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Jaya nitya-lila-pravista Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacarya Astotara-sata Sri Srimad Abhaya Caranaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja Prabhupada ki jaya.

"All glories to the acarya, Om Visnupada 108 Tridandi Gosvami Abhaya Caranaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who travels across the earth preaching the glories of Hari, who is situated on the highest platform of sannyasa, and who has entered into the eternal pastimes of the Lord."

naivopayanty apacitim kavayas tavesa
brahmayusapi krtam radha-mudah smarantah
yo 'ntar-bahis tanu-bhrtam asubham vidhunvann
acarya-caitya-vapusa sva-gatim vyanakti

"O my lord! Transcendental poets and experts in spiritual science could not fully express their indebtedness to You, even if they were endowed with the prolonged lifetime of Brahma, for You appear in two features-externally as the acarya and internally as the Supersoul-to deliver the embodied living being by directing him how to come to You." (Bhag. 11.29.6)

yadyapi amara guru--caitanyera ddsa ,
tathapi janiye ami tanhara prakasa

"Although I know that my spiritual master is a servitor of Sri Caitanya, I know him also as a plenary manifestation of the Lord."

guru krsna-rupa hana sastrera pramane
guru-rupe 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." (Cc. Adi. 1.45, 46)

siksa-guruke ta' jani krsnera svarupa
antaryami, bhakta-srestha,-ei dui rupa

"One should know the instructing spiritual master to be the Personality of Krsna. Lord Krsna manifests Himself as the Supersoul and as the greatest devotee of the Lord." (Cc. Adi. 1.47)

Srila Prabhupada! When shall we awaken from the darkness of ignorance to realize your eternally effulgent greatness? When shall we begin to fathom your most exalted position? When shall we constantly hold the remembrance of your lotus feet to our hearts? When shall we free ourselves from these abominable material attachments and take full shelter of your instructions? When shall we appreciate your munificence, in delivering us from the clutches of maya?

Srila Prabhupada, please forgive us. We are like small children who are inconsiderate and neglectful of their kind loving father. You have saved us from repeated birth and death in material existence and have awarded us with eternal life. O most merciful spiritual master, please allow us to understand your magnificence and graciousness, and allow us somehow to repay this great debt we have to you by engaging us as your menial servants. Please bless us that we may never fall away from your lotus feet as victims of the material energy.

Srila Prabhupada, please, now that you have left us physically, manifest yourself within our hearts so that we may be guided in carrying out your momentous mission. With our minute intelligence it is difficult for us to grasp the reality of your far sighted plans. Yet we know that they will come to be, and we pray that you will allow us to take part.

In 1965, in your first days in America, you sat on a bench in Tompkins Square, pointed your finger out into the park, and remarked to an early admirer, "We have temples and farms... schools out there. They are there; we simply have to have faith in Krsna and move through time." Although you were almost penniless at that time, it has all come to be. We can only watch the future of your mission unfold itself with great expectations. Please bless and empower us so that we may assist you in your mission.

mukam karoti vacalam pangum langhayate girim
yat-krpa tam aham vande sri-gurum dina-taranam

"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains."

May our life and soul be eternally dedicated to satisfying you by delivering your divine mission to every conditioned soul. Without this mission we would only die. During your presence we may have failed to appreciate who you were. Now we must glorify you by preaching Krsna consciousness in every town and village. You yourself have said that our love for you will be exhibited if we cooperate together to maintain and expand what you have already given us.

Srila Prabhupada, may our attachment for you always grow. In your concluding pastimes in Vrndavana, you were acting in so many ways, just so we would become attached to you. That is our perfection. Our duty as your disciples is to develop a feeling of separation from you. You have gone, and the separation is heartbreaking, but by your inconceivable mercy your presence is here even more. This is our only hope in life. Please allow us to develop this feeling for you. Please allow us to develop a remembrance of your instructions.

prasangam ajaram pasam atmanah kavayo viduh
sa eva sadhusu krto moksa-dvaram apavrtam

"Every learned man knows very well that attachment for the material is the greatest entanglement of the spirit soul. But that same attachment, when applied to self-realized devotees, opens the door of liberation." (Bhag. 3.25.20) Please let us transfer our desires to your lotus feet. Please give us your association.

tulayama lavenapi na svargam napunarbhavam
bhagavat-sangi-sangasya martyanam kim utasisah

"The value of a moment's association with the devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form of material prosperity, which is for those who are meant for death."

Srila Prabhupada, your association is always desirable, it is worship-able, it is praiseworthy, and it is the highest goal of life. In your absence, please bless us with your association by awarding us engagement in your service and remembrance of your lotus feet.

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