Jaya Gopal dasa and Damayanti devi dasi

Dear Srila Romapada Maharaja,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thank you for bestowing your causeless mercy upon us. Impressions run deep, and your association has impacted us so profoundly. Without that association, we would be deprived of knowing how and where to repose our loving propensity. You make that knowledge of Krsna accessible through the demonstration of nityam bhagavata-sevaya.

In the purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.18, Srila Prabhupada states:

“A devotee Bhagavata is as good as the book Bhagavata because the devotee Bhagavata leads his life in terms of the book Bhagavata and the book Bhagavata is full of information about the Personality of Godhead and His pure devotees, who are also Bhagavatas. Bhagavata book and person are identical.

The devotee Bhagavata is a direct representative of Bhagavan, the Personality of Godhead. So, by pleasing the devotee Bhagavata one can receive the benefit of the book Bhagavata. Human reason fails to understand how by serving the devotee Bhagavata or the book Bhagavata one gets gradual promotion on the path of devotion. But actually, these are facts explained by Srila Naradadeva, who happened to be a maidservant’s son in his previous life. The maidservant was engaged in the menial service of the sages, and thus he also came into contact with them. And simply by associating with them and accepting the remnants of foodstuff left by the sages, the son of the maidservant got the chance to become the great devotee and personality Srila Naradadeva. These are the miraculous effects of the association of Bhagavatas.”

Such is your gift to all of us who seek your spiritual shelter – thank you!

We humbly submit ourselves as your eternal servants.

Jaya Gopal dasa and Damayanti devi dasi