Sri Guru Puja 2000.pdf - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja

Dear Guru Maharaj
nama om vishupadaya krishnapresthaya bhutale
srimate bhakti vaibhav puri goswamiti namine
gaurabani pracharaya dridha sankalpa murtaye
krishna shakti swarupaya sri bhakti pradaine namah
We beg to offer our most humble obeisances at your lotus feet on this
most blessed appearance day of your Divine grace. Had you not appeared
before us with the transcendentally sublime Vedic wisdom surely our
dilemma of repeated birth, disease, oldage and death would have
remained unsolved for thousands of birth. You have given Vedic
knowledge sharpened by bhakti and we are able to cut the knot of
material existence as imperfect and conditioned souls, own sentimental
words are inadequate expressions of thank giving.
Your energy seems inexhaustible, as you preach, write, travel, instruct
disciples, constantly surprising us with your divine understanding of our
dilemma.
The spiritual master must be an Acharya, one who teaches by personal
example. You have said that people will become convinced of our
philosophy by our purity. You have without comprise insisted that your
students, strictly follow the four regulative principles and Rupa Goswamis
injunct is to act only in the mode of goodness. It is your perfect purity
which has given us the strength to give up sin and lead a holy life. Please
help us to be unflinching in our determination to become qualified devotee
who can guide society by pure example and attain Krishna prem.
On this most auspicious day we pray at you lotus feet Gurudev that we
may hold on tight to, and always remember you lotus feet, whether in
happy or disturbed condition of life. Further more we pray to be always
engaged your transdental service and to be always pleasing to you.
Your unworthy servants.
Mukund Das
Aarthi
Hyderabad