Bhayahari dasa and Indulekha devi dasi
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri gurave namah
Dear Guru Maharaja,
Kindly accept our best wishes on your appearance day! We pray to Sri Sri Radha Madan-mohan to shower Their love and blessings upon you and always keep you in Their protective shelter! Our prayers to Them for your long, healthy, peaceful life in services to Srila Prabhupada!
Guru Maharaja, you stand by the real meaning of the word “acarya”— one who teaches by his own example. You are tirelessly striving to guide misguided struggling souls like us. Your impeccable actions must make Srila Prabhupada so proud of you. We hope that we also follow in your footsteps and make you proud one day. We have seen you go through different health challenges, different organizational issues, different people-related issues to name a few, but nothing ever deterred you from either your goal or your strides to reach it. You held the flag of “krsna-bhakti” high, hoisted it above all the negative and crusaded humbly and graciously through it all. You have never failed to amaze us and inspire us.
You are leading, guiding, protecting, and parenting hundreds of souls, many we don’t even know. Yet, you manage to address each of our needs…. our battles. What a Herculean task!! You have been moving like an “Energizer battery” as they say, even during these crazy unsafe uncertain times, exhibiting the real meaning of “surrender to Krsna’s will.” Here we are trying hard to keep our small Nama-hatta group together and serve each devotee the best we can, whereas you have hundreds and hundreds. It’s mind boggling for us. Thank you very very much, Guru Maharaja, for continuing enthusiastically and diligently, your preaching mission as a service to Srila Prabhupada.
We feel incompetent and at a loss of words to express our gratitude, for all the guidance you have given us personally, for the prayers you have said for our protection and for the love and compassion you have given despite all our faults. Thank you, Guru Maharaja. We are struggling souls – sometimes with our deviant mind and sometimes with our own faith, sometimes with our sadhana and sometimes with services, but we are convinced of this process and know that by your compassion, kindness, love and trust that you have on us, one day we will reach the shore of this vast ocean.
Kindly forgive us if we inadvertently committed any offences at your lotus feet in the past or now. Thank you very much Guru Maharaja. A very happy and auspicious birthday to you again! Hare Krsna.
Your menial servants,
Bhayahari dasa and Indulekha devi dasi