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Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002

All Glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga

A Compilation of Written Offerings

for our Srila Gurudev, Om Visnupad

Sri Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj

On His Divine Grace's 73rd Anniversary

Sri Vyasa Puja Celebration

December 21, 2002

Group 3

Edited and compiled by: Vrndavanesvari dasiAssitant editors: Bharat Chandra das, Damayanti dasi Photographers: Sarvabhavana das, Damayanti dasi, Shyama Malini dasiCover design: Omkaranath dasGraphic contributors: Premanidhi das, Ishabandhu das Contributions: Brajeshwar das, Ananta Rupa das, Sarvabhavana dasTranslations: Dvija Mani das, Sundari dasi, Jayadev das, Ananga Krsna dasOverseen by: Mahananda das B.R

A special mention to Krishna Kanta dasi of Italy for the cover portrait.

Sr i S r i Guru Gauranga Jaya taha

Ohe! Va isnava Thakura

Dearest Be loved Sr i la Gurudev,

M o r e t h a n w e c a n u n d e r s t a n d ,

More than we can say ,

More than we can fee l ,

In a way we’ l l never fu l ly know,

You have come in to our l i ves

" I t i s p roven to be per fec t l y na tu ra l fo r the sou l to be sus-

ta ined by the Lord- O Lord , w i thout You, I cannot have a

Guard ian , and w i thou t me, You canno t have a f i t rec ip ien t fo r

Your mercy . Th is i s ou r re la t ionsh ip as the c rea to r and the c rea t-

ed . There fo re , p lease take my charge , O my Mas te r , and never

leave me." - Sr i Yamunacaryya

Navasunda rdas , Subhad ra dev i & Sh i vananda sen das

My dear Sr i l a Gurudeva ,

P lease accep t my humb le dandava t sp ranams a t t he sac red dus t o f

Your lotus feet . Al l g lor ies to You. Al l g lor ies to Your al l auspic ius

Vyasa Pu ja day . I wou ld l i ke to thank fo r engag ing us in devot iona l

serv ice and fo r k ind ly g iv ing us Your gu idance and b less ings . Wi thou t

You, our l i ves are t ru ly use less . I spend many days th ink ing o f n ice

words to wr i te You, but I don ' t have any in te l l igence. P lease forg ive

m e .

I thank the Lord aga in and aga in fo r l e t t i ng us take re fuge in the

shade of Your lo tus feet . A l l g lor ies to Your Div ine Grace, the ocean of

mercy and f r iend o f the fa l len sou ls . You a re the teacher and the l i fe

of a l l .

Pu ru j i t das

V e n e z u e l a


Al l g lor ies to Sr i Guru and Gauranga!

g u r u v v a b h i s t a s u p u r a k a m g u r u - g a n a i r a s i s a s a m b h u s i t a m

c i n t y a c i n t y a - s a m a s t a v e d a n i p u n a m s r i - r u p a p a n t h a n u g a m

g o v i n d a b h i d h a m u j j v a l a m v a r a t a n u m b h a k t y a n v i t a m s u n d a r a m

vande v i sva gu run -ca d i vya bhagavad -p remno h i b i j a -p radam

My dea r Guru Mahara j ,

P lease accep t my humb le dandava t p ranams a t you r l o tus fee t . You

are so g rea t and g lo r ious . You have come to th is wor ld to save us f rom

the g rea t danger o f d rown ing i n the ma te r ia l ex i s tence and to take us

back home. There i s no th ing i n a l l t he th ree wor lds tha t can repay

your k indness . We a lways rema in i ndeb ted to you .

I have no capac i t y to unders tand a l l you r g lo r i es , bu t by you r mercy

I have ga ined fa i th in your lo tus fee t . Wi th a l l fa i th , le t me p lace my

head a t your lo tus fee t . I p ray tha t you fo rg ive a l l my o f fences and

shower your g race so tha t I can make p rog ress in my sp i r i t ua l pa th .

Wi thou t you r g race , I canno t be saved f rom my p resen t hope less con-

d i t ion . I seek your b less ings on th is Ho ly Day o f your appearance so

tha t one day I can engage myse l f i n your se rv ice w i th a l l my hear t .

You r humb le se rvan t ,

Suvas in i dev i das i


G u r u - g a u r a v e g a r v v i t a d h a n y a m o r a

B lessed a re we in Sr i Gurudeva 's boun ty

H is d i v ine t reasure i s ou r p r ide and g lo ry

My dear Supreme ly Worsh ipab le Lo rd and Mas te r ,

P lease accep t my humb le dandava t p ranams a t you r Ho ly Lo tus Fee t

on th i s mos t fo r tuna te day o f you r Ho ly Appearance . The sp lendor o f

your D iv ine Persona l i t y , Love and Pure Devot ion rad ia tes , i l l umina tes

and a t t rac ts a l l be ings o f the wor lds .

Just as Lord Kr ishna l i f ts Sr i Govardhan Hi l l , you l i f t th is phenome-

na l mate r ia l wor ld fo r us , wh ich i s nowadays heav i l y overwhe lmed

and b l i nded by i nsan i t y , i gno rance and da rkness .

As the owner and g iver o f tha t u l t imate Supreme Rea l i t y o f Beauty

and Love , fo r wh ich we have hankered fo r so many l i f e t imes , you

make us eage r t o connec t w i t h you and have tha t con t i nuous , p r i nc i-

p le f low.

You c rea te a c lear ly b r i l l i an t , un ique and nove l way o f b r ing ing the

Ho ly Name and Mahaprabhu ' s t each ings to the peop le . As a l ea rned

sanskr i t scho la r and sc ien t i f i c mys t i ca l gen ius you a re so ex t remely

humb le , s imp le -hear ted , l i be ra l , and super -swee t . You a re the topmos t

d ign i f i ed Grace o f the T ranscenden ta l Wor ld

Gu id ing and s tand ing by us , near o r f rom fa r , you s t rong ly s t ress to

leave ou r ego and no t commi t va i snava -aparadha . You make us go on

mi ld l y and joy fu l l y because you a re ou r eve ry th ing .

We a re l ea rn ing tha t t he ka rma o f t he sou l cons ide rs no good o r bad

s i tua t i on , on l y t rans fo rma t ion i n to submiss ion , su r rende r and se rv i ce

to your miss ion and your devo tees . We fee l so very smal l , s tup id , ug ly ,

and wor th less . S t i l l , we s t rong ly des i re to b r ing happ iness to you.

Oh Gurudeva , you r d i v in i t y i s so magnan imous . We worsh ip and

adore you r Pe rsona l i t y and you r Pas t imes o f bes tow ing the mos t p re-

c ious Gi f t o f Div ine Love for Sr i Sr i Radha-Govinda on the devotees,

br ing ing inc reas ing joy to the i r hear ts . Today espec ia l l y , your G lor ies

w i l l be sung happ i l y and loud ly everywhere , i n the mate r ia l wor lds as

wel l as the sp i r i tua l wor lds .

Jaya jaya Om Visnupada Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar Gov inda Dev-Goswami

Mahara ja . Have a wonder fu l Vyasa Pu ja day Gurudeva !

Wi th low ly bowed down head and a l l my love fo r you ,

Sach idev i das i


D e a r G u r u d e v ,

P lease accep t my dandava t p ranams. I j us t wan t to o f fe r my se rv i ce

to your sa t i s fac t ion . Wi th th is le t te r I 'm send ing a pho to taken las t

week , in my house . In th i s a re Sr ipad Bhak t i Sampat Narayana

Mahara j , S r ipad Bhuvana Mohan Prabhu, myse l f , S r imat i Ananya D id i ,

Sr imat i Kamala D id i and Sr ipad Pancata tva Prabhu. We are look ing a t

a pro jec t o f the Sr i Cha i tanya Saraswat Math 's house in São Pau lo ,

B raz i l . I hope you r mercy can he lp me to have the app rop r i a te humor

a l l the t ime so I can he lp do th is . I 'm a lso send ing a pho to o f my sons

( f rom le f t to r igh t ) Ba la rama and A lexandre .

Everyday I see the photos o f the Sr i Gov inda Kunda Pro jec t and c ry .

I t ' s very beaut i fu l . I hope someday I can serve in th is p lace. You are

the l i gh t on my l i fe . Thanks fo r your mercy .

A l l my hear t , my sou l ,

D a n d a v a t s ,

Adi-Devika Devi Dasi

Brazi l

Deares t Gov inda Mahara ja ,

P lease accept our most humble obe isances a t your lo tus fee t . A l l g lo-

r ies to Sr i Guru and Gauranga . Today i s the mos t ausp ic ious day o f

your d i v ine appearance . We wou ld l i ke to aga in thank you fo r a l l ow-

ing us to take she l te r a t your lo tus fee t . We so much apprec ia te your

lov ing mercy . As we do the da i l y de i ty worsh ip we fee l your love and

pro tec t i on when we see you r pho to on the a l t a r . We so much app rec i-

a te your lov ing des i re to serve Kr ishna in such a humble way . You se t

an exempla ry s tandard fo r a l l devo tees to fo l l ow.

Your lov ing d isc ip les,

Radharan i dev i das i and Kr i shna Keshava das

U.S.A


Al l g lo r ies to the most exa l ted , d iv ine gu ide, our

be loved lo rd and master , H is D iv ine Grace Sr i la

Bhak t i Sundar Gov inda Dev-Goswami Mahara j .

M y d e a r G u r u d e v a ,

By the ex t reme ly generous w i l l o f p rov idence and

many fac to rs tha t t h i s i gno ran t pe rson can neve r see , I have been

brought in to your l i fe -g iv ing c i rc le o f f r iends on th is ho l ies t day o f the

year , ce leb ra t i ng your d i v ine appearance in the man i fes ted p lane . I

am awes t ruck to see the devo t ion o f t hose who know you , the sac red

pos i t i on g i ven by those ve ry p leased maha tmas who b less you , and

the happ iness rece ived by a l l t hose who s imp ly come near you .

You genera te no t on ly ou r happ iness , bu t ou r ve ry san i t y . Th is

wor ld i s too hard to to le ra te , s ince we do no t know how to ac t fo r our

own bene f i t and con t i nua l l y push i n to i t t o man ipu la te i t f o r ou r

shamefu l ends . You a lways ex tend us the re l i e f due to an hones t and

s incere seeker , and g ive us the g lo r ious c i rcumstance f i t on ly fo r a

sa in t , desp i te our lack o f qua l i f i ca t ion . You teach what we do no t

know i n t he mos t a f f ec t i ona te and a t t r ac t i ve manne r , wh i ch nu r tu res

us to the hear t ’ s co re .

Your in f luence in a l l the c i rcumstances o f our l i ves works l i ke a

mag ic cha rm. I t r educes the pa in fu l l o t t ha t we have b rough t upon

ourse lves to a t i ny p r i ck , wh ich rema ins on ly as a gen t le reminder to

heed you r p resence and w isdom. Fo r no bene f i t t o you rse l f bu t

b lessed re l ie f to us , you t i re less ly g ive she l te r to our con fused and ba t-

te red s ta te o f m ind and bew i lde red in te l l ec t . Wh i le you know every-

th ing tha t we need , t he pa t i ence w i th wh ich you d i spense you r mercy

exceeds our dogged reco i l o f i t . Th is i s our fo r tune.

Wi th no hope, qua l i f i ca t ion , mer i t , jus t i f i ca t ion , war rant , o r cer t i f i ca-

t ion , I never the less beg tha t I can rece ive a k ind g lance f rom your

serv i to rs ’ serv i to rs . May I rece ive a l l the suf fer ing that I have earned

as sw i f t l y as poss ib le , so tha t the re i s no imped iment in my a t tempt to

serve those dear devo tees . I f I have fo r tu i tous ly done some good deed

in the pas t , may a l l o f t he favo rab le responses come bund led up

immed ia te ly so tha t I can make some o f fe r ing to your lo tus fee t .

Wi th my head bowed low , you r mos t fa l l en , asp i ran t worsh ipper ,

Kum Kum das i

Sr i Chai tanya Saraswat Seva Ashram, San Jose, Cal i forn ia


Al l Glor ies to Sr i Guru and Sr i Gauranga

My dea r Gu ru Maha ra ja ,

P lease accep t ou r mos t humb le respec ts . We a re ve ry exc i ted tha t

Your Vyasa Pu ja ce lebra t ion is near ing . We are look ing fo rward to th is

ausp ic ious occas ion . As Your humble servants , we see th is day as the

mos t ausp ic ious day o f t he yea r .

We thank You fo r a l l t he wonder fu l mercy tha t You have bes towed

upon us , t ime and t ime aga in . You have come to Sou th A f r i ca on so

many occas ions and showered us w i th Your warm b less ings . We a re

a lways gra te fu l . As fa l len as we are , You have taken us under ‘Your

Pro tec t i ve Wings ’ and accepted us as Your humble servants . For tha t ,

we canno t thank You enough . You a re a lways in ou r though ts .

You r humb le se rvan ts ,

Krsna K inkar das , Krsna Nand in i dev i das i , Radha Pr iya dev i das i

Yasoda dev i das i o f South Af r ica

Al l Glor ies Sr i Sr i Guru and Gauranga


My dandava t p ranams a t you r l o tus fee t , t he pe r fec t she l te r fo r a l l

sou ls w ish ing to serve Sr i Sr i Guru and Gauranga. You make th is pos-

s ib le even fo r fa l len sou ls because o f your g reat qua l i t ies o f merc i fu l-

ness , compass ion , gent leness , k indness , and to le rance. You are i l l umi-

na t ing the da rkness o f th i s ma te r ia l wor ld w i th your l ove , sh inn ing the

roya l pa th back to the sp i r i t ua l wor ld .

I am so fo r tuna te to see your pas t imes and to be in the ausp ic ious

and swee t company o f you r devo tees . I p ray I can rec ip roca te your

swee t me rcy w i t h t he hono r and respec t due and one day be ab le t o

serve you n ice ly .

F rom you r asp i r i ng se rvan t ,

Lavanya May i dev i das i

L o n d o n


Todas las g lor ias a Sr i Sr i Guru y Gauranga

Quer ido Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j

En e l d ia de su adven im ien to , doy g rac ias a l Señor Supremo por a le-

g ra r nues t ra v i da con su p resenc ia en es te mundo . Quer i do Gurudeva ,

en cada ins tan te us ted es e l so l de nues t ra v ida . So lo a su lado cada

d ia f lo rece e l deseo de serv i r y desar ro l la r e l amor por e l Señor

Cha i tanya , y sus asoc iados y nues t ro d i v ino Gurudeva .

So lo po r haberme re fug iado en sus d i v inos p ies de l o to puedo en ten-

der la rea l idad esp i r i t ua l y t ra ta r de a le ja rme de es te p lano i l uso r io .

Po r su bend i c i on y amor podemos encon t ra r l a ve rdad y e l sendeo

p a r a r e g r e s a r d e n u e v o a n u e s t r o v e r d a d e r o h o g a r .

Quer ido Gurudeva , us ted es e l h i j o amado de Sr i l a Guru Mahara j y

e l p re fe r ido de los g randes Va isnavas , y por eso es e l un ico represen-

tan te f ided ino de la l i nea de Sr i Rupa Man ja r i . Maya s iempre esconde

con su ve lo de i lus ion la rea l be l leza de l devoto puro . E l la no permi te

que los no s ince ros se ace rquen a l a ve rdad y cuando nos remueve e l

ve lo de la i l us ion a t ravez de l Guru , podemos ob tener e l deseo por e l

serv ic io devoc iona l y la rend ic ion exc lus iva a Radha Kr ishna y

Gauranga Mahap rahbu . Us ted ha desend ido a l a t i e r ra pa ra re t i r a r l a

inausp ic ioso de es ta e ra y b r inda r su amor y m ise r i co rd ia a l mas

ca ido .

Us ted es e l rep resen tan te genu ino de l Señor , capac i tado en las

esc r i tu ras sagradas y d i s ipa r nues t ras dudas con su du lce asoc iac ión ,

o to rgandonos e l esp i r i t u de se rv i c io de co razon a co razon . Cuando

c o n f u n d i d o s y p e r d i d o s d e a m b u l a m o s s i n s a b e r q u e h a c e r u s t e d

encend io una luz en es tos co razones a f l i g idos .

S igu iendo f ie lmente a Sr i la Guru Mahara j y a su Guru Varga , con

t i nua su g rand is ima devoc ion po r S r ima t i Radharan i asegurando e l

e te rno se rv i c io . O t ra vez m is dandava t p ranams a sus p ies de lo to ,

Su ins ign i f icante s i rv iente,

Doya Mayi Devi Dasi

C o l o m b i a


Quer ido Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j ,

Po r f avo r acep ta nue t ras r espe tuosas y hum i l des dandava t p ranams

con manos jun tas e i nc l i nando nues t ras cabezas a sus d i v inos p ies de

lo to . Todas las g lo r ias en e l d ia de su adven imien to . Con su per fec to

e jemp lo de serv ic io incond ic iona l y rend ido a Sr i la Guru Mahara j

us ted nos es ta insp i rando para log ra r e l au ten t i co se rv i c io devoc iona l .

Con su in f i n i ta m ise r i co rd ia y bend ic iones de amor ayuda a los a lmas

ca idas y a t rapadas por la i l us ion .

Us ted es tan magnan imo y du lce de ven i r a resca ta r a l as a lmas

ca idas de es ta e ra de es t remada cond ic ion ma te r ia l . Po r nues t ra ma la

v i s i on de l o rea l no podemos reconoce r nues t ra f o r t una de pode r aso-

c ia rnos con un a lma comp le tamen te ded icada a l se rv i c io de S r i r ima t i

Radaran i (Radha Dasyam) , de l Señor Cha i tanya (Radha Kr ishna ) , y e l

Señor N i t yananda (Guru Varga) , rep resen tados en su S r i Cha i tanya

Saraswat Math como las de idades de Sr i S r i Guru Gauranga Gandarva

Gov inda , Sundar . So lo por sus enseñanzas y exce len tes ins t rucc iones

de l p lano esp i r i t ua l podemos ab r i r nues t ros o jos con e l conoc im ien to

y ded icarnos a l serv ic io devoc iona l .

S r i l a Gov inda Mahara j , nos a t revemos a hacer es ta o f renda de Vyasa

Puya pa ra dec i r l e que l o amamos , l o que remos , y aunque somos

ins ign i f i can tes y buenos pa ra nada , T iene que saber l o que es us ted

para nue t ras v idas . Reconoc iendo nues t ra pos i c ión ca ida nos ace r-

camos a us ted pa ra que nos de una opo r tun idad en e l se rv i c i o a un s i

es pequeña no va a da r un consue lo i nmenso . Nos vamos a sen t i r ve r-

dade ra men te p ro teg idos po r su amor , como a lgu ien que pa r t i c i pa en

e l g rupo de sus exa l tados se rv idores .

Como us ted es la man i fes tac ión de m ise r i co rd ia de Sr i Gauranga

puede ocuparnos en sus ac t i v idades m is ioneras y de se rv i c io a l a

d i v in idad a l os devo tos y va inazas con su p rop io e jemp lo como un

ve rdade ro aca rya . Us ted es ta enseñando po r t odo e l mundo pe r f ec to

respec to , humi ldad , to le ranc ia , a fec to , amor , devoc ión y au ten t i c idad

va isnava a los devotos .

Somos descapac i tados pa ra g lo r i f i ca r l a ve rdadera na tu ra leza esp i r i-

tua l de us ted. Pero por la insp i rac ión y asoc iac ión de Sr ipad B. K.

As rama Mahara j hacemos es ta humi lde o f renda a sus p ies de lo to .

Sus humi ldes s i rv ien tes f rom Co lombia ,

Doya Mayi Devi Dasi , Baladeva Das, Ni tay Chai tan ia Das (h i jo)


Al l Glor ies to Sr i Guru and Sr i Gauranga


P lease accep t my wor th less dandava t p ranams. A l l G lo r ies to you on

th is Most Exa l ted Day. A l l G lor ies to your never-end ing e f for ts to res-

cue us f r om ou r s t ubbo rnness t o su r rende r . Eve ry th i ng you do and

everywhere you cas t your D iv ine G lance , m i rac les happen . I p ray tha t

one day a m i rac le may happen to me so I w i l l s ta r t p ray ing fo r you r

humb le se rv i ce .

Yasheswar i d .d .

H o l l a n d

Todas las g lor ias a Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar Gov inda Mahara j .

Todas las g lor ias a Sr i la Guru Mahara j .

Oh Gurudeva, Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j , person i f i cac ion de la miser i-

co rd ia . Oh Gurudev , e jemp lo de humi ldad to le ranc ia y respe to a l os

demas. Oh Gurudev , us ted es e l asoc iado d iv ino de Sr i la Guru Mahara j

y es ta en t regando du l cemen te sus concepc ines d i v inas . Oh Gurudev ,

us ted es e l acarya y con su e jemp lo podemos ver e l i dea l de serv ic io

puro a Sr i Guru . Su persona au to re fu lgen te es ta l l ena de g rac ia . Oh

Gurudev , l as pe rsonas que pueden ap rec ia r su d i v i na l uz son muy

a fo r tunados y se sumer jen s iempre en e l nec ta r de su ha r i ka tha . Oh

Gurudev , un so lo segundo de su asoc iac ion da fo r tuna y devoc ion y

sus devo tos , como abe jas rodeando una f ragan te f l o r s i r ven sus p ies

de lo to . Oh Gurudev , re fug io de a lmas s inceras , su du lce k i r tan es e l

nec ta r que nos da insp i rac ion . Yo soy muy desa fo r tunado , ba jo e i nca-

paz de g lo r i f i ca r adecuadamente . So lo l e puedo dec i r muchas g rac ias

por su m ise r i co rd ia con es te ca ido .

E l mas ins ign i f i cante asp i rante a serv i r sus p ies ,

Jyo t i r Moy das

L ima, Peru


om a jnana - t im i r andhasya j nanan jana -sa lakaya

caksu r unm i l i t am yena t asma i s r i - gu rave namaha

Dear Sr i la Gurudev ,

Th ink ing o f You and Your p resence in my l i fe

makes me fee l s imp ly ove rwhe lmed w i th p r i de and

joy. Yet I fee l o f ten hopeless because I am in so

many ways l im i ted in my a t tempt to se rve You .

Therefore, i f I t ry to descr ibe Your Div ine Qual i t ies, I wi l l sure ly fa l l

sho r t due t o my l im i t ed na tu re and my hea r t , wh i ch i s neve r ready t o

sur render . On th is most ho ly day o f a l l , p lease le t th is wor th less ser-

van t o f Yours , Enaksh i Dev i Das i , make th is humble p resenta t ion fo r

Your p leasure and ask You k ind ly to fo rg ive my imper fec t ions .

On th is mos t ausp ic ious day o f Your D iv ine Appearance in th is

wor ld , I f ind myse l f in the p resence o f the Founta in o f Nec tar , Ocean

of Mercy , and Mounta in o f A f fec t ion , my sweet Gurudev Sr i la Bhakt i

Sundar Gov inda Mahara j , t he name You rece ived f rom Your mos t

af fec t ionate Guru, H is Div ine Grace Bhakt i Raksak Sr idhar Dev

Goswami Mahara j . Tha t ve ry name and Your D iv ine qua l i t i es beh ind

th i s name, wh ich b rough t You fame th roughou t a l l t he un i ve rses , may

be now presented to You by the s ign i f i cance o f every s ing le le t te r o f

i t s mos t beau t i f u l and un l im i ted mean ings .

I t r ea l l y appea rs t ha t t he a lphabe t and vocabu la ry have been c rea t-

ed to s imp ly descr ibe Your ex t raord inary beau ty , wh ich i s so g race fu l-

l y and in such abundance p resen t i n eve ry aspec t o f Your D iv ine

Be ing . Sad ly vocabu la ry o f my hear t canno t ever poss ib ly de l i ve r nor

come even c lose to know i t s dep th , ye t i n my g ross ly unqua l i f i ed

a t tempt , th i s much I know fo r su re . In Your name:

-Srila BHAKTI SUNDAR GOVINDA Maharaj-

-B- was created for BLISSFUL and most BELOVED servant of Your affec-

t i ona te Gu ru Maha ra j

-H- was created for most HUMBLE and HEROIC sold ier in the war

aga ins t Maya

-A- was created for most AFFECTIONATE and ADMIRABLE being of al l

-K- was created for KINDNESS and KNOWLEDGE beyond measure


-T- was created for THOUGHTFUL and most TOLERANT fr iend to al l

- I - was created for unl imited source of INSPIRATION and INITIATIVE

-S- was created for SWEETNESS and SURRENDER, which are inseparable

p rope r t i es o f my Gurudeva ’ s hea r t

-U- was created for UNIQUE and UNLIMITED in His devot ion to the

Lotus feet o f Sr i Rupa

-N- was created for most NOBLE and NICEST being th is p lanet

-D- was created for DEVOTION and DETERMINATION of my Gurudev in

serv ice o f Sr i Gaurasundar .

-A- was created for most APPEALING and APPRECIATED by al l devotees

-R- was created for RADIANT l ike the Sun, Moon and Stars combined

and R ICH beyond words

-G- was created for most GENEROUS and GRACEFUL distr ibutor of

S r ima t i Radharan i ’ s mercy

-O- was created for OUTSTANDING preacher o f devot ion

-V- was created for VICTORIOUS k ing in the bat t le over mater ia l is t ic

m i s c o n c e p t i o n s

- I - was created for the most IDEAL servant o f Sr imat i Radharan i

-N- was created for most NOTABLE messenger of the Six Goswamis

-D- was created for DIAMOND amongst jewels, most DESIRABLE associ-

a te o f S r i Gauranga

-A- was created for the most ATTRACTIVE Devotee of Lord Kr ishna

A l l these words a re mere ly touch ing the sur face o f what in rea l i t y i s

the mean ing o f Your Glor ious Name. My lack o f qua l i f i ca t ions make

me unab le to b r ing to l igh t more o f Your sweetness ; there fo re , I can

on ly ask fo r Your fo rg i veness and mercy , hop ing tha t maybe someday

I w i l l be ab le to speak my hear t in a more p leas ing way .

Dear Gurudev , p lease b less me w i th w isdom and the hear t to see You

always as You are in Your fu l l Glory . P lease keep on b less ing th is

t roub led p lane t w i th Your Ho ly p resence fo r a t l eas t 74 more years to

come. You and Your serv ice are great ly needed here . A l l G lor ies to

You Sr i Gurudev ! P lease accept my most humble obe isances a t Your

lo tus fee t .

Your wor th less servant ,

Enakshi dev i das i o f San Jose, Cal i forn ia


Al l g lor ies to Sr i Guru and Sr i Gauranga


P lease accep t dandava t p ranams a t you r l o tus fee t .

How can I ever descr ibe your na tu re?

How many l i fe t imes wi l l i t take to see the fu l l D iv in i ty wi th in you?

How many tears mus t I c ry in f rus t ra t ion , unab le to rea l l y see you?

My percep t ion o f you i s l i ke an an t ’ s percep t ion o f a man.

Th rough t he sh in i ng mercy o f you r devo tees

Am I ab le to ge t a g l impse o f such beauty .

On ly th rough the g race fu l a f fec t ion o f your devo tees

Am I ab le to fee l your hear t warming a f fec t ion .

I a lone am no t capab le to rece ive such wea l th .

On ly th rough your devo tees ’ hear ts do I see you s i t t i ng the re .

Oh , Gurudev , you have p ie rced my hear t w i th you r a f fec t i on .

A l l I want to do is p lease your exa l ted devotees.

The on ly way I know how to honor you on th i s g lo r ious day i s by

honor ing you r devo tees a t bo th ash rams in San Jose and Soque l . On ly

th rough them d id I come to you r l o tus fee t .

I can go to books and lea rn 10 ,000 words to desc r ibe you , bu t tha t i s

insu f f i c ien t . Th is s to ry can descr ibe your g rea t po tency and sweet-

ness . My w i fe Enaksh i and I were t r imming back some f lower bushes

at the San Jose Ashram. As we were t r imming we co l lec ted the f lowers

fo r the a l ta r . Ramanada and Nandaran i ’ s younges t daugh te r , S i ta ,

came by to he lp . She is four years o ld . We showed her how to p ick

the f l owers , to ld her they were fo r the a l ta r , and they shou ld no t fa l l

on t he g round . One o f he r p l ayma tes came by and asked he r t o come

and p lay . She to ld h im, “ I am p ick ing f lowers fo r Mahaprabhu. ” He

ins is ted tha t she come and p lay . She to ld h im,

“No! I am do ing serv ice fo r Mahaprabhu! ”

A l though , I am t ru l y no t wor thy o f your she l te r ,

I am g ra te fu l and happy t ha t you d id g i ve me

she l te r . I can on ly honor th i s b lessed day by

se rv ing your devo tees .

Your beyond use less se rvan t ,

R a d h a R a m a n d a s


Our most Be loved Sr i la Gurudev ,

We a re happy tha t t he re a re so many ausp i c i ous sou l s who have the

grea t fo r tune to enc i rc le your Grace a t th is ausp ic ious t ime, l i ke so

many bees , a lways chan t ing your g lo r ies and asp i r ing fo r your se rv ice .

I honor them w i th a l l my hear t . Bu t I am here and wa tch ing f rom fa r

o f f , unab le to go there fo r the g lo r ious event o f your ho ly Vyasa Pu ja .

We cond i t ioned sou ls a re a lways t ry ing to en joy the bount i fu l fac i l i-

t i es o f th i s wor ld , somet imes in pover ty and somet imes in opu lence .

But in e i ther pos i t ion we f ind ourse lves empty and los t . We are look-

ing fo r tha t Person who w i l l never fo rge t us fo r a moment , who i s

a lways w i th us , whose a f fec t ion and mercy i s uncond i t i ona l and cause-

less , whom we can serve fu l l y and end less ly , who is per fec t in every

way, be fo re whom we w i l l fee l fu l l humi l i t y and sa fe ty , and w i th whom

we w i l l know comple te oneness .

We have been s tarv ing for th is , mi l l ions o f l i fe t imes a f ter mi l l ions o f

l i fe t imes . We f ind tha t no re la t ionsh ip w i th in th is wor ld can have

these qua l i t i es . No one can be the pe r fec t mo ther o r fa the r , t he pe r-

fec t son o r daugh te r , t he pe r fec t w i fe o r husband , the pe r fec t f r i end .

How can we come to the end o f th i s d i l emma?

I t i s imposs ib le to measure the inconce ivab le b less ings o f Sr i

Gurudev . I t i s on ly your b lessed g lance upon the cond i t i oned sou l

tha t can open h is eyes to H is Eterna l Fr iend and Be loved Lord . I t i s no t

a means to an end . Ra the r , you r i n f i n i t e mercy and p ro tec t i on a re

those o f Mahap rabhu ; t he swee t campho r - l i ke wo rds f r om you r mou th

are the words o f Sr i Kr ishna; your a f fec t ion , the in f in i te Ocean o f the

Lord’s af fect ion, and the l i fe of serv ice to Your Div ine Grace is the l i fe

o f e te rna l serv ice to The i r Lordsh ips .

I am so fo r tuna te to occupy the sma l les t co rner o f the inconce ivab le

g lor ious k ingdom of your D iv ine Grace 's e terna l D iv ine Serv ice . I beg

tha t I may a lways do so . Un fo r tuna te ly , I am the mos t neu t ra l , du l l ,

and s leepy occupant . S t i l l , in the ju r isd ic t ion o f your D iv ine Grace,

even ou r d i squa l i f i ca t i on can become happy . You r magnan imous

na tu re i s such tha t ou r weaknesses may , by you r Grace , b r ing us to

depend on you r me rcy mo re and more , wh i ch i s ou r cons t i t u t i ona l

pos i t ion . So what more can I say , Our Lord? Somehow or o ther , You

know who I am. There i s no th ing le f t i n me bu t a p rayer fo r mercy o f

the mos t gene rous and fo rg i v ing t ype . Where i s my hope bu t i n t he


shel ter o f Your lo tus Feet?

Deares t Sr i la Gurudev , on th is Day o f Joyous Ce lebra t ion , when the

mos t magnan imous me rcy was ex tended t o even t he mos t w re t ched

forgot ten sou ls o f th is wor ld , we beg to honor and g lor i fy You wi th a l l

the af fect ion of our hear ts . A l l Glor ies to You, Sr i la Gurudeva.

Your poo r , nonsense se rvan t ,

Sr i lekha dev i das i , London

I t i s a lmost twenty years now, s ince I came in to Your ho ly connec-

t ion . Shor t l y a f te r tha t t ime, by Your Grace, my w i fe and I heard

the ho ly Gayat r i mant ra f rom the Lo tus Mouth o f Your Be loved Sr i la

Guru Mahara j . A t tha t t ime He rec i ted th i s p rayer by Sr i l a Raghunath

das Goswami :

N a m a - s r e s t h a m m a n u m a p i s a c h i - p u t r a m a t r a s v a r u p a m

R u p a m t a s y a g r a j a m u r u - p u r i m m a t h u r i m g o s t a v a t i m

R a d h a - k u n d a m g i r i - v a r a m a h o r a d h i k a - m a d h a v a s a m

Prap to yasya p ra th i t a - k rpaya s r i gu rum tam na to ‘ sm i

Af terwards, He c losed His Sweet Eyes. We knew that we could see

and fee l very l i t t le o f a l l th is , l i ke newborn bab ies see on ly the b lu r ry

shadows o f rea l i t y . Bu t , we had found grea t fo r tune in Your assoc ia-

t i on and knew tha t You cou ld see and fee l the rea l mean ing o f th i s

ve rse .

“What is our guru? What is H is miss ion?” They seem very s imple

ques t ions , bu t i n rea l i t y , they a re the pa th , the goa l , and the end a l l o f

our l i ves . And You know th is . You ARE th is , a t rue and pure servant

of Sr i la Bhakt i Raksak Sr idhar Dev-Goswami.

Fa l len as I am, I am among the g rea t l y fo r tuna te , o f fe r ing p rayers to

Your Lotus Feet on th is Most Ausp ic ious Day o f Your Appearance on

th is Ear th .

Your bew i lde red se rvan t ,

Sr i Gov inda das

L o n d o n


Oh, Dear Gurudev ,

I am t r y i ng t o f i nd some e loquen t and p ro found wo rds t o say bu t

the more I con temp la te you r ho l y pos i t i on , t he more I f ee l empty and

smal l . I on ly w ish to express my gra t i tude fo r your

k indness and mercy fo r l e t t i ng me s tay a t you r

home and g i v ing me some se rv i ce to do fo r you r

beau t i fu l m iss ion . Your home and lo tus fee t a re the

on ly she l te r i n th i s bu rn ing wor ld .

Happy B i r t hday .

Deva Pr iya D.D. , San Jose Seva Ashram, Cal i forn ia

Dearmos t Be loved Gurudeva ,

I o f fe r You my mos t fa l l en dandava t p ranams a t

Your Div ine Lotus Feet , which are the lov ing she l ter o f

a l l sou ls . Be loved Gurudeva, today is the Hol ies t o f

Holy days, for i t i s a Day of jub i la t ion, the g lor ious

day o f Your D iv ine Appearance. What I can say is tha t

on th is most B lessed day . You are the Grandes t o f the

Grand. Your Miss ion is Grand and Your Devotees are Grand. By your

cause less mercy , you make a l l sou ls happy . We re jo ice and s ing Your

Unend ing Glor ies , no t on ly on th is Ho l ies t o f Ho ly days , bu t e terna l ly .

The g ra te fu lness and happ iness tha t we exper ience i s due on l y to you r

cause less mercy .

You f i l l our hear ts w i th an over f lowing fee l ing o f love and gra t i tude

tha t canno t be expressed by words a lone . You eas i l y embrace the fa l l-

en souls wi th your Compass ion, Love, and Af fect ion. You g ive us Love

fo r God and lead us a l l i n the r igh t d i rec t ion . We have no d i rec t ion

wi thout you, Gurudeva. You are a lways so joy fu l . You g ive us so

much Fa i th as You to le ra te a l l o f our s tumbles and mis takes . Your

Love is t ru ly sub l ime. You overwhe lm everyone w i th amazement in a l l

tha t you do . I p ray fo r Your cause less mercy to accept me in to Your

Lov ing fami ly in any way connected to You, Your Div ine Grace, Your

Div ine Miss ion, and Your Div ine Devotees.

One ins ign i f i can t beggar ,

Divya Shakt i dev i das i , San Jose Seva Ashram, Cal i forn ia


En e l D iv ino y Marav i l loso Día de la Apar ic ión de l hermoso Sol

Br i l lan te de Su Div ina Grac ia Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar Gov inda Mahara j ,

!Todas las Glor ias! !Todas las Glor ias ! y !Todas las Glor ias! Al

Universa l y Bendi to , as í como Miser icord ioso y S iempre Dulce Sr i la

Gov inda Mahara j , qu ien en és te he rmoso d ía b r i l l a , esparc iendo po r

és te mundo tan ca ren te de ésas me los idades que E l posee : toda Su

Dulce Bel leza, Su du lce t ra to , Su du lce Afecto, Su du lce Personal idad,

pe ro sob re todo l o que más nos ha impac tado , Su du l ce y g rande sen-

c i l l ez y humi ldad , mues t ra pe r fec ta pa ra poder segu i r l o en su e jemp lo ,

marav i l l oso .

Sr i l a Gurudeva , Gov inda Mahara j , pe rmí tame o f recer m is humi ldes y

respe tuosas reve renc ias , an te Su g rande y Hermosa Persona , tan l l ena

de muchas cua l i dades , pe rm i ta que és ta i gno ran te y t on ta c r i a tu ra que

ahora se pos t ra an te Us ted pueda a lgún d ía sen t i r amor y se rv i c io

hac ia Us ted qu ien es e l Marav i l loso Representan te de D ios sobre la

t ie r ra . Es por Su Grac ia D iv ino Maest ro que todos los devotos t ienen

inc l inac ión hac ia e l Supremo Señor , Us ted es e l que da e l impu lso para

i rse d i r ig iendo a la D iv in idad . Bend i to sea nues t ro Quer ido Guard ián ,

que t i ene en Su pode r e l des t ru i r a l os demon ios que a tacan cons tan-

temente a és tos inc ip ien tes asp i ran tes a devo tos . P ido Su miser i co rd ia

y Fuerza pa ra aca ta r Sus o rdenes pa ra ap l i ca r las a nues t ras ca ídas

v idas y de és ta manera comp lace r lo .

Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j , D iv ino Maest ro y Env iado de l Señor

Supremo, le imp lo ramos en és te d ía pose Su D iv ina Mi rada sobre és tos

ca ídos se res que rogamos por Su Grac ia , pe rdone las o fensas comet i-

das en nues t ra i ns ign i f i can te v idas y que es té gozando de una magn i f i-

ca sa lud y una du lce f i es ta en Su honor .

La más ins ign i f i can te de todas ,

Vr indavana Dev i Das i .

De la fami l ia de Reynosa, Tamaul ipas, Méx ico


Ofrezco mis más humi ldes obed ienc ias a l sagrado d ía de l Vyasa

Pu ja de mi quer ido maes t ro esp i r i tua l S r i l a Bhak t i Sundar

Gov inda Mahara j , as í tamb ién me pos t ro an te Sus sagrados p ies de

lo to en l os ún i cos que puedo es ta r p ro teg ida .

Oh quer ido maes t ro que le puedo da r en es te d ía tan ausp ic ioso? S i

no tengo nada , ya que todo lo que tengo es Suyo y de Kr i shna , quer i-

d o G u r u d e v a p e r m í t a m e o f r e c e r l e u n a o f r e n d a d e p a l a b r a s , q u e m u y

humi ldemen te se l as ded ico . Oh maes t ro yo es toy en l a oscu r idad

to ta l , l a cua l ha hecho que m i co razón se conv ie r ta en negro que m i

men te es te t an con tam inada y que todos l os pensamien tos , i deas y

pa lab ras es tén tan l l enas de i gno ranc ia . Pe ro nada más p ienso en

Usted y una g ran luz aparece an te m i , Us ted es la luz que i l umina e l

ab i smo en e l que me encuen t ro , pe ro hay veces que po r m i neg l i gen-

c ia yo me p ie rdo de l camino hac ia l a l uz soy tan desa fo r tunada ya que

cada vez que me p ie rdo , me p ro fund i zo más en es te ab i smo ma te r i a l

que so lo hace que m i men te se p ie rda más de Kr i shna y de Us ted .

Oh Gurudeva yo se que a us ted le gus ta que los jóvenes devo tos

es tud ian tes saquen buenas ca l i f i cac iones y bueno me he es fo rzado

para saca r buenas no tas en l a escue la pa ra ag radar lo a Us ted y a m is

pad res pe ro debo de con fesa r l e a lgo , s i en to que en t re más t i empo

paso i n ten tando sa l i r b ien en l a escue la pues he descu idado e l can ta r

r o n d a s , t a m b i é n l e t e n g o q u e d e c i r q u e h e m e j o r a d o m u c h o m u c h o

mis no tas pe ro de nada me s i r ve po r que s i en to que en t re más me

es fue rzo po r sa l i r me jo r me es toy conv i r t i endo en una pe rsona más

mate r ia l i s ta . Deme su g rac ia y ayúdeme a comb ina r l as buenas no tas

con l a Conc ienc ia de K r i shna po rque s i no p ron to me pe rde ré .

Guru Mahara j us ted es una g ran pe rsona l i dad y se que K r i shna y

Radharan i es tán muy comp lac idos con Us ted ya que es Us ted un

s i rv ien te puro de e l los , ¡Oh la pos ic ión en la que us ted es tá es muy

exce lsa ! So lo le p iso que me permi ta tocar sus p ies de lo to y me bend i-

ga con su du l ce m i rada . Po r f avo r pe rmí tame pos t ra rme an te sus du l-

ces p ies de lo to y permanecer re fug iada en e l los . Todas las g lo r ias a

Usted! Todas las g lor ias a Usted! Todas las g lor ias a Usted!

Humi ldemente la más ca ída , i ns ign i f i can te y ton ta ,

Laksmi Pr iya Devi Dasi

De la fami l ia de Reynosa Tamaul ipas Méx ico , De 17 años


G u r u d e v a ,

P l e a s e a c c e p t o u r m o s t h u m b l e d a n d a v a t p r a n a m s a n d m o s t h e a r t-

fe l t w ishes on the occas ion o f your av i rbhava mahotsava . Your D iv ine

Grace i s the embod iment o f compass ion fo r us fa l len sou ls . You have

descended f rom the Supreme Dham in you r e te rna l se rv i ce to S r i l a

Pa ram Gurudeva to save us f rom d rown ing i n t he ocean o f m ise ry and

suf fe r ing . You are the very g race o f Sr i N i tyananda Prabhu. You br ing

l i fe -g iv ing Sr i Har i Nam l ike san jeevan i to us who would o therwise be

to ta l l y los t . Your d iv ine appearance i s man i fes ted by the match less

grace o f the Supreme Persona l i t y o f Godhead in h i s mos t mun i f i cen t

form, Sr i Cha i tanya Dev. You br ing the mercy o f the Lord in h is f i ve-

fo ld fo rm, t ransmi t ted by the t rue l ine o f Sr i Rupa Goswami ,

Prabhupada Sr i la Bhak t i S idhanta Saraswat i Thakur , and Sr i la Bahk t i

Rakshak Sr idhar Deva Goswami Mahara ja to the who le wor ld . You are

the l i f e and sou l o f your fo r tuna te d i sc ip les who ge t the incomparab le

oppo r tun i t y t o d i p i n t he swee tes t nec ta r o f you r mercy and gu idance

Th is i s ou r ea rnes t p raye r : t o rema in under the d i v ine she l te r o f

your lo tus fee t . We pray tha t you b less us to a lways be in the serv ice

o f your D iv ine Grace . P lease accep t once aga in ou r dandava t p ranams.

Sr i la Guru Mahara ja k i jay !

Ama lendu das , Ch i t Ghanananda das , Sudarshan Krsna das , V inod

K rsna das o f Maur i t i us

Al l g lor ies to your Div ine Grace Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar Govinda Dev-

Goswami Mahara j .

Thank you g rea t l y f o r rende r ing you r merc i f u l gu idance to th i s

humb le se rvan t . Th i s yea r t he Lo rd has b rough t g rea t ha rmony i n my

search for Kr ishna Consc iousness. My l i fe is exa l ted w i th the mercy o f

your D iv ine Grace .


Gada i ra Gauranga Das

New Jersey


Deares t Gu rudev ,

A l l G lor ies to you on th is day o f your D iv ine Appearance. I fee l

to ta l l y unqua l i f i ed and incapab le o f wr i t ing any g lo r i f i ca t ion o f you ,

fo r I am fu l l o f anar thas and degrad ing des i res . You have bes towed

such l ove , k i ndness and mercy upon me and t o l e ra ted a l l my bad

qua l i t ies . I can on ly beg fo r your con t inued grace , wh ich i s most

impor tan t a t t h i s t ime o f d i s tu rbance , anx ie t y and doub t w i th in .

W i thou t you r con t i nued a f fec t i ona te gu idance I have no hope o f mak-

ing any sp i r i tua l p rogress . I beg you to keep me in the serv ice o f your

Lo tus fee t fo r you a re the on ly hope o f th i s mos t unwor thy and fa l l en

sou l .

Kanai Lala das, U.K.

Al l Glor ies to Sr i Sr i Guru and Gauranga

My mos t humb le dandava ts S r i l a Gurudev , May I ex tend my hear t -

fe l t sen t iments to You a t th is very ausp ic ious t ime. To the devotees

and myse l f you are a g i f t o f un imag inab le va lue . You ho ld so c lear ly

the l i gh t o f abso lu te bene f i t , t he unobs t ruc ted f l ow o f d i v ine benevo-

lence. Humbly You spoon feed rasca ls l i ke myse l f w i th th is ambros ia l

med ic ine . I am awe-s t ruck to comprehend the qua l i t y o f t h i s mercy

You d is t r ibu te cont inuous ly to the fa l len sou ls . Uncond i t iona l ly , You

are oversee ing the o f fens ive shor tcomings o f rogues l i ke myse l f in an

a t tempt to admin is te r the bened ic t ion o f K r i shna seva fo r the sa t i s fac-

t ion o f the Lord H imse l f . No one can unders tand the g i f t g i ven by

Guru to d isc ip le bet ter than You can. As a fa ther fo rg ives h is ch i ld ’s

immatu re behav io r and v i s ion , p lease a l so fo rg i ve my a t tempt to do

jus t ice to th is sub jec t .

I p ray to g ive up the po isonous se l f - in te res ts and se l f i sh des i res I

have f o r my own l i be ra t i on and rep lace t hem w i t h unbounded l ove f o r

You, Your devotees and the i r serv ice .

Humbly Yours ,

Ac in tya Kr ishna Das

Byron Bay, Aust ra l ia


Al l g lor ies to Sr i Sr i Guru Gauranga!

Dear Sr i la Gurudeva ,

P lease accep t ou r dandava t p ranams a t You r

Lo tus Feet . Today is the bes t day in the wor ld

fo r th is fa l len sou l . Today is the wonder fu l

day when Your D iv ine Grace appeared in th i s

wo r l d t o do so many beau t i f u l and t r anscen-

den ta l ac t i v i t i es and teach the b r i gh tes t pa th

o f pure devot iona l serv ice to Sr i Sr i Guru

Gauranga Gandharv i ka G i r i dha r i .

Whi le You were gracefu l ly engaged in Your

t ranscendenta l se rv ice to Your Sr i la Guru

Mahara j , many sh in ing sparks o f d iv ine , cause less mercy came f l y ing

out , touch ing th is los t sou l and b r ing ing me to You and Your assoc i-

a tes . How fo r tuna te I have become! You have g lanced so k ind ly and

sweet l y in my d i rec t ion , and generous ly g iven me a home, in Your

Home, w i th Your servants , w i th some rea l du ty and d i rec t ion in l i fe . I

can on l y j us t beg in t o unde rs tand th i s good fo r tune .

I p ray to become t ru ly Yours in a l l ways, ded ica ted to Your Lo tus

Fee t fu l l y and w i th to ta l su r render . I hope th i s day may come soon .

Gurudev , you have g iven a l l l i gh t and happ iness in the l i ves o f the

Va ishnavas and those asp i r i ng to se rve them. Hope sp r ings f rom the i r

hear ts to see You and to th ink o f You. A l l joy is emanat ing f rom You

in to t he wo r l d and i n to t he hea r t s and m inds o f you r humb le se rv i-

to rs . You a re b looming ever f resh w i th the mi racu lous ly sweet nec ta r

words fu l l o f t ranscenden ta l fee l ings tha t express the beau ty o f the

Sweet Lord and H is abode . You a re mak ing c lear the pa th to our Home

Sweet Home.

Aga in , I am o f fe r ing my dandavat p ranams a t Your Lo tus Feet , to the

Ho ly abode in wh ich You a re res id ing and where You appeared , and to

a l l those who love you and want to se rve You . P lease make me a hum-

b le servant o f Your g lor ious servant . I ’m begging You to p lease rece ive

th is smal l o f fe r ing o f myse l f and daughter to You on Your ever -sweet

Vyasa Puja Day. P lease engage us in Your serv ice.

B ra ja Moh in i dev i das i and baby Shyama Moh in i dev i das i


Sri Vyasa Puja of His Div ine Grace Acharya-Dev

Om Visnupada Sr i Sr i la Bhak t i Sundar Gov inda

Dev-Goswami Mahara ja

o m a j n a n a - t i m i r a n d h a s y a j n a n a n j a n a - s a l a k a y a

caksu r unm i l i t am yena t asma i s r i - gu rave namah

On th is g lo r ious day o f the advent o f Sr i la

Gurudeva when the Lo rd man i fes ts H is mercy

upon us to rescue us f rom the ne t o f Maya , we

wou ld l i ke to express our g ra t i tude and happ iness . We fee l fu l l y p ro-

tec ted by H is b less ings and gu idance .

In the pas t ime o f S r i Vamanadev the demigods pe t i t i oned Lo rd

Narayana to p lease dest roy Mahara j Ba l i . The Lord sa id , “ I am sor ry . I

can ' t do any th ing . He i s p ro tec ted by the b rahmanas . Even I , Myse l f ,

c a n n o t d e s t r o y h i m . ”

O u r S r i l a G u r u d e v a a p p e a r e d a t B a m u n p a r a D h a m a i n a b r a h m a n a

Vaishnava fami ly . H is l ineage goes up to Sage Br ighu whose footpr in ts

are impressed on the ches t o f Lord V isnu . A f te r hav ing tes ted Lord

Visnu, Lord S iva and Lord Brahma, Sage Br ighu promised Lord V isnu

tha t He wou ld be worsh ipped i n many temp les a l l ove r t he ea r th .

In the same way Sr i l a Gurudeva appeared to g ive H is p ro tec t ion to

the devo tees a l l over the wor ld and to he lp fu l f i l l t he p romise tha t H is

fo re fa the r p red i c ted , because the word o f a b rahmana w i l l neve r p rove

va in .

P lease, Sr i la Gurudeva, keep engaging us in the serv ice o f Sr i la Guru

Mahara ja and a l l o f the Sr i Rupanuga Guru Varga . You are the oas is in

th is a r id deser t o f the ego is t i c wor ld .

Your humb le se rvan t who i s p ray ing to rema in in the assoc ia t ion o f

the devo tees and avo id o f fence a t The i r Lo tus Feet .

Jayan ta K r i shna dasa

San Jose, Cal i forn ia


Todas las g lo r ias a Sr i Kr ishna Cha i tanya y Prabhu N i t iananda!

Glor ias a l D iv ino Maest ro Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami

Maharaha , l a encarnac ión de l se rv i c io adorab le a l Señor .

Quer ido Maes t ro l e o f rezco m is ca ídas dandava ts p ranams en es te

ausp ic ioso d ía de su apar i c ión y le ruego a l Señor me permi ta como a l

r ío d iv ino , f l u i r hac ia us ted , venc iendo todos los obs tácu los para

pode r reco rda r l o en t odo momen to y se rv i r l o s i n n i nguna cond i c i ón ,

a g r a d e c i e n d o q u e m e p e r m i t a t e n e r l o p r e s e n t e e n t o d o m o m e n t o e n

m i men te y en m i co razón .

H u m i l d e m e n t e ,

Jahnava D.D.

Or izaba; Veracruz, México

Deares t Sr i la Gurudeva ,

At your fee t i s the sa fe she l te r o f my sou l , the peacefu l haven, the

dearmos t goa l o f my l i fe . When I rece ived your d iv ine connec t ion , you

to ld me tha t by the mercy o f S r i l a Guru Mahara j you cou ld g i ve me a

l i fe p reserver , and asked i f I cou ld ho ld on to i t . I have c lung to th is

l i f e p rese rve r o f you r me rcy t h rough many

s to rms , and wonde red a t my good f o r t une . I n

v iew of the l imi t less suf fer ings of th is wor ld , i t

i s c lear how prec ious l i fe is , b lessed by the

favorab le g lance o f Sr i Guru. P lease a l low me

to s ing the g lo r ies o f your serv ice fo rever .

Fa i th fu l l y yours ,

Puspan ja l i

Hawai i


Dear Sr i la Gurudeva ,

bh idya te h rdaya -g ran th i s , ch i dyan te sa r vva -samsayah

ks i yan te casya ka rmman i , may d rs te kh i l a tman i

My mind a lways engages in var ious ac t iv i t ies in th is wor ld , and I

have so much a t t rac t ion fo r them. I usua l l y work to ach ieve some

mater ia l goa l , and d is regard what i s rea l .

Desp i te th is lack o f qua l i f i ca t ion , somehow you have grac ious ly

accep ted me as a neophy te on the pa th o f se rv i ce . I have no unde r-

s tand ing how one such as myse l f cou ld be saved , bu t somehow the

so lu t i on came, i n the fo rm o f your mercy .

Now I mus t f o l l ow my hea r t and f i nd beau ty and

rea l i t y w i th your d iv ine gu idance . You a re a bene-

d ic t ion to th i s wor ld , g i v ing by your examp le and

by your love . P lease le t me be a servan t o f your ser-

v a n t .

N i laca la Chandra Das

Hawai i

G u r u d e v a ,

There a re no words to thank you enough fo r a l l ow ing us to take

she l te r o f your cause less mercy . We have no wor th bu t fo r your

g race . Your example makes us want to be be t te r se rvan ts . Th is mate-

r ia l wor ld is so ent ic ing, and our wi l l i s so f leet ing. Thank you for g iv-

i ng us s t reng th and d i rec t i on . No amoun t o f repayment i s su f f i c ien t

as the g i f t you f ree ly g ive is pr ice less . We have noth ing to o f fer you,

save ou r i n t en t t o t r y ha rde r .

Sr i Sr i Bhakt i Sundar Govinda Mahara ja K i Jaya!

Krsna Prema das and G ina Z ipp

Bell ingham, WA, USA


Todas las g lor ias a Sr i Guru Y Gauranga

Todas las g lor ies a Sr i la Gov inda Mahara ja

Quer ido Sr i la Gov inda Mahara ja ,

Cuando un d isc ípu lo ob t iene su g rac ia e l es comp lac ido en su se rv i-

c io , g rac ias a su m iser i co rd ia qu izás pueda serv i r a esos que han

ob ten ido sug rac ia , l o mas l amen tab le es que aun después de habe r l o

v i s to y ve r su ob ra m is deseos mate r ia les han pe rmanec ido . Pero en

es te d ía tan espec ia l espero que su m i rada m ise r i co rd iosa l l egue has ta

m i pa ra pode r se rv i r a l os que rea lmen te es tán ocupados en su se rv i-

c io . Le p ido a Sr i la Prabhupada y a Sr i la Guru Mahara j que me cu iden

y me man tengan a sus p i es sag rados ya que en es te mundo no hay

pos ib i l i dad de hacer nada s i no es por l a g rac ia de l Guru , cua lqu ie r

cosa que un d isc ípu lo log re es por la g rac ia de su Guru . Gurudeva ap i-

adase de m i y sos téngame con su ab r i go de amor y saquéme de l a

i l us ión donde he v i v ido m i les de años .

Su ind igno s i r v ien te

Puru j i t dasa

V e n e z u e l a

Al l g lor ies to Sr i Sr i Guru and Gauranga!

s r i b h a k t i s u n d a r a d e v a p r a b h u s i r o m a n i

g o s w m i g o v i n d a j a y a a n a n d e r a k h a n i

Our i nconce ivab le dea rmos t S r i l a Gurudev , p lease accep t my danda-

va t p ranams ! Who can desc r ibe the fo r tune o f one who i s connec ted

w i th a sadhu pa ramahamsa and h i s devo tees? I can on l y say happy

b i r thday to You! I hope to g ive You p leasure year a f te r year , b i r th

a f t e r b i r t h .

Your devo tee ' s se rvan t

S y a m a s u n d a r d a s

L o n d o n


Dear Sr i la Gurudev ,

P lease accept my dandavat p ranams. A l l g lo r ies to Your D iv ine

Grace. Th is most ausp ic ious Vyasa Pu ja day is ac tua l ly a spec ia l day

g iven to the d i sc ip les tha t we may ce leb ra te and g ive humb le acknowl-

edgmen t t o ou r pa r t i cu la r good fo r tune . We a re th ink ing tha t hav ing

been g iven the assoc ia t ion o f Your D iv ine Grace, we have rece ived the

rares t o f g i f t s . Kr ishna bes tows upon the j i va the g i f t o f Guru , and the

Guru b r ings the j i va a long the Path to Krsna .

As fo l lowers o f Your D iv ine Grace f ind that we have espec ia l ly many

reasons to acknow ledge ou r ra re fo r tune . You un ique ly p resen t t o the

wor ld ' s devo tees the pe r fec t conc lus ions and the devo t iona l mood o f

your Guru Mahara j , Sr i la Bhakt i Raksak Sr idhar Dev-Goswami Mahara j .

And what a great g i f t tha t i s ! As Sukadeva Goswami sweetened the

teach ings o f Vyasadeva in h is re te l l ing o f Kr ishna L i la and the sc ience

of Kr ishna Bhakt i , Your D iv ine Grace has taken Sr i la Param Guru

Mahara j ' s Katha o f the Sweet Abso lu te and has made i t sweeter s t i l l .

Fur thermore , we fee l tha t You a re a lso g iv ing us someth ing qu i te

Your own: Rasa, Your hear t 's joy fu l ce lebrat ion o f re la t ionsh ips. Your

D iv ine Grace has shown us by example what i s lov ing rec ip roc i ty by

You r su r rende r t o Gu ru and Gau ranga and i n You r pa t i ence and mer-

c i fu l dea l ings w i th an en t i re wor ld o f insp i red devo tees . We pray fo r

tha t p rec ious g i f t t o merc i fu l l y sp rou t and b loom in ou r hear t s .

Begg ing to rema in a se rvan t o f your se rvan ts ,

Rakha l Ra ja das

Maui , Hawai i


Al l Glor ies to Sr i Sr i Guru and Gauranga

Deares t Guru , Sr i la Gov inda Mahara ja ,

P lease accep t my humble obe isances . P lease a l low me to con t inue to

t ry to se rve and to t r y to unders tand what Seva i s a l l abou t . P lease

accept th is a t tempt to o f fe r my humble obe isances a t Your Lo tus Fee t .

You are the Love and L igh t and Knowledge in my L i fe and the ever las t-

ing Gu idance on my pa th . I am thank fu l . I l ove and respec t You

deep ly . P lease gu ide me fo rever !

I t ru ly Love You and I fee l very fo r tunate to be ab le to be in contac t

w i th You. Thank You so very much! May th is a t tempt reach You in

good hea l th , and p lease a l low me to t ry to serve Your Lo tus Feet . Guru

Mahara ja k i jay !

Hare Kr ishna Hare Kr ishna Kr ishna Kr ishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

I am but a fa l len sou l . Yours t ru ly ,

Lavanya Moyee Das i

U t rech t Ho l l and Europa

M y d e a r G u r u d e v ,

P lease accep t my dandava t p ranams a t you r l o t us

fee t . On th is mos t ausp ic ious day o f your mys t i c

appearance in th i s wor ld I j us t wan t to say tha t you

are the g rea tes t o f t he sa in ts and the mos t merc i fu l

sav ior o f the fa l len sou ls . Your f r iend ly smi le and

your p lay fu l pe rsona l i t y charm everyone . You g ive the h ighes t t reas-

ure o f lov ing serv ice to the lo rd Sr i Kr ishna, and l i ke a cascade o f fo r-

tune you overwhe lm me. I on ly p ray to be a f i t rec ip ien t o f the nec ta r

o f th is cascade.

Your wors t son,

M u n i n d r a M o h a n d a s

I ta ly


Sr i la Govinda Mahara j Vyasa Puja k i jay !

A l l the devotees and f r iends f rom Por to A legre , Southern Braz i l , a re

very happy on th is day . Due to your Vyasa Pu ja , i t i s an ausp ic ious

day fo r us . P lease accep t ou r humb le dandava t p ranams a t you r Lo tus

Feet .

We hope you have a wonder fu l Appearance Day , Dear Sr i l a Gov inda

Mahara j . Un fo r tuna te ly , we a re fa r away f rom your D iv ine Grace , bu t

in our hear ts we w i l l be w i th you t ry ing to serve and g lo r i f y you ,

asp i r i ng to rece ive your mercy . On th i s December 21 , 2002 , i n separa-

t ion , we w i l l embrace you , D iv ine Gurudeva, w i th love and devot ion .

Your fa l len d isc ip les and f r iends f rom

Sr i la Sr idhar Gov inda Sangha

Porto Alegre, Brazi l

N i t yadas das

Tulas i Pr iya d .d .

S u n d a r G o p a l d a s

Venu G i ta d .d

Krsna Bhakt i d .d .

K rsnadev i d .d .

N ima i Cand ra das

V i s v a m b h a r d a s

H a n i a M a c h a d o

Marcos V in íc ios de Souza

Nei Santos

Jud i th Head de F re i tas

Raque l Gru r i l a

Mi lene Benech io

V i ta l ino Brum


Al l the g lo r ies to your ho ly lo tus fee t tha t a re the re fuge o f the los t

sou ls and the road to ou r sa l va t i on .

I hope tha t you have a beau t i fu l Vyasa Pu ja . We are d rown ing in th is

ocean o f ignorance bu t you a re sav ing us w i th your love , a f fec t ion ,

and mercy . I j us t hope to se rve you in a p roper way so someday I w i l l

be a servant o f the Lord . P lease send me your b less ings so I can be a

be t te r devo tee . Even one ins ign i f i can t serv ice w i th love and devo t ion

towards you r l o tus fee t i s be t te r t han a thousand words .

F rom the mos t i ns ign i f i can t se rvan t o f the se rvan t o f your se rvan t ,

Ba la Gopa l das , London

Dear Sr i la Bhak t i Sundar Gov inda Mahara j ,

Dandava t p ranams to your lo tus fee t . As you know, I am dea f , and I

a lways want to hear your nec ta r lec tu res l i ke a th i rs ty ca l f bu t I have

to accep t my karma. I am g lad tha t I can see your so f t beau t i fu l face

wi th a gen t le sweet smi le . You have p re t ty warm brown eyes to show

mercy and love to a l l l i v ing ent i t ies . Your body moves so gracefu l ly .

You know wha t ou r hear ts a re . And I can see you love us more than

your body . You a re l i ke a sun to us and you show your wonder fu l

example to us . You are very p rec ious l i ke a d iamond to us . Whi le I

looked a t you , I fe l t such peace and joy . I hope I can see your lo tus

face aga in in the fu tu re .

P lease fo rg ive me i f you f ind any o f fenses f rom me.

Daya das i

Mounta in V iew, Cal i fo rn ia


G. u ru

O. M

V . r i ndavana

I . insp i ra t ion

N . a tu ra l

D . evo t ion

A . t t rac t ion

M. ercy

A. bso lu te

H . app iness

A. cknowlege

R . adha ran i

A . dd ic ted

J . ub i lee

S. erv ice

R. end i t ion

I . uncond i t i ona l

L. ove

A. usp ic ious

To the deares t Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j ,

I s i t he re i n Govardhan wa tch ing you r pas t imes

b e f o r e m y e y e s . T h r o u g h s o m e u n k n o w n f o r t u n e

my foo l i sh ears a re a l lowed to l i s ten to your

ka tha , wh ich revea ls the apex o f worsh ip fo r the

fo l lowers o f Sr i la Saraswat i Thakur . You are the

tas te r and the g i ve r o f t he g i f t t ha t he b rough t to

th i s wor ld .

A l l the most dear car r ie rs o f h is concept ion have f i l l ed you w i th

the i r g race mak ing you r i che r beyond imag ina t i on . I wonder how

such a f i ne subs tance and concep t i on can come to somebody i n t h i s

wor ld so na tura l l y . T ru th be known, i t i s your b i r th r igh t . I t i s easy fo r

you to b r ing us here to the h ighes t p lace o f worsh ip because i t i s your

home. You a re we lcoming us to your home, showing the way to be in

the p lace o f your res idence . You p rov ide the h ighes t mood o f worsh ip

poss ib le fo r the fo l lowers o f Sr i Cha i tanya, wh ich is comple te ly incon-

ce ivab le fo r the cond i t ioned sou ls w i thou t your mercy . You can g ive

tha t mercy because you a re a member o f t ha t pa r t y . How can some-

body know the worsh ip o f Govardhan o r the rea l i t y o f t he Ho ly Dham

wi thou t you r mercy? I wa tch as s imu l taneous ly you move bo th camps

( the h idden and revea led ) f o rwa rd i n you r seva , connec t i ng you r dea r

d isc ip les to th is mys te ry .

Such a rea l i t y leaves me s ta r t led a t my own s tup id i t y . Those who a re

e l i g ib le fo r you r mercy , those who have the good fo r tune and sp i r i t ua l

in te l l igence, w i l l rece ive i t . Wi thout your mercy , what chance o f en t ry

i s t he re? Wha t i s ou r connec t i on w i th Mahaprabhu o r Radha and

Kr i shna w i thou t you? Wi thou t you eve ry a t tempt i s mere ly the ac t ion

o f im i ta to rs and impos te rs . Somehow I p ray fo r t ha t f o r tune and

capac i ty to be ab le to p roper ly rece ive your g i f t s .

I t i s one th ing to read the Cha i tanya Char i t amr ta and fee l en thused

and insp i red fo r devo t iona l se rv i ce , bu t t o mee t and have a re la t i on-

sh ip w i th the person i f i ca t ion o f tha t rea l i t y , somebody who i s o f tha t

ca l iber - I s imp ly cannot unders tand what i t means . I fee l incapab le . I

am in awe o f those exa l ted devo tees tha t I see a round me who p lay

w i th you . I canno t unde rs tand wha t i t means to sha re the rasa o f

devo t iona l se rv i ce w i th you . To wa tch and hear your pas t imes s imp ly

p ie rces me w i th my own mundan i t y , wh i l e i t b r i ngs me joy tha t such a


place ex is ts .

Oh be loved Guru , my on l y hope i s when I hea r you speak the sound

of Kr ishna 's f lu te , compe l l ing us to seva . By your g race the sound has

come in to my hear t , and I p ray tha t when i t f i na l l y f i nds i t way back

ou t o f my be ing i t w i l l b r ing you joy and un l im i ted happ iness . Then ,

f ina l l y , my ac t ions can become p leas ing fo r you ins tead o f someth ing

you have t o t o l e ra te w i t h you r i ncomparab le na tu re .

E te rna l l y i n your deb t and ever asp i r i ng fo r your seva ,

I s h a b a n d h u d a s

Aus t ra l i a

T o our Sr i l a Gurudev Bhak t i Sundar Gov inda Mahara j , i n the mos t

sub l ime event o f Sr i Vyasa Puja , the b iggest g lor i f i ca t ion o f our

be loved and i n t ima te assoc ia te o f Radha K r i shna and Mahaprabhu .

On a g lo r ious day l i ke today a l l the s ta rs in the sky s ta r ted to come

down. You en te red th i s ma te r i a l wo r ld t h rough you r mo the r ’ s womb

by Lord Sh iva ’s w i l l . He has used you to bestow the shower ra in o f

mercy upon the lowest l i v ing ent i t ies l i ke my se l f to g ive everyone l ib-

e ra t ion in the age o f Ka l i Yuga th rough Sr i Har inama Sank i r tana , the

process by wh ich everybody can be happy . I f ee l d i s t i ngu ished to be

one your d isc ip les , t ry ing to fo l low in your foo ts teps . My dear lo rd I ’m

a very fa l len cond i t ioned sou l , sub jec t to lus t , anger , envy and a l l k ind

of mater ia l des i re . I ’m suf fe r ing l i ke any th ing . I submi t myse l f to you

on th is ausp ic ious day . I beg fo r a t leas t a d rop o f your mercy . Make

me a r i gh teous man and a l l ow me to be l i ke you : humb le , t o le ran t and

g iv ing hono r t o eve ryone . The who le ma te r i a l env i ronmen t becomes

worse day by day . Bu t I have the hope , the sh in ing l i gh t o f your lo tus

feet . I am ho ld ing a t ie to your good se l f .

Rema in ing you r un f i t se rvan t ,

Kan ta Kr i shna Das

Represen t i ng t he devo tees f r om Cumaná and T r i n i dad Tobago .


T o m y b e l o v e d S r i l a G u r u d e v

O n t h e g l o r i o u s o c c a s i o n o f H i s V y a s a P u j a

We th ink a Guru mus t be g rand , ma jes t i c , l o rd l y

To make h is g rea tness v is ib le to us .

Then why shou ld we comp la i n when men who a re ungod l y

P re tend t o be such gu rus and be t ray ou r t r us t?

Your a r t l ess , unassuming , meek demeanor

Suggests tha t you be jus t l i ke one o f us .

Bu t you a re g rea t i ndeed and so you ' l l be fo rever .

You do no t need to p rove i t even once .

You me l t ou r hea r t s no t by you r g randeu r

Bu t by you r mercy , k indness and love .

The Holy Name you g ive is l i v ing in fu l l sp lendor

Be ing b rough t by you f rom wor ld o f God above .

Al l secrets o f the Love Div ine you know,

And you can teach us th i s sub l ime a r t .

N o p a y m e n t y o u d e m a n d , n o m e r i t s t h o u g h ,

Except fo r one , the long ing o f the hear t .

T h a n k y o u v e r y m u c h , m y d e a r G u r u d e v .

Thank you fo r eve ry th ing :

For t r ia ls and joys ,

F o r h e l p a n d s u p p o r t

On th i s t ho rny ye t happy pa th back Home, back t o Godhead .

H u m b l y

Your asp i r i ng se rvan t

Mah ima-may i d .d .

S w e d e n


Dear Gov inda Mahara j ,

P lease accep t my dandava ts to you and I

hope you have a fes t ive Vyasa Pu ja . Th is is

my f i r s t t ime in Nabadwip , and i t i s a wonder-

fu l Math . The de i t ies a re wonder fu l to look a t .

The i r beau ty rea l l y makes me fee l l i ke they

are in a l i t t le peacefu l v i l lage.

When I chan t Hare Kr ishna Hare Kr ishna Kr ishna Kr ishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, i t fee ls l i ke I am in

Vr indavan w i th K r i shna and h i s f r i ends exper ienc ing wha t K r i shna d id

in h i s ch i l dhood and wha t adven tu res he had . When I l i s ten to you i n

c lass I can learn so much about Kr ishna 's pas t imes. You exp la in i t so

wel l that i t fee ls l ike I am actua l ly w i th Kr ishna. Just to l is ten to you

speak in c lass is one s tep c loser to Kr ishna Consc iousness. Jus t to be

wi th you i s wonder fu l . I came to Ca lcu t ta to see you and come fo r

Vyasa Pu ja . I a lso wanted to take in i t ia t ion . Nabadwip Dham is beyond

my imag ina t i on . I am ve ry happy he re .

Your asp i r ing servan t ,

Rohin i Devi Dasi

San Jose, CA

Dear Gov inda Mahara j ,

I w i sh you a ve ry happy and won-

der fu l B i r thday. I love you and I love

your smi le . Happy Happy Vyasa Pu ja .

I h o p e y o u e n j o y y o u r d a y a n d h a v e

fun . P lease b less me. Kr ishna w i l l p ro tec t me and take care o f me.


Si ta Devi Dasi

San Jose, CA


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