Mauritius
Mauritius
nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhū-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sūnyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
nirvisesa-sūnyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
To the unbinding one, free from the taxes of this law-made world, to the swan-like mendicant who begs and gives divine beverage of love of God. Unto him, we salute unto him, we bow down in respect, as the reed bends in the wind.
O messenger of the truth, your fame bounds no limits! Like a soldier, you go to fight this world, and knowledge is spread everywhere by your strength. Your weapon is mercy and your gift is causeless. You are the cause of mercy, for you are the proof of God. Krsna is your slogan, Krsna is everything, with that faith you have knocked at the door of our heart. "Wake up, wake up! Krsna is waiting" ... but we say "happy" is this world, and of death we laugh. Irony is our game and agony the result.
You came in this world to save us all, master, but ungrateful we are; we do not respect your kindness. We like to glorify the greatness of your deeds, but we are lazy and blind. We like to pray for grace for us, to be guided on the way.
O Prabhupada, you are our lord and master, the very life of our soul; we are children bereft of all knowledge, why unto us, that love has been given? How wonderful, master, that by grace we have been chosen. O master, king of our heart, please tell us, who are you, master? We are degraded and low but still proud of ourselves, please let us grasp your lotus feet. Praying for inspiration, we like to respect you, O lord, O king of this world, master of all, can we become your servants?
guru krsna-rūpa hana sastrera pramane
guru-rūpe krsna krpa karena bhakta-gane
guru-rūpe krsna krpa karena bhakta-gane
"According to the deliberate opinion of all revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is nondifferent from Krsna. Lord Krsna in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees".
When will we be able to realize that you actually are non-different from Krsna? When will we be able to appreciate what you have given us? When will we be able to fulfill your desires? When will we stop committing offenses at your lotus-like feet?
Srila Prabhupada, these are questions which we have been asking ourselves so many times. Especially they come to our miserable minds whenever you have to suffer from our offenses, like early this year in Mayapur. At such moments we feel ourselves the most wretched persons in the creation, knowing full well that our offensive, neglectful and selfish service is causing you suffering. You have come like a loving father to deliver and save the lost children, but we, your eternal sons and daughters, pay only little attention to your instructions of how to come back home. We are so puffed up that sometimes we even make up our own plans to save ourselves. But like the frog in the well, we'll simply be eaten up by the snake.
We remember one day at the Ganges in Mayapur, your secretary was reading notes from a diary. Someone was asking you: "Please, Srila Prabhupada, be merciful unto me!" Immediately you replied: "You be merciful unto me."
You have given your mercy freely to everyone in innumerable ways-actually you are mercy personified-there is no need to keep asking for it. But have you ever received our "mercy"? The moment we can understand that we also have to be merciful towards you-by following your orders, by preaching purely, by doing our duties without selfish motivation-at that time we'll be of some assistance in your mission of changing the demoniac face of the world.
Until that moment, however, we will have to simply pray to be able to remain fixed in the dust of your lotus feet. Please, Srila Prabhupada, don't kick us away! There is no meaning to life without you! You are the only hope for us! Without you there is no chance of becoming pure. Therefore, we pray that some day we may understand your exalted position as the Supreme Personality of Servitor Godhead and be able to act accordingly, and in this way our offenses might stop and this may let you complete your mission to benedict every living being with Krsna consciousness. May this be our desire on this most auspicious day of the year.
Your worthless disciples, ISKCON Mauritius center
Kapila dasa / Sahkasa dasa / Sri-niketana dasa
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