Dear Jayapataka Maharaja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhuapda! and to your continuous and amazing service at his lotus feet.

You set the example for loving devotional service for us all, and show us constantly how to be an integral part of Lord Caitanya’s Sankirtan Movement. Faced with joy or difficulty, you just carry on preaching, spreading the glories of the Lord to everyone you meet, wherever you go. You’re truly amazing, Maharaja!  How fortunate I am to have such a very special big brother!

The spiritual master is our link to Krishna, our path back Home, our guiding light in this dark world.  Thank you for accepting both my daughter, Jayada Radhika dd, and my granddaughter, Revati Kamala dd, as your initiated disciples.  Thank you for blessing them with your personal association, and for giving them the priceless opportunity to follow you back Home to Godhead. I am truly grateful.

Thank you for bringing us to Sri Mayapur dham in 1978 and for allowing us to stay for so many years. By your mercy, we were able to have the incredible good fortune of residing and serving in the holy dham. I have so many warm and special memories of Mayapur and of you.

I wish I could be there today to personally offer my dandavats to you on your Appearance Day.  From afar, I am taking the dust of the dham from your lotus feet and begging you to keep us always in your prayers, as you are ever in ours.  Happy Birthday!  Have a wonderful day!

Your faithful servant and small Godsister,
Racitambara dasi
Winnipeg, CA.