Haivilas Dāsa

My dearest Srila Prabhupada,

You are the benedicting form of Krsna, bestowing Your causeless mercy on the fallen souls, ever inviting them to associate with You in the transcendental mellows of rasa, Your surabhi mellow nectar of devotion fills the empty cups of the devotees' hearts desiring love of Krsna. Like little puppies just out of their mother's womb, we cuddle at Your benign lotus feet, those thunderbolts of self-realization giving shelter and fulfilling the transcendental desires of all devotees. Sublime consummator, transcendental devotee ever undaunted by maya's exhortations, at every moment Your spontaneous love for Hari manifests in the perfection of the madhurya lila: the perfection of ecstatic loving exchanges glitters in Your eyes and dances on Your tongue, which like the suka bird sweetens the holy sastras. O master at whose feet all the masters prostrate humbly, You are the energetic, and I one infinitesimal part of your energies. You are the master, I the servant. You are the Lord, I the unwilling slave. Please eternally engage me, for without Your instruction darkness smites the heart of the fallen soul. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, the most merciful savior of mankind.

Your eternal slave,

Haivilas Dasa

(ISKCON Paris)