Adhoksaja dasa, Deepika, Gopika, and Gaurasundar
nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate romapada-svamin iti namine
nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-swamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
Dearest Srila Guru Maharaja,
We offer our most respectful and humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to your loving divine grace.
We wish you a very happy 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. Although it’s been 7 years since Lord Krsna mercifully sent you as my master and savior, that first darsana of Your Divine Grace in Chicago (2002) 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 getting your association through your lectures, live internet broadcasts, etc. In every activity of yours, you never fail to strengthen our commitment and conviction to Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON. In a very exemplary way, you teach us the mood of becoming an eternal sisya by displaying your unconditional pure love for Srila Prabhupada. Guru Maharaja, please instill in our hearts a drop of that mood of servitorship for Your Divine Grace as you have for Srila Prabhupada.
Guru Maharaja, I must admit today that for the last one year I haven’t been doing much service due to my poor health. My preaching and book distribution work had practically stopped but yes, writing this offering I am getting renewed energy to do more activities. I can feel being purified while writing this offering. I have read that writing for the pleasure of Guru and Krsna, one gets personal purification. Thank you very much for this opportunity to write on your Vyasa-puja.
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, we will be in your personal association to celebrate this day and directly receive the nectar of your association.
Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!
Srila Guru Maharaj Vyasa-puja mahotsava ki jaya!
Your aspiring servants,
Adhoksaja dasa, Bhaktin Deepika, Bhaktin Gopika and Bhakta Gaurasundar