Yugala Kisora dasa, Madhumati devi dasi, Samruddhi and Gauranga

Our dear and most respected Spiritual Master,

Please accept our most humble obeisances in the dust of your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

On this most auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja we are grateful for the opportunity to express our sincere appreciation for our spiritual master.

Srila Prabhupada’s pleasure, mission and teaching is your life and soul. In the recent past, I learnt that you are single handedly fighting for Srila Prabhupada’s temple in the USA. At such an advanced age of life, you are trying all you can just to save Srila Prabhupada’s temple. All this just for the pleasure of your dear spiritual master- Srila Prabhupada.

What is the mission of Srila Prabhupada? As expressed in your words “The mission is to be Krsna conscious and to make other people Krsna conscious”. There are many ways that you dedicate yourself to that mission of Srila Prabhupada. When we celebrated the 50th year of ISKCON foundation, you were already thinking how to make the 100th year. In a 2016 Vyasa-puja address, you had mentioned that if we want to celebrate 100 years of ISKCON, we must read and study Srila Prabhupada’s book scrutinizingly. You quoted a research paper. It reveals that any organization will fall apart if the members don’t read the books authored by the founder of the organization. In an affirmative way- read books authored by our Founder-Acarya.

On a personal level, you are ever thorough and persistent in excelling at the perfection of your own Krsna consciousness. You are never to be seen wasting a single moment and not feeling complacent on your achievement. Rather, you are always endeavoring to go deeper and deeper into your meditation with rapt attention upon the holy name. At the same time, you are ever attentive to delivering the opportunity for Krsna consciousness to others. To do so, you go way beyond. In the recent Vrndavana yatra 2022, you would get up early in the morning ~1:30 am, having rested only for few hours, just to align the tight schedule and make yourself available for others. You would present a seminar, putting difficult topics into easily understandable and digestible visuals and presentations to your followers. In the recent past, you have presented “Sri Madhurya-kadambini” seminar on a book written by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura. How much time you would have invested to compile those material! Whether it is conducting yatra, seminars, congregation training, youth training, college preaching- no matter what services you are engaged in, with only one meditation- to make other people Krsna conscious.

As I was meditating on how you have dedicated your life to the service of Srila Prabhupada, and while going through Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.15.45 purport, Srila Prabhupada writes the duty of a disciple. “This human form of body is a most valuable boat, and the spiritual master is the captain, guru-karnadharam, to guide the boat in plying across the ocean of nescience. The instruction of Krsna is a favorable breeze. One must use all these facilities to cross over the ocean of nescience. Since the spiritual master is the captain, one must serve the spiritual master very sincerely so that by his mercy one will be able to get the mercy of the Supreme Lord”. You have set an example for all of us of what it means to be a disciple.

We sincerely pray from core of our heart to Lord Nrsimha-deva to protect and bless you, so that you can carry out the orders of your spiritual master, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.

Kindly forgive us for our offenses and mistakes committed knowingly or unknowingly. We hope to remain disciples ever aspiring to serve you with real faith, love and dedication.

Your aspiring to be aspirant servants,
Yugala Kisora dasa, Madhumati devi dasi, Samruddhi and Gauranga