru Maharaja,
I beg to offer my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master.
You are a genuine representative of Srila Vyasadeva, and therefore entitled to receive offerings from your
disciples every year. You are the most faithful and confidential servitor of the Lord and therefore deserve
as much respect as Lord Krishna. In the Caitanya-caritamrta it is said that although every living entity is
a servitor of God, the genuine spiritual master is a direct manifestation of the Supreme Lord. For a disciple
to advance spiritually, he must be convinced of this.
The Supreme Lord is so kind that He appears in two features to save the conditioned soul- externally as the
acharya and internally as the Supersoul. You have appeared just to deliver the fallen mlecchas. Srila Bhak-
tisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to say, “If at all there is a shortage of anything, it is of love of God.”
The modern rakshasa leaders are denying God’s existence and thus misleading the human population. You
took your spiritual master’s instruction to spread Krishna consciousness seriously, and therefore you are
so successful. It is essential that a disciple follows his spiritual master’s instructions rigidly.
Recently guru maharaja ji you sent me and two more brahmacharis to Iskcon Lucknow for youth preach-
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ing. I am definitely not qualified to speak anything to them. I need your special mercy so we can inspire
the boys to take up Krishna consciousness and also develop congregation preaching here. I remember
your last instruction which your holiness had given me on 5th June, 2018 that “Be determined there, many
colleges are there and nobody is there to preach.” So, please guru maharaja ji on my own I cannot do
anything. I can do one thing that I definitely can spoil everything here, as I am really not qualified. Please
empower me by giving me your special mercy so that I may follow the 3rd sloka of Nectar of Instruction’
and Lord Caitanya’s Siksastakam.
You are a true tattva–darshi, or knower of the Absolute Truth, and therefore always anxious to preach.
Even in your present illness, you do not miss any opportunity to talk of Lord Krishna. You are a great
Vaishnava. You are always trying to save the suffering humanity by giving them the supreme knowledge.
Thank you so much guru maharaja ji for accepting me as your disciple. Despite having no qualifications,
you have accepted me as your disciple. I owe you a great debt. This debt is impossible to pay. Even if
I serve you for millions of births and deaths, I will not be able to pay back even a fraction of this debt.
You gave me the matchless gift- Krishna consciousness. On this auspicious day, I pray for your causeless
mercy so that I may be able to hold on to your matchless gift eternally and help convert crow-like men
into swan-like men and I will always follow your instructions. Only this will please you, nothing else will.
Your most unworthy servant,
Balesvara Rupa dasa
NANDGAON
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
You are my only saviour. You are my real father. I am in Iskcon from the last 12 years and everyday feel
your mercy. Never is there a day when I feel without shelter. I have quit my all material relationships and
I have only one relation in this birth, that is a father and daughter relation. You always guide me though I
am a totally useless daughter. Please keep me under your shelter birth after birth.
Your unworthy daughter,
Deepti Sharma
NOIDA
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja!
titiksavah karunikah, suhrdah sarva-dehinam
ajata-satravah santah, sadhavah sadhu-bhusanah
S.B.3.25.21
“The symptoms of a sadhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no
enemies. He is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime.”
mukam karoti vachalam, pangum langhayate girim
yat-kripa tam aham vande, sri-gurum dina-taranam
“I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy
turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains. “
dhyana moolam guru murti puja moolam gurur padam,
mantra moolam gurur vakyam, moksha moolam guru kripa
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“The guru’s form is the best to meditate upon; the guru’s feet are the best for worship; the guru’s word is
the mantra; the guru’s grace is the root of liberation.”
My guru maharaja I am worthless, still I got your mercy in the form of initiation. I need your mercy more,
so that I will be able to do some devotional service which presently I am unable to do. I am presently
staying in BACE near Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi Mandir under Ajanma Krishna prabhu, a temple which
is a shining example of your purity.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Sita Rama-Lakshmana and Hanumana
on this auspicious occasion, so that my consciousness always remains fixed in serving your lotus feet for
leading a successful spiritual life.
Your servant,
Gaurav Mathpal
Dear Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Dear maharaja, you are the source of unlimited energy. At this ripened age also you are serving Prabhu-
pada, and the guru parampara tirelessly, and attracting thousands of souls towards Krishna. I have heard
from a lot of devotees how serious you are about the morning programme and due to my own shortcom-
ings I use to think this is a little exaggeration of the facts. But due to my good fortune, I was in the morning
programme at the temple where you were physically present, and I saw you in the altar performing arati.
You are serving the instructions of Srila Prabhupada as your life and soul.
I am filled with unlimited anarthas and the count is increasing exponentially. Instead of making progress
I am falling more and more. Please be merciful to me and bless me with your mercy so that I can have at
least a desire and determination to do devotional service.
I am doing the following services: In IYF - Calls for DYS sessions. In BACE - purchasing and cleaning.
Your insignificant servant,
Manjeet
UTTARAKHAND - DEHRADUN
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
You are very dear to Lord Krishna.
yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado
yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto pi
dhyayan stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
“By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krishna. Without the grace of the
spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the
spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of
my spiritual master.”
Srila gurudeva, this is the first time I am offering a Vyasa-puja homage. I thank you for the mercy you are
showering on me. This year is the most auspicious, the year in which I got my spiritual master.
You have very nicely described the dark condition of material existence. The spiritual master delivers us
from this dark condition by carrying the shining lamp of knowledge with him. It’s a fact that by always
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serving Sri guru the disciple is situated in transcendental bliss for billions of light years, beyond the cha-
otic, bewildering condition of material so-called existence.
From the last five months I am hearing your lectures. I still remember your lecture on ‘Cause of not having
taste in harinama’. You described about the glories of harinama and bhakti-yoga as the way to experience
real pleasure. Your lecture left me captivated and eager to delve deeper into this Supreme science. You
have reached so many people by your empowered preaching.
Guru maharaja, you are such an expert preacher. Each time I hear you I’m amazed at how you are saying
exactly what I need to hear. I remember your instructions to me every day, that attentive chanting, and
reading Srila Prabhupada’s books every day without fail.
You are such a great personality that you show such compassion to the living entities who are in a state of
forgetfulness of Krsna. By constantly preaching and giving so much time, guidance and care.
Guru maharaja, it was long time ago that I was engaged in so many degraded activities. When I think of it
now, I am so ashamed of myself. From many life times I have forgotten my relation with Krishna and am
performing so many sinful acts.
Yet you are so merciful that you have given me this opportunity of devotional service and the real goal of
life - Kṛṣṇa.
Thank you gurudeva for picking- me up and showing me there is something higher than temporary mate-
rial so-called Pleasure.
Krsna says in S.B. 10.80.34:
“I, the soul of all beings, am not as satisfied by ritual worship, brahminical initiation, penances or self-dis-
cipline as I am by faithful service rendered to one’s spiritual master.”
Gurudeva, it is my sincere desire that I may be able to assist you, in some small way, in your service to
Srila Prabhupada. Please allow me to stay in devotional service and please allow me to stay close to your
lotus feet.
I am aspiring to be your disciple. Please accept me. I am very thankful to you for what you gave me so far
and how much you are inspiring me by your lectures. I am trying to serve you by your mercy, and I am
sincerely praying, that one day I may have no desire other than your service.
I pray to Lord Krishna that you may spread this movement of Lord Caitanya the way you are, everywhere
in the entire world. May you always meet good health and your lotus like face always fill with a sweet
smile.
Srila Bhagavatpada Vyasa-puja maha-mahotsava ki jaya! Sri Srimad Gopal Krishna Goswami guru ma-
haraja ki jaya!
Begging you for your mercy.
Your eternal insignificant servant,
Nikita Sati
UTTARAKHAND - RAMNAGAR
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
It is impossible to fully describe your glory, even if we devote our whole life to it. Your actions strike
the hearts of ordinary people, and they become devotees of the Lord. You are always focused on how to
implement the mission of Srila Prabhupada. You are a perfect example of a disciple. Your whole life is
dedicated in serving your spiritual master.
You made my life meaningful by accepting me into the family of Iskcon.
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I pray that I will become serious in spiritual life and make your instructions the only meaning of my ex-
istence.
Your servant,
Lavanga Manjari devi dasi

UTTARAKHAND - RUDRAPUR

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.
Guru maharaja we are very fortunate that we got your association and you accepted us as your disciples.
After Delhi temple services, we got an opportunity to serve you in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand. Under the
guidance of Sundar Gopal prabhu, guru maharaja, from the last 4 years I am continuing in the brahmacari
ashram and praying to your lotus feet to leave this boy like this.
Guru maharaja you gave us such a nice place to practice our Krishna consciousness and to go back home,
back to Godhead. Thanks for being my eternal father.
Your insignificant servant,
Sakshi Madhava dasa

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Dear Gurudeva,
O merciful master, O friend to all in the world. On the occasion of the celebration of your appearance day,
it is the pleasure of the disciples to offer words of praise and honour for guidance in the spiritual realm. All
glories to you dear gurudeva, who are a personification of devotional enthusiasm!
By your compassionate dealings you are igniting so many hearts on the path of pure bhakti. The fire of
your devotion to the order and mission of Srila Prabhupada, is burning through all the boundaries of na-
tionality and inspiring millions to appreciate the beauty of Krsna consciousness.
Your wisdom is truly great and simplicity charming. Out of kindness, compassion, tolerance and friendli-
ness, you have taken to the path chalked out by Srila Prabhupada.
You are like a kind and loving father, and yet we see that you are srict in your personal determination to
achieve the ultimate goal of life, unalloyed, unmotivated devotion to the Supreme Lord and His associates.
By your strict personal practices of chanting, studying, lecturing and giving of yourself to even the most
insignificant, by neglecting no one, you have captured the essence of pure bhakti. All glories, all glories,
all glories to you, O gurudeva.
On this most auspicious day of the anniversary of your appearance on this planet, we, your most unqual-
ified disciples, beg you to please allow us to serve you eternally. Please give us guidance and strength to
take the shelter of your vāni. May we always want to please you through all our activities!
Please glance over us.
Your unworthy disciples,
Arjun Hari dasa and Maha Manjari devi dasi

My dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and unto
you on this most auspicious day of your Vyasa puja!
I would like to offer my koti koti gratitude unto you, your divine grace, for saving this fallen soul from the
quagmire of material existence, having been here in the material world since time immemorial. Along with

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countless souls who have taken shelter of you, I bow down to you again and again.
Your glorious qualities of being a bona fide spiritual master further enhances our disciplic succession
without any limit. As an acharya you exemplify the nature of how to please the predecessor acharyas to
the best of your ability. You have sacrificed everything for the pleasure of Sri guru and Gauranga.
You always emphasize on the nature of this temporary world to us, and the urgency to be released from
the cycle of repeated birth and death by following the process of bhakti yoga sincerely for our well-being.
You always remind us that life is short and there is no time to waste, so to take up the matter in earnestness
and follow your instructions as our life and soul. We are so fortunate to have you as our spiritual master,
father, friend, guide and mentor. We are definitely protected under your able care as long as we do not
deviate from the regulative principles and our agreement at the time of initiation to chant the prescribed
number of rounds of the maha-mantra without any offenses. You are always happy to see us make spiritual
advancement and you want to be sure that at every moment we keep on trying harder to reach the goal of
this human form of life which is love of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna.
The qualifications of a bona fide disciple are described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.10.6) as follows:
amanya-matsaro dakso, nirmamo drdha-sauhrdah
asatvaro ‘rtha-jijnasur, anasuyur amogha-vak
The disciple must have the following qualifications. He must give up interest in the material bodily con-
ception of life. He must give up material lust, anger, greed, illusion, madness and envy. He should be inter-
ested only in understanding the science of God, and he should be ready to consider all points in this matter.
He should no longer think, “I am this body,” or, “This thing belongs to me.” One must love the spiritual
master with unflinching faith, and one must be very steady and fixed. The bona fide disciple should be
inquisitive to understand transcendental subject matters. He must not search out for faults among good
qualities, and he should no longer be interested in material topics. His only interest should be Krsna, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
As far as the mutual testing of the spiritual master and disciple is concerned, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sar-
asvati Thakura explains that a bona fide disciple must be very inquisitive to understand transcendental
subject matters. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.3.21):
tasmad gurum prapadyeta, jijnasuh sreya uttamam
“One who is inquisitive to understand the highest goal and benefit of life must approach a bona fide spir-
itual master and surrender unto him.”
A serious disciple must be alert when selecting a bona fide spiritual master. He must be sure that the spir-
itual master can deliver all the transcendental necessities. The spiritual master must observe how inquisi-
tive the disciple is and how eager he is to understand transcendental subject matters. The spiritual master
should study the disciple’s inquisitiveness for no less than six months or a year. A spiritual master should
not be very anxious to accept a disciple because of his material opulences. Sometimes a big businessman
or landlord may approach a spiritual master for initiation. Those who are materially interested are called
visayis (karmis), which indicates that they are very fond of sense gratification. Such visayis sometimes ap-
proach a famous guru and ask to become a disciple just as a matter of fashion. Sometimes visayis pose as
disciples of a reputed spiritual master just to cover their activities and advertise themselves as advanced in
spiritual knowledge. In other words, they want to attain material success. A spiritual master must be very
careful in this regard. Such business is going on all over the world. The spiritual master does not accept
a materially opulent disciple just to advertise the fact that he has such a big disciple. He knows that by
associating with such visayi disciples, he may fall down. One who accepts a visayi disciple is not a bona
fide spiritual master. Even if he is, his position may be damaged due to association with an unscrupulous
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visayi. If a so-called spiritual master accepts a disciple for his personal benefit or for material gain, the
relationship between the spiritual master and the disciple turns into a material affair, and the spiritual mas-
ter becomes like a smarta-guru. There are many caste gosvamis who professionally create some disciples
who do not care for them or their instructions. Such spiritual masters are satisfied simply to get some ma-
terial benefits from their disciples. Such a relationship is condemned by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Thakura, who calls such spiritual masters and disciples a society of cheaters and cheated. They are also
called baulas or prakrta-sahajiyas. Their aim is to make the connection between the spiritual master and
the disciple into a very cheap thing. They are not serious in wanting to understand spiritual life.
You are empowered by the Supreme Lord and the parampara to disseminate the glories of the Lord’s
name, fame, form, qualities and pastimes all over the world. You inspire everyone whom you meet and
you make them seriously take up the process of spiritual life as their priority.
May we be able to follow in your footsteps, and please grant us eternal shelter unto your lotus feet! May
we imbibe from you the same manner by which you please Srila Prabhupada and the disciplic succession.
On this most auspicious day, may you please shower your unfathomable mercy on all of us and may you
live many more years to come to be the beacon for countless souls on their way back home back to God-
head.
Thank you once again. Hare Krsna.
Your aspiring disciple,
Bhakti Anugraha Janardana Swami
My dearest Guru Maharaja,
I prostrate myself eternally at the shelter of your lotus feet. And never would I want to find myself apart
from them.
tulayāma lavenāpi, na svargaṁ nāpunar-bhavam
bhagavat-saṅgi-saṅgasya, martyānāṁ kim utāśiṣaḥ
Even a moment’s association with a pure devotee cannot be compared to being transferred to the heavenly
planets or even merging into the Brahman effulgence in complete liberation. For living entities who are
destined to give up the body and die, association with pure devotees is the highest benediction.
Srila gurudeva, this year we are observing the golden jubilee of your first meeting with Srila Prabhupada
on 1st June, 1968. Your service and attachment to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada is incomparable. You
have fulfilled all the instructions that you have received from him.
Whatever instructions you have received from Srila Prabhupada, we can see how wonderfully you have
performed them.
In NCR, Delhi area, by your effort and guidance there are more than 16 temples now. In your zone book
distribution is always in top position. More projects like a temple in New Mumbai, Kharghar is coming
up. In Haryana and Punjab, temples in Kurukshetra and Ludhiana are coming soon. Bahadurgarh temple
is opening soon in August 2018. Russian preaching has also increased.
yasya deve parā bhaktir, yathā deve tathā gurau
tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ, rakāśante mahātmanaḥ
“Unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master, all the imports
of Vedic knowledge are automatically revealed.” (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6. 23)
I am aspiring simply to be an atom at your lotus feet and begging you for your causeless mercy. Please be
kind Srila Bhagavatpada, may your glories spread throughout the three worlds.
Your servant,
Bhakti Prabodhananda Saraswati Swami
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My most beloved Eternal Father,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet. All glories to you and your ever com-
passionate heart, always thinking of our well-being! All glories to all merciful Srila Prabhupada!
One time His Holiness Badrinarayan Swami Maharaja personally told me that “Srila Prabhupada always
measured the success of a devotee by three things. 1) How many books has he distributed, 2) How many
temples has he built, 3) How many devotees has he made and Gopal Krishna maharaja did all of the 3
things. Therefore, he is one of my Heroes”.
Guru maharaja, you have attracted so many devotees hearts, by your following Srila Prabhupada’s instruc-
tions so strictly and with your Vaishnava behavior. Please kindly bless me also with the same.
Guru maharaja, in our conditioned state, we like to hear our own glorification. But because you are a pure
devotee of the Lord, therefore you don’t want to hear your own glorification.
One time you said to me that you didn’t want to meet one of your god-brothers in particular, because he
praises you too much. You said that “I should not hear my own praises”.
Guru maharaja, just by being with you, we can learn so much about our spiritual life. How a pure devotee
speaks, thinks and performs his daily activities so purely.
Last year during your Vyasa-puja Festival in Russia, we were staying with you in Sadhupriya prabhu’s
house and you very mercifully engaged me in your service, by reading Srimad-Bhagavatam while you
were doing your Deity worship and also by singing the different prayers. Also, you very mercifully al-
lowed me to massage your transcendental body and you gave me a few instructions about my service to
you and I was in total bliss.
Guru maharaja, I can’t expect any good in this fearful material world, because nothing is good here. But
I really care for my relationship with you. No one can give such protection, care and love, the way I re-
ceived from your Holiness.
Guru maharaja, I am yours and you are truly mine. So, why should I worry about any other objects in this
material world?
When you came to Vrindavana, towards the beginning of April, this year I was in Bangladesh. But even in
Bangladesh, I came to know that you are in Vrindavana and I was totally broken hearted. Because I don’t
want to miss any opportunity to serve you.
Srila Prabhupada composed a prayer, on the disappearance day of his guru maharaja and he says:
subuddhi jagao prabhu e khudra antare
tomaro kathai jate drida sraddha bade
“My dear Master, please kindly insert proper intelligence in my insignificant heart, so that I can develop
firm faith in your instruction”.
In the same way, guru maharaja, please kindly shower upon me your causeless mercy, so that I can also
develop firm faith in your instructions.
Please kindly forgive all my offenses committed at your lotus feet. Please kindly bless me that someday in
the near future I will understand the greatness of your personality and will act in a humble way.
Thank you guru maharaja for awarding me this wonderful gift of Krishna consciousness.
Hare Krishna!
Your servant always,
Dharmatma dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you and Srila Prabhupada.
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada, the Vyasa-puja day is the day dedicated to glorify the devotee of the Lord acting
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as the guru, as well as the previous acharyas, Lord Krishna, Srimati Radharani and Sri Sri Balarama and
Nityananda, the adi guru.
Why did Srila Vyasa compile all the Vedas? Why is it being handed down in disciplic succession by all
the gurus?
The reason was to give the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to everyone and let everyone get the flood
of love of Krishna.
Srila Vyasadeva wrote the Vedas, and especially the Srimad-Bhagavatam, the ripened fruit of the Vedas.
Today we are worshipping guru a representative of Vyasadeva, so that we can remember how merciful
Vyasadeva was. If he had not written down the Vedas, with our poor fund of memory, how could we know
anything? Of course, in our temples we read regularly and this is the rule, nityam bhagavata sevaya, we
should hear the glories of Bhagavatam daily. Glorification is our real business. We are all glorious when
we glorify the most glorious. Krishna is glorified by chosen words, by taking shelter of Lord’s lotus feet,
we are safe. But without that shelter, this world is known as danger at every step.
Therefore all glories are rightfully being offered through the disciplic succession to Vyasadeva.
If one so desires, according to one’s personal capacity and resources, one may observe a Vaishnava Saint’s
divine appearance day by following devotional activities.
The Vaishnava’s who have realized his greatness reveal to us that he is no ordinary mortal. Glorification is
very important. We may glorifying the guru on the day of Vyasa-puja. We may be individually doing puja
everyday. But we should really concentrate on glorifying our guru maharaja daily.
Previous acharyas are all transcendental revolutionaries. All of them are worthy of glorification, unlim-
itedly. One particle of the dust of any of their lotus feet can deliver all universes. So this glorification of
guru and Gauranga is the basic and most important feature of our whole movement.
We are here simply to glorify in the biggest way we can, all those transcendental personalities and things
connected with Krishna. This Krishna consciousness movement is so wonderful because of the devotees.
This is a very special transcendental branch of Lord Caitanya’s tree. We are all eternally fortunate to be
able to remember and praise the outstanding qualities of guru who is our real “Guardian of Devotion,”
who has appeared in this world to give us the most beautiful and elevated perception of what is Reality,
and at the same time to protect the devotion of innumerable souls who have taken shelter at his lotus feet.
Srila Prabhupada chose guru maharaja as the representative and guardian of our mission. He has captured
the hearts of everyone, because he was the most qualified representative of our line, because of his natural
qualities and the purity of his heart.
He beautifully demonstrated Sri Gauranga’s advice of always exhibiting humility, tolerance and respect
for others. This he did naturally, because his heart was so magnanimous and full of all those Vaishnava
qualities and sentiments.
We are most fortunate that guru maharaja has accepted us and given us a place in his heart. We have come
in contact with the highest Vaishnava.
We also have to see things in a proper perspective. He is so humble, a great soul, an empowered preacher.
There is no limit to what someone can do for his guru. Maharaja has been engaging us, rather, trying to
engage us, in devotional service in spite of our inability to be very productive.
We are very insignificant, and at the same time very fortunate to be in this great spiritual family. “Without
those conclusions it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to view one’s own development correctly or
focus on what is essential for one’s own growth. For that reason, we are truly fortunate that we have had
an opportunity to take shelter at his lotus feet. It is our greatest fortune, and the most important occurrence
in our entire life.”
When we have the opportunity to serve guru maharaja and listen from him directly, we think that we have
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a good memory, and that we could remember all, now we wish that we had written down all the different
things that he instructed and said. As the years go by, memory does not remain the same.
We also have to say that no presentation can really adequately glorify the unlimited devotional qualities
of guru maharaja. It is a fact that he has given us so many important precepts and mature spiritual under-
standing that are essential to our eternal development.
Thank you for reading and giving us a chance to try and glorify this holy saint among saints.
Your servants,
Ganapati dasa, Rasa priya devi dasi and Leela-Shakti devi dasi
Most respected guru maharaja Srila Bhagavatpada,
Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet.
Srila Bhagavatpada, you are an ocean of mercy. I am in Vrindavana only by your blessings-otherwise I
have no ability to be in Vrindavana. Guru maharaja, please bless me so that I am able to stay in Vrindavana
till my last breath. Whenever you come to Vrindavana I want to meet you to get your full blessings. I am
very lucky that I have got you Srila Bhagavatpada, as my spiritual master.
Maharaja, please give me the strength to bear all trials and troubles and free me from the desire for per-
sonal honour.
I pray to Almighty Lord Sri Krishna and Narasimhadeva for your good health and a long life, so that you
guide me eternally.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila Bhagavatpada!
Your insignificant servant,
Krishna prana priya devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your cool lotus feet. All glories to you for your holy
appearance on the auspicious Ekadashi day, out of compassion for your devotees! Aapko janmadin badhai
hai.
Koti koti pranam mera, ati anuthe sant, janama din ki badhaiyah, Gopala Krishna Goswami ananta.
Baar baar dandavat karu carano me rakh shish, teri vandana nitya karu, gurudeva diyo ashish.
The whole Iskcon society knows that I am your insignificant fallen disciple. I don’t have any sadha-
na-bhajana-tapasya. I have only abhimaan false pride. I am not able to see my own faults. Your mercy is
the only hope for me.
Paapi hu ya aparadhi hu,
Khara hu ya khota hu,
Mai jaisa bhi hu, aap ka hu gurudev.
Kayi janmon ka papi hu, avaguna mere hajaar, tumahi eka khivayaa mere kardo beda paar.
Gurudeva meri nayya usa paara laga dena, aba tak nibhai hai, aage bhi nibha lena.
Chala bala se teri maya, jyo aake mujhe ghere, tuma dekhate na rehena, zhat aake bacha lena.
Tuma ista hai mai upaasak, tum deva mai pujari, carano me pade tere, mujko bhi uthalena. Jab pran tana
se nikale, tab praan dhan ko nihare, hari naam mukh se nikale, carano me samalena. Gurudeva meri
naiya.
Gurudeva jisapar daya kare, bhava sagar tar jaay, vrindavan ka vaasi ho, yamaduta nikat na aay.
Gurudeva, you are serving your deities in the mood of Radha krsna prana mora yugala kishora, jivane
marane gati aara nahi mora.
As your glories are unlimited, how can I glorify you gurudeva?
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Mahima gurudeva ki, kaise puri gaun, mahima hi beanta hai, kis vidhi anta mai paun.
You are a humble sadhu, out of compassion for conditioned souls, busy travelling, preaching and profuse-
ly distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.
Gurudeva ke upakaar ka kaise karu bakhan, bhava sagar se taran ka sidha nusakha jaan.
Tumhi ko saupa ab yaha jivan kisake jau dvar, thukarado ya pyara karo ek pakada tera dwar.
Mangala murati sri guru mangala nidhi sukh khaan, charana sharana je jana karata jugala madhuri
paan.
Gurudeva, the beautiful gopi-chandan tilak on your forehead, and the tulasi-kanthi-mala around your
neck enchants my mind. Gurudeva, your oceanic grave look with flower garlands around your neck make
me feel His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada is present right before my eyes, and makes me want to remain
at your lotus feet birth after birth. Guru maharaja, I feel loving attraction for Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabihari,
Sri Sri Radha-Shyamasundara, while drinking your sweet smile. At this moment, I feel like my taking
birth in this world has become successful. As you have established my connection and relation with Krsna,
ultimately my parents, relatives, friends, near and dear ones are also spiritually benefitted. What more do
I have to achieve in this life?
Pundarika vidyanidhi, dasa ki hai yaha aas, sri carana kamala seva mange yaha dasan ka dasa.
Hrday me gurudeva basyo yaha hi man ki aas, anth dhama tere base yaha dasan ka dasa.
Your most fallen servant,
Pundarika Vidyanidhi dasa
Your divine grace, my most respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of your beautiful lotus feet on this special day of your
Vyasa-puja. I wish you all the best. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada!
Guru maharaja, you have the power and health to carry out the mission of your spiritual master Srila Pra-
bhupada to distribute the message of Lord Caitanya amongst the lost souls.
The mercy of your association with our family is invaluable. Guru maharaja, it is your mercy that destroys
the obstacles of our uncontrolled mind evident in our everyday life. Therefore, our faith in you and in Lord
Krishna is increasing.
Guru maharaja, you are an ocean of mercy and a friend of fallen souls. You possess the wonderful ability
to get to the root of any problem and to solve it in a spiritual way. Your sadhana-bhakti and enthusiastic
preaching of Krishna consciousness all over the world is marvellous. You manifest all the qualities of an
acharya.
Maharaja, we are so lucky to be your disciples and remain in your protection and guidance.
Dear guru maharaja, once again on this most auspicious day of your appearance I want to wish you good
and strong health and I also pray to Lord Krishna and Lord Narasimhadeva to give you long life.
Thank you for everything.
All glories to you! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Your eternal servant,
Srikanta devi dasi
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories
to your divine appearance on this planet!
I have been reading for some days the 12th chapter of Srimad Bhagavad-gita, particularly verses 13-20,
where Lord Krishna very mercifully shared His heart that what would actually please Him. Even if some-
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one understands that goal of life is to please Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ‘samsiddhir
hari toshnanam’, but still there is a lot of confusion and chaos, as on one’s own strength it is difficult to
come to a conclusion about, what actually pleases Krishna. But Lord Krishna is karuna sindhu, He is very
merciful. He does not want to put us into confusion. He shares different transcendental qualities of His
pure devotees like you, and by mediating on them and even endeavouring to glorify them actually pleas-
es Krishna very much. Being very fallen and heavily influenced by the modes of nature, I am unable to
perceive your pure and transcendental glories. I simply depend on your mercy so that I am may be able to
please the Supreme Lord by attempting to write a few words of glorification on this auspicious day.
The first and foremost quality that Lord Krishna talked about in these series of verses in glorifying His
devotees is Advestha or non-enviousness. Without being non-envious the other qualities like being friend-
ly to all living entities and showing compassion to others, one will not become fully complete and mature.
By your mercy only, I have observed in your personality that you are completely non-envious and thus
shower real compassion upon your disciples and various other devotees in our movement, and people in
general, whom you come across in broadcasting the glories of the Lord. To fulfil the orders of His Divine
Grace Srila Prabhupada and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, you are tirelessly travelling all over the world
by distributing the holy names of the Lord in spite of old age and bad health. The way you are dedicated
to fulfil the instructions of Srila Prabhupada is very touching to my heart. To manage hundreds of temples,
seeing their growth, guiding thousands of disciples, working hard to always increase the distribution of
Srila Prabhupada’s books is surely not possible for an ordinary living entity. You are highly empowered
by Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to spread Their mission.
Guru maharaja, you are a perfect sthita-prajna, whose consciousness is fully absorbed in the Supreme.
Your standard of devotional service is highly inspiring to me. No matter however late you sleep being
busy with your service, you are always there in the morning for mangala-arati worshipping the Deities, in
whichever temple you are. There is not a day that you never heard Srila Prabhupada’s lectures and read his
books. There is no day you never worshipped your Deities. Indeed, you are a living Bhagavatam! Without
learning from your personality it is not possible for us to learn how to discharge devotional service just
by reading books. Recently when you came to Vrindavana, before you went to the west, by your mercy
I witnessed some of your transcendental qualities, especially your humility and the mood of dependency
on the mercy of Krishna. Although Their Lordships Krishna and Balarama are personally residing in your
heart, still you feel the need to come to Vrindavana and take Their blessings before you leave India. I ob-
served how you are completely detached from the expectation of being honoured by others including your
disciples. These qualities highly inspired me and have enthused me in my devotional service.
Today I was reading your divine words from the ‘Nectar of Meditation,’ where you expressed your interest
for us that we just not only offer flowers, but improve our taste for chanting, reading Srila Prabhupada
books and increasing our service attitude. I beg for your blessings guru maharaja on this auspicious day, to
bless me so that I may be able to improve and fulfil this interest of yours. Also, I beg you to please give me
the strength to avoid committing Vaishnava aparadhas. Being very immature and not understanding the
science of spiritual relationships, I have committed so many offenses unto you and could not fulfill your
instructions many times. I humbly beg forgiveness for all these offenses committed unto your lotus feet.
Thank you for giving me this opportunity to write.
Aspiring to be your servant,
Vrindanatha das

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KOLKATA
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at lotus feet.
I am very fortunate and very thankful to Srila Prabhupada and my counselor Rasaraja prabhu that I got
connected to Iskcon and you have given me, a fallen soul the shelter of your lotus feet.
Your servant,
Raman Hari dasa

MAYAPUR

Dear respected Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your holy feet. All glories to your holiness! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
As Arjuna lost his composure and was unable to decide what is his dharma or duty, and although he was
so close to Sri Krishna, similarly I don’t have that composure yet to rightly glorify your divine life and ac-
tivities. Still I am just trying to attempt to serve your lotus feet on this auspicious day of your appearance.
Guru maharaja, you have served Srila Prabhupada tirelessly just like hanuman did for his Lord, Sri Rama.
Not only are you executing the orders of Srila Prabhupada for printing and distributing his books, opening
new temples for the worship of Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna and expanding the move-
ment of Krsna consciousness world over, but also you are setting the best and the highest example of per-
sonal sadhana. You also look after and take care of the devotees who come to you with submissive inquiry
and chastise those who you are concerned about.
I have never seen you looking for any comfort, in fact your austerity makes me feel that you are fully
blessed and the most worthy disciple of your guru maharaja, Srila Prabhupada.
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devotion to Srila Prabhupada and pray to you that I may also serve Srila Prabhupada by serving your lotus
feet.
I beg for your causeless mercy upon all the fallen souls like myself, so that the world very quickly be-
comes Krsna conscious. On this auspicious day of your appearance I pray to Narasimhadeva that I can
forever remain in your shelter.
Srila guru maharaja ki jaya! Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!
Your insignificant servant,
And a fallen soul,
Naimisharanya dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Today is the most auspicious day of your divine appearance. I am feeling most fortunate to get this won-
derful opportunity to glorify you which will purify the whole world.
Just as Krishna is unlimited, your divine qualities have no end. Your compassion and mercy is incredible.
Your love and dedication to Srila Prabhupada is exemplary. You always make sure to perform each and
every action for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada.
You have intense love for Sri Pancha-tattva and Srila Narasimhadeva. Only due to your pure love for
Them, you make sure every year to be in Mayapur during Gaura Purnima and Narasimhadeva Chaturdashi
in spite of your bad health and the tough journey from Kolkata to Mayapur.
The way you serve your deities every morning is amazing. Inspite of your hectic schedule during the GBC
meetings, you give personal darshan to all the disciples and well-wishers.
Please bless me so that I may develop some taste for devotional service. Please forgive all my offences and
give me eternal shelter under your lotus feet.
Your spiritual daughter,
Nirguna devi dasi
My dear beloved Spiritual Father,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet on this auspicious day of your 74th Vya-
sa-puja. All glories to you my divine master! All glories to Srila Prabhupada your eternal father, guide and
our siksha guru of the Iskcon.
You are relentless in service to Srila Prabhupada. You are his instrument and you would not want it any
other way. You do not have any separate desires than satisfying your guru maharaja.
You only take care of your body to make sure it can be used in service to Srila Prabhupada. You do not
waste time in prajalpa, politics, oversleeping and overeating. You are cent percent dedicated and have no
separate desires of your own. Your behavior will be determined by what is needed to successfully accom-
plish Srila Prabhupada’s desire. Your behavior is not determined by false ego and what you as an individ-
ual can get out of a certain situation. If for the service you must get angry you will get angry, if you need
to be soft and display submission you will display submission. It all boils down to succeeding in satisfying
Srila Prabhupada’s desire. You are one of his exemplary devotees and a General in the Iskcon army.
You preach non-stop to devotees, aspiring devotees and non-devotees. To you they are all the same, they
are all devotees, your brothers and sisters of a Father that is weeping for them.
You show by your example how a devotee should act, how he should chant, worship the Deities, follow
Vaishnava etiquette, take prasad, study the books and serve with dedication. You are a person Bhagavata.
You are my eternal spiritual master, and I am useless to your service to Srila Prabhupada. Actually I am
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not even present in your service to Srila Prabhupada, still I beg to remain your eternal servant and hope
one day I may do something of value for you that you can offer to your spiritual master.
You son and servant,
Nrsimhananda dasa
My dear Spiritual Father, Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept this servant’s prostrated obeisances unto your divine graces’ lotus feet. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada! All glories to your divine grace!
In this short lifetime and the fortunate association of devotees in Iskcon, I have always come across the
word “nectar”, used profusely in our Vedic literature, classes, and devotional writings. I have always
wondered how one can taste the “nectar’ of the holy name, or drink the nectarean pastimes of the Divine
Couple. I have heard that the association of devotees is very nectarean. I have also read that the ocean of
nectarean pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is like the ocean of milk. According to his thirst, Vrinda-
vana dasa Thakura filled his pitcher and drank from that ocean. Srila Rupa Goswami has written ‘Nectar
of Instruction’ and ‘Nectar of Devotion’. With so much “nectar” available in abundance, I have hankered
to collect and drink it on my own unsuccessfully.
Then your divine grace manifested in my life! That is when I understood the true essence of nectar.
You, Srila gurudeva, are my true nectar.
You have guided me to the nectarean rivers of the topics of Krishna and the nectarean rivers flowing from
the Lord’s Lotus Feet.
vibhvyas tavāmṛta-kathoda-vahās tri-lokyāḥ
pādāvane-ja-saritaḥ śamalāni hantum
ānuśravaḿ śrutibhir ańghri-jam ańga-sańgais
tīrtha-dvayaḿ śuci-ṣadas ta upaspṛśanti
“The nectar-bearing rivers of discussions about You, and also the holy rivers generated by bathing Your
Lotus Feet, are able to destroy all contamination within the three worlds. Those who are striving for purifi-
cation associate with the holy narrations of Your glories by hearing them with their ears, and they associate
with the holy rivers flowing from Your Lotus Feet by physically bathing in Them.” (Srimad-Bhagavat-
am-11.6.19)
Your speech is nectarean to me, Srila gurudeva, because you are always instructing me to serve Krsna
better. Your actions are nectarean to me, guru maharaja, because every activity you perform is completely
dedicated to pleasing the Lord.
Whenever you chastise me, it is nothing but nectar, for you are purifying me.
Sri Krishna’s form glistens with the black mascara of the sweetness of His nectarean handsomeness. But
that nectar cannot be tasted unless I take the shelter of the nectar of your lotus feet.
Just as the superexcellent Sri Radha-kunda stands supreme, for it is over-flooded with the ambrosial nec-
tarean prema of the Lord of Gokula, Sri Krsna, similarly, your divine grace’s lotus feet is the ocean of
nectar where I yearn to swim life after life.
Just as Krsna declares His inability to repay His debt to the spotless service of the gopis in this verse:
napāraye ‘haṁniravadya-saṁyujāṁ
sva-sādhu-kṛtyaṁvibudhāyuṣāpivaḥ
yāmābhajanadurjara-geha-śṛṅkhalāḥ
saṁvṛścya tad vaḥpratiyātusādhunā
“When the gopīs were overwhelmed with dissatisfaction due to Lord Kṛṣṇa’s absence from the rāsa-līlā,
Kṛṣṇa returned to them and told them, ‘My dear gopīs, our meeting is certainly free from all material con-
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tamination. I must admit that in many lives it would be impossible for Me to repay My debt to you because
you have cut off the bondage of family life just to search for Me. Consequently I am unable to repay you.
Therefore, please be satisfied with your honest activities in this regard.”
Similarly, it is impossible for this servant of yours to repay my debt to you eternally, for you are the very
nectar of my insignificant life.
Seeking for the nectar of your divine grace’s continuous servitude,
Your eternal and insignificant servant,
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this auspicious day it is a privilege for a devotee to glorify his guru maharaja. However, for a person
like me to speak something about guru is like showing a lamp to the sun god.
I personally have had negligible communication with guru maharaja, but upon hearing from devotees and
hearing your lectures, your transcendental qualities attract my mind and heart. Your ever-smiling face
indicates that you are always taking pleasure in this Krishna consciousness movement and spreading the
same among the devoted. Your instructions are like a sword which always protects us from becoming a
prey of Maya.
Guru maharaja, one of the important qualities of a devotee of Krishna and Caitanya Mahaprabhu is sim-
plicity. You are called a Goswami and at the same time you are so simple, that you always remember each
one involved in service. You are always worried about the welfare and progress in Krishna consciousness
of every devotee, which reflects when any one meets you and you ask about his chanting of 16 rounds and
book reading.
Guru maharaja, by your personal activities you have set an example of a perfect devotee and disciple. You
never deviate from your guru Srila Prabhupada in your activity and in your words. You are always praising
him and offer credit of all your achievements to him. In the Gita Marathon you visit the whole world and
boost the book distribution activity.
Guru maharaja, you accepted me in spite of not knowing who I am, what my qualities are to accept Krish-
na consciousness and what I am doing. Indeed, I have no qualification, no knowledge and am one of the
most fallen souls. But by your causeless mercy you have connected me with the guru parampara which is
directly blessed by Lord Krishna and His wonderful devotees, where one can fulfill his desires and purify
himself and to back to Godhead.
Guru maharaja, I am humbly requesting you to please bless me so that I can engage myself 100% in this
Krishna consciousness mission and please Srila Prabhupada, Krishna and you. I also pray to Krishna, to
give you good health and a long life, so that we can grow under your guidance. I have to say much more
in your glorification which is unlimited and one can write volumes of books on it.
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Your child,
Acintya Giriraja dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your
lotus feet!
Words cannot express the deepest gratitude. I feel for being a recipient of your causeless mercy. Under the
dark veil of ignorance, I was wasting my life in material activities, yet you gave me your mercy.
I beg for your mercy and to empower me to be able to do everything necessary for pure devotional service.
Bless me with your mercy as always!
Your aspiring servant,
Aditi Gaurangi devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Thank you so much for accepting me your disciple even though I had no qualification neither a proper
mindset.I still cannot appreciate the rarest gift you have given me by connecting me to a glorious bona
fide parampara.
By your causeless mercy, Krishna has flooded my life with all good things and I am in a very favourable
condition to execute Krishna consciousness.
Unfortunately, I am lacking a great deal of strength in following your instructions and living a Krishna
conscious grhastha life’s standard.
I am still hanging in the hallucinations of my new marriage.
You are the source of causeless mercy especially for unworthy fools like me. On the occasion of your di-
vine descent, I beg at your lotus feet to give me the strength to follow all of your instructions with a very
determined mind.
May Lord give you good health so that you can keep continuing reclaiming souls like me.
Your insignificant servant,
Advaita Gaura dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Hare Krishna!
There are always two ways to spread light. One way is to become the candle and other way is to become
the mirror which reflects the light of candle. Guru maharaja is spreading the light of knowledge in both
ways. He acts like the candle; fully capable in giving the light of knowledge to the entire world, and also
acts like the mirror by reflecting Srila Prabhupada’s (bigger candle’s) quality.
Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja is like camphor. Just like camphor burns completely without leav-
ing anything back for itself, similarly maharaja is serving the mission of Srila Prabhupada without any
self-motive.
In 1977 Srila Prabhupada told maharaja ji personally if we can get the Chippiwara temple in Delhi (where
he used to stay. He was using it as a Godown to keep the Bhagavatam), I will be very pleased. After that
so many things happened, but maharaja kept his focus on Chippiwara and finally after 37 years Maharaja
ji could manage to get it and build Iskcon at the same place. So it is very inspiring that even after 37 years
the motive of Maharaja ji is only to fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s desire.
I pray to maharaja ji to bless us so that we can also fulfill the acharyas desires; like him.
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Param pujaniya Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja ki jaya!
Most fallen servant
Ajay Narayana dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
As I have always heard that one gets bhakti because of the causeless mercy of guru, Vaishnavas and Krish-
na Himself. It is not something that one can acquire by one’s own efforts. I am personally very thankful for
your causeless mercy and compassion that you have bestowed on this fallen soul.
I am chanting 16 rounds of the maha-mantra for around 5 years and I always pray to the guru parampara,
so that I can get the shelter of a spiritual master. But somehow or the other, there was no chance of getting
initiation in the coming years. But when I saw you in the Mayapur parikrama this year, I just prayed to you
wholeheartedly to give me shelter. I was crying in the crowd of devotees. Even while praying, I was sure
that you will not accept me as I am so fallen, insignificant, full of bad qualities and a useless ignorant fool.
But finally, a miracle happened, you bestowed your mercy and I got initiated by you within 4 months. This
is just your compassion that you accepted me as your disciple even after knowing my condition. Thank
you so much guru maharaja.
Please give me strength, so that I can fight against maya and can serve you, Srila Prabhupada and Lord
Krishna to my best throughout this life and after that.
Your insignificant servant,
Alokhari dasa
My ever dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet.
Always praying to Lord Jagannatha ji to bless you with a very long life and best of health, because just
your physical presence on this planet inspires me to follow your instructions strictly and enthusiastically.
Guru maharaja, the most awaited and auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja greatly pleases me, as it gives me
the privilege to pay my humble gratitude at your lotus feet for blessing me with every facility which is nec-
essary to maintain me in Krishna consciousness. But every time I fail to express your inconceivable quali-
ties, mercy and potency. We know that it is not possible for me to glorify you but because I have immense
desires. Today again I am daring to pen down your glorification just for my purification with the thought
“Mukam karoti vachalam pangum langhayate girim yat kripa tam aham vande sri guru dina taranam”.
Guru maharaja, today contemplating on the verse B.g. 2.54 where Arjuna asks about the symptoms or
qualities of a stitha-prajna, whatever Krishna says in answer to his question, you are exactly a personifi-
cation of such a stitha-prajna. Your desires are totally dovetailed with the desires of Krishna. Whatever ac-
tivities, whatever plans He provides you, you just act on them. There is no separate plan or desire of yours.
You are always undisturbed in conditions of distress or happiness, because you are totally unattached to
anything or any being, so no fear, no frustration. Whatever comes your way good or bad you never praise
anything nor hate anything, for such a person Krishna does not stop speaking and keeps on explaining his
qualities, because He enjoys glorifying His pure devotee. Then how can I ever think of glorifying such a
transcendental personality like you.
I only know that I am in the loving protective shelter of yours, which is free from all fears of this material
world. As Srila Prabhupada used to give an example, that a motor car is running at the speed of 80 Kms
per hour and a cyclist is also running, both can never have the same pace, but if the cyclist catches hold of
the motor car, he can also move at the speed of the car even without pedaling. So we too, though full of our
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weakness, anarthas, incapability, incompleteness are not able to move on this path of devotional service,
but by following your instructions seriously and submissively, we will surely be able to move swiftly.
Guru maharaja, you are a transcendental personality, free from the reactions of all good and bad karmas,
but still you are maintaining this body of yours, just to upgrade us, and to deliver us by providing us with
the privilege to develop a relationship with you, by serving you even through this contaminated body,
heart, mind and senses, so that by progressive purification, we too can engage ourselves in pure devotional
service.
Guru maharaja, please bless me so that I take your every instruction as the aim of my life. Please forgive
me for all my offenses.
Always begging for your causeless mercy.
Yours, the most fallen soul,
Ambika sakhi devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to you! Please accept my humble obeisances.
First of all, I would like to thank Lord Krishna and Sri guru and Gauranga that I am getting this opportuni-
ty to express my feelings for you. I don’t know what to write and how to write as I am writing for the first
time, therefore, please forgive me if I make any mistake.
Guru maharaja ji, I like you the most, from the day one when I saw you. I always wanted to meet and talk
to you. The best part about you which attracts me and of course everyone is
1. You have got a very sweet smile, which is so natural that can’t be compared with anything.
2. Your humility is one of the jewels that you possess.
3. Your simple way of talking, specially, when you give lectures, is not at all boring, but are
always to the point and very practical.
4. You easily attract all the youth.
5. Your sense of humor, which I like the most, which you express in between your talks,
makes everyone happy.
6. Your surrender level to Srila Prabhupada is what I read about you. The extent you have
surrendered is very inspiring. I wish I could also surrender myself unto guru and Gauranga
and my seniors.
I still remember, that one day when you were returning from Punjab and your car entered the temple, I
ran behind your car and immediately offered my obeisances to you. As soon as you saw me, you started
talking to me and asked me many questions. You also held my hand till you were inside the temple. You
thanked me for whatever service I was doing. That was a very memorable day for me, as you spoke to
me. I shared this with everyone and will never forget this moment. This shows that you are so kind and
generous that you talk to anyone, even to a useless person like me.
I also noticed how much you love and care for your disciples. During the annual Lord Jagannatha Puri
yatra, 2018 when you were getting down the dias, the staircase collapsed and everyone fell down along
with you. Immediately all your disciples, especially your Russian disciples started crying. Then just to
convince them, you, by keeping a smile on your face, said to everyone that you are fine. Thus, you made
everyone stop crying, you are so merciful and loving.
I always pray to the Lord to engage me in His service through you, and also that I get an opportunity to
serve you.
I pray to Lord Krishna for your sound health. He should protect you from all dangers, so that we continu-
ously get your divine association.
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Please bless me and keep me as your servant.
Thank you. Best Regards,
Your servant,
Ankit Sharma
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Under the kind and merciful guidance and protection of your lotus like disciples, myself your insignifi-
cant servant, desires to glorify your kind self by your kind and unlimited mercy, in order to purify myself.
Please bless this worthless servant to do so and accept my small offering on your 74th appearance day.
The most merciful, magnanimous, beautiful, purest of the pure adi purusha Lord Sri Krishna appeared
on this planet in order to bestow the choicest blessings and satisfy the flawless devotees and to attract
them more towards Himself. He preached the valuable message through Bhagavad-gita and expressed
His heartfelt desire that all living entities come back home, back to Godhead. He then came in the most
merciful form as maha vadanyaya Avatar Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and preached the glorious eternal
treasury of love – ‘golokera premadhana’ and made a prophecy that in every town and village His name
will be sung.
But all through the ages, it took 500 years for the appearance of the commander-in-chief of Lord Cait-
anya’s sankirtana Army Srila Prabhupada to appear, and he made the whole world bow down in front of
Lord Krishna and Caitanya Mahaprabhu, dance and sing Their glories for eternal time, to show that the
prophecy of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was not in vain.
Then on the very next Ekadashi of Janamashtami i.e. Annada Ekadashi, the kindest disciple of Srila Pra-
bhupada, appeared in this material world in order to spread the message and desire of Srila Prabhupada
and all other acharyas and purify us and make us instruments in the devotional service of Their Lordships
Sri Sri Radha-Krishna. You appeared in the most pious land of India and right from childhood, by the in-
spiration of your grandmother, you were chanting Lord’s name and having no attachment to maya and her
agencies. You lived and studied in very reputed areas yet being very humble and controlled, your kind self
was a real Goswami from the very beginning, and you maintained the purity of your consciousness. Then
you met Srila Prabhupada –your glorious master in Canada, and rendered personal services very keenly
and consciously, by cleaning his room, translating his books and distributing and preaching the very mes-
sage of Their Lordships, received through the disciplic succession, very vigorously all over the world,
delivering the suffering souls. Slowly by the kind mercy of your god-brothers and your wonderful service,
you were initiated by Srila Prabhupada and took his order of preaching and book distribution as your life
and soul. Hence you were the real sannyasi although being in the grihastha ashram, as appreciated by our
dearmost Srila Prabhupada.
You are so kind-hearted, humble, generous and loving to all the conditioned souls and giving shelter to
them. It is your kind mercy only that you even accepted a most fallen living entity like myself as your dis-
ciple and linked me to the glorious Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya. Although I am totally useless
and have no quality or ability of any kind, still your kind disciples Jugal Kishore prabhu ji and his grace
Anand Murari prabhu ji are very sweetly engaging me in your service in order to purify me and make
me fit to be offered to Lord Krishna through you. This is your mercy to the jivas. We can feel the shower
of your blessings purifying us. I’ve heard that once by mistake while in a car, a crow hit the car and died
immediately but it was very fortunate that he heard the holy names through your lotus mouth that you
chanted for it to land in a better condition. As you are so kind even to other living entities, so I think that
I will also get the glorious opportunity to serve your lotus feet and an instrument under your loving disci-
ples, so that they engage me lifelong under your kind instructions.
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Maharaja ji also teaches by your exemplary behavior how to maintain strict sadhana and always be en-
gaged in doing conscious devotional service. Rising above the bodily comforts maharaja ji you by your
kind and generous example teach us to always do our daily sadhana strictly. Despite old age, you still give
time patiently and generously to all your disciples and also you very humbly do Deity seva, management
seva and still find time for your personal sadhana, like you worship your Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai Deities, Sali-
gram Sila and other Deities magnanimously and also read Srila Prabhupada books regularly. Your every
act is exemplary and is teaching me a lot of things daily through your words and your disciples.
You are a real acharya, for you teach by your own aacharan. I although most fallen and rotting in this
ghastly material world, but you and your disciples have saved me. I’m very indebted lifelong, and hum-
bled by your kind association. Please bless this unworthy child so that I can be of some use to your move-
ment and be able to please you. It is by your mercy only that it is possible, as you, my guru maharaja, is
an incarnation of Their Lordship’s mercy.
O’ my dear spiritual master, on your appearance day please accept my offering unto your lotus feet, so that
just as you are an obedient disciple of your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada, and have taken his instruc-
tions as your prime duty and served lifelong, similarly I can also walk in your footsteps and be able to
please you without having any duplicitous and pretentious nature. This material world is full of miseries
and only by your mercy will I be able to cross it and have the glorious darshan of Their Lordships Sri Sri
Radha-Vrindavana-chandra.
Thanking you from the depth of my polluted worthless heart O’ my dear spiritual master, for accepting me
as your disciple and giving me a chance to glorify yourself and hence purify myself.
Your worthless servant,
Antardvipa Gaura dasa
Hare Krishna respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories
to you!
It is said that to glorify guru and Krishna is not possible by a conditioned soul like me. Dhruva Maharaja,
when he first got the darshan of the Lord, he was stunned and he was not able to understand how to glorify
the Lord. Then the Lord Himself gave him blessings, so he started to glorify Him. In the same way a con-
ditioned soul like me cannot glorify a Vaishnava, what does he deserve without the mercy of a Vaishnava.
So, by your mercy only am I trying to glorify you.
In one Vaishnava song our acharya says “Ashray laiya bhaje tahe krsna nahi tyaje are sab mare akaran”
those who are practicing devotional life under the instruction of the spiritual master, Krishna never rejects
him even if he has committed abominable sinful acts, so my hope is only you gurudeva. Without your
mercy we cannot cross the ocean of this material world. Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami said in
Caitanya-caritamrta “Guru krsna rupe hana shastrera pramane guru rupe krsna kripa kore bhakta gane”
According to the deliberate opinion of all the revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is non-different from
Krishna. Lord Krishna in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees.
Your advice is so practical. As in the Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna forgot his duty, my wife is also bewildered
about her duties of household life, and in this situation she asks you to please let me know what is my duty.
You said that your first duty is to serve Krishna. Conditioned souls like us again and again forget our path,
but because of your mercy and instructions again and again, we realize what is our real duty. Srila Prabh-
upada said that a real guru is one who gives the tattva vijnana (Realized knowledge about Lord Krishna).
You are always engaged in the service of Srila Prabhupada without taking care of your body “Nidrahara
viharakadi vijitau.” Just as the six Goswamis were so engrossed in following the instructions of Sri Cai-
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tanya Mahaprabhu, that they forgot to even eat or sleep. In the same way you are so engrossed in the ser-
vice of your spiritual master, that you also forget eating and sleeping. It shows your love for your spiritual
master. Please give us a drop of that faith and love which you carry in your heart for Srila Prabhupada.
It is said that the service is possible through Vaishnava qualities, and the first and foremost quality is hu-
mility, which we can see in you. You are specially empowered by Srila Prabhupada to serve the mission
of Krishna.
We have no qualification to serve Krishna, please bless us so that we can become instruments in the ser-
vice of Srila Prabhupada. Our only hope is to serve the lotus feet of Vaishnavas like you. So please be
merciful upon us on this auspicious day, so that we can serve the Vaishnavas life after life.
Aspiring to serve, your servants,
Archit dasa and Saumya Vaishnavi devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Kindly accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All
glories to you gurudeva!
Maharaja ji, your appearance is really too special for all of us because Srila Prabhupada and the Vedic
scriptures says that the appearance of a great teacher is for the welfare of the whole society. You are a real
soldier of Srila Prabhupada’s army. You guide us and prepare us to fight against illusion and serve reality.
I am so blessed by Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji that I have you as my guru maharaja. You are always en-
gaged in the devotional service of your gurudeva Srila Prabhupada that by seeing your faith in gurudeva
my faith in you increases.
You never seem to be tired, certainly you are getting transcendental energy directly from the spiritual
world. By your ideal behaviour you are motivating many fallen souls.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji and Narasimhadeva to shower Their loving blessings on you by giv-
ing you full strength to preach the message of Srila Prabhupada, so that many fallen souls like me may be
benefitted.
Your insignificant servant,
Asha Rupa devi dasi
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. I am not qualified for saying even a single word
about you. First time when I heard you, I was totally shocked seeing your surrender towards Srila Prabh-
upada. It is my first time to glorify my guru maharaja on this auspicious Vyasa-puja.
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja ki jaya!
Your useless servant,
Ashish
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura writes:
Saksad-dharitvena samasta – sastrair, uktas tatha bhavyata eva sadbhih.
The spiritual master is to be honoured as much as the Supreme Lord, because he is the most confidential
servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities. You
are so merciful that you have accepted a fallen soul like me. Narottama dasa Thakura rightly says, “Where
does anyone find such a merciful personality by whose mere audience all sins go far away?” You are an
ocean of mercy.
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My dear guru maharaja, by your mercy and blessing, right now I am in Iskcon Dwaraka, trying to assist
your project here. By your mercy I am trying to be a full time brahmacari here. I am trying to serve Iskcon
Youth Forum here and perform other regular services in the temple.
In youth preaching we are trying to do 5 DYPH in a year. Recently I gave one DYPH (Discover Your Per-
manent Happiness seminar) seminar in which there were around 30 Students participating.
I am also trying my best to follow your instructions given at the time of initiation, namely: following four
regulative principles, chanting 16 rounds regularly and chanting 25 rounds on Ekadashi.
In the future, Krishna willing, I will try my best to continue my services and fulfill whatever commitment
I have given to you. In one quote, you have told us that chanting the holy name attentively is the greatest
service. I will try to be more refined in my chanting and other services.
Maharaja, I personally feel that I am not able to do much in serving you, Srila Prabhupada and Krishna.
I should do more. My situation is very unfortunate that although I have such a great opportunity to serve
you and to please you, I am not able to utilize this opportunity. Despite getting such a nice facility, I am
not able to utilize it in your service. I am praying to Krishna and I seek your blessings so that I can at least
do something to serve you. It is the duty of the disciple to work for guru hitam but I am staying for my
hita. So, I desperately seek your blessing so that I can be serious in my devotional service and work under
your guidance and direction.
In the material world, there are lots of problems and I am not an exception. I have a lot of anarthas in my
heart and I am very insignificant. I am a fool and rascal. I really seek your mercy and blessing to follow
your instructions with one pointed attention.
Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura writes: “By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction
of Krishna. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement.” Please be mer-
ciful to me and keep me always under your lotus feet.
From the core of my heart I want to sincerely wish you many many happy birthday.
Your insignificant servant,
Bali Murari dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
your service to Srila Prabhupada and Iskcon!
Time and tide waits for none, it’s a great proverb and as we are advancing in our age, we are separat-
ed from many old friends, memories etc. However, the Bhagavad-gita gives us the real knowledge of
overcoming lamentation, ignorance and so on. We are fortunate to receive your spiritual guidance and
exemplary behavior as a guiding principle in our life. Guru maharaja, nowadays the internet presence of
your divine association makes us more enlightened and connected. We would like to thank your close and
confidante servants for doing this great service.
As book distribution is your heart and soul, we at Team ISV are also very fortunate to render the weekend
warriors program by going door-to-door to every house in the weekend. This is the most pleasing service
to Srila Prabhupada as well as purifying agents for us. Distributing a big set such as Srimad-Bhagavatam
or Sri Caitanya-caritamrta is the most satisfying items ‘rasalayam’ of the day.
With the mercy of Vaiseshika prabhu and all the assembled Vaishnavas, we were able to expand Navad-
vipa Pre-school in the Bay area by renting a 4 bedroom house and a big backyard in the heart of Sunnyvale
city. We pray to you guru maharaja to bless us so that we can contribute a lot in spiritual education for the
benefit of the young kids, so that they can become real devotees. At the same time, the Lil’ Krishna Kidz
annual program in May was a fabulous event and hundreds of kids joined the festival and got the real mer-
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cy of Lord Caitanya. Balarama and Abhay are doing better in their spiritual practice by chanting regularly
their prescribed rounds, and at the same time performing sankirtan service to our ISV temple.
On this auspicious Purusottama month, we beg at your lotus feet to grant us pure devotion to Sri Krishna
and allow us to engage more in the spiritual service of this divine organization Iskcon.
Always trying our best to remain at your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja ki jaya! Jaya Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!
Your unqualified servants,
Balimardana dasa and Ananda Vrndavan devi dasi
Dearest Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
On the occasion of your Vyasa-puja, we insignificant souls are trying to glorify you and express our
gratitude for coming into our life. Whenever we remember you, we just recite the below lines from the
Guru-vandana. It is indeed so true that it’s only your lotus feet by which we can attain pure devotional
service.
śrī-guru-caraṇa-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma,
bando mui sāvadhāna mate
jāhāra prasāde bhāi, e bhava toriyā jāi,
kṛṣṇa-prāpti hoy jāhā ha’te
Everytime we meet you, we are so awe-stuck that we forget words. Tears roll down our eyes in gratitude
when we take your darshan. Your compassionate, humble and merciful eyes are always showering love
towards fallen souls like us. We have so many shortcomings in our service, but you are like an ocean of
mercy. You accepted us as your disciples with all anarthas. We were wandering in this material world
without any aim and understanding about human life. It was you, dear guru maharaja, who guided us to
Krishna consciousness. Just like sun gives sunshine equally to everyone, similarly you shower mercy on
each one of us equally. We are always very inspired by your energy and humility. We do our best to follow
your instructions. Your last instruction to us was to start Bhakti Vriksha and preach actively. When you
give instructions, you give us the necessary power to execute them, and thus we are able to follow them.
It is stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.6.27 “This confidential knowledge is extremely difficult to under-
stand, yet it’s very easy if one takes shelter of a pure devotee.” Guru maharaja, you are so pure, that in
your shelter we feel protected just like a child feels in the arms of his parents. We feel protected from maya
when you are with us. Every time we meet you, you are always enquiring about our well-being and ask if
we had any difficulties in our journey. You are so caring guru maharaja!
Srila gurudeva, your glories are inexpressible by these limited words. We just beg for your mercy and
blessings to continue to serve Vaishnavas and actively preach Krishna consciousness. We pray to you with
folded hands to give us strength to do our sadhana and remember your divine instructions at every mo-
ment. We pray for your well-being and good health. Lastly, we beg for your forgiveness for our offenses.
Your insignificant disciples,
Baliyagna dasa and Sulakshana Gopi devi dasi
Dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet.
First of all I would like to thank you infinite times for giving me shelter under your lotus feet. I had no
qualifications to be your disciple. Gurudeva, you are an ocean of mercy and you are always worried about
the deliverance of fallen souls like me. You are teaching us everything by your example. You are so deter-
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mined towards serving Srila Prabhupada and his mission. Your life is fully dedicated to Lord Caitanya’s
movement. Inspite of your age factor, and health issues, you never stopped preaching. Every year I look
forward to do Govardhana parikrama with you in Kartik, as by seeing you we also get inspiration to com-
plete the parikrama. Your glories are unlimited. You always inspire and give us strength to go and distrib-
ute books for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada. It’s just because of you that we are capable of carrying out
spiritual life. You have always given us your precious time for our stupid questions.
Thank you gurudeva for your causeless mercy on this most fallen soul.
We are constantly praying to Lord Krishna to give you good health.
Jaya Srila gurudeva! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your servant,
Bhakti Archana devi dasi
Dear Your Holiness Gurudeva,
Please accept our koti koti dandavat pranams.
We are very happy to present our first Vyasa-puja offering. We are very fortunate to be your disciples.
You have showered causeless mercy on fallen souls like us who earlier didn’t know about the Supreme
Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna. You have given us your hand to lift us from this dukhalayam. We see
you each day and get inspired to perform devotional service.
Your disciples taught us sadhana bhakti and by their guidance we got initiation from you and became a
part of this worldwide movement, the International Society for Krishna consciousness.
Please bless us so that we can engage ourselves more and more in the service of Vaishnavas and Sri Krish-
na
Your ever-loving servants,
Chakra Tirtha dasa, Tarangini Lakshmi devi dasi and Krishna
O Srila Gurudeva,
I’m not at all qualified to describe your unlimited qualities but you have enabled this sudra to serve and
have accepted me. Therefore, for the pleasure of all the other god-brothers and god-sisters I have got this
opportunity to describe your unlimited qualities.
Srila gurudeva! You are very dear to the Lord as you have taken the divine shelter of His lotus feet. Srila
Prabhupada’s printing of books and distribution has gone so far due to you, that the glorification of this
activity will be done for centuries to come.
On your first meeting you won the attention of Srila Prabhupada. Like an ideal devotee you have surren-
dered everything in the service of Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
Your serious devotional attitude is so visible, that Srila Prabhupada instructed you to be the GBC of the
whole country and later a BBT Trustee.
Srila Prabhupada’s instructions have always been your first priority as a result of which the whole of India
is flooded with Iskcon ashrams all over.
In many regional languages of India you have encouraged printing and distribution of books.
Srila Prabhupada instructed you to build 11 Iskcon Centres in Delhi, but you exceeded his expectations by
opening close to about 14 actively running centres. Besides that, many other cities are blessed by Iskcon
Temples.
Not only in India, rather Russia, China, etc., are cities that you went to and preached the glory of the holy
name. Srila Prabhupada’s books are printed in many international languages also.
You preach to all the well-known people, as a result of which today Iskcon is accepted as a bona fide or-
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ganisation all over.
You went to many foreign countries and preached, but today we see that in so many Islamic nations too
we have Iskcon’s ashrams.
You are an ocean of mercy and very compassionate towards the fallen souls and work hard day and night
to attract all to Krsna.
You are a personification of humility and meekness. No matter what, you give time to all.
No matter what time you arrive, but you always come for mangala-arati and the temple programmes.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura instructed Srila Prabhupada to preach to the English-speaking
crowd.
I am one of your most fallen and down-trodden disciples, and so I beg for your mercy.
Whatever love and faith you have for Srila Prabhupada’s mission, the holy name, Their Lordships and all
the devotees, may 1% of it be in me and so life will be sorted!
Desiring your mercy.
Your servant,
Deen Pavan Gopinath dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
It has been two years in Krsna consciousness for me, but it was my hardcore heart that was not melting for
love of Krsna. But after hearing from great souls and by the association of devotees, I really want to give
up everything for Krsna and give this life to Him.
Guru maharaja, you are not a conditioned soul, you have been sent by Krsna Himself to deliver fallen
souls like me and connect me to Krsna. With my own endeavour I can’t do anything or go back to God-
head, unless I get your mercy. It is due to your mercy only that I came into Krishna consciousness and I
beg you wholeheartedly to bless me and shower your mercy so that I can get one drop out of the ocean of
bhakti that you have and serve you and Krsna.
Aspiring to be your eternal servant,
Devesh Thakur
Dearest Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It has been almost 5 years since I first heard you speak. I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write
to you on the auspicious day of your appearance.
I am learning every day to do service better for you and Lord Krishna and enjoy when I learn new activ-
ities.
Thank you for your advice. Your vision and your eyes are spiritual. Words cannot express the deepest
gratitude I feel for being a recipient of your causeless mercy.
Thank you for truly caring for devotees. This is to say that your words are full of power because they are
full of realization and faith in Krishna consciousness and give us a broader idea of what Krishna con-
sciousness can be.
Thank you for always stressing the foremost need to chant Hare Krishna attentively with taste, and to
study Srila Prabhupada’s books with great faith and enthusiasm. Thankyou, my gurudeva for everything.
All glories all glories to your divine grace on your special day!
Your most insignificant servant,
Dhameshvari Bharati devi dasi
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Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories unto you, on this auspicious day of your
Vyasa-puja!
I pray to the Lord that may you continue to spread the glories of Srila Prabhupada and Gauranga with full
vigor.
It is said that compassion is one of the ornaments of a sadhu. The compassion which you have shown till
now and continue to show to fallen souls like me, we shall be indebted to you for life.
A disciple cannot ever repay the debt of what a spiritual master does for him - that he provides a rope for
a fallen soul to come out of this miserable material existence.
May I always remember this and continue to serve under the guidance of your dear servants.
The verse from Bhagavad-gita 2. 40 which says: svalpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat.
The stick of a sadhus blessing can protect one from the greatest danger. Just as for those who have taken
shelter of the Lotus Feet of Mukunda, for them the material ocean becomes like water in the puddle made
by the hoof of a calf. May I one day become a suitable recipient for a drop of your mercy which can protect
us from the vast ocean of material existence.
You have taken on the mood of Srila Prabhupada as it is, and you are continuing to spread the teachings
in the same mood despite your several health challenges.
I pray unto you so that I may also imbibe the same mood.
You show by your personal example how a devotee should be fixed up in ever-changing circumstances be
it with regard to sadhana, behaviour or management.
All the devotees feel safe, sheltered and protected under your guidance.
I pray to the Lord for your good health, so that you continue to spread the glories of Gauranga Mahaprabhu
for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada.
I beg forgiveness for the offences committed unto you.
Your humble servant,
Dhira Shanta Nitai dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Please forgive my inability to glorify you on this most glorious and all-auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja.
We have heard a lot about your humility towards all conditioned souls, and you preach to them so that
they can go back to Godhead. Your hard work for Srila Prabhupada’s mission is beyond our imagination.
On this most divine and auspicious day, we take this opportunity to beg and pray unto your lotus feet, to
please empower us by removing all our anarthas, so that we can dedicate ourselves to spread the glories of
the holy name by following in your footsteps, in whatever little capacity you bestow upon all of us. Thank
you very much for coming to our rescue. Hare Krishna!
Your aspiring servant,
Durgesh Singh
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Let me offer my most humble and respectful obeisances unto the divine lotus feet of my beloved spiritual
master which alone can deliver all the fallen souls of the whole universe.
O gurudeva, you are moving all around the world untiringly to fulfill the desire of your beloved spiritual
master His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. You are building magnificent tem-
ples for the Lord, getting Srila Prabhupada’s books published in all conceivable languages and inspiring
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us to serve in the same spirit. I can never repay you for the love and mercy showered on me.
O guru maharaja, whenever I have tried to follow your instructions as it is, I found miracles happening all
around. I beg for your mercy so that I can always follow your instructions as it is and have this faith always
so that I can please you to my fullest capacity.
Please bestow your blessings and keep your merciful glance on me so that I can be a transparent via media
and an instrument in your hands in the mission of Srila Prabhupada, to please Lord Caitanya.
Aspiring to be your insignificant servant,
Dvarakanatha Hari dasa
My very dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances onto your lotus feet on this auspicious day of your divine appearance
in this material world. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to you!
O guru maharaja I am begging you, please don’t reject me, but keep me at your lotus feet, because I am
such a fallen soul in this material world, and unable to follow your divine instructions. Just like a father
never gives up his own son, although his son has cultivated many bad habits.
So, hey my real father, I am your son however fallen and in deep ignorance, but please don’t neglect me.
Give me any punishment, but guru maharaja don’t reject me.
I love you so much with all my heart and will do so forever and ever.
Hare Krishna!
Your eternal servant,
Gaura Vigraha Nath dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my fallen obeisances at your lotus feet.
Due to my disqualification, what should be the simplest of tasks? Glorifying you - is always a challenge
for me at this time of the year. I hope my feeble attempt will at least not be objectionable to your divine
grace.
Thank you for accepting me
Thank you for giving me the Hare Krsna mantra and chanting on my beads
Thank you for giving me wonderful mangala-arati, guru-puja, S.B. class
Thank you for giving me extremely beautiful Deities for darshana
Thank you for giving an extremely favorable good environment for practicing Krishna consciousness
Thank you for giving me association of Vaishnavas, who are very rare
Thank you for giving me the Vedic literatures like B.g., S.B., C.c., for studies and for distributing others.
It is a very powerful tool for spiritual life and completely overcome all kind of misconception of nescience
Thank you, guru maharaja, on for the gift of prasädam, food offered to Krsna.
Thank you for emphasizing book distribution and public harinäma sankirtana as a compassionate means
of spreading the message of Krsna consciousness and helping suffering humanity in this dark age of Kali.
Thank you for going through so much effort, to create so many magnificent temples in India, especially in
Delhi. This is a big spiritual institution for going to back to Godhead for all conditioned souls.
You gave us the gift of aspiring to go back to Godhead.
Thank you for everything in my life which I got by your mercy
I cannot repay the debt I owe you for all the gifts you have given me,
Guru maharaja, I want only one thing, that I should serve you eternally
I also seek your mercy and blessings to become a responsible follower of your mission, with the internal
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strength to overcome the trials and challenges that Maya may place in my path. My spiritual master, whatever we say about you is same as showing a lamp to the sun. By words we can’t
The servant of your servants, glorify you. Your surrender to Srila Prabhupada and the mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu to spread the
Gautam Hari dasa mission all over the world, shows your greatness.
If all trees are made into pens and all the sea water is used as ink, even then it is not possible to write about
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, your qualities and greatness.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to guru maharaja! Please accept my humble obeisances. Please give me a single drop of your mercy so that we can help you in this mission, and try to please you.
This year was a special year for me as I could interact with you in person and also attend your lectures Without pleasing you we can’t please Krishna.
filled with nectar, at Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari Temple. With your blessings maharaja, I could distribute a Your most insignificant servant,
few books this year and hope to continue doing the same in coming year as well, as much as I can. I pray Kartik Krishna dasa
to God for your good health, peace, well-being and continuous shower of blessings on us. I look forward
to attending more of your lectures whenever you oblige us with the opportunity. My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please continue to shower your blessings on us and may Lord give you enough strength to continue to Please accept my most humble obeisances.
spread the spiritual mission of jagad guru Srila Prabhupada. On your 74th Vyasa-puja day, I humbly take this great opportunity to glorify you on this most blessed day
At your humble service, with a small poem.
Govind Kumar dasa
About half a millennium ago the Supreme Lord had descended,
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji, In the most magnanimous form which was hidden and gated.
Please accept my humble obeisances. His mission was one to deliver the rotten souls,
Maharaja ji I’m so fallen that I don’t even know whether I am eligible to write an offering to you or not. The means was sankirtan with kartal n khols.
Also, I don’t know what to write. But I definitely know that there is no one except you who can help me But He needs hands to spread the holy name,
out. Reach out to all and extend the mercy flame.
I have been seeking your initiation for a long time. But I am not eligible. Neither do I have any capability This task was not ordinary to transform people’s heart,
to be eligible, nor is the situation in my control. I cannot do it on my own, so, I humbly beg for your mercy. No less than a messiah could do that part.
You are a pure soul and know everything. To tolerate others shortcomings and giving them all honour,
I am fully dependent on your mercy. I know that things can change drastically if you wish. So please take Remaining humble making others heart grow fonder.
me into your shelter if you wish, and give me the strength so that I can be eligible for that. Maintaining one’s purity without making a compromise,
Please accept my humble best wishes on your Vyasa-puja. Forgoing one’s comfort to make others rise.
Your dasanu dasa, Working tirelessly for the Lord day and night,
Inderjeet Nagpal Taking all risks with all one’s might.
Such exalted qualities you abundantly possess,
Respected Guru Maharaja Srila Bhagavatpada, Making you that Messiah without a guess.
I offer my prostrated dandavat pranams at your divine lotus feet.
Although I have no qualification to glorify your divine grace, I pray that you will accept these few words Thank you,
as an insignificant token of my gratitude and reverence to you. Your fallen but aspiring servant,
It is said that the glories of the spiritual master are infinite and cannot be described in words. It is only Karuna Chandra dasa
through guru’s mercy that one gets the mercy of Lord Krishna, so I have no other desire but to follow your
instructions seriously without any personal motive. Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please provide me shelter at your lotus feet even though I have no qualification, as I have no shelter other Kindly accept my dandavat pranams at your lotus feet. All the glories to Srila Prabhupada!
than your lotus feet. The spiritual master is directly the representative of the Lord, acknowledged in the disciplic succession.
My only desire is to become your eternal servant birth after birth. Such a bona fide spiritual master is able to clear everything by evidence from the revealed scriptures, both
Your humble and fallen servant, direct and indirect.
Jagannatha dasa Although everyone is free to consult the revealed scriptures in this connection, one still requires the guid-
ance of a bona fide spiritual master, and that is the direction in this verse.
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji The bona fide spiritual master is the most confidential representative of the Lord, and one must receive
Please accept my humble dandavat pranams. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! direction from the spiritual master in the same spirit that Brahmäji received from the Personality of God-

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head, Lord Krishna.
The bona fide spiritual master in that bona fide chain of disciplic succession never claims to be the Lord
Himself, although such a spiritual master is greater than the Lord, in the sense, that he can deliver the Lord
by his personally realized experience.
The Lord is not to be found simply by education or by a good fertile brain, but surely, He can be found by
the sincere student through the transparent medium of the bona fide spiritual master. So, whenever you are
present, immediately I fall down at your lotus feet.
Caitanya Mahaprabhu said:
yuga-dharma pravartāimu nāma-saṅkīrtana
cāri bhāva-bhakti diyā nācāmu bhuvana
“I shall personally inaugurate the religion of the age — nāma-saṅkīrtana, the congregational chanting of
the holy name. I shall make the world dance in ecstasy, realizing the four mellows of loving devotional
service. C.c. Ādi 3.19
Your guru maharaja said: “It is the duty of every disciple to carry out the order of the bona fide spiritual
master and spread Lord Caitanya`s message all over the world.” Srila Prabhupada C.c. Madhya 16.64
purport.
You said: “My dear child, continue dancing, chanting and performing sankirtana in association with dev-
otees. Furthermore, go out and preach the value of chanting Krishna-nama, for by this process you will be
able to deliver all fallen souls.” C.c. Adi 7.92. His Holiness Gopala Krishna Goswami Maharaja quotes in
his book named ‘Krishna the source of happiness’.
Me: Thus, I took as a seva to teach dance, through philosophy, {Powerpoint presentation}, Principle
{Dance discipline}, Practical application {Dance rehearsal}, Broadcasting {Through YouTube} - I am
trying, my best and expecting your mercy.
And by your mercy I am able to understand from your book named `Freedom by Surrender` the following
things:
1--Take spiritual life very seriously. Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhupada mentioned that a devotee is always
reserved and perseverant {page 62}
2--Srila Prabhupada once said that this execution of Krsna consciousness is like wrestling. A wrestler—the
more he wrestles, the more he practices, the stronger he becomes. Krsna consciousness is like that. The
people with greater faith, the more sincere they are in executing Krsna consciousness, the more tolerant
we are in trying to understand the desires of the Lord, the greater we will be, the stronger we will be spir-
itually. “All of them who are surrendering unto Me, I reward them accordingly. “{Page 80}
One`s greatness has to be estimated by one’s ability to tolerate provoking situations - Srila Prabhupada in
“Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead”.
Hare Krishna.
Your insignificant servant,
Kaunteya Putra dasa
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Srila gurudeva, His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswa-
mi maharaja. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is a very nice opportunity for me to glorify guru maharaja ji though I know that I am not qualified. I
think no one can deny a few facts about guru maharaja ji which are as follows. Firstly and mostly I hear
that he focuses on chanting attentively and avoiding ten offenses. This point always strikes my mind and it
inspires me to keep following the rules and regulations of bhakti though sometimes I break the regulative
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principles. But his instructions somehow or other always enforces me to be on the path of devotion.
Once one devotee asked a question that how will he be pleased, and then in answer guru maharaja ji said
that you chant your rounds attentively. Srila Prabhupada used to say that 99% of our advancement depends
on our chanting and guru maharaja ji is also repeating the same thing again and again it means Yes it is
a sublime method to attain Love of Godhead. Though his health doesn’t remain good, even in this situa-
tion he does not mind travelling all over the world to bestow his mercy on fallen souls like me. I am very
grateful to him that he has accepted me as his disciple and I want to keep serving guru maharaja through
a channel of disciplic succession.
Dasanudasa,
Keval Anand dasa
My dear Guru Maharaja,
My humble obeisances to you guru maharaja. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is only by your causeless mercy that I am still able to continue in devotional service, despite my contin-
uous intentional and unintentional misconduct.
I am happy to mention that I have taken up work at Govinda’s restaurant, Juhu, and thus am engaged in
some small seva for the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji, guru and Gauranga.
I sincerely wish and pray that I overcome all my shortcomings in devotional service and get further in-
spired and strive to be your worthy disciple.
In humble service to your holiness,
Krishna bandhu dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
This is my humble offering to your grace on this auspicious day of your holy appearance.
I am so fortunate to have your grace as my spiritual father. I am so thankful that your grace has accepted
a fool like me as your disciple.
Gurudeva, I am an insignificant disciple and I get a lot of inspiration from your daily messages.
My heart sometimes bears the pain of this material world, but when I see your beautiful face and hear your
soothing voice, these pains become so insignificant.
I pray, please bless this insignificant servant so that I may become humble, do more practical seva, chant
attentively, serve with the correct attitude and always remember my position as a servant’s servant.
Your insignificant servant,
Krishna Dulal dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
We beg to offer our humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, we would like to express our gratitude today for your con-
stantly determined and steady effort to preach and take Srila Prabhupada’s mission ahead. We also admit
that we are the most unqualified ones to describe your unlimited transcendental glories and achievements.
You are exemplary as Srila Prabhupada’s disciple. You teach us how we as disciples should be. Your beau-
tiful quality of samadarshata, is the first quality of a mukta jiva, which touches our heart. As Lord Krishna
says in the Srimad Bhagavad-gita, 4.34:
tad viddhi pranipatena, pariprashnena sevaya
upadeksyanti te jnanam, jnaninas tattva-darsinah
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“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render
service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.”
Srila Prabhupada being a self-realized soul has seen the truth and thus has imparted knowledge unto you.
But what is the symptom of a devotee who has received knowledge?
The scriptures reveal the symptom of a devotee who has received the knowledge is when a devotee starts
seeing everyone with samadrishti which is to see everyone in relation or connection with Krishna. Gu-
rudeva, this is exactly what you have been doing over the years. Treating all the disciples of even your
god-brothers as your own and giving an equal treatment, love and mercy upon everyone.
Gurudeva, over the years, you have maintained your dedication to serve Srila Prabhupada in your heart and
continuously keep helping Srila Prabhupada in his mission of spreading Krishna consciousness through
preaching and book distribution. These being your major instructions. You teach us through your own
personal example. You are truly a Prabhupada’s Man!
Your time-tested instructions to be tolerant and patient in whatever the situation, has been an anchor in
saving our boat from sinking.
This year various regular seminars have been arranged by the temple management which was conducted
by various senior devotees from various temples. Their constant association has given us a chance to rel-
ish Krishna-katha and bring the congregational devotees closer to each other and relish their association.
Seminars on harinama japa have really been an eye opener and made us sincere in chanting.
Since the inauguration of the new temple, the premise is flooded with an ocean of new visitors every day.
As per the guidance of senior devotees, we are trying to do some kind of campus preaching as well as fund
collection seva. On an everyday basis, due to the support of devotees and donors, we are going for Food
for Life prasadam distribution for the underprivileged kids in different schools each day, serving them hot
meals of Krishna prasadam. With every visit to each school, we narrate a Vedic story for kids, and teach
them to recite the Hare Krishna maha-mantra which they recite with great enthusiasm. By your mercy
gurudeva, even though the schools managed by the Christian Missionaries and Muslim Management, they
are happy with the hot meals being served to the kids. They keep getting their students to the temple as
a part of their field visit. This year as a school has turned very favourable, we plan to conduct a regular
weekly class for the kids of all grades. An engineering college has invited a team of devotees to conduct a
weekly session for the first, second and third year students. All these plans can only be executed by your
causeless mercy, gurudeva.
Each time your instructions to be patient and tolerant is helping us to relish nectar even today. With your
own example, you are teaching us to be tolerant and patient in each situation with the passing of time.
Gurudeva, you are the real inspiration behind all our activities—preaching, book distribution, prasädam
distribution, etc. History will recognize you as the saviour of humanity.
We pray that we can leave dark corners behind and eternally take the shelter that you selflessly offer us.
Because when we are mature enough to feel your presence at every moment, even in your absence, then
we may truly be able to please you by serving you in some significant way. Only then will we understand
and be able to access the power you have given us to execute devotional service in the proper mood of
humility and gratitude.
On this most auspicious day we fall at your lotus feet and beg for forgiveness for our countless offenses.
Please continue to engage us in your Iskcon society, birth after birth.
Your insignificant servants,
Kshirodakshayani devi dasi, Sanjay and Mahasundari Radha devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
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Please accept my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. I am deeply inspired by you maharaja because
of your faith on Srila Prabhupada’s words and books; not only faith but you act according to that. You
inspire others also to act like that only. Your instructions look simple but they are the essence of bhakti
yoga. Simply by following these we can remain in bhakti for our whole life. Despite your old age your
enthusiasm is like a young man. Although your health is not good yet you are present in altar early in the
morning. I am amazed how much determination you have although you have gone through a heart surgery,
yet you bow down in front of the Deities to offer full dandavat pranams. I pray to Lord Caitanya for your
health to remain good forever.
Although I am not qualified to glorify you, but I am trying to offer a short composition for you.
Your enthusiasm to spread the mission of Gauranga
Like crystal clear water of the Ganga
Prabhupada had a great desire for book distribution
You focused on this with your whole dedication
For you old age is not an obstacle
To spread the glories of Prabhupada to the world
Bless us also to take a lesson
So that you can decorate our life with perfection
Please bless this child who is committing mistakes again and again. Kindly shower your mercy upon me
so that I can follow your instructions with determination for my whole life.
Your childish servant,
Madhurya lila dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
First of all I offer my most respectful humble obeisances unto my spiritual master’s lotus feet.
Although I am not qualified still you have accepted me as your disciple. For this I will never be able to re-
pay the debt to you. You have brought me out from the darkest region of Maya and given me shelter at the
Lotus Feet of Krishna. However, I want to give my spiritual master a small promise that I will always try
to follow your instruction in all circumstances no matter where I am. You appeared on this earth to spread
Krishna consciousness through your instructions and Srila Prabhupada’s books. I have seen that you are
allowing everybody to engage in Krishna consciousness by telling us that we belong to the spiritual world,
which is our real position or identity.
Guru maharaja you are a staunch follower of Srila Prabhupada. Your complete surrender and dedication
towards your spiritual master is very inspiring to everyone.
Guru maharaja, you are a personification of humbleness and tolerance, which attracts everybody to take
shelter of you. Your personal care towards everyone is an inspiration to me and I always feel that you are
my actual father. You possess all the good qualities of a great Vaishnava.
When I first met with you, your guidance, care and humble service attitude left a great impression on
me and very soon you gave me shelter at your lotus feet and saved me from the cycle of birth and death.
Whenever we met, you always showed your causeless mercy upon me. Inspite of your busy schedule you
always gave me your valuable time and encouraged me to progress in bhakti, by doing very strong sad-
hana and following the 4 regulative principles. I am very grateful to you, I think I will never ever be able
to repay you for this.
Your insignificant servant,
Madhusudan Murari dasa
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My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I am very thankful for your kind mercy upon me. I beg for your mercy, so that I can engage sincerely in
your service.
I have been associated with the Krishna consciousness movement for the last one year and I got involved
in devotional service, especially book distribution through our Ashraya classes. Because of your mercy
book distribution has now increased. Please bless me so that I can distribute more books, associate only
with devotees and serve them.
You have always been and will always be my source of inspiration. Please bless me so that I can take the
advantage to utilize this inspiration and use my only chance for the service of Krishna.
Aspiring to be your sincere disciple. Please forgive me for my mistakes and bless me with your kind mer-
cy.
Your most fallen servant,
Mahesh Kumar
Dear Guru Maharaja,
We, as a family, are trying to move ahead in Krishna consciousness. Before that I realized the importance
of devotees’ association for making headways in Krishna consciousness. We felt the significance of as-
sociation after getting in touch with initiated devotees who are fully surrendered unto the lotus feet of
Krishna with the help of mercy showered by you. We realized the importance of life, difference between
body and soul.
The realization we mentioned above is possible only by the mercy of the representatives of God who can
just be a spiritual master or guru.
We don’t have words to glorify the innumerable qualities of guru maharaja. Kindly accept our humble
obeisances.
Your aspiring disciples,
Malik family – Samir, Deepika, Chhavi, Raghav and Smt Kamla devi
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We have no qualification to offer anything to you, being materially contaminated, but we will try to offer
our feelings only from our hearts. Before joining Iskcon we didn’t know much about Srimad Bhaga-
vad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Vedic scriptures. We were living in the material world like ani-
mals to fulfill our desires and gratify our senses only. When we joined Iskcon and listened to you, we could
understand the purpose of our life.
We are very grateful to you because by your kind mercy we got on the right path in our life. When we saw
you and listened about your devotional life, we were motivated to follow you and your instructions.
We pray to you to please bless us to serve the guru-parampara faithfully till our last breath.
Yours servants,
Mohan Achyuta dasa and Rama Sevika devi dasi
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
Please accept my most humble dandavat obeisances unto your lotus feet.
You are very merciful as you always give mercy to fallen soul like me. As I was not getting your darshan
for so many days, and I was very eager, and you gave your mercy to me and came in my dream and cleared
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my doubts also. Next day when I came to the temple then you were also at the temple, and you accepted
flowers from me for offering to Srila Prabhupada. I really became very happy at that time. You always tell
us that preaching is very important for us.
Please maharaja ji, bless me so that I never forget the Lotus Feet of Krishna, and always engage in Krishna
consciousness in every situation of my life, and do something for the movement and please you. Please
forgive my offences knowingly or unknowingly committed at your lotus feet.
Your servant,
Moni Kumari
Dear Guru Maharaja,
My humble dandavat pranams unto your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to
Prabhupada ji!
In the year of 1994 you were so kind as to give shelter to a fallen soul. By the grace of your soft and kind
preaching, I came to know Who the Supreme Godhead is. I always feel your presence whenever I chant
and read Srila Prabhupada ji’s books. You have nurtured me with your kindness. You never use a harsh
word like a true Vaishnava, even when it was my fault.
Before initiation, I was so aggressive and selfish, but after getting initiation from you, you changed me and
my life. Without your blessings it would have been difficult for me to get a taste for chanting and reading
Srila Prabhupada’s books. Long live Iskcon! Long live the maha-mantra! Long live guru maharaja!
Your servant,
Naamsharan dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. Happy 74th Vyasa puja guru maharaja!
Thankyou guru maharaja for accepting me as your disciple, although I’m not qualified. If you examine me,
you will find no qualities, your mercy is all that I am made of.
Give me strength. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.
Guru maharaja you have given me the name – Nama Ashraya dasa, by your mercy only can I chant the
holy name. Please bless me so that I can also do service as you are doing wholeheartedly, day and night
for your pleasure.
Guru maharaja, you have all the qualities which a devotee should have, so I would like to mention few as
– A devotee is expert – you are expert in everything – whether it is management of different temples, BBT,
along with this your dealings with devotees, your compassion for the fallen conditioned souls, even for an
ant means every living entity, and you have preached in communist countries also in difficult times. Right
now your health is not good, still you are travelling and doing seva tirelessly day and night.
Instead of such an hectic schedule and health issues, still you never miss mangala-arati and moreover
you made this Sri Sri Radha-Parthasarathi despite so many difficulties. Please bless me, so that I can also
become an instrument and keep on serving in Srila Prabhupada’s mission life after life.
This Vyasa-puja offering is a way through which every disciple waits to write, and by writing one can
purify himself, but I’m so unfortunate, that I’m writing at the last moment, and as I’m a big fool, I am
unable to write about the qualities of an exalted devotee like you. Please give me your mercy so that the
next time I can write properly.
Please forgive me, as while writing this I may have committed many mistakes.
Just bless me so that I can sincerely practice Krishna consciousness and become a source of inspiration
for others also.
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Your insignificant servant,
Nama Ashraya dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble veneration at your holy feet.
I am not able to glorify your great qualities in limited words. Despite being so old, yet you are spreading
Lord Caitanya’s message of love and compassion through book distribution and by all means. This gives
me strength.
By your mercy I am able to stay in the association of devotees, hear about Lord Krishna and get rid of my
material anxieties and desires.
I beg you to give me deep and uninterrupted devotion to your lotus feet. Please allow me to be your servant
and follow your instructions.
Hare Krishna!
Wishing to be your servant,
Navin Kumar Verma
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Dandavats to all devotees.
In the Vedic scriptures, the word ‘guru’ is defined as a person who takes you from darkness to light from
zero to knowledge. The guru is the only medium which directs us to Krishna: the Supreme Lord.
The guru takes all the difficulties and problems of his disciples and provides him with the knowledge,
shows the transcendental path and gives the mantra to control all our senses, and teaches us to surrender
ourselves to God.
The Vedic literature shows that, as Lord Krishna asked Meera Bai to have a guru in her life in order to get
to Him, so that’s the principle. Lord Krishna Himself told us that in this Kali-yuga, the only way to get
Him is to have a guru.
In the year 2002 when you visited my brother Sachipati dasa’s home, I requested him to kindly have your
holy footsteps step into my home too, and he was greatly surprised that you agreed. From that day I ac-
cepted you as my guru in my heart. After 15 years I got your blessings and became your disciple.
Another coincidence I want to share is that most of the time when I visit Vrindavana, I get your darshan
guru maharaja. I take these holy incidences at Lord Krishna’s mercy.
Please accept my humble obeisances in your lotus feet dear guru maharaja.
Your servant,
Neel Mani Mukund dasa
Dear Gurudeva,
We beg to offer our most humble obeisances at the divine lotus feet of our eternal father, guru and guide,
Srila Bhagavatpada.
Gurudeva, you are a Vaishnava of the highest order. You are the personification of determination. You are
full of qualities, among these, the one I like most is your love and surrender towards the Deities. Wher-
ever you go, to any center of Iskcon you are always seen inside the altar doing mangala-arati, no matter
what time you reach the center during the night. In spite of this you perform the worship of your personal
deities, meetings with the management team of temples, meeting with devotees and visiting every area of
service of the temple.
Guru maharaja, you are fully dedicated to your guru Srila Prabhupada and the Lord. You have only one
goal, to please your dear Srila Prabhupada. We have no qualities in ourselves to glorify you and come to
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the Krishna consciousness movement. It is only due to your causeless mercy that we came in contact with
you and you gave us Krishna consciousness. We were trapped in the cycle of birth and death but with your
mercy, our gurudeva we are here to realize how to come out of this cycle of birth and death.
Gurudeva, you are full of patience and humbleness. You are caring for all the devotees of different temples
including us. We beg for one drop of your mercy so that we can also engage in your service to please Srila
Prabhupada and the Lord.
Your fallen souls,
Nitya Kishore dasa and Shruti Priya devi dasi
Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to you my eternal
spiritual master!
I am very grateful to your lotus feet for accepting me, although I have no qualification for initiation, but
still you have initiated me and kept me under your divine shelter. You have provided me a great opportu-
nity to serve the parampara and make my life successful, but due to my deep rooted anarthas I am unable
to serve the parampara properly. I am very ashamed of it. Gurudeva, your glories are unlimited but I am
unable to glorify you because of my deep conditioning. You have always inspired me through your divine
words, and presence.
I beg for forgiveness for the unlimited offences I have committed at your lotus feet, and pray to you to keep
me always under your divine shelter.
Thank you very much for saving this most fallen conditioned soul my spiritual father.
Your most fallen aspiring servant,
Parasara Muni dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Every year we celebrate your Vyasa-puja ceremony and get an opportunity to look into the change in our
consciousness in dealing with this material world. So, it is my privilege to glorify a pure devotee on this
auspicious occasion. No matter whatever situation I may be in, I need to glorify a pure devotee to purify
my contaminated consciousness. By your prayers, my material health is improving, but I am struggling to
chant even one round of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. By your mercy, my mother is participating very
enthusiastically in Deity worship, chanting, hearing and reading Srila Prabhupada books. As a son, I could
give this most precious gift to my mother by your mercy.
Guru maharaja! Inspite of your bad health, your Vyasa-puja was celebrated in Russia last year. You might
have gone through a lot of travelling from India to Russia. This shows how eager you are in fulfilling your
disciples’ desires. Please take care of your health as well.
Guru maharaja, by your mercy I got the inspiration to study Bhagavad-gita when I was working in Ben-
galuru. In the introduction of Bhagavad-gita, it says that we need to respect Krishna to understand Bhaga-
vad-gita. While I have been trying to live by this one statement of Bhagavad-gita, I understood that I need
to respect Krishna’s people, Krishna’s given situations, etc. Even right now I am trying to respect Krish-
na’s situation by your mercy and living happily. Thank you very much guru maharaja by emphasizing so
many times in your lectures to study Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. Please bless me so that I
follow your instructions seriously.
Your servant,
Pavan
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Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Dandavat pranam. Please accept my offering.
samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam
praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasyavande guroh sri-caranaravindam
mahaprabhoh kirtana-nrtya-gita-vaditra-madyan-manaso rasena
romanca-kampasru-taranga-bhajovande guroh sri-caranaravindam
sri-vigraharadhana-nitya-nana-srngara-tan-mandira-marjanadau
yuktasya bhaktams ca niyunjato ‘pivande guroh sri-caranaravindam
catur-vidha-sri-bhagavat-prasada-svadv-anna-trptan-hari-bhakta-sanghan
krtvaiva trptim bhajatah sadaivavande guroh sri-caranaravindam
sri-radhika-madhavayor apara-madhurya-lila-guna-rupa-namnam
prati-ksanasvadana-lolupasyavande guroh sri-caranaravindam
nikunja-yuno rati-keli-siddhyaiya yalibhir yuktir apeksaniya
tatrati-daksyad ati-vallabhasyavande guroh sri-caranaravindam
saksad-dharitvena samasta-sastrairuktas tatha bhavyata eva sadbhih
kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasyavande guroh sri-caranaravindam
yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasadoyasyaprasadan na gatih kuto ‘pi
dhyayan stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyamvande guroh sri-caranaravindam
Your patita servant,
Praful Nitai dasa with Mitra Kirti devi dasi
Most respected Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I feel very incapable of glorifying you guru maharaja, still as a service I am trying to do so. All the scrip-
tures are full of the glories of Hari, guru and Vaishnavas S.B.1.2.18.
Guru maharaja ji, you are tirelessly endeavoring to serve Srila Prabhupada. In spite of your bad health you
are still always enthusiastic to serve Srila Prabhupada. You are completely fixed in your service to him. No
situation or circumstance can diminish your serving mood to Srila Prabhupada. Rather, day by day your
service is increasing manifold.
Without the compassion of the Vaishnavas it is not possible for a conditioned living entity, to take to
Krishna consciousness. Thank you guru maharaja ji for being an instrument of Krishna’s mercy in my life.
Your personal care for me has always been encouraging me in practicing Krishna consciousness. Please
bless me so that I may be able to render some service to Srila Prabhupada and become eager to study his
books and chant attentively. Thank you for everything guru maharaja.
Your servant,
Prema Niketana dasa and Acyuta Sundari devi dasi
Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja ji,
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Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Maharaja, I had heard a lot about you, your purity and your devotion from my counsellor and my other
god-brothers and god-sisters. I developed a different kind of respect and love for you, when I saw you for
the first time at Sri Nathadwara dhama on 21st of January 2017. I felt myself very blessed, and your one
glimpse brought lots of zeal and enthusiasm in me. After that I have got so many chances to see you and
listen to your lectures and each and every time I feel the same enthusiasm and joy. Maharaja sometimes
I feel myself very unlucky and fallen as I didn’t get a chance to serve you directly; vapu seva, but I have
been told by my counsellor that vani seva is even more important than vapu seva. So maharaja I need your
blessings so that I can do your vani seva and follow your instructions to please Sri guru and Gauranga. I
am a very fallen soul who has done so many offenses.
Your servant,
Priya Singh
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Today is a very special day. On the occasion of someone’s appearance day, an arrangement is made for
the special worship of Sri guru, Vaishnavas and the Lord. Turya srami gana (those in the sannyasa order),
coming in the line of Vyasadeva, perform the worship of previous gurus on their respective appearance
days. The invocation and performance of Vyasa-puja on the guru’s appearance day, indeed, includes the
worship of bhagavan Sri Vyasadeva.
Sri gurudeva, as the representative of Sri Vyasadeva, reveals the bhagavat-tattva. Through guru-puja,
Vyasa-puja is indeed accomplished. Sri guru tattva and Sri Vyasa-tattva are one and the same thing. For
this reason, Sri Vyasa-puja means to offer padya to the lotus feet of Sri guru. The disciple who knows the
manobhishtam of Sri gurudeva, understands that the innermost desire of his guru is to engage in perfect
bhajanaa. That distinguished bhagavat seva is not just an external offering, but it is the offering of padya
in a real sense.
Sri Vyasadeva has said in the very beginning of his Vedanta sutra, stating: “I do not know the identity of
Brahma and I do not know what my relation is with him. I want to know these truths. If this knowledge
would have been with me, I would not have made such an inquiry. I therefore need a teacher who can
bestow such knowledge.” Therefore, the necessity of a genuine guru is instructed within this sutra. Gurum
evabhigacchet. The words gurum eva declares that it is imperative to approach a guru, and without guru
there is no other source by which one can know that brahma vastu. Abhigacchet therefore, one has to do
abhigamana to the guru. Abhigamna means approaching the guru with a service temperament and honest
inquiry.
Your servant,
Purushottama Haridasa and Satsvarupini Radha devi dasi
My dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila
Bhagavatpada! All glories to your auspicious Vyasa puja day!
Respected maharaja, I’m your most insignificant unworthy student, who got this opportunity to glorify
you on your divine appearance day. I do not have any capabilities to glorify you, but I will try to write
something in your glorification. My dear guru maharaja the way you are fulfilling the instructions of your
spiritual master is amazing. you are travelling all around the world and distributing the nectar to all fallen
souls. Your mercy on us is unlimited.
You are my eternal father maharaja because you are the one who gave me this second birth, who taught
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me how to stand and how to walk in spiritual life, by your mercy only I got this life and I promise I will
never ever leave this movement. Srila Prabhupada’s Movement is my life and soul. I’m nothing without
it, and this is my identity now in this world.
I always the hear this Vaishnava bhajana, sarvasva tomār, caraṇe saḿpiyā,poḍechi tomāra ghare tumi to’
ṭhākur, tomāra kukur,boliyā jānaho more, I always think like this maharaja that you have showered unlim-
ited mercy on me and now I have become your dog. Earlier also I was dog, but that time I was street dog,
but now I have become your pet because of your mercy. I want to spend my entire life at your lotus feet.
Guru maharaja. that was the most special day of my life when I met you in Mumbai, Juhu temple. It was
my first meeting with you in which I could speak to you for 5 minutes. I was in Mumbai for some official
work, but I can never forget the day when you asked for me in Dwaraka temple, after more than 3 months
passed and I could meet you the next morning. That was the biggest day of my life maharaja. I really felt
that Krishna calls me in your form, because guru is the representative of Krishna. I could not sleep the
whole night as I had to meet you the next morning. Please always shower your mercy on me.
Dear guru maharaja, please bless me not to forget to follow your instructions and to develop the qualities
needed to progress in Krishna consciousness.
Once again I thank you for your endless mercy on me.
Your most unworthy student,
Radha Rupa devi dasi
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Maharaja, you are very dear to Srila Prabhupada as you have served him to the best of your capacity in
every aspect. Please bless me also, that your quality of serving gurudeva’s instructions, I can develop
within and eternally serve you.
Your aspiring servant,
Raj kumar
Hare Krsna respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila
Bhagavatpada!
Our dear and respected guru maharaja, how can a fool like me glorify a personality like you?! Still as a
duty of a disciple, for my own purification and the opportunity to take blessings from Sri guru and Gauran-
ga, I will try to offer something from my heart. Guru maharaja, you are tolerating and engaging me in the
service of Srila Prabhupada’s mission since 1997, when you saw this fool is asking some questions in the
Bhagavatam class. When I see this time by pass how foolish I was, and how much I still am,you know
better. But still your compassion never goes down, and is increasing day by day, moment by moment. The
proof is that still a person like me who is most fallen, cannot follow the four regulative principles, and
offends Vaishnavas right and left, and is expert in seeing faults in everyone, and then tells others also, and
never misses a chance to glorify himself, and is staying in Vrindavana dhama. How is that possible? Be-
cause of your unlimited mercy! You are undoubtedly an ocean of mercy karuna-sindhu. In Sri Vrindavana
dhama we saw your unflinching faith in Srila Prabhupada’s words and instructions. Fortunately, we were
in Sri Jagannatha Puri yatra and got the opportunity to hear from you. On the final day when you gave a
lecture, devotees were requesting you to announce another yatra. You told everybody that when you re-
turn to your places, engage in book distribution, then a yatra can be arranged, only of the places that Lord
Caitanya visited. This shows how you are fixed in the guru-parampara and instruction and mood of Srila
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Prabhupada. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says in his song for Ekadashi, that he would visit places where
Lord Caitanya visited with the devotees of Lord Caitanya. This yatra was in the month of January, and
devotees must have participated in the Bhagavad-gita Marathon, but still you order everybody to engage
in book distribution. This shows your love for your guru and compassion on conditioned soul like us. You
always say that Maya works 24 hours so we should serve Krsna 24 hours. One day you were giving a class
in Vrindavana, and in the purport Srila Prabhupada writes, that in the Satya-yuga meditation was giving
the same result, as the Hare Krsna maha-mantra gives in Kali-yuga. After class in the question answer
session, your sannyasi disciple asked a question that there must have been the Hare Krsna maha-mantra
in Satya-yuga also to support meditation? He was saying something which was not mentioned in that
purport, and your holiness said that, Srila Prabhupada writes that meditation gives the same result. Your
unflinching faith in the words of Srila Prabhupada was exhibited by you. And finally, an incident happened
with me in Gurukula, how a loving father takes care of his children, you took care of me. I must have been
in jail, but by your unlimited mercy you not only saved me from all problems, but supported me and then
again engaged me in the service of Srila Prabhupada in Sri Vrindavana dhama. Thank you very much my
loving spiritual master. I always bother you with my little problems. Please forgive me and keep under the
cooling shade of your lotus feet birth after birth.
Your most fool disciple,
Rajavidya dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
I have realised that you represent Lord Krishna, My guru maharaja ji has a very humble nature. I always
try to follow his pious foot prints.
May Lord Krishna keep you healthy so that you may serve Lord Krishna to the maximum.
Your servant,
Rajesh Dubey
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glo-
ries to your holiness!
Gurudeva, your glories are compared to that of an ocean, and trying to glorify your holiness is like a bird
trying to empty the ocean. I try to glorify you only by your mercy. Hare Krishna. Thanks and Regards.
Your servants,
Rakesh Singh and Supriya
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah
I was born in the darkest of ignorance, and you, my dear spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of
knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Your interaction with everyone exemplifies the meaning of guravo dina-vatsaläh SB 3.7.36 “O best among
the brähmanas, those who are spiritual masters are very kind to the needy. They are always kind to their
followers, disciples and sons, and without being asked by them, the spiritual master describes all that is
knowledge.”
You have set the perfect example of following in the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada.
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prthivite ache yata nagaradi-grama
sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama
“In every town and village throughout the world,” said Lord Caitanya, “the chanting of My holy name will
be heard.” As fire is kindled from wood by another fire, the divine consciousness of man can similarly be
kindled only by another divine grace.
It is your causeless mercy that you create fortune for fallen conditioned souls and engage them in proper
devotional service as prescribed in the shastras. In this way, you save them from vainly serving the wicked
and miserly men.
As by the traveling of the sun, people are relieved from the fear of the darkness of night—a fear brought
about by thieves and rogues. Similarly, by your divine appearance, one is freed from all anxiety brought
about by ignorance.
On this most auspicious day of your appearance, I beg for forgiveness for my unlimited offenses. I beg for
your blessings to follow your instructions 100% with firm faith.
Knowledge of Krsna is such a great gift that it is impossible to repay the benefactor. Srila Prabhupada
mentions in the Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.22.47 that a joker’s activities simply arouse laughter, and a person
who tries to repay the spiritual master or teacher of the transcendental message of Krsna becomes a laugh-
ingstock just like a joker, because it is not possible to repay such a debt.
So, please bless me to be eternally engaged in the service of your lotus feet.
Wishing you good health.
Your unqualified disciple,
Ramapati Isvara dasa
Our dear and most respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept our most humble obeisances unto the divine dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Sri
Sri Radha-Radhika-ramana and Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to
your divine grace!
Lord Krishna is showering His causeless mercy on fallen souls like us by giving us a wonderful opportu-
nity to purify us by glorifying a pure devotee of Lord Krishna and most reverent disciple of Srila Prabh-
upada. Vyasa-puja, the appearance day of the spiritual master, is very special and the most important day
for a disciple. Conditioned souls like us have neither the vision to see your qualities, nor the qualification
to glorify your divine qualities. To purify ourselves, we are trying to attempt that. “Sakti-buddhi-hina, ami
ati dina, koro’ more atma-satha”
With every passing year, we realize the importance of your divine instructions regarding attentive chant-
ing, reading and distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books, because we could not follow them till date due
to our laziness, low enthusiasm in spiritual life and deep-rooted past conditioning. We could not realize
the benefits of following them. But definitely we have witnessed the ill effects of not following them in the
form of increase in material desires, tendency for committing Vaishnava-aparadhas, lack of sincerity, no
taste in the holy names and many more. This forces us to give a thought to meditate on these instructions
and implement them in the practice of devotional service.
Guru maharaja, in a real sense, you are a live example of a sincere disciple of Srila Prabhupada, A perfect
spiritual master, eternal father, real compassionate uttama-adhikari. You are continuously trying hard 24
hours a day to fulfill the instructions of your spiritual master His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swa-
mi Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada had a vision of temples. Like spiritual hospitals, you are opening
many new spiritual hospitals in the form of many upcoming glorious temple projects like- Rohini, Baha-
durgarh, Kurukshetra, Dwaraka. You are karuna sindhu, an ocean of mercy. You are very compassionate
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towards fallen souls including us. You are continuously travelling for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada,
despite your not very good physical health, and still giving shelter to thousands all over the world.
Guru maharaja, you are a perfect guru with all the 26 divine qualities of a Vaishnava. You are a live exam-
ple of how to follow Vaishnava-etiquette, preach by example, and following strict sadhana. Your humility
can be felt irrespective of being a devotee or even a non-devotee. You are like a spiritual warrior of Srila
Prabhupada’s army. We have seen recently how you are travelling tirelessly and preaching strongly like
a lion. We have never seen you so actively preaching in the last few years, as your health was not very
good. This gives us immense pleasure to see you so actively preaching and in good health. You are truly
following the footsteps of previous acharyas. You are taking care of your physical body also with daily
walks and massages as you always consider it as an instrument to serve Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhu-
pada. You are daksha in dealing with everybody and friendly to all, be it in dealings with god-brothers,
disciples, new devotees, non-devotees or official politicians, they can feel the fragrance of your humility.
Your morning sadhana standards are exemplary for each of your disciples. Your compassionate heart for
all your disciples for even those who commit mistakes is exemplary. You are always trying to engage us in
devotional service. It is told that a sincere disciple takes the responsibility of his spiritual master. You are
a truly sincere disciple of your spiritual master Swami Prabhupada. You have dedicated your life in ful-
filling his mission and have taken many responsibilities for the same. Despite all your achievements, you
always remain humble by offering all credits to Srila Prabhupada. In your Vyasa-puja offering last year,
you wrote, “Let us rededicate ourselves to Srila Prabhupada and his mission-Iskcon”. This shows how
you want everybody to be dedicated to Iskcon. You always tell your disciples to remain fixed in Iskcon
and cooperate in all situations now and in the future also, in accordance with Srila Prabhupada’s important
instructions.
Guru maharaja, according to your biological aging process, your health is going down, but your enthu-
siasm to serve Srila Prabhupada and preaching is increasing day by day. You are taking loads of karmic
reactions of your numerous disciples whom you have initiated out of your compassion, and as a service
to your spiritual master. We are also a part of some of those sufferings. With your blessings, little Nitai
was born this February in our family. You always tell us to concentrate more on spiritual life. We ask for
your blessings always and also forgiveness for our countless offenses committed unto you knowingly or
unknowingly. We pray to Sri Sri Radha-Radhika-ramana and Lord Narasimhadeva to award you good
health, so that you can continue serving Srila Prabhupada and continue to free many fallen souls from the
clutches of material existence. Please bless us on this special day, so that we can follow your instructions
seriously and eventually advance in Krishna consciousness.
Aspiring to become your real disciples,
Ramarajya dasa, Rukmini Nayika devi dasi and bhaktin Krishnangi Little Nitai (Now 4 mths. old)
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa-puja, I am very enthusiastic to say something.
yasya prasadad bhagavad prasado
yasyaprasadam na gatih kuto ‘pi
dhyayan stuvams tasya yasas tri sandhyam
vande guroh sri caranaravindam
One can be blessed by Sri Krishna only by the mercy of the spiritual master. Without the spiritual master’s
mercy and blessings of Sri Krishna, trying to attempt any type of perfection, one is condemned to failure.
It’s your mercy on me that you made my dream come true by accepting me as your disciple, otherwise who
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would accept a fallen soul like me? O gurudeva you are an ocean of mercy. and liberty to mould it as you feel right. So, push me, chide me, reprimand me, you can do whatever you
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I pray at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji, Sri Sri want to, so that I may engage in serving you and Krishna to the best of my ability.
Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Sita-Rama-Lakshmana and Hanumana and Lord Narasimhadeva to keep you healthy Your humble servant,
and bless us by your association. Ravinder dasa
I am very enthusiastic and looking forward to celebrate your Vyasa-puja.
Your insignificant servant, Dear Guru Maharaja,
Rambandhu dasa Please accept my most humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet! All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga!
Every year your Vyasa-puja celebration brings a fresh joy in the hearts of your disciples. This opportunity
Hare Krishna Maharaja, to glorify you is the most awaited event, and we all feel renewed in our relation and are surcharged in our
Please accept my humble obeisances. enthusiasm to serve you.
I always draw inspiration from you and your activities which keep me more enthused in my spiritual life. Dear guru maharaja, in the early days, whenever Srila Prabhupada would meet you, he would ask “Where
Please show some causeless mercy on this fallen conditioned soul so that I can follow your instructions is book? Where is book?” and you would always make a point to carry with you some new book to offer to
more rigidly and sincerely. Srila Prabhupada for his pleasure. But for me the case is very different. As every year I have nothing new
Please forgive me for the offenses that I have done at your lotus feet and many other devotees. to offer on your Vyasa-puja this year too. The things are the same. I am constantly being tormented by the
Please engage me in your service. six anarthas, poor sadhana, lack of surrender, no taste for the holy name.
Your aspiring servant, Srila Rupa Goswami has established one’s healthy attitude as the key factor for success in spiritual life.
Ranjeet We have seen in you a very determined and committed person who is always struggling for the mission.
This quality of yours is very inspiring to all your disciples. At such an advanced age, we see you constant-
Dear Guru Maharaja, ly travelling, meeting devotees, patiently hearing their anxieties, solving their confusions and answering
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this auspicious day of your appearance. All glo- their repeated questions. You are very self-controlled and thus fit to hold the title “Goswami”. We have
ries to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! seen in you a hope-against-hope and never-die spirit to execute the mission. Through your example you
Maharaja, I am not qualified to glorify you, but by your mercy I am trying to write a few words, so that are always training your disciples of how one should become Krishna conscious. In spite of severe bad
my heart becomes pure. You are carrying on the mission of Srila Prabhupada relentlessly. Your teachings health, you always execute your duties as a guru, Vaishnava and GBC. Like a loving father, you always
are non-different for Lord Krishna’s. I am in the darkness of material illusion, but by associating with you, guide us and correct us in spite of our obstinate nature. Your mercy is upon the most fallen and you never
I get the light of spiritual association. Maharaja, you are an ocean of mercy. Please forgive me for my reject even the most wretched although I have a tendency to reject you and your instructions.
offenses, and shower your mercy on this fallen soul. I will make all efforts to carry out your instructions. I feel very insignificant in being able to assist you and therefore on this day of your divine appearance
Please direct me in my devotional service. I humbly request you to please bestow me with the divine ray of your mercy so that I can become com-
Your most fallen servant, mitted to following your instructions. My only prayer is that I may remain offenseless unto your lotus
Rashmi feet, and try to become of some use to you. As we grow, our challenges also grow and therefore I request
you to kindly protect me from my anarthas that weaken me and make the challenges appear daunting.
Dandavat pranam Guru Maharaja ji, Please award me with a taste for reading, hearing and chanting. I humbly request you once again that I
I do not have words to write about you. Maharaja ji you are so humble. Carrying his guru maharaja’s mis- may develop the right attitude towards devotees and the service given by you. I pray that there may be no
sion with full determination and motivating others for the same. misunderstanding in my mind about the service given by you.
Your dasa, I wish to fully dedicate my life in this mission of Srila Prabhupada and therefore seek your kind shelter.
Ratimaya Ayodhyapati dasa Without your shelter and mercy there is no hope.
Aspiring to become grateful unto your lotus feet,
Most respected Guru Maharaja ji, Your insignificant servant,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. Ravindra Caitanya dasa
I am nothing to say a single word to define.
The demeanour your noble personality and characteristics outline. Most respected Guru Maharaja,
Most humble, sincere, dedicated and kind. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you guru maharaja! Please accept my humble obeisances.
Guru maharaja ji you are one of the best spiritual master that one can find. It is a great pleasure to send my Vyasa-puja offering on this most auspicious day of your appearance.
Sri Narottama dasa Thakura defines a guru as ‘ karuna sindhu, adham janara bandhu, these lines are an Dear guru maharaja, I feel so unworthy approaching you, but by your divine mercy, you have offered me
apt description of your personality. an opportunity to glorify you.
Guru maharaja, the clay to the future of my spiritual life is in your hands. You have the complete authority Your mercy is meaningful, making us proper and matured, leaving behind material comforts.

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Guru means heavy and the relationship between the spiritual master and the disciple is based on following
the footsteps of guru maharaja.
Shastric instructions of yours which are all based on Vedic shastras incarnated from the heart of Krishna
svayam must be followed by every disciple because if we only believe in Krishna but not shastras, then
we are atheists. Therefore, O gurudeva this meaning of guru is very compatible.
We must strictly follow sloka 4. 34 of the Bhagavad-gita if want perfection.
tad vidhi pranipatena
pariprasanena sevaya
upadekshyanti te jnanam
jnaninas tattva-darsinah
With the mercy of Krishna, I am fortunate to get a guru like you. Lord Sri Krishna tells Arjuna in Bhaga-
vad-gita Chapter 12, the most perfect way to please Krishna is by rendering devotional service to him,
under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master. I just have to faithfully execute your clean instructions
sincerely and serve you.
Dear guru maharaja, I am totally dependent on your mercy. Your mercy is my real sampada. Without your
mercy, I cannot survive my life and soul even for a second in this miserable world.
Today, on this auspicious occasion words are not sufficient to express your qualities. I can only worship
you. Let me serve your lotus feet life after life. I can never, never repay my debt to you.
Your insignificant servant,
Rishabhanandan dasa and Purantripti devi dasi
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila gurudeva!
Gurudeva is the confidential servant of the Lord. I have never seen God, but got the opportunity to see a
divine person who is very dear to the Lord.
My gurudeva is working day and night to fulfill the orders of his guru A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabh-
upada. His enthusiasm, dedication, and spirit to serve Sri guru and Gauranga is exemplary. Once seen, he
immediately recognizes the person. His memory is amazing. With a material brain it is difficult to assess
his capabilities. His energy level is beyond this material world. Doctors are amazed to see his non-stop
service attitude. He has ascended this material world to deliver fallen souls like me. His compassion flows
not only to humans but to animals also.
It is your mercy which keeps me moving irrespective of my ill physical and mental health. Without you, I
do not stand anywhere. In fact you are doing everything, your mercy is working everywhere. You are my
father who listens to my problems, shows me the right path, always ready to forgive me for my mistakes.
But now I want to serve you, serve you as a servant of the Lord. Save me from Maya.
Gurudeva, bless me so that I can follow your instructions, and the authorities’ instructions sincerely, and
serve you in a servant mood, servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord.
Your servant,
Rohini Kirti devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to His Holiness Gopal Krishna
Goswami Maharaja!
What can this aspiring disciple of yours ever write about your glorification? I am so unqualified, but, you
are so merciful to give this insignificant servant a chance to glorify you on this most auspicious occasion.
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Revealed scriptures assert that one perfectly follow one’s spiritual master, and you are the epitome of this
principle. Your physical condition does not deprive your spiritual strength to serve more and more. You are
the reservoir of all transcendental qualities, and you are the savior of this suffering material world. All the
Vedic literatures glorify your person. You so intently care for all your disciples just like a father takes care
of his son, and I am eternally grateful to you that your causeless mercy has brought me here from nowhere.
Please forgive me for this poor offering, and I fall at your lotus feet and beg for your causeless mercy on
this unqualified conditioned soul, as you are our only savior from the perpetual cycle of birth and death.
Your insignificant servant,
Romil
Hare Krishna Param Pujya Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble pranams.
On this day of your Vyasa-puja, I request you, gurudeva at thy lotus feet, to grant me and my family thy
blessings in abundance.
There is so much of suffering and chaos happening in the world we live in.
I request gurudeva that there should be peace and understanding amongst all.
The chanting of the mahamantra Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/ Hare Rama Hare
Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, is giving me a lot of inner peace.
I am leading a very difficult life. I have a son and a daughter to look after. All are under my responsibility.
Who else can I turn to other than Lord Krishna through my spiritual trainer Bhaktivedanta Sri Shastra
svarupa dasa and Gaura dayalu dasa prabhu.
I seek thy ever-flowing blessings, protection and guidance to be granted and showered in abundance.
Will you not bless me enough to have thy vision?
Your servants,
Rajesh, Ruby and family
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet on this most auspicious occasion of your Vya-
sa-puja mahotsava 2018.
It is difficult for ordinary conditioned souls to properly understand and glorify the character and activities
of a pure devotee of the Lord. Clearly, I am not qualified to extol your glorious devotion to Srila Prabhu-
pada and to Lord Sri Krsna. Still, as far as my conscience allows, I will try to write a few words about you
just for my own purification. I seek your blessings in this regard.
mükam karoti väcälam
pangum langhayate girim
yat-krpä tam aham vande
sri gurum dina-täranam
“I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of all fallen souls, whose mercy
turns the dumb into eloquent speakers, and enables the lame to cross mountains.”
The dust of the lotus feet of the pure devotees of the Lord purifies the three worlds. Wherever the pure dev-
otees go, they create holy places. They are worthy of glorification by the most prominent personalities like
Lord Shiva, Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu Himself. Lord Shiva declares this fact in Srimad-Bhagavatam.
brähmanäh sädhavah säntä nihsangä bhüta-vatsaläh
ekänta-bhaktä asmäsu nirvairäh sama-darsinah
sa-lokä loka-päläs tän vandanty arcanty upäsate
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aham ca bhagavän brahmä svayam ca harir isvarah
“The inhabitants and ruling demigods of all planets, along with Lord Brahmä, the Supreme Lord Hari and
I, glorify, worship and assist those brähmanas who are saintly, always peaceful, free of material attach-
ment, compassionate to all living beings, purely devoted to us, devoid of hatred and endowed with equal
vision.” S.B. 12. 10. 20–21
A spiritual master is one who uplifts the disciple from the quagmire of this material world and puts him at
the lotus feet of Lord Krishna. He trains the disciple in the process of devotional service as mentioned by
the previous acharyas. It is said in Sri Caitanya-caritamrta that only a very fortunate living entity attains
the seed of devotional service by the mercy of the spiritual master and Krsna. A conditioned living entity
is suffering in this material world from time immemorial because of his forgetfulness of Krsna. Without
attaining the shelter of the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master, it is impossible for him to rise to his
natural position i.e servitude to Lord Krishna. A spiritual master himself engages in various activities of
devotional service like Deity worship, chanting the holy names, preaching and much more and he also
engages his disciples in the same way. A spiritual master is non-different from Lord Hari and he is to be
honoured as much as Lord Hari because of his being the most confidential servant of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead. An acharya is very dear to Lord because he preaches on the behalf of the Lord in
order to please Him. Srimad-Bhagavatam says that one who spreads the message of the Lord is a very
munificent soul, bhuvi grnanti ye bhüri-dä janäh.
You are such a bona fide spiritual master coming in the disciplic succession of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
One can very easily see that you are the recipient of the divine mercy of Srila Prabhupada. Just like Srila
Prabhupada travelled all around the world to preach, you are also travelling to far off places to preach the
message of the Lord. You are sincerely following the instructions of Srila Prabhupada and also motivating
others to follow. It was Srila Prabhupada’s desire that his disciples should work hard and co-operate with
each other in order to expand this Hare Krishna movement. You are fulfilling this desire of Srila Prabhu-
pada by taking more and more responsibilities in the society. In spite of your bad health and advanced age,
you are tirelessly working hard to further this movement practically leaving no stone unturned. After Srila
Prabhupada’s departure, our society had to undergo many crises, but you were resolute in your determina-
tion and you played a very vital role to take the society out of that precarious situation. This shows your
love for your spiritual master. Srila Prabhupada wanted to build temples and distribute books. You are very
expertly opening and maintaining many opulent temples throughout the world. There are more than 11
temples in only Delhi – NCR region. Four major projects are under construction – Kurukshetra, Rohini,
Bahadurgarh and Dwaraka. Many books are being distributed because of your enthusiasm and guidance.
Delhi temples are in the list of top distributors because of your desire and inspiration. During Marathon,
you travel from temple to temple inspiring devotees to distribute books.
You are a great source of inspiration for us. You follow proper Vaishnava etiquette under all circumstanc-
es. You are adorned with all qualities of a saintly person as mentioned in Srimad-Bhagavatam.
titiksavah kärunikäh
suhrdah sarva-dehinäm
ajäta-satravah säntäh
sädhavah sädhu-bhüsanäh
You exhibit extreme tolerance when it comes to deal with neophyte disciples. You are very kind and
friendly to everyone. Few months back, I got an opportunity of your personal association by your mercy.
At that time, I had the good fortune to see all these qualities in your personality. I am very thankful to you
for giving me your personal association. I feel very nourished in devotional service by seeing your attach-
ment to Krsna. One can see you everyday worshiping Deities at 4:30 a.m. You also serve your personal
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Deities every day.
You always instruct your disciples to become good devotees, chant attentively, read Srila Prabhupada’s
books and preach the message of the Lord. You want your disciples to take more and more responsibilities
in the movement. I seek your blessings so that I am able to fulfil your expectations.
I thank you very much for giving me the opportunities and facilities to engage in the devotional service
of the Lord. I am trying to follow your instructions, 16 attentive rounds, four regulative principles and
preaching. I am currently trying to serve as a fulltime devotee in Iskcon – Punjabi Bagh. I am taking care
of BBT/Gift Shop. I am engaged in some services of Deity department also. By your mercy, I am taking
part in some preaching activities such as Bhakti Vriksha preaching, and Book Distribution.
Kindly bestow your blessings on me so that I am able to chant my rounds attentively and also preach the
message of the Lord.
Please forgive me for the offenses I have committed unto your lotus feet.
I pray to Sri Sri Radha-Radhika-ramana and Sri Sri Krishna-Balarama for your good health and long life.
Thankyou.
Yours insignificant servant,
Rupa Sanatana dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
The progression which I have is all because of guru’s and Vaishnava’s mercy. Seeing you I feel so inspired
and rejuvenated.
How one has to be surrendered towards his guru, how one can be humble, tolerant, compassionate are few
things which I have been focusing on myself and you are my real inspiration
Your day to day preaching, quotes are so helpful leaving a room to analyse ourselves and encouraging us
to work harder and harder towards our bhakti. Daily there is some scope of improvement
I consider you as my spiritual father, who has shown me the path that is giving me real happiness. The only
desire left in my heart is to make you and Srila Prabhupada happy, by serving you and taking this mission
ahead full-heartedly till my last breath.
I wish Krishna gives you all the strength so that more people can be benefited with your mercy and bless-
ings
Your humble servant,
Rupamayi Sita devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to your lotus feet!
I am finding it very difficult to put into words the gratitude and love I feel within my heart for having you
and Krishna in my life.
Thank you for your kind mercy that has helped me to become more devotional. Your influence is so great
that I can feel your presence in my life. It gives me a very warm feeling and I always feel blessed by your
mercy.
Gurudeva, I really hope that one day I will get some sincerity so I can follow your instructions properly.
Your aspiring servant,
Saciputra Hari dasa
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Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. I am not qualified to glorify you maharaja ji.
I am very inspired with your restless preaching all over the world. You are taking so much pain to deliver
fallen souls.
Your love and dedication for Srila Prabhupada cannot be compared.
Please forgive me maharaja ji for not following your instructions sincerely. Please bless me maharaja ji so
that I can develop sincerity for Srila Prabhupada’s movement and a mood of a pure devotee.
Your aspiring servant,
Sadananda Nitai dasa
Dear Srila Bhagavatpada,
On this most auspicious Vyasa-puja day, I offer my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories
to Srila Prabhupada!
I must admit that I feel totally unqualified to write this Vyasa-puja offering. Due to my contamination, I
am unable to fully describe your achievements.
Srila Prabhupada always emphasized on book distribution as the most effective means of spreading our
movement. You have taken up that responsibility as your life and soul. Every year, you encourage thou-
sands of devotees to distribute millions of books. Needless to say, your temples are winning the recogni-
tion of being the top book distributors of the Iskcon world.
You are an exemplary disciple of your guru maharaja. You have been executing his instructions very
dedicatedly. You tirelessly travel throughout the world and deliver thousands from the abyss of illusion to
the path of devotional service. Wherever you go, from morning till late night you remain fully engaged in
preaching, taking care of devotees and working hard for the welfare of the Iskcon society. You have set an
example of how one should serve the mission of Lord Caitanya and the spiritual master.
Under Srila Prabhupada’s instruction you first came to Russia in 1976 to take part in the international book
fair. Since then you have helped in establishing many temples in Russia and the CIS, and inspired devotees
to distribute millions of Srila Prabhupada’ transcendental books.
This year Iskcon Moscow is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its official registration in Russia. India’s
Prime Minister has sent his congratulatory message for this occasion. An excerpt from the event is pre-
sented below:
“I am delighted to know that the Moscow Society for Krishna consciousness is celebrating the 30th year
of its registration in Russia.”
Many socio-spiritual organizations have been a boon for India. Not only do they serve the poor, hungry
and needy within India, but they also spread the quintessential Indian values of peace and harmonious
living across the world.
The teachings of Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita are a great source of inspiration to millions. His stress
on gaining knowledge resonates with our current era where knowledge is given primacy. His message of
maintaining equanimity in the face of successes and setbacks, is ever more relevant in this era of stressful
lifestyles. His call to do our duties, especially in serving others is a guiding light for all of us.
Be it in taking these timeless values of the Bhagavad-gita to the world or in popularizing the spirit of
devotion, organizations like the International Society for Krishna consciousness, through their various
chapters like the Moscow Society for Krishna consciousness, have done yeoman service to humanity.
The various social initiatives of Iskcon throughout the world are greatly appreciated, especially the pro-
gramme that serves millions of meals everyday across the world to the hungry and needy.” I pray to Krish-
na that He allows you to stay with us for many, many years to come and continue to spread His glory. The
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sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is meant to deliver this world, and to accomplish that
glorious mission there is a need for a devotee like you to lead this movement. I express my sincere grati-
tude to Srila Prabhupada for offering us such a wonderful spiritual master.
On this most blessed day of your appearance, I pray that I may be able to follow all your instructions, and
serve you with all my heart and soul.
Your insignificant servants,
Sadhu-priya dasa and Sarva-mangala devi dasi
Srila Gurudeva
Kindly accept my obeisances at your divine lotus feet.
Gurudeva, as your pranam mantra indicates you are tirelessly engaged in spreading the preaching mis-
sion as established by Srila Prabhupada and the previous acharyas. You are setting an example for the
upcoming generations that preaching is the most important work. In spite of your health and the routine
obligations you travel throughout the iskcon Centres worldwide to encourage devotees to take up devo-
tion seriously and to open more Centres. By your divine words and association there are places where one
cannot imagine how preaching has done miracles. You have shown by your own example how we should
take Srila Prabhupada’s instructions as our life and soul. Srila gurudeva, you are the true follower of Srila
Prabhupada. We are astonished when we see such enthusiasm at such an age. We pray to Lord Sri Krishna
for your good health so that we may take your association as much as possible. Guru maharaja, kindly
forgive us for the offences at your lotus feet knowingly and unknowingly.
Your insignificant servants,
Sadhusanga dasa and Manasi Ganga Priya devi dasi
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you Srila gurudeva!
Wish you a very happy appearance day guru maharaja. Darshane pavitra kori ei tomar guna. You are
very fond of Deity worship. In every mangala-arati in any temple, you are in the altar for Deity worship.
I pray at your lotus feet to imbibe this quality. Your daily quotes shall always be the source of inspiration.
At this age also you are tirelessly travelling and preaching the message of your beloved spiritual master
Srila Prabhupada. You are like Lord Shiva, who gives shelter even to ghost and devil-like persons like me.
Gurvastakam prayers you show by your personal example.
Kindly forgive my offences for not following your instructions properly.
Kindly empower me to serve Hari, guru and Vaishnavas as a servant of the servant of the servant mood.
Your fallen disciple,
Sakshi Chandra Chaitanya dasa
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Only a spiritual master in this material world can protect us from this death and birth cycle and we learn
as to what is the aim of our life and in our hearts, and awaken our real love for Krishna. That is our guru
maharaja ji. And if we want blessings from guru maharaja ji it can be possible only when we chant more
and more.
His holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami is a spiritual warrior and eternal son of Srila Prabhupada. You are
doing everything to satisfy Srila Prabhupada. You are preaching the holy name of Krishna non-stop: Hare
Krishna maha-mantra. You are an inspiration and a spiritual guide of many devotees in Krishna con-
sciousness.
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Dandavat pranam at your lotus feet. All glories to your holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja! All
glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Thanks and Regards.
Your servant,
Sarvagya Giridhari dasa and Raga Shrestha dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obesiances unto your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all
glories to your Vyasa-puja celebration!
Your appearance day is indeed an auspicious day, for Krishna brought you to earth. Like a gentle whiff of
breeze, he fills my morning with nectarean words.
The only glorification I can surrender unto you in short time in the mantra for the guru, for my guru ma-
haraja.
Humble, I bow down my head unto your lotus feet and beg for your mercy and instructions.
Your eternal servant,
Sarvajaya Yamuna devi dasi
My dear Guru Maharaja
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It is my good fortune that maharaja ji has accepted this fallen soul as his disciple.
Your mood of always being humble and giving the credit to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna are the divine
qualities which attracted this fallen soul. The qualities of your management and your Krishna conscious
activities inspired me.
I pray to Krishna to keep me at your lotus feet always and serve you throughout my life and follow your
instructions. I also pray to Him for your good health.
Your insignificant servant,
Sarvapujya Golokapati dasa
Sri Guru Maharaja ji Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami,
You are very dear to Lord Krishna because you continue to fulfill Lord Caitanya’s mission, and are carry-
ing out the instructions of your spiritual master Srila Prabhupada, whose shelter you have found.
You lead and direct thousands of conditioned souls on the path of devotional service. Without your mercy
victory over maya is not possible. You are an unlimited ocean of mercy. By touching each one of us we get
happiness. You shine with the nectar of divine love, given by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
The biggest fortune for a person is to meet a pure devotee of Lord Krishna, and I am eternally happy, be-
cause I was fortunate to meet you. You planted the seed of devotional service in my heart, and I think that
by your causeless mercy I will be able to achieve the goal of this life, to develop Krishna consciousness.
Your servant,
Shakti Madhavi devi dasi
My dear Guru Maharaja,
Please kindly accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
Thanks to Lord Krishna and to Srila Prabhupada, to have become your disciple.
I pray to Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani to shower Their blessings on your appearance day and al-
ways pray for your good health.
As I am too low to say anything about you, still I want to write a few words about your service in Krishna
consciousness. As a result of my good fortune you have initiated me as your disciple and made me realize
that the true purpose of life is to be always engaged in Krishna’s service and to attain Krishna-prema.
Every year on your appearance day I hear about your glories from everyone and it gives me immense
pleasure. Your hard work and effort in spreading Krishna consciousness is immeasurable. Last year I heard
about your role in establishing the Pune temple and I was pleased.
In the end I pray at your lotus feet to bless me so that I can always be engaged in Krishna conscious.
Your humble servant,
Shantimayi devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet, and a very Happy Birthday to you
Maharaja.
As every year, we are spell bound and have no idea how to describe your greatness. You work tirelessly to
please Srila Prabhupada that we just in awe. Maharaja, although we are so insignificant that we can’t even
desire, but a small desire we have is that we want to become a small nut in your loving Srila Prabhupada’s
society. Please fix us as per your wish. We know that only in your hands we are safe otherwise in this ma-
terial life we have no hope. Please engage us, please engage us, please engage us.
samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-
tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam
praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasya
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
Yours humble servants,
Simha Prahlad Nath dasa and Pushparati devi dasi
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
It’s an impossible task to describe the glories of Srila guru maharaja our beloved divine father.
We are just like a spark in front of a blazing fire. How can we know or describe the transcendental glories
of our beloved spiritual father, who round the clock is in the divine mood of serving his spiritual master
our beloved Srila Prabhupada.
You are a pure sage residing on this earth planet. Our unlimited thanks to the Lord for gifting us this un-
limited treasure of your divine appearance on this earth planet. Again, this beautiful day has come in our
life, your divine appearance, which has filled our hearts with unlimited joy. We are trying to glorify our
beloved guru maharaja, which is beyond our limitations. Guru maharaja do forgive us for our incapability
to glorify your divine unlimited qualities. But since gurudeva, you are our eternal father, we wanted to
write down our feelings in your great divine honour.
Guru maharaja by his own example is still teaching us how to perform sadhana-bhakti and be strict in our
daily sadhana. You always want everybody to be engaged in some service, so that we all may be saved
from maya. You are always very busy, but whenever we want to see you, our father, you are always avail-
able for us. Once we still remember we went to take your darshan and you were going to Burma, but we
were not aware of this, guru maharaja with folded hands said to us, I am very very sorry today I cannot
meet you even for 5 minutes, I have to leave for the airport within 20 minutes. We don’t have words to
express the humility of our beloved father. We were so stunned and shocked by the humility, expressed by
our guru maharaja. We disciples have to learn and walk on the path led by our spiritual master.

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We still remember when we invited guru maharaja for the opening of our small home in Sri Vrindavana
dhama. Guru maharaja told us to please keep it in the noon time, because it was the day of Sri Balarama
Jayanti. When you came to our small home in Vrindavana you said, now you all have become multimil-
lionaires. Srimati Radharani has given you all Her shelter. There was no limit to our joy. Guru maharaja’s
mercy and compassion has no limits. If you have accepted us, it means that every soul is entitled for your
divine mercy.
Guru maharaja’s high power of tolerance has made everyone stick to his divine lotus feet, because he nev-
er sees any faults in anyone. He always engages everyone to render some service for the pleasure of Srila
Prabhupada, even though we are full of faults and not at all qualified. This special quality of our gurudeva
which dominates his personality, tolerance, humility, aversion to fault finding, has made him very dear to
the Lord.
Guru maharaja, on this very divine day we beg at the dust of your lotus feet to please forgive us for our
many faults and always keep us under your divine shelter. We are so fortunate to have you as our beloved
spiritual father.
May Lord Nrsimhadeva give you a very long and healthy life! May you keep on serving Srila Prabhupada.
We are trying our best to walk on the path that you have lead for all of us, so that even one smile if we
could bring on your divine lotus face, is worth living for in this world.
Yours servants,
Sita Murti devi dasi, Gaurangi devi dasi and ShyamVamsi devi dasi
Dear Gurudeva,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Srila Gurudeva! Please accept my humble obeisances at
your lotus feet.
This is my first Vyasa-puja offering to your Holiness as your disciple and I feel very very fortunate and
grateful for this opportunity in this life. On 4 November 2017 your Holiness blessed me with first spiritual
initiation in Vrindavana. You gave me a spiritual identity as Sulakshana Madhavi devi dasi. I render my
countless gratitude at your lotus feet for accepting me and giving the benediction as a merciful spiritual
father. Thank you so much gurudeva.
I offer my humble gratitude at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, for giving me my spiritual master in this
life and I know no way to express my gratitude to the Lord for His causeless mercy upon me. It’s indeed
His causeless mercy that I have your Holiness as my spiritual master. Otherwise I am really unfit to be
your disciple. I can see this every day. It’s the best thing I must have got in a billion lifetimes and I thank
Krishna for this fortune. Those 2 days in Vrindavana – the morning arati you performed, the chance to
meet you for an interview the previous evening and the day of initiation itself are all something I remem-
ber minute by minute, hour by hour, and unforgettable by their sanctity. I especially remember when I
entered frightened and nervous for the interview, gurudeva, your effulgence was glaring and mesmerizing.
You were glowing with transcendental radiance. I realized what a benediction Krishna was putting into
my life. On the day of initiation, just before the most significant moment of my spiritual life, I witnessed
yet again, the transcendental divine persona that you are. A mata ji was so overwhelmed that she held your
feet and offered humblest obeisances. You weren’t perturbed a bit. You in fact allowed your child to pour
her emotions and you tolerated it. It shook everybody and I stood there, right in front, in amazement, yet
again, of your divine position. I too wanted to offer my gratitude to you by holding your feet and crying
my heart out - begging you for forgiveness for my arrogance, to hide from my shame and guilt at your feet,
for all of my foolish misdeeds and wash your feet with my tears out of gratitude for the fortune that was
being bestowed upon me. Gurudeva, in these 6 months of the early life of this rebirth, you have guided me
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as a father, forgiven me as a mother, taught me lessons as a guru. You have given me the most wonderful
opportunity to be a part of your vani seva. I feel very very fortunate for this opportunity. I thank Sumeet
prabhu for this precious opportunity. And I thank Bindhu Madhav prabhu and Sumati mata ji too for en-
gaging me in devotional service.
Guru maharaja, however, more than often I have failed to live upto your expectations. I feel helpless and
incapable of handling situations especially as a mother. I don’t think I am doing justice and am sure am
not rendering my duty in Krishna consciousness towards Aadyant. Gurudeva please help me. I have no
intelligence or energy to deal with my life specifically Aadyant. Whatever I try to do, how much ever I try
to overcome my conditioning by being conscious I just feel overpowered by my anarthas especially for
punishing him out of anger. I feel helpless. I have no idea how to teach this child. Krishna hasn’t given
me the manual for this boy and I can’t see him suffer silently, unable to cope up with the expectations of
this inconsistent world. Please help us gurudeva. I want to surrender this child to your feet, to your service
to serve you and Srila Prabhupada. Please take charge of Aadyant and his life. Please help and empower
him to be able to serve this movement. And make his life worthy. Without your mercy he is in a dangerous
position. Please save him and give him shelter of your feet to be able to live in this world and utilize his
human life meaningfully- as a devotee under your shelter. Please bless him that he may chant the holy
names properly and develop attachment to the holy name. Please bless him that he may serve you and
Srila Prabhupada and spread his teachings all over through eloquent speech. Please bless him with ability
to speak and express himself fluently. Bless him that he can develop good character. You are a colossal
monument, a gold mine of sad-gunas. If he can follow your footsteps just 0.1%, his life will be blessed.
Please also help Vivek to surrender to you and to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada. Forgive his misdoings
and foolishness. Please help him to overcome his inhibitions and surrender completely to Srila Prabhu-
pada. Please help him to chant his 16 rounds of maha-mantra, everyday sincerely and attentively. Please
keep me engaged in your service gurudeva, for I don’t want anything else. I just want to serve you. I know
nothing else. I can’t live without your mercy. The burden of my anarthas is too heavy for me. I do foolish
things knowingly and that propensity is most frustrating. Please help me. Teach me to surrender complete-
ly to Krishna and purify this wretched heart. Gurudeva, I want to learn to work for Krishna. Please, please
give me an opportunity to learn from you. Please engage me in service of harinama. Purify my dirty heart
and bestow upon me your mercy that I do nothing else than work for Krishna out of bhakti. Keep me al-
ways at your feet don’t abandon me for I have no one else. You are my mother, you are my father and my
teacher. And without you I am doomed. Hold my hand and help me walk on this path of bhakti and keep
me eternally engaged in your service. That’s my only desire. Please forgive me for all my mistakes and
offences that I shamelessly do every single day – knowingly, unknowingly in foolishness, in ignorance, or
in negligence. Please accept Vivek and Aadyant to come into Srila Prabhupada’s family and engage us in
your service. Without you we have no hope and our life will sink into an ocean of nescience.
yasya prasadad bhagavat prasado, yasya ‘prasadan na gatih kuto ‘pi
dhyayan stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam, vande guru sri carananaravindam
Only by your mercy can we attain the mercy of Krishna, without you we have nothing else to save us. I
wish to meditate upon your lotus feet and your glories all through the day. I offer my humble obeisances
at the lotus feel of my guru maharaja and Srila Prabhupada. I offer my most humble prayers to Their Lord-
ships to bless my spiritual father with good health and victory all over the world.
Your little daughter,
Sulakshana Madhavi devi dasi
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Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja.
You are an ocean of compassion. I am so fallen that I am not able to understand the mercy shown by you
on me. You are the representative of Krishna and have come to this planet to deliver fallen souls. I am the
most fallen of all living entities.Guru maharaja, please be merciful to me, so that I can assist you to preach
Krsna consciousness.
Trying to be your humble servant
Sumangal dasa
Respected Guru Maharaja,
While masses of people struggle for relief from endless sufferings and aimlessly seek pleasure to compen-
sate their empty hearts, I found sweet shelter in your wisdom and love unto your sweet lotus feet. I feel
tremendously happy when I serve you dedicatedly. I was so much bewildered about how can I serve you?
But by your mercy and by the grace of Srila Prabhupada, I found someone more dedicated than me to do
my service endlessly. Her name is Sulakshana Madhavi devi dasi. She had helped me a lot to serve you.
I am able to serve you because of help from her. Also, when I was desperately looking for pleasure in the
material world, I was rejected many times. But, in spiritual life I found each word, and each message of
yours so inspiring. It’s so inspiring to our modern youth. I got an opportunity to serve you that makes me
forget about material name and fame. Yes maharaja, you had told us in your lecture, that focusing for our
satisfaction in material things will make our life miserable. I was so happy when I heard this line. And then
I started serving to distribute your divine instructions to all your disciples and grand disciples.
As I was going to your page where your disciples put your realizations, I saw that despite your bad health,
you are so dedicated and you have so much love to help, develop and grow Krsna consciousness. By see-
ing this, I am so inspired by your excellent efforts. Only by seeing this effort, I was tremendously inspired
by you. Surrounded by hopelessness, confusion, and despair, you have always reminded us of the simple
truth that had been imparted by Srila Prabhupada: “Godhead is light. Ignorance is darkness. Where there is
Godhead there can be no darkness.” Krishna’s grace is everlasting and limitless, while in comparison the
entire creation is but an evaporating cloud in the spiritual sky. On the path of devotion there will always
be infinite hope and joy.
Do you know maharaja, our life is the only testimony to inspire me to seek perfection, the perfect al-
mighty, i.e. Krishna – The Supreme Personality of Godhead. In 2018, when I met you, you had said some
strong words that inspired me and are still rotating in my mind. You had told me so beautifully, that those
words have become remarkable for the development of my sadhana bhakti. You told me, Sumeet, what-
ever service you do always keeps Krsna in the centre, and then your life will be successful. These words
inspired me to hear the message from the greatest personality, the great devotee of the Lord. I am so happy,
so happy, and so happy that I am so fortunate to serve you and your disciples.
Maharaja, I need lots of blessings from you to continue serving at your divine lotus feet, and to serve your
disciples. It is said that, “If we want to please the spiritual master, then we have to serve his disciples.” If
the disciples are pleased, then you automatically get pleased. Your words, your actions, your instructions
are the only lifeline to make my faith strong.
I pray that I may strive to express my gratitude to you by following in your holy footsteps and focusing
on the essential truths you came to give the world. In these turbulent times, when humanity is desperate
for real solutions and starving for God’s grace, I pray that I may rise above the entangling distractions and
petty disputes that inevitably come, and be a united to dedicated instrument of your divine grace.
My beloved guru mahäräja, this insignificant servant’s heart belongs to you.
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Your most insignificant servant at the dust of your lotus feet,
Sumeet Utekar
O my beloved Guru Maharaja,
On this auspicious occasion of the sacred appearance of your divine grace, kindly accept millions of my
obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet.
Oh my master, I am so fallen, so unqualified, and have no place to turn, so please permit me to take shelter
under your lotus feet. O my guru maharaja, I know nothing, as I am so foolish. You are so kind, and an
ocean of mercy, patita-pavana. I was drowning for many many births, and you came forward to rescue
me. You helped me to join in the Vaishnava parampara. I heard o guru maharaja you haven’t done any
Vaishnava aparadhas.
Oh my master kindly help me in fulfilling my spiritual desires. Please be kind to me and show mercy on
me, so that I can involve myself more, to do Vaishnava seva.
Your most fallen servant,
Supriya Lalita devi dasi
Hare Krishna Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet.
I am very fortunate to have the shelter of your lotus feet. You always inspire us by your tireless preaching
activities, especially book distribution. You said Maya is in a marathon 365 days 24 hours, this sentence
helps me to be alert. You said that our heroes are Prahlad Maharaja and Vasudeva datta, and that inspires
me always. By your mercy book distribution is increasing day by day. You have shown us how to remain
humble in every situation by your personal example. Please bless me so that I can chant attentively, read
Srila Prabhupada’s books and distribute them.
Your servant,
Tushta Gauranga dasa
Dear Guru Maharaja,
On this blessed day of your Vyasa-puja please accept our humble obeisances in the dust of your divine
lotus feet.
We want to thank you for your merciful appearance in this world and for the generous distribution of
what you have brought with you from the spiritual world. This matchless treasure is called ‘bhakti’ love
of Krishna.
All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you, guru maharaja!
Your servants,
Vaikuntha Mukunda dasa and Achintya siddheshvari devi dasi
Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja ji,
On this auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja, I beg you to accept my most fallen obeisances at your lotus
feet.
As Srila Jiva Goswami writes in NOI verse 1, the one who controls the six urges can make this whole
earth his disciples. This is clearly visible in your divine grace. You have actually set a standard by exactly
following the instructions of Srila Prabhupada. Guru maharaja you are a true follower of Caitanya Ma-
haprabhu. You are always busy in serving Krishna according to the desire of Srila Prabhupada.
As it is said that a Vaishnava is known by his qualities. Guru maharaja you are a reservoir of all Vaishnava
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qualities. Your dealings with others, whether a devotee or a non-devotee, are exemplary. dle that has been created in the world. Gu’ means guhya or darkness and ‘Ru’ means remover or alleviator.
As mentioned in C.c. that a person is very fortunate who gets the seed of bhakti in his heart by the mercy Maharaja ji, you’re an ideal guru.
of guru after wandering in all types of species. Guru maharaja by your great mercy you have accepted this I would like to thank you from the core of my heart for all the mercy that you have bestowed upon me by
wretched person as your disciple. accepting me as your disciple.
Guru maharaja, this was the first time after initiation that I got your blessings by getting your personal Keeping you in the centre of my life, I feel how your causeless mercy flows unconditionally in the upkeep
association. This April I got married. My wife has started chanting 8 rounds regularly and 16 rounds on of my devotional service, each day.
Ekadashi. Also, she is gradually becoming regular in reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. You have not just transformed my life but you have transformed the lives of millions and continue to do
As you ordered me to contribute in the Jalandhar preaching program, I communicated with Shuka Priya so. You teach everyone through your actions and deeds. You also display unlimited compassion and hu-
prabhu. He asked me to help financially for Jalandhar preaching, so I’ll start doing the same. mility for the suffering souls. In every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen my commitment and
As it is mentioned in the shastras, that without the mercy of the spiritual master nothing can happen. conviction to Srila Prabhupada and his eternal gift, Iskcon. Had it not been your mercy, I wouldn’t have
Yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto ‘pi. I do not know how to serve you, so please give me a drop of your mercy had this opportunity of spreading the message of His Divine Grace, Srila Prabhupada and associate with
to understand your divine instructions and to follow your footsteps. pure devotees.
Your most fallen servant, Guru maharaja ji, please keep instructing me, chastising me for my offences and keep guiding me to be-
Vanmali Upendra dasa come a better servant of the Supreme.
On this auspicious day, I pray to remain a speck of dust at your lotus feet, my beloved guru maharaja ji.
Hare Krishna Maharaja ji, Thank you for everything. I will always be grateful and appreciative.
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to you! All glories to Srila Pra- All glories to your divine grace on your special day!
bhupada! Your most insignificant servant,
This is my humble offering to your grace on this auspicious day of your holy appearance. Vidyapuran dasa
I deeply thank Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari ji for letting you appear on this very auspicious day on Earth. Your
grace has done many extraordinary services for your beloved Srila Prabhupada by translating his books Dear Guru Maharaja,
and endless preaching all over the world. Your grace is continuously preaching and distributing Krishna Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on this auspicious
consciousness to please Srila Prabhupada even at this age. It is really an inspiration for everyone, the de- day of your Vyasa-puja!
gree of your surrender to your beloved guru maharaja. titiksavah karunikah, suhrdah sarva dehinam
Maharaja ji, I have heard many lectures of yours. The most attractive part of your lectures is that you try to ajata-satravah santah, sadhavah sadhu-bhusanah
convince people by practical examples, and give spiritual solutions for all material and spiritual problems, “The symptoms of a sadhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no
and you humbly request all to follow Srila Prabhupada’s teachings. enemies. He is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime.” (S.B. Canto
I am really unqualified to describe all your qualities, but I am try to recollect something which I realised. 3, chapter 25, text 21)
You are always very affectionate to the youth. You visited Iskcon Raipur two times in January and May, dhyana moolam guru murti, puja moolam guru padam
and you always ask, “where are the NIT boys?” This shows your love and care for us. I felt like I am the mantra moolam gurur vakyam, mokshaya moolam guru kripa
most fortunate person to see you and to render service unto you. In every lecture you always try to con- (Guru Gita-skanda Purana, Dialogue between Shiva and Uma (Shakti).
vince people to chant and read the Bhagavad-gita at least one verse a day. “The guru’s form is the best to meditate upon; the guru’s feet are the best for worship; the guru’s word is
Maharaja ji, by your mercy I am chanting 16 rounds for more than 2 years, and following the regulative the mantra; the guru’s grace is the root of liberation.”
principles under my counsellor. I will be most fortunate if I can connect to Srila Prabhupada by your sweet It is very difficult for a fallen soul like me to glorify you, I am just trying to follow your one instruction”
mercy and render service unto you. read more” you said during my initiation interview.
Please pardon me for my mistakes. I am very incapable and insignificant, but taking your words to my heart I am trying to preach Lord’s holy
Thank you maharaja for your care and affection. names, I need your causeless mercy, guru maharaja.
Your most fallen servant, I beg to remain afloat in the best of your lotus feet, for that is the only hope.
Vedprakash Pradhan Jaya Srila Bhagavatpada! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Your most humble servant,
Respected Guru-Maharaja ji, Yamuna Swarupa devi dasi
I offer my most respectful and humble dandavat pranams unto your lotus feet. All glories to Jagad-Guru,
Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your loving divine grace! My dear Guru Maharaja,
When one is moving blindly through the valley of life, stumbling in darkness, he needs the help of some- Please accept my most respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Sri guru and Gauranga! All
one who has eyes. He needs a guru. To follow one who is enlightened is the only way out of the great mud- glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!

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Thank you for giving me your shelter. Please engage me in your service.
In 1968, when you visited the temple for the first time, the temple president his grace Mahapurusa dasa
announced that Srila Prabhupada would be arriving the next day. After the kirtana, you asked his grace
Mahapurusa dasa, if you can do any service. He told you to clean the doors, shelves and windows of Srila
Prabhupada’s apartment. From then till now, you are serving Srila Prabhupada with full enthusiasm, ded-
ication and love. You are handling so many projects and visiting so many places just to give your mercy
to all the fallen souls. You are very merciful to all the souls. O gurudeva! Please be merciful to me also. I
am the most fallen soul.
One devotee in Mayapur said to your disciple, “you are a disciple of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswa-
mi maharaja. He is the most humble devotee in the world of Iskcon.” And being humble, is the first and
foremost quality of a Vaishnava. You are a true devotee of Lord Krishna and very dear to Lord Krishna.
You have always engaged yourself in Krishna’s service 24x7 from the beginning. When you were working
in the Pepsi-Cola company, you used to give your whole salary to Srila Prabhupada. From small services
to big projects, your attitude to serve Srila Prabhupada and Krishna is the same. Your desire to engage
everything in Krishna’s service inspires us to follow in your footsteps.
Recently in Vrindavana, you told one of your disciples to give you a book named ‘Vaishnava Ettiquete’.
And after reading the chapter on how to do pranam. You asked your disciple whether you offer obeisances
to Krishna properly. And then you instructed him to observe you next time and correct you if you are not
doing it properly. Your disciple agreed to your instruction. Next time when you offered obeisances in Sri
Sri Krishna-Balarama temple, you asked your disciple whether you were doing it correctly. This inspires
us that even now you are so alert and don’t want to commit any mistake in devotion and always want to
please Lord Krishna. This inspires us that it doesn’t matter from how many years we are into devotion, we
should not neglect these things and we should always be attentive and alert. We should always try to do
every service perfectly according to our capability. I humbly pray to Lord Krishna for His mercy to be on
you always, and to keep you in good health.
Hare Krishna!
Your insignificant servant,
Yashika

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,

That time of the year is here again when we get to glorify our guru maharaja which otherwise is very dif-
ficult to do. I want to begin by thanking Your Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami maharaja for initiating a
fallen soul like me. When I look back on my life before coming into bhakti, I squirm and feel disgusted. I
always desired to have a spiritual master in my life before coming into Iskcon but hadn’t imagined in my
wildest dreams that Krishna would bless me with a spiritual master of the calibre of His Holiness Gopal
Krishna Goswami maharaja.
I always feel this great responsibility on my shoulders to follow the instructions of guru maharaja and
please him by working on them.
May Krishna bless guru maharaja with a very long life so that he can give Krishna to the whole world
with his high level of purity! He will also keep inspiring us to be a humble instrument to give Krishna
consciousness to as many people as we can.
Your eternal servant,
Yugal Prem dasa

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