ISKCON—Washington, D.C.

Dear Srila Prabhupada, please accept this offering on Your appearance day.

Satisfaction, knowledge and bliss will only come when You are eternally manifest in our hearts and lives by service unto Your, Divine lotus feet. By Your mercy You have taken us under Your protection, and with infinite patience You are teaching us the principles of devotional service unto Sri Sri Radha-Krsna. We are most obdurate and fallen, unqualified to be called students of such a swan of God. We are trying to understand that actually You are the one pushing on this sahkirtana movement, and that by Your kindness You are giving us work to assist You. But in truth You need no assistance. You are complete by Your complete surrender to the Complete, Krsna.

The spiritual master is like a rain cloud, deriving mercy from Krsna's ocean and graciously raining that mercy down upon the miserable conditioned souls suffering in the fires of material existence.

You left Vrndavana just to please Your Guru Maharaja. The inexplicable miracle of Your journey leaves us dumbfounded with gratitude which cannot be repaid even through lacs and crores of lifetimes of service. We have come to You for selfish reasons, impersonalists all, but Your infinite, selfless devotion unto Sri Gaurahga is now our inspiration. We have only one prayer-please give us the strength to serve You without cessation eternally.

We prostrate ourselves at Your lotus feet with blades of grass between our teeth, awaiting Your divine command. Jayate!

ISKCON-Washington, D.C.