Balai devi dasi
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri gurave namah
nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda
sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Respected Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Maharaja, I am indeed grateful for giving me Krsna Sakti Mataji’s association and with your blessings, I am continuing her association. It gives me lot of spiritual strength.
This occasion of celebrating your divine appearance day, Vyasa-puja, is very special as it awards the opportunity to glorify you, my spiritual master and the carrier of Krsna’s divine mercy on this unfortunate fallen conditioned soul. Now, due to your mercy, this unfortunate soul has become fortunate and has the greatest opportunity to purify and become Krsna conscious.
Guru Maharaja, you constantly engage in krsna-katha. You immerse yourself in the scriptures and then pass on the handpicked jewels from the scriptures in an easy to understand and practical manner. Your messages are relatable to real life issues and if practiced sincerely help to serve Krsna in day-to-day activities of life.
Maharaja, hearing your recorded lectures helps me get out of the slumber of ignorance and hence I attempt to regularly hear your lectures to remain fixed on the path of pure devotional service by associating and serving the devotees.
Maharaja, you are constantly attempting to pull us ahead on the path of bhakti by arranging various dhama yatras, seminars and by your visits to various parts of the world to assist the devotees in their Krsna conscious lives.
Maharaja, you are constantly engaged in various services for expanding the mission of Srila Prabhupada and never spend any moment otherwise. You have taught by your example to never waste time and always serve Krsna at each and every moment. You have dedicated your life to Srila Prabhupada and to serve his mission is the only objective of your life.
Maharaja, on this auspicious occasion, I beg at your lotus feet that I chant the holy name attentively without committing offenses and also make best use of the valuable opportunities provided for me to advance in my Krsna consciousness.
Thank you Maharaja. Hare Krsna.
Your servant,
Balai devi dasi