My sweet Gurudev, Please accept my humble obeisances at your Divine lotus feet. Gurudev, I offer you my heart on this great auspicious day of your holy appearance, expressing it in the following way: From the lotus lips of the Supreme Lord are coming melodious words of love for His exalted devotee, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, who appeared by His infinite mercy to guide us in this material world from the darkness of our misery to the light of Divine Love. His sweetness is as brilliant as diamonds in the nocturnal sky. His love is inexhaustible because it is always present in every difficult moment of our lives, manifesting in many ways. When a flower appears before my eyes I become aware that it is special because it tells me, Here I am. Have faith. When it appears as a blue little bird of special plumage and tender glances coming into my house and the next day leaves with an halo of hope and peace. When a friend s hand is giving me sustenance because I feel very fallen; when, after crying very much, I get news with encouragement, my heart tells me that it comes from the Divine. When I desire to have your association, even without deserving it, I enter the Math web page, discover amazing things and get a lovely welcome. Every day of my life is full of your infinite, causeless mercy. It has brought my soul from fear to the courage of continuing forward. It has been erasing my faults in order to become a better person, removing the unfavorable that takes me away from the real cause of existence. I was lost many times, and you are always teaching me again the path. When the beautiful remembrance of your previous visits to our country comes to my mind, I wish that you extended those days of your stay with us and didn t go back to India. Gurudev, you are in my heart and thoughts. I humbly ask you forgiveness for all my offences and for everything that I did not do because of my own necessities. I want your exalted and blessed association. Gurudev, it is my humble wish that you be happy, not only at this moment, but forever in the ecstasies of supreme love. I worship your divine lotus feet. Sincerely aspiring to serve you, Lalita Sundari Devi Dasi Mexico
Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Jayatah! Om Vishnupad Param Pujyapad Jagadguru Srila Acharyadev, Please accept my koti dandavat pranams at your lotus feet on this most auspicious occasion of your holy appearance day. We hope you are playing your pastime of good health and thus giving joy to all the vaishnavas. On this most auspicious occasion I am ashamed to appear empty handed at your lotus feet. I am very embarrassed to be such a useless burden to you. At the same time, I am eternally indebted to you for giving me the most beautiful service, of which I have never become worthy. So, please forgive all my offences, mistakes and faults by dint of your causeless mercy. Please continue to give me your blessings, mercy and guidance so I may become a useful servant in the near future. I also offer my dandavat pranams to the thousands of devotees who are serving Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math with such dedication and thus bringing you joy and satisfaction. Let there be all victory for Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, and Krishna-katha as instructed by Srila Guru Maharaj, since that is your desire. I hope and pray to have your darshan soon. With my koti dandavat pranams again, Your most useless servant, Devamayi dasi, California If not for you, Srila Guru Maharaja wouldn t cast his glance toward me, He would never have heard my plea, I d have no chance for his mercy, if not for you. If not for you, Misconception would find me wide awake. My consciousness would stagnate. It just would not be new if not for you. If not for you, My hope would fall, The great fear would gather too. Without your love I d be nowhere at all. I d be lost if not for you. If not for you, I couldn t appreciate the real thing, Couldn t hear the devotees sing, I just wouldn t have a clue If not for you. Ramai das, Soquel, California
All Glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga gurvvabista-supurakam guru-ganair asisa-sambhusitam cintyacintya-samasta-veda-nipunam sri-rupa-panthanugam govindabhidam ujjvalam vara-tanum bhakty anvitam sundaram vande visva-gurun ca divya-bhagavat-premno hi bija-pradam Dear Srila Gurudev, Please accept my humble prayer: You turn stone into marble And mud into gold You change dirt into diamond Your pastimes unfold You turn bitterness sweet And cold into heat You change hate into love We can never surpass You make enemies friends And walking a dance You make talking a song You never judge wrong You turn low into high The earth is the sky You turn black into white Nothing is out of your sight You are the Real Alchemist of the World All Sadhu s do agree All men are thus bewildered But that s what you proved to me And now my prayer I will write On this Special Day of You Happy Birthday Gurudev!!! May this wish come true Yasheswari d.d. Amsterdam, Holland
My dear Gurudev, Please accept my full sincere dandavat pranams at Your lotus feet. Jay Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Jayatah! All glories to all the vaisnavas all around the world who have accepted Guru Maharaj s instructions in their hearts as their life and soul. All glories to all the respectable vaisnavas who are serving You as the incarnation of the pure and perfect acarya. Words can t describe Your full splendor, and my attempt to glorify You fails because I m not qualified. But I witnessed a miracle when You accepted me at Your feet as a son. You gave me great opportunities to serve and associate with great vaisnavas. You also granted me a connection with the higher world and a tie with some devotees here in Italy. That is my life s miracle: Your full Grace and Mercy unto me, the insignificant one. I can t express with words how great You are. So many senior devotees will do it perfectly. I m really eager to celebrate this holy appearance day of my beloved benefactor. I beg for the association of Your devotees. For my life I can t ask for anything more. I have no qualities but still I feel very lucky to be a part of Your amazing family. This makes my heart warm. With affection, my full dandavat pranams to You, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev- Goswami Maharaj on Your 74 th Divine Appearance day. Humbly, Anukulchandra dasanudas Italy Tunga Prema devi dasi USA Dearest Gurudeva, On this most holy and auspicious day of your appearance I offer my dandavat pranams to your holy lotus feet. Your giving is inconceivable. You have given me everything, and I pray that one day I may be able to serve you in the most genuine way. Aspiring to serve you,
Dear Srila Govinda Maharaj, As an offering unto your lotus feet, I try to bring you my heart. harau dehadi-suddhatma-, paryyantasya samarpanam eva nihsesa-rupena, hy atma-niksepa ucyate atmartha-cesta-sunyatvam, krsnarthaika-prayasakam api tan nyasta-sadhyatva-, sadhanatvan ca tat phalam evam niksipya catmanam, svanatha-caranambujat nakarstum saknuyac capi, sada tanmayatam bhajet atma-niksepas-catma-nivedana-rupam - krsnayarpita-dehasya, nirmmamasyanahankrteh manasas tat svarupatvam, smrtam atma-nivedanam kesancit sri sri prapanna-jivanamrtam - sri bhakta-vacanamrtam -atma-niksepah - p 108 The shelter of Sri Guru gives hope to the hopeless. I pray that I always keep the best consciousness about this beautiful truth, and that I am able to honor the source of the miraculous seed of pure devotion in the best way. Please keep on blessing me, dear Srila Gurudev! Your wannabe disciple, Sri Antaratma das Dear Gurudeva, Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to your service and all the Vaisnava devotees of the Lord. Although I am here in Badger, California, a virtual desert in the mountains, I am able to follow the glories of your preaching activities through the Math Website, which always reminds me of your service to Krishna and your Guru Maharaja. Just knowing you are here on this planet makes everything all right, despite the wars, dysfunction and anger that permeate this world. You are my hope, and I know you keep hope in the hearts of so many others. While rotting in this old woman s body I would have little hope for spiritual life except for the knowledge of my real goal, which is given by your words and insight. That is my only glimmer of a world beyond my habits and attachments. I always pray for more insight, some service and association with your devotees, that they bring me into your family and save me from being lost in this material world. Aspiring for your service, Yasoda d.d. U.S.A.
Vyasa Puja Offering for His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Deva Maharaj All Glories to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Even if we lived in a world where love abounds we would still be captivated by the shining heart of one, His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Deva Maharaj. Rare to find such a one free from all envy, devoid of false prestige, giving honor to all because his vision is pure and able to transmit transcendental affection through dense obstacles to the suffering conditioned souls, who are suffocating from miss-attachment to false ego. Srila Govinda Maharaj has demonstrated the meaning of dasanudasa, the servant of the servant. His entire serving life reflects the mood of divine willing servitorship, which loosens the noose of senseless existence and thrusts one into the spiritual current of reality, Krishna Consciousness. How grateful I am to have the opportunity to know him, to feel his loving spiritual embrace though half a world apart, to receive encouragement in the moment to moment challenge of practicing spiritual culture in this Kaliyuga. Hope renewed, enthusiasm restored, love rising - all must be credited to my friend and well-wisher, Srila Govinda Maharaj. He is the extension of his divine supporting guardians, Srila Sridhar Maharaj and my Srila Prabhupad. Wherever I may be, in eternal time, in any realm, I shall always recognize him as he increases the joy of deepening faith and love for Sri Krishna. May all who feel the pangs of separation in their divine serving life find the soothing shelter under the lotus feet of Srila Govinda Maharaj. Yours in humble service, Pusta Krishna das Daru Brahma d.d. Krishnapriya d.d. Chaitanya das Soquel, California
Gurvvabhista-supurakam guru ganair asisa-sambhusitam Cintyacintya-samasta-veda-nipunam sri-rupa-panthanugam Govindabhindham ujjvalam vara-tanum bhakti anvitam sundaram Vande visva-gurun ca divya-bhagavat-premno hi bjja-pradam Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet. The Spiritual Master is entrusted with bringing conditioned souls from the darkness to the light. This is Krishna s mercy. Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada said that Krishna is the God to serve and that the Guru is the servant of God endowed with power from the Powerful. Without your loving attention we are like children and cannot grow in the correct way to be engaged in pure devotional service. If we want to free ourselves from illusion and the darkness of ignorance it is necessary for the Guru to bring us the torchlight of knowledge. For us it is the greatest of gifts. It is not possible to develop love for Krishna without loving the Spiritual Master; therefore we pray to always give the utmost importance to your instructions and to be bound to you through affection and devotional service. We are grateful for everything that you do for us, and we would like to develop complete dependence and love for Krishna at your lotus feet even though we know that this boon is rarely obtained. On this most special of days we ask you to consider us your eternally aspiring servants, Atula Krishna das Lasyamay devi dasi Tulasi Priya devi dasi Italy All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga tad viddhi pranipatena upadeksyanti te jnanam parprasnena sevaya jnaninas tattva-darsinah Please accept my koti dandavats, Thank you Gurudev for extending your mercy to my family and I. Happy Birthday, Gurudev. Jai Gurudev! Santanu Ram Das, Jayaram Das, and family
All Glories to His Divine Grace Om Vishnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyavarya Astottara-Sata-Sri Srimad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. gurvvabhista-supurakam guru-ganair asisa-sambhusitam cintyacintya-samasta-veda-nipunam sri-rupa-panthanugam govindabhidham ujjvalam vara-tanum bhaktyanvitam sundaram vande visva-gurun ca divya-bhagavat-premno hi bija-pradam Most respected Guru Maharaj, Please accept my humble obeisances unto Your Divine Lotus Feet. On this occasion of Your appearance I would like to wish You good health and very happy moments during this special day of Your Sri Vyasa Puja. I am unable to express my feelings and put them into word, so please forgive me for this disqualification. I am very thankful to You for having kindly accepted me as Your disciple. I am one of many fallen souls whom You blessed with Your endless mercy. Praying to be able to serve you in all the circumstances that the Lord Sri Krishna creates by His sweet will. I remain in the service of Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga. Your insignificant servant Krishna dasi, Amsterdam Srila Gurudev, Please accept my most humble dandavats at your divine lotus feet. I have no idea of your divine glories. Actually, I am a blind person but there s one thing that I have seen: I have seen how your good Italian disciples have tried their best to satisfy you. They faced so many problems but nothing could stop them. Villa Govinda is the symbol of love and dedication that the devotees should have. When I got initiated you told me that in a few years in Italy there would be many devotees. Now I can perceive a little bit how everything is real and mystic in the sweet path of Krishna Consciousness. Unfortunately, I m the only rascal who has done nothing and who is still doing nothing for Villa Govinda. It s also unbelievable to see how the devotees there still consider me as a friend. Hoping to get the chance, at least once in my life, to serve your servants in Villa Govinda, Your useless servant, Advaya-krishna das, Milan, Italy
All glories all glories to Srila Gurudev! All Glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj! Please Gurudev, accept my most respectful and humble obeisances unto Your incomparable lotus feet. You are the most extraordinary and beautiful Jagat-Guru, the ocean of mercy and the savior of the most fallen. You are joy for the pure and the infinite transcendental genius. To You nothing is impossible. Your Grace has revealed the unlimited transcendental beauty of Sri Govinda Kunda. By Your Divine Grace Divine You have given the devotees shelter under the lotus feet of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Anu-Giriraj, and you have built the most fabulous Srila Sridhar Seva Ashram. Thank you to Your Grace for being so kind and generous to all the jivas. O Gurudev nobody can find limits to Your transcendental qualities. I am the most fallen and the most unqualified, the last among the last. Please save me from this ocean of misconception and illusion. I offer this insignificant prayer to Your lotus feet with all my respect and affection on this auspicious day of Your glorious appearance. I offer my full dandavat pranams and my entire insignificant self to Your Divine Grace, my beloved Gurudev. Jaya Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj! Jaya Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandarvika Giridharijiu! The most fallen servant of Your beautiful servitors, Janaki Vallabha das, Italy Dear Gurudev, Your Lotus Feet are the only place of shelter from the fire of material existence. Only you can bestow prema bhakti. I bow down to Your Lotus Feet. I only beg for your mercy. Begging for your mercy, Sacinandan Das, Singapore
All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Gurudev! All glories to Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj! Accept my most humble dandavat pranams at your sweet lotus feet, which I want to be forever over my head, giving me eternal and causeless mercy. Forgive me if I can t be the kind of servant, son or friend that you want me to be in following the orders of your line. But I hope that in your mission and in your heart you have a place for a fallen and stupid person like me who wants to serve in the best way possible. I only have the desire to serve and glorify the great mission of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu that you, the most dear servant, are developing with love and dedication, continuing the service of Srila Sridhar Maharaj who represents the living love of the vaisnavas. I pray for your mercy and a place in your heart. Other things do not matter to me because I only want to be accepted as your servant. Govardhan Das Rio de Janeiro, Brazil All Glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga! All Glories to my Divine Spiritual Master, His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj! Dear and beloved Srila Gurudeva, I wish to say how great my satisfaction is to be offering a few words of the pure love I feel for Your Divine Grace. Soon I hope to have sufficient inspiration to write a letter telling about my life. Happy Vyasa Puja. These are my most sincere words of love and devotion. Your servant, Vraja Bala D.D. Brazil
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga. Dear Gurudev, Please accept my humble reverences to your holy feet of lotus. All glories to our dear Guardians. All glories to Srila Guru Maharaj. On this auspicious day I want to congratulate you on your divine appearance in this world and give thanks to Sri Krishna that he sent you here. Your divine mission is the salvation for us and for all the souls in this world. Thanks to your great mercy for the fallen souls, you represent the mission of Sri Gaura Nitai. Through your great compassion many devotees found refuge at the lotus feet of Guru Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Raksak Srila Sridhar Maharaj. And now we find in you the captain of the ship that goes toward the world of saranagati. You are humility incarnate, the current Acharyya, the leader of the Vaishnavas, and the representative in the line of Sri Rupa. All the glories to you, dear Gurudev! All the glories to your divine appearance in this world! All the glories to your Vyasa Puja! Accept my dandavat pranams again and again. Grateful eternally, your most fallen servant, Bhagavan Das and my daughter Rama Priya d.d. Mexico Dear Gurudeva, All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga. Vyasa Puja Ki Jay! Accept my respectful reverences to your beautiful lotus feet. On this auspicious day of your birth I prostrate before you to glorify and congratulate you. I don t have words to write to you but I give thanks to Sri Krishna for giving me the opportunity to know you. I am grateful that you are guiding us. Thank you for being my spiritual teacher and giving me the great mercy to be your disciple. I wish you much happiness on this day. I say goodbye to you, dear Paramahamsa. Your aspiring servant, Subha Laksmi Devi Dasi. (Wife of Bhagavan das) Mexico
Dear Gurudev, All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga gurvvabhista-supurakam guru ganair asisa-sambhusitam cintyacintya-samasta-veda-nipunam sri-rupa-panthanugam govindabhindham ujjvalam vara-tanum bhakti anvitam sundaram vande visva-gurun ca divya-bhagavat-premno hi bjja-pradam Please accept my dandavat pranams at your divine holy lotus feet on this day that is so special for all the devotees. Congratulations on your Vyasa Puja. I give thanks to Sri Krishna that you are still with us, watching over us, instructing us and giving us guidance. I hope that your health is well because we are nothing without your blessings. I eagerly hope you visit us in Mexico. Your humble 14-year-old disciple says goodbye. Amal Krsna (son of Bhagavan). Mexico Dear Gurudev, All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga gurvvabhista-supurakam guru ganair asisa-sambhusitam cintyacintya-samasta-veda-nipunam sri-rupa-panthanugam govindabhindham ujjvalam vara-tanum bhakti anvitam sundaram vande visva-gurun ca divya-bhagavat-premno hi bjja-pradam Please accept my dandavat pranams at your divine lotus feet. I want to congratulate you on your Vyasa Puja, and I hope that you pass this auspicious day well. I hope you are in good health and Lord Krishna allows you to stay with us much longer so that you can save the fallen souls. I thank you for your blessings, since you are bringing us to Sri Krishna. I say goodbye. Your servant and disciple, Rasa Moy Das 12 years old (son of Bhagavan) Mexico
All glories to Your Divine Grace. Dear Srila Gurudev, To try to give homage to you on this day is not so difficult because it takes only a little remembrance of the great fortune that I have had: to have spent some time near you. This has been enough to make me aware of the great magnanimous personality that you are - such a great personality, and at the same time, so easy to approach; so elevated and yet so close; so majestic yet so simple; so wise and so easy to comprehend; so distant and at the same time, we can reach you easily; so respectable and yet so friendly; so grave and sober and at the same time, so meek and humble. You have such a big heart and are as merciful as Lord Nityananda. You are always concerned for the well-being of us all, always giving us your blessings. My only concern is to be able to have sufficient intelligence and sincerity to value your mercy, so I can keep on the right path and not deviate because of my weakness. And for that, I am always praying to the lord to help me remain fixed on your service. I beg for your infinite kindness so I can become a worthy servant. For that I just need to close my eyes and remember your big smile; that way I can endeavour to occupy myself in some way to serve you. Thank you for being the way you are and for allowing us to be on your side. Your insignificant servants from Chula Vista and Tijuana, Jagannath Swami Das Prishni D.D. (wife) Govinda Mohini D.D. (daughter) Hari Nitai das (elder son) Krishna Gopal das (younger son) Dear Gurudev, All Glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! All Glories to Srila Govinda Maharaj! Namaskar. Please accept my dandavat pranams. You have my love, my prayers, and all my obeisances. You are my Sri Krishna on Earth whose blessed Lotus Feet protect me and answer my prayers. I am at your service my beloved Guru. Hare Krishna. Your Useless Servant, Radha Kanta Das U.S.A.