St. Louis

Srila Prabhupada,

All glories unto you! You are the emissary of Lord Sri Krsna on this planet, and therefore we offer you our respectful obeisances again and again. You are patita-pavana, the friend of the most fallen, the manifested representation of Lord Nityananda Prabhu. As such, you are empowered to deliver unlimited fallen souls. Nityananda Prabhu delivered Jagai and Madhai, but a servant of Nityananda Prabhu, by His Grace, can deliver thousands of Jagai's and Madhai's." (Madhya 16.65 purport) You are delivering not thousands but millions of Jagai's and Madhai's and therefore we offer you our most fallen obeisances again and again. Even after you deliver such fallen souls, you travel all over the world just to help them become enlivened in Krsna consciousness, begging that they may get some attachment to the lotus feet of the Lord. When you are tired or not feeling well, you push on selflessly. Please help us to be of some assistance to you. Please help us to fulfill your desires. Please help us to become pure devotees. Gurudeva krpa-bindu diya, lara' ei dase, trnapekha ati hina: Gurudeva, give us just one drop of mercy. Your mercy is all that we are made of.

How can we understand your mercy? Solely by your own words in your books: "Only out of His immense compassion does the Personality of Godhead reveal himself as the spiritual master...he is the Supreme Personality of Servitor Godhead. It is worthwhile to take shelter of such a steady devotee, who is called the asraya-vigraha or the manifestation of the form of the Lord of whom one must take shelter...the bona fide spiritual master always engages in unalloyed devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By this test he is known to be a direct manifestation of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. One should always think of the spiritual master in terms of his intimate relationship with Mukunda (Sri Krsna)...." (Cc. Adi. 1.46 purport) In this way let us always try to remember you and serve without deviation.

ISKCON St. Louis