Subramanyam and Lakshmi

Dear and Respected Guru Maharaja,

Please accept our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We feel very blessed to be connected to you, Maharaja, the very reason we are practicing Krsna consciousness is you, when we were in a very bad situation in our practices of Krsna consciousness we had an opportunity to meet you Maharaja in Puri in Satyavrata Prabhu’s house. Then you kindly gave me and my family sometime and talked to us even in your busy schedule. You told me and my wife to be patient and continue your practices; Krsna must be having some plan. We felt very sheltered and connected in your association and in your words Maharaja. You were so simple Maharaja that you even gave me the liberty to write to you directly and gave me your email address, but I did not take it so seriously to write you.

In one of the classes, you were saying Krsna consciousness is all about cultivating relationship, when I look back Maharaja I never tried to cultivate any relation with devotees seriously. But a pure devotee like you a well-wisher of everybody, is happy to spend time talking to strangers. You surely leave them with an appreciation for Srila Prabhupada’s movement and their devotional life begins by your holy association. The same quality is imbibed by Satyavrata Prabhu. He came in contact with me, helped me develop the seriousness in practicing, encouraged us in our practices, and guided me and got me connected to you Maharaja. Your classes give the clear understanding of the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam and how to apply in one’s day to day activities, you make it so simple and attractive with beautiful pictures, we can actually visualize how it had happened.

Maharaja, I recollect an incident where in my life just by hearing your class again and again I could come out of a situation. I was seriously sick with back pain and was undergoing treatment with no hope. I continued listening to your classes because of attachment to you, which I got by you allowing me to render service unto you. One such class on “tat te ’nukampam su-samiksamano” which gave me so much strength and understanding that it’s my past karma’s reaction which I am undergoing, and I have to patiently go through it waiting for the mercy of the Lord by engaging in devotional activities. That class changed my perception of the situation and I would listen to it repeatedly to strengthen my understanding, and finally I could get out of the situation.

Please forgive me for the mistakes in attempting to convey my gratitude on this auspicious day, thank you Maharaja for the love and affection that you are showering on me directly and indirectly. Please accept me and always give a chance to serve you in all possible ways.

Please bless us to remain a humble servant at your lotus feet and lotus feet of all the Vaisnavas.

Your aspiring servants,
Subramanyam and Laksmi