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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
Sannyasi offerings
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.
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Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002
Of fer ing to
Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar Gov inda Dev-Goswami Mahara j
on H is D iv ine Appearance Day
I o f f e r my dandaba t p ranams i n t he dus t o f t he
lo tus feet o f His Div ine Grace Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar
Gov inda Dev-Goswami Mahara j , who is ever -merc i-
fu l to those bere f t o f any redeeming qua l i t ies . He is a sav io r o f the
fa l l en sou ls and an e te rna l sp r ing tha t i s a lways bubb l ing w i th the
wa te rs o f d i v i ne mercy , t he ve ry mercy tha t S r i Gauranga Mahaprabhu
and a l l t he merc i f u l acha ryas have descended by The i r k i ndness to
g ive to those who are a lways d is t ressed by mater ia l ex is tence .
Sr i l a Gov inda Mahara j , once you were asked how to avo id the ten th
o f fense to t he Ho l y Name: t o ma in ta in mundane a t t achmen ts a f t e r
hear ing so much o f the g lo r ies o f the Ho ly name. You rep l ied tha t you
had yourse l f asked th is same ques t ion to Sr i la Guru Mahara j , S r i la
Bhakt i Raksak Sr idhar Dev-Goswami Mahara j . Sr i la Guru Mahara j
rep l ied tha t Bhak t i v inod Thakur had sa id tha t i t i s no t poss ib le to rec-
ogn ize who is a Va ishnava un less tha t Va ishnava revea ls h imse l f to us .
So we are a lso pray ing to the Ho ly Name tha t , “Desp i te my d isqua l i f i-
ca t i ons , my o f fenses (aparadhas ) , you can , by you r own mercy revea l
yourse l f to me. ” Th is i s so hopefu l , because by one 's own min iscu le
s t reng th one does no t have to t r y to move moun ta ins o f f a l se ego in
o rde r to ga in en t rance in to the worsh ip o f t he Ho ly Name o r the asso-
c ia t ion o f the param Va ishnavas . A l l can be revea led w i th in our
hear ts , i f we rece ive the mercy o f a Va ishnava, such as yourse l f .
When Gop ina th Acha rya was cha l l enged by Sa rvabhauma
Bhat tacharya - “What i s the p roo f tha t you have ga ined the Lo rd ' s
mercy and I have no t ” - Gop ina th Acharya rep l ied , “A l though the Lord
was l y ing in d i v ine t rance in your own house , you cou ld no t recogn ize
H im. ”
In h is essay to the Harmon is t , S r i l a Guru Mahara j remarks tha t
because the j i va sou l i s cond i t i oned by h is samskara , o r acqu i red
na tu re , no t a l l may be ab le to recogn ize who ca r r ies the t rue mercy ,
who is Sr i Guru. But Guru Mahara j dec lares: “Real i ty can asser t i tse l f .
L igh t does no t requ i re darkness fo r i t s pos i t i ve p roo f . The sun by i t se l f
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can es tab l i sh i t s supremacy over a l l o ther l i gh ts . Be fo re an open and
unb iased eye , the gu ru ( rea l gu ide ) sh ines above a l l p ro fessors o f phe-
n o m e n o n . ”
Fo r tuna te l y , I do no t have to depend on my own l im i ted powers o f
pe rcep t ion to be ab le to d i sce rn where i s my t rue bene f i t and who i s
my rea l guard ian . As many i l l us t r i ous Va ishnavas were unan imous ly
p roc la im ing S r i l a Guru Mahara j t o be a t rue sa in t and a pa ram
Va ishnava , so f rom the mou th o f S r i l a Guru Mahara j came more
than adv ice : energe t i c supp l i ca t ions to serve your lo tus fee t . He
showed us the t rue na tu re o f sp i r i t ua l rea l i t y by compos ing you r own
d i v i ne p ranam man t ra , enab l i ng us t o see and unde rs tand rea l i t y .
You t ru ly s tand e f fu lgen t be fo re us . Of tha t I have no doubt . Bu t
a las , my p rob lem is ano ther . As Mahaprabhu H imse l f dec la res : the re i s
no shor tage o f g race and mercy in the Ho ly Names o f the Lord . He
adds , my on ly lament i s tha t because o f my o f fenses , I am unab le to
have any rea l a t t rac t ion fo r the chan t ing o f the Ho ly Name.
There in l i es the d i l emma.
When Mahap rabhu spoke w i t h P rakashananda Sa raswa t i he
remarked tha t my sp i r i tua l mas te r sa id , “You a re a foo l . You a re no t
qua l i f i ed to s tudy Vedan ta ph i l osophy . ” Th is pos i t i on was adop ted by
the Lord to i l l us t ra te the l im i ta t ions o f h is aud ience , the mayavad i
sannyas i s .
Un fo r tuna te ly , i n my case I am rea l l y unqua l i f i ed to en te r i n to the
presence o f the t rue Va ishnavas . Sr i l a Gurudeva , you a re a lways
ex tend ing you r me rcy , g race and f r i endsh ip t o me , bu t my na tu re and
ex is tence a re so low tha t I am ashamed to come in to the p resence o f
d iv in i t y . I am ashamed. I have no th ing to o f fe r , and my very ex is tence
is i t se l f an o f fense to a l l tha t i s t rue and pure .
I p ray to be ab le to con t inue to se rve you and o f fe r someth ing a t
your lo tus fee t . A l though tha t “serv ice” i s cer ta in ly impure , s t i l l you
may ex t rac t someth ing o f va lue f rom me, as you a re a lways merc i fu l
to the fa l len sou ls . I f no th ing e lse , a t leas t by accept ing the ashes tha t
I am o f fe r ing , my hand is learn ing to g ive .
Pray ing in the shadow o f your lo tus fee t , I rema in ,
Your asp i r ing servan t ,
Swami Bhak t i Pavan Janardan
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002
A Vyasa Pu ja Homage to H is D iv ine Grace Om Vishnupad
Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar Gov inda Dev-Goswami Mahara j
T oday the dark c loud o f Ka l i par ted , g iv ing way to the e f fu lgen t
l ight o f the sun of Sr i Cai tanya’s g i f t o f Div ine Love. The bearer
of th is great g i f t is His Div ine Grace Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar Govinda Dev-
Goswami Mahara j , who is ind is t ingu ishab le f rom the g i f t i t se l f , be ing
o f the same qua l i t y . He came a t the behes t o f h is D iv ine Master who
was g i ven the charge o f guard ing th i s marve lous t reasure . The
guard ian is known as Om Visnupad Sr i la Bhakt i Raksak Sr idhar Dev-
Goswami Mahara j . We are the servan ts o f h is servan t .
Wi th a l l humi l i t y ,
Swami B.K. Giri
New Jersey, U.S.A
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002
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
c a k s u r u n m i l i t a m y e n a t a s m a i s r i g u r u v e n a m a h
Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j ,
I o f fe r my humble obe isances to your D iv ine Grace on th is spec ia l
day . S r i l a P rabhupad Swami Mahara j used to say tha t K r i shna
Consc iousness i s “s imp le fo r the s imp le and comp l i ca ted fo r the com-
p l i ca ted” . So when a t tempt ing to compose a su i tab le o f fe r ing on the
Appearance Day o f the D iv ine Mas te r , a heav i l y cond i t ioned sou l such
as myse l f i s inev i tab ly faced wi th a d i lemma: how to f i t t ing ly g lor i fy
the Mas te r (whose g lo r i es a re anyway un l im i ted and un fa thomab le )
w i thou t con t inua l recourse to the desc r ip t i on o f h i s own fa l l en na tu re :
“ I am so low, so mean” e tc . Whi le th is sen t iment , to whatever depth i t
can genu ine ly be fe l t o r rea l i zed , i s no less than the t ru th , i t can so
eas i ly become a fo rm o f se l f -g lo r i f i ca t ion . The ent i re o f fe r ing then
becomes, “You a re so k ind , you saved me, me, me” and no t rea l l y a
g lor i f ica t ion o f the Master a t a l l .
And he re in l i es t he f undamen ta l p rob lem: t he ma te r i a l l y bound sou l
a lways wan ts t o hea r and chan t abou t h imse l f and no t abou t K r i shna
or Kr ishna 's pure devo tee . Bu t you a re a lways honor ing a l l l i v ing
be ings and espec ia l l y g lo r i f y ing the devo tees o f K r i shna and your
D iv ine Mas te r , and recogn iz ing the i r se rv ice ; th rough th is by your
paramahamsa v i s ion you a re se t t i ng the examp le fo r o the rs to fo l l ow ;
hence, you a re r igh t l y ca l led Acarya .
Be ing yourse l f embraced by the In f in i te , your qua l i t i es in tha t con-
nec t ion have in f i n i te dep th , and tha t i s why your assoc ia t i on i s bo th
en l igh ten ing and nour i sh ing fo r o the rs o f s im i la r sp i r i t ua l asp i ra t ion .
In you th is i s na tura l , bu t no less great fo r be ing so . I t i s exper ienced
tha t i n you r ho l y and j o l l y company one can have a ra re tas te o f t he
nec ta r o f sa t -c i t -ananda . You a re a re f resh ing ba th tha t c leans away
the accumu la ted f i l t h o f mundane ex i s tence ; a m i r ro r i n wh ich one
may have a g l impse o f the i r own rea l and beau t i fu l e te rna l se l f . In
you r pe rson o r you r sound- fo rm you a re the sa fe she l te r f o r t he sou l s
fo r t una te enough to have any genu ine connec t i on w i t h t he Ca i t anya -
Saraswat sampradaya . On th is spec ia l day we p ray fo r some serv ice to
your l o tus fee t .
B.S. Tr idandi Swami
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002
Dear Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j ,
My s incere dandavats on your ho ly Sr i Vyasa Pu ja . On th is day I
wan t g lo r i f y you and no t speak abou t my p rob lems and d i f f i cu l t i es .
Your D iv ine Grace knows how much you a re impor tan t i n ou r l i ves
even though some t imes we a re no t capab le o f no t i c i ng o r unde rs tand-
i ng you r t each ings . Due to you r g race and mercy many devo tees a re
chan t ing the Ho ly Names and t r y ing to se rve K r i shna and
M a h a p r a b h u .
On th is day I ask you once more to shower your love , a f fec t ion and
tenderness ove r me and a l l o f my f r i ends and godbro the rs . P lease fo r-
g ive me fo r my misbehav io r , bu t know tha t I am a lways eager to se rve
y o u a n d b e c o m e a t r u e d e v o t e e o f M a h a p r a b h u .
Now I am s tudy ing Eng l i sh and preach ing here in the West Ind ies . I
am happy and recover ing my sp i r i t s l i t t l e by l i t t l e . I never fo rge t tha t I
am commi t ted to you , f o r you a re my Gurudeva . I am aware tha t I
have no p lace to go , so to serve you i s be t te r fo r me.
May Your Div ine Grace pass a joy fu l Vyasa Puja in the assoc ia t ion o f
your t rue servan ts . May we fa l len sou ls rea l i ze your d iv ine pas t imes
a n d g e t adrop o f love by chant ing the Ho ly Name. I w ish to be w i th
you as soon as poss ib le .
A l l g lo r ies to Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j , the most mun i f i cen t banner o f
love and a f fec t ion in th is wor ld .
You r un fo r t una te and d i sobed ien t se r van t ,
Swami B . S . Padmanabha
Sr i Cha i tanya Saraswat Math , West Ind ies
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002
Al l g lor ies to Sr i Sr i Guru and Gauranga
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja o f fe r ing fo r the ausp ic ious 74 th Appearance Day o f
His Div ine Grace Om Visnupad Sr i Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar Govinda Dev-
Goswami Mahara j , dearmos t be loved d isc ip le assoc ia te o f the Emperor
of Sannyasi Kings, His Div ine Grace Om Visnupad Sr i Sr i la Bhakt i
Raksak Sr idhar Dev-Goswami Mahara j .
g u r 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 -bhagava t -p remno h i b i j a -p radam
Param, padam, o r t he p lace where the re a re no ma te r i a l m ise r i es
(Va ikun tha) , i s the rea l goa l fo r the s incere su r rendered sou l , no t the
p lace where there i s “danger ” a t every s tep o f l i fe . And anyone who is
spec ia l l y f avo red by the Sup reme Lo rd due to una l l oyed su r rende r
un to t he se rv i ce o f t he Lo rd can ove rcome the i nsu rmoun tab le ocean
o f i l l us ion and can unders tand the Lord . Every s tep o f th i s mos t t rou-
b lesome mater ia l l i f e has to face the unavo idab le danger . Bu t the l i b-
e ra t i ng una l l oyed su r render un to the se rv i ce o f t he Lo rd , subs ides suc-
cess fu l l y whatever k ind o f danger . Of th is there can ’ t be any doubt !
The una l l oyed se rv i ce has been pu re l y p rac t i ced and t augh t pa t i en t-
l y w i th i n f i n i te swee t l ove and compass ion by ou r mos t be loved and
unforge t tab le Sr i Gurudeva, Sr i la Sr idhara Mahara j . H is spot less pre-
cep t s and t each ings a re h i gh l y app rec ia ted t h roughou t t he who le
wor ld . Now more power fu l l y than eve r they a re be ing ca r r i ed ou t w i th
d ign i ty by Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j . L is ten ing to the end less g lor ies o f
H is successor Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j , Sr i la Sr idhara Mahara j def in i te ly
w i l l be p leased and sa t i s f ied . Wi th H is depar tu re He d id no t leave the
wor ld empty handed . There i s tang ib le and v is ib le p roo f o f th i s . He
made per fec t l y sure tha t H is go lden Miss ion cou ld be success fu l l y
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managed and gu ided by no one e l se t han t he i nd i spu tab le cho i ce o f
H is hear t . For a very long t ime He nour ished th is mos t nob le cho ice ,
wh ich was on ly mean t to have H is Dream o f d reams one day magn i f i-
cen t l y rea l i zed .
Today He i s b r igh t l y smi l i ng and ac t ing dynamica l l y i n tha t m igh ty
resp lenden t d i v ine embod ied Dream o f d reams: H is D iv ine Grace Om
Visnupad Sr i Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar Gov inda Dev-Goswami Mahara j , un to
whose lo tus fee t I am r ig id ly f la t down fa l l i ng by o f fe r ing my unend-
ing joyous g lor ies aga in and aga in , espec ia l l y on th is , H is so most aus-
p i c i ous and merc i f u l 74t h Appearance day . Reason enough , t he re fo re ,
t o f r esh l y remember and sha re wha t I have pe rsona l l y w i t nessed when
I could c losely assoc iate wi th Sr i la Govinda Mahara j . Af fect ionate ly I
t ry to b r ing fo rward on th is spec ia l Day two events , wh ich I cons ider
mos t s ign i f i can t and va luab le fo r my en t i re devo t iona l l i f e un t i l my
las t b rea th on ea r th . They took p lace ve ry soon a f te r t he depar tu re o f
Sr i la Sr idhara Mahara j .
The rev iva l o f a swee t loaded go lden moment was p ro fuse ly pu l l i ng
tears f rom my eyes (and a lways w i l l keep do ing so) wh i le c lose ly I
cou ld fo r tunate ly w i tness how, w i th d iv ine fo rce , Sr i la Gov inda
Mahara j was accept ing the h igh ly e leva ted Seat o f Sr i la Sr idhara
Mahara j . H i s un ique de tachmen t and genu ine re fusa l o f such descend-
ed Of fe r ing cap tu red comp le te l y my hear t and m ind . As soon as He
was shy ly sea ted , I was the mos t fo r tuna te person who go t the fan in
my t remb l ing hands to l ov ing ly and a f fec t iona te l y fan H im, the new
Acharya!
The o the r even t was when Sr i l a Gov inda Mahara j had been pu t t o
tes t and t r ia l in a pecu l ia r way (D iv ine d isp lay ! ) . He had to face oppo-
s i t i on o f a pa r t i cu la r t ype . Turbu len t were those bygone days . Wi th
H is hones t and s incere p rayer to Sr i l a Sr idhara Mahara j , He expressed
Himsel f as fo l lows: “My dear Sr i la Guru Mahara j th is has not been o f
my own w i l l bu t Yours . P lease he lp me ou t o f such an embar rass ing
s i tua t ion . P lease take th is cha l i ce con ta in ing b i t te r con ten t away f rom
me. I f You do not come to my a id w i th in 3 days, I w i l l w i thdraw myse l f
by g iv ing up the whole th ing. ” Amaz ing ly , a f te r exact ly 3 days, Sr i la
Sr idhara Mahara j appeared g lo r ious ly , as d id Lo rd N i rs imhadeva to
ann ih i la te the K ing demon H i ranyakas ipu . In th is way Sr i la Sr idhara
Mahara j s ta r ted to c leanse H is Sampradaya !
These two events fu l l y g raced me to have a t iny g l impse o f who is
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002
Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j . That ’s why I ’m cer ta in ly conv inced tha t the
ever- increas ing g lor ies o f the Sr i Chai tanya Saraswat Math ’s Miss ion
wi l l touch the heavens on His in fa l l ib le lo tus wings. Dearmost Sr i la
Gov inda Mahara j , g raced as I am, how, and fo r wha t i gnoran t reason ,
w i l l I g ive up my love , my a f fec t ion and my a t tachment to Your lo tus
fee t? Never th is sha l l be admi t ted by Sr i la Sr idhara Mahara j , who
always used to say: “Give T ime and T ime wi l l te l l . ” Constant ly I ’m
exper ienc ing tha t T ime loud ly i s speak ing the d iv ine exa l ted sweet
c lear language o f Sr i la Sr idhara Mahara j w i th Your lo tus tongue to
assure how He i s i r removab le as the H ima laya moun ta in i n ou r m ids t .
By Your ind ispensab le g race , what more do we need to search fo r?
Our hands are fu l l s imp ly because we have You! Tru ly on ly lack o f rea l
fa i t h causes the many d i f f i cu l t i es and p rob lems , wh ich can p roduce
on ly b i t te r f ru i ts : the de l i c ious tas te tha t p leas ing ly inv i tes aga in
dea th . In no way w i l l I p re tend tha t I know someth ing . Concern ing th is
I am no t a t a l l wor ry ing , s ince on ly the Lord knows who is who and
what i s what !
Bu t one th ing I ’ ve who lehear ted ly unders tood i s to fu l l y honor , to
a lways g lo r i f y and to cons tan t l y g ive respec t to o thers , w i thou t want-
ing i t fo r myse l f in any way! And not even to c r i t i c ize or to envy any
human be ing . Wha t t o speak then o f t he Va i snavas o r t he dea r devo-
tees o f Lord Sr i Har i . These d isqua l i f i ca t ions are on ly to be found in
the weak ones !
Most dear Sr i la Gov inda Mahara j , I humbly p ray tha t You w i l l accept
th is mos t s imp le , de fec ted and ins ign i f i can t o f fe r ing , wh ich comes
f rom my deep s incere inner hear t ! P lease fo rg ive me i f s t i l l some
o f fences unw i l l i ng l y may have pene t ra ted i n my hones t a t t emp t t o
express my fa l len se l f . End less g lor ies unto Your lo tus feet , wh ich are
i l luminat ing the heavy darkness o f th is i ron age, Ka l i Yuga.
Fur thermore , I o f fe r my a f fec t iona te p ranams to Your fa i th fu l se rv i-
t o r s .
Af fec t ionate ly , Your we l l -w isher and wor th less but fa i th fu l servant ,
Swami Ban Mahara j
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002
On the ho ly occas ion o f Sr i Vyasa-Pu ja , the most ausp ic ious day o f
t he appea rance o f ou r reve red S r i l a Gurudev , Om V ishnupad
Paramahamsa Par i v ra jaka -acharya -va rya Sr i S r imad Bhak t i Sundara
Gov inda Dev-Goswami Mahara ja , in th is p lane o f ex is tence, I repeated-
ly o f fe r my most humble p ros t ra ted obe isance to H is D iv ine Grace ’s
rad ian t l o tus fee t .
I t was by H is D iv ine Grace tha t I rece ived the h ighest concept ion o f
the Ho ly Name o f Sr i Kr ishna, the h ighest asp i ra t ion in the l i fe o f a
sp i r i t sou l . By H is un l imi ted grace I was in t roduced to the serv ice o f
Sr i Gaurasundar , fo l lowing in the ho ly foo ts teps o f H is deares t assoc i-
a tes Sr i Svarupa Damodara Goswami and Sr i la Rupa Goswami .
By the g race o f my revered Sr i la Gurudev I am learn ing to apprec i-
a te and to se rve those ho ly p laces o f pas t imes o f ou r Supreme Lord
l i ke S r idham Vrndavan , S r idham Navadv ip , S r i Kshe t radham
J a g a n n a t h P u r i , a n d m a n y m o r e .
My venerab le S r i l a Gurudev has k ind led i n my hea r t t he g rea t hope
tha t one day I may be accep ted in to the con f iden t ia l camp o f se rv i to rs
to the d iv ine lo tus fee t o f the Supreme Coup le , Sr i -Sr i Gandharvva-
Gov indasundar j i u , a t the g rea t S r i G i r i ra ja Govardhan and - somet imes
- maybe even be ca l led to ass is t H is Div ine Grace in His serv ice to the
sweet , e te rna l l y youth fu l D iv ine Pa i r a t the most ho ly o f ho ly p laces ,
S r i Radha-kunda .
Dear Sr i la Gurudev, ou t o f Your un l im i ted cause less mercy Your
D iv ine Grace has descended to th i s ephemera l wor ld , and , i n o rde r to
g ive p leasure to our Supreme Lord , S r i Gaurangasundara , You a re
inunda t ing th i s wor ld w i th Your uncond i t i ona l l ove and a f fec t ion .
Your D iv ine Grace ’s a f fec t ion fo r the sur rendered sou ls , who are des-
pera te ly search ing fo r l ove , i s as warming as the sun , and your com-
pass ion fo r the ignoran t , su f fe r ing f rom the he l l i sh f i re o f sense gra t i-
f i ca t ion , is as coo l ing as the moon.
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002
Your w isdom i s un fa thomab le l i ke the ocean , and your j oyous pe r-
sona l i t y re f reshes ou r sca lded hear t s .
In our search for Sr i Kr ishna Your Div ine Grace leads the way, i l lu-
m ina t i ng the pa th w i th p ro found rea l i zed know ledge and d i spe l l i ng
the da rkness o f ou r i gnorance w i th Your b r i l l i an t mas te ry ove r the
Vedan ta and the Gaud iya -Va ishnava -S iddhan ta .
As an un fa i l i ng p ro tec to r on ou r dangerous sp i r i t ua l j ou rney , Your
D iv ine Grace expe ls the ghos t Bhuk t i by be ing cons tan t l y absorbed in
and speak ing Har i - ka tha .
Your D iv ine Grace is an unexce l led representa t ive o f the bes t o f
serv i tors in the l ine o f Sr i Rupa. As such, You scare away the ghost
Mukt i by Your exemplary lov ing serv ice to the ho ly lo tus fee t o f Your
be loved Guru Mahara j , the reby insp i r ing Your ded ica ted fo l l owers to
pu rsue you r sh in i ng i dea l .
Your D iv ine Grace ex t rac ts the minu tes t good qua l i t y o f an asp i ran t
to the lov ing serv ice o f Sr i Sr i Guru-Gauranga and, magn i fy ing i t a
thousand t imes , You o f fe r i t fo r the benef i t o f tha t asp i ran t to Your
dearmost Lord . In th is way You a re l i ke the Paramahamsa, who a r t fu l l y
d r i nks the m i l k wh ich was pou red i n to the wa te r .
L ike the exper ienced sage who recogn izes the va lue o f a go ld co in ,
even when found in a d i r ty p lace , Your D iv ine Grace sagac ious ly
accep ts the a t tempts to se rve o f those who have h igh idea ls and s t r i ve
t o r e a c h t h e m .
Dear Sr i la Gurudev , p lease fo rg ive any o f fence tha t I may have com-
mi t ted ignoran t l y i n th i s a t tempt to desc r ibe some aspec ts o f Your
unend ing g lo ry . K ind ly g ive me a d rop o f Your ocean o f cause less
mercy and make me the e te rna l se rvan t o f Your dear se rvan ts . E i
a d h a m a l o i n u s h a r a n a !
Mos t humbly asp i r ing to become a servan t to Your d iv ine lo tus fee t ,
wh i ch a re t he abode o f devo t i on and the on l y re fuge fo r t he despe r-
a te , I aga in o f fe r my p ros t ra ted obe isance and hones t hea r t fe l t p raye r
of respect to Your Div ine Grace.
T r idand i -Swami Bhak t i Sampat Narayan
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002
MESSAGE DISPLAY
M e s s a g e n u m b e r 3
D e a r G u r u d e v ,
I o f fe r my pros t ra ted obe isances a t Your Ho ly Feet . On th is ausp i-
c ious day we a re supposed to o f fe r You p resen ts bu t wha t can a
minu te sou l o f fe r to a persona l i t y who has d i rec t access to Rea l i t y The
Beaut i fu l? So instead of o f fer ing I dare to ask f rom You: P lease g ive me
a drop o f Your mercy . Engage me in Your serv ice . When we say om
a jnana t im i randasya we mean t ha t t he sp i r i t ua l mas te r r emoves ou r
b l i ndness and i gno rance . I 'm ready to be b l i nd i n i gno rance because
that i s my natura l pos i t ion . But even be ing b l ind I can serve You i f
You a l low me to by Your cause less mercy .
What i s the use o f be ing a man o f v i s ion and no t have a chance to
serve a Vaisnava? But to serve a Vaisnava is poss ib le on ly by h is
mercy. And that we ask f rom You. I know You can g ive i t because You
ho ld the Ocean o f Mercy , and Your be loved sp i r i tua l mas te r Sr i la
Sr idhara Dev-Goswami Mahara ja to ld You to g ive mercy to o thers . We
need i t despera te ly , j us t to be use fu l i n any way . And hav ing engaged
such use less peop le l i ke me in Your serv ice You can p lease Your Guru
Mahara ja , wh ich is the on ly purpose o f Your l i fe .
So i f You a l low Your serv i tors to accept my serv ice, that is enough.
There is no th ing more I des i re . You know how to e terna l ly sa t is fy Sr i la
Guru Mahara ja and The Supreme Sev i to r . You a re the exper t i n us ing
such use less l i v ing be ings as myse l f .
There i s a lmos t no hope fo r me bu t we can inv i te o the r sou ls fo r
Your e te rna l job in sa t i s fy ing your camp leader and Rea l i t y The
Beaut i fu l by the sank i r tana o f Sr i Ca i tanyadev. Then our ex is tence w i l l
h a v e s o m e m e a n i n g .
Pros t ra t ing a t Your Fee t and asp i r ing to be Your use fu l ins t rument ,
Swami B.C. Bharat i
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002
gu rvvabh i s t a - supu rakam gu ru -gana i r as i sa - sambhus i t am
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 -bhagava t -p remno h i b i j a -p radam
To His Div ine Grace
Sr i la Bhakt i Sundar Gov inda Dev-Goswami Mahara j
Sr i la Gurudev ,
Al l g lor ies to you, Sr i la Gurudev, on th is auspic ious day. A l l g lor ies
to Sr i l a Guru Mahara j and Sr i l a Prabhupada . Today i s a ve ry ausp i-
c ious day , as the wor ld has been b lessed by your appearance . I fee l
ve ry fo r tuna te to have your assoc ia t i on even though I don ' t deserve i t .
Even though I am very fa l len sou l , I have to th ink somehow you w i l l
g i ve me she l t e r because you a re t he embod imen t o f k i ndness , compas-
s ion and mercy fo r the cond i t i oned sou ls ro t t i ng in th i s da rk we l l o f
ma te r ia l ex i s tence. You have made a g rea t pe rsona l sac r i f i ce , sp read-
ing Kr ishna Consc iousness to every corner o f the wor ld in the las t few
years in o rder to save fa l len sou ls l i ke me. So I must th ink one day
you r mercy mus t come to me , even though I don ' t dese rve i t .
S ince you know tha t on ly rea l Kr ishna Consc iousness w i l l he lp every-
one, you have g iven tha t to the fa l len sou ls o f the Ka l i Yuga, r e g a r d-
less o f the i r qua l i f i ca t ions . To those who don ' t know what the va lue o f
l i f e i s , you have ins t ruc ted them and g i ven them f ree l y wha t no o the r
avatar o r incarnat ion has g iven - our rea l l i fe i s l i fe in the serv ice
wor ld . I f one has the capac i t y t o unde rs tand you r t each ing , he mus t
be bene f i t ed and become i ndeb ted t o you .
Wi thou t your g race we a re los t i n the an ima l p ropens i t i es o f ea t ing ,
s leep ing , fea r ing and mat ing . Ahara - n id ra -bhaya -ma i thunam ca .T h e
peop le o f t h i s age don ' t know any th ing more than th i s . Because o f
you r p reach ing to t he l os t sou l s , t hey a re beg inn ing to unde rs tand the
purpose o f l i f e . W i thou t you to teach them they s imp ly con t inue the i r
mater ia l ac t iv i t ies and g l ide s lowly down to he l l .
And no t on ly have you shown peop le what the i r rea l l i f e i s - the
serv ice o f the Lord in the serv ice wor ld - you have no t m ixed th is pure
concep t i on w i t h any mundane concep t i on s imp l y t o ga in popu la r i t y o r
to chea t t he i nnocen t pub l i c .
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002
anyabh i l as i t a - sunyam, j nana -ka rmady -anav r tam
anuku l yena -k r snanu -s i l anam bhak t i r u t t ama (B.R.S.)
“There a re no mate r ia l concep t ions in what you have g iven . I t i s
spon taneous K r i shna Consc iousness tha t comes s t ra igh t f rom the
hear t . Your persona l example i s p roo f tha t Kr i shna res ides in the
hea r t o f t he pu re devo tees . ”
I svarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese ar juna t i s tha t i . B .G. 18 .6
Befo re you s ta r ted t rave l i ng and p reach ing , many fo rmer devo tees
were in a hope less cond i t ion due to the fee l ing o f separa t ion o f Sr i la
Prabhupada and Sr i l a Guru Mahara j . You no t on ly have g i ven eve ry-
one hope , show ing how one shou ld con t i nue on the pa th o f K r i shna
Consc iousness even though he i s fee l ing separa t ion f rom h is Gurudev .
Th is day i s ve ry ausp ic ious because i t reminds us tha t K r i shna sends
His most con f iden t ia l assoc ia tes to bes tow H is mercy on th is dark
wor ld . Jus t as K r i shna appeared to save the devo tees and vanqu ish the
demons , you a l so appea red to save the devo tees and p ious peop le o f
th i s wor ld and cu t down the m isc rean ts . As K r i shna appeared in a s im-
p le ru ra l v i l l age , you a lso appeared in a rus t i c v i l l age where even now
cars don ' t go . As Kr ishna g rew up in an env i ronment fu l l o f a f fec t ion
and love , you a lso exper ienced love and a f fec t ion f rom your fami l y
members , who a lways spon taneous ly sang the songs o f Kr i shna- l i l a .
And jus t as Kr i shna was a cowherd boy and p layed w i th h i s f r i ends
everyday whi le tend ing His cows, you a lso l i ved very c lose to the cows.
And as Kr i shna le f t home a t a young age to p ro tec t the wor ld f rom the
a the is t i n f luences , you a lso le f t home a t a young age to jo in your Guru
Mahara j ’ s m iss ion . Now th is m iss ion , under yours and Sr i la Guru
Mahara j ' s gu idance , has p lan ted the f lag o f the Sr i Cha i tanya Saraswat
Math a l l over the wor ld . You, Sr i la Prabhupada and Sr i la Guru
Mahara j , have b rough t Kr i shna Consc iousness to the mos t fa l l en sou ls
of Kali Yuga.
We a re a l l b lessed and fo r tuna te to have you as ou r Guru , gu ide ,
f r iend and car ing fami ly member . A l l g lo r ies to you on th is ausp ic ious
d a y .
Bhak t i P remik S iddhan t i Mahara j
Sr i Vyasa Pu ja December , 2002