Acaryaratna dasa
om ajnana-timirandhasya, jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena, tasmai sri-gurave namah
Hare Krsna!
Most Humble obeisance at the lotus feet of my beloved Guru Maharaja, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
In this most auspicious occasion of Vyasa-puja observations I feel to be privileged to utter few words for glorification of Sri Guru Maharaja although I have no qualification, but it is your mercy due to which I am blessed to glorify you.
Classes delivered by Guru Maharaja are very clear and detailed with references. Your tireless effort and compassion are strongly reflected which provides immense Krsna consciousness happiness like sitala candrama jyotsnā (cool moon light rays) gives feeling of his shelter throughout.
Simplicity, humility, compassion and deep knowledge are ornaments of your mood of service which is purely merged in pure and unalloyed Krsna consciousness. In each of your classes’ essence of paramahamsa Srila Prabhupada instructions are clearly felt. The love and complete surrender to paramahamsa Srila Prabhupada are the threads of binding relationship between Guru Maharaja and Srila Prabhupada which is always reflected in your service.
I really feel myself too much fortunate to get association of Guru Maharaja when I met you at Sri Jagannatha Puri yatra in Nov 2019 and where I was initiated and blessed with Guru Maharaja’s shelter. By your mercy, under guidance of His Holiness Amayi Prabhu in association with Pankajanabha Prabhu and other devotes we could build up a 200 sq. meter preaching center Building at Malkangiri, Odisha, India with a nice Preaching Hall where I was the construction and supervision in-charge. Finishing work is now in progress to offer the preaching center to Srila Prabhupada on his 125th Avirbhava ceremony. I deeply realize that amidst fear of covid pandemic, without Guru Maharaja’s mercy it was not possible for me to discharge my duty successfully as the construction site is 120km away from my work place.
It’s very difficult to overcome the clutches of samsara davanala but only by Guru Maharaja’s mercy one can overcome the difficulties. Just like recently I survived from severe Covid infection with 14 days hospitalization where I felt powerful clutches of death. But chanting and Guru Maharaja’s mercy steered me to survive.
In the year 2021 we could not observe Vyasa-puja at Bhuvaneswar due to Covid restrictions, hence I pray at the lotus feet of Sri Guru Maharaja to bless so that this year 2022 we will be able to observe the the Vyasa-puja at Bhuvaneswar
Sri Sri Guru Maharaja ki Jaya
Hare Krsna!
Your servant,
Acaryaratna dasa