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Vyāsa-pūjā 2018

Guṇāgrāhī Gaurāṅga dāsa (Kolkata - India)

My Dear Guru Mahārāja,

Please accept my most humble obeisances unto the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to your glorious service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I am your unqualified son. I absolutely do not have any knowledge or qualification to even understand your greatness, what to speak of glorifying you. However, with your mercy only, for my own purification, to please you, I should speak a few words like child breaking words. I want everyone know how merciful you have been to this insignificant soul - how you have brought me to the lotus feet of Śrīla Prabhupāda and given me a chance to associate with wonderful devotees by staying at Jahnudwip voice.

It is you Guru Mahārāja who just by glancing upon this pour soul saved me from drowning in the material world. I would like to quote the famous verse from Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛita (Madhya 22.54)

‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-çāstre kaya
lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya

“The verdict of all revealed scriptures is that by even a moment’s association with a pure devotee, one can attain all success”

Prabhupāda gave a one-line purport to this verse, “According to astronomical calculations, a ‘lava’ is one eleventh of a second.”

Yes, by one eleventh of a second, you changed me and many others!

Yes, I was saved by your mere sight even in dream, you advice me to take shalter of Srila Prabhupada through you. By your living example I am so inspired that how you want to teach all of your sheltered soul to become Gabhir Jaler Mach(Fish of a deep water).

I would like to quote the famous verse from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (11.9.29) which is very relevant to your mood of Gabhir Jaler Mach in the glorius mission of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahapravu.

                                                labdhvā su-durlabham idaṁ bahu-sambhavānte
                                             mānuṣyam artha-dam anityam apīha dhīraḥ
                                               tūrṇaṁ yateta na pated anu-mṛtyu yāvan
                                             niḥśreyasāya viṣayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syāt

"After many, many births and deaths one achieves the rare human form of life, which, although temporary, affords one the opportunity to attain the highest perfection. Thus a sober human being should quickly endeavor for the ultimate perfection of life as long as his body, which is always subject to death, has not fallen down and died. After all, sense gratification is available even in the most abominable species of life, whereas Kṛṣṇa consciousness is possible only for a human being."

Srila Prabhupada also quote this verse and teach us "Dont take any risk, finish this Krishna Consciousness Business in this Life Only."

Kṛṣṇa is the most merciful; however, devotees are more merciful than the Lord. That’s why Nityānanda Prabhu was more merciful than Mahāprabhu. He delivered personalities like Jagāi and Mādhāi, who didn’t have any chance of Mahāprabhu’s association. Śrīla Prabhuada is even more merciful because he delivered hundreds of Jagāi Mādhāi. You are his true disciple and got his full blessings. You have travelled all the nooks and corners of the world to bestow your mercy upon thousands of Jagāi Mādhāi not by killing them but by killing there demonic nature. You have given up your youth, risked your health to travel to all the remote villages of Bangladesh and India, dangerous places like Russia and Middle East, and all over the world and transformed thousands of people. Who in this present world is as merciful as you? There is no one! Absolutely no one!.....you are always carrying burden of love given by Srila Prabhupada through many instruction.

This year by your blessings and mercy I have completed most blissfull event in Krishna Consciousness,Navadwip Mandal Parikrama . I was totally intoxicated to chanting always Gourangaaaa.....Gourangaaaaaa....Gourangaaaaaaaa. I was also amazed by seeing your dedication to serve Mission Of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahapravu.

I offer my humble obeisances to your lotus feet again and again. Please bless me so that I can always be attached to you and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Please bless me so that I can always be conscious under your sheltered devotees by following rules and regulation more properly. Please make me an instrument in your service to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Your unqualified son,
Gunograhi Gouranga Dasa,
(ISKCON KOLKATA)