Balai devi dasi
Dear and respected Guru Maharaja,
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
Please accept my humble obeisances on the very auspicious day of your Vyasa-puja. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
First of all, I would like to thank you for accepting me under the shelter of your lotus feet. I also thank Krsna Sakti Mataji for helping me take your shelter.
Your lectures are a wonderful source of inspiration for me. They made me understand the importance of Hare Krsna maha-mantra and also that “Krsna Himself” resides in the nama. My perception of chanting underwent a sea of change after hearing your lectures.
You have said in all your interactions that you wish to see the advancement of all people. In all your lectures, one could clearly see the tireless efforts you put to ensure the advancement of every soul. This clearly shows your mercy, love, and affection towards us.
You have emphasized that hearing and speaking are very important of the nine limbs of bhakti and are very important to associate with Krsna. To ensure that every soul can associate with Krsna, you have given lot of audio recordings. This shows your compassion towards us.
You are hundred percent absorbed in serving the instructions and mission of our beloved spiritual master Srila Prabhupada. Your belief that a spiritual master lives forever by his divine instructions and the follower lives with him shows your guru bhakti and inspires me to follow your guidelines.
It is said that a guru is the form of Krsna’s presence in a disciple’s life. It is my desire that under your guidance I can be engaged in Krsna’s service life after life and be able to please you.
I pray that in some small way, I can contribute to remembering your instructions and apply them more sincerely in my spiritual practices. In this way, I can truly follow your footsteps.
On this Vyasa-puja day, I try to meditate on your loving relationship and pray that in the year ahead, I may be able to offer you more and tune my heart to your instructions.
Hare Krsna Maharaja.
Your humble disciple,
Balai devi dasi