VYASA PUJA 2025: Makhancora Dasa

The 17th of August 2025 marked the auspicious appearance day of our divine spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada. Here is the Vyasa Puja offering made by His Grace Makhancora Dasa.

His Grace Makhancora Prabhu on Krishna Janmastami 2025

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale

srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krishna on this earth, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracharine

nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvati Gosvami. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Chaitanya deva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.

Dear Srila Prabhupada,

There is no day more auspicious than this day of your divine and merciful appearance in this world of darkness and suffering. 

All the fallen conditioned souls are delivered by you simply upon their willingness to give submissive aural reception to the Goloka messages you bring. 

Ignorant like dull and dumb animals at night in an unknown place we wander around without a purpose, with no vision of life of true happiness and prosperity, there's no way out, it seems. You bring the torchlight of transcendental knowledge that dissipates that darkness and makes our spiritual vision clear. You open the gate.

You give us the holy names of Radha and Krishna to chant constantly while mercifully engaging us in assisting you in spreading the transcendental movement of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu around the world. May your divine lotus feet be eternally our only shelter.

By your compassionate mercy we now roll the beads of our Japa-malas, chanting the sweet names of the Lord, Hare Krishna, Hare Rama, Hare Krishna, Hare Rama.

Those who obstinately refuse to take your mercy are rolled by time like beads on the janama-marana-mala of birth and death, eternally. This whole sad world suddenly becomes enlivened when your pure disciples chant your glories, "Srila Prabhupada ki Jaya!" and when they glorify the Supreme Lord Krishna, following in the footsteps of your lotus feet. Everyone becomes purified and enthusiastic simply upon beholding your transcendental form, your oceanic smile of love of Krishna. You make people who are drowned in the sorrow of frustrated sense gratification raise their arms and dance in the streets.

A powerful yogi may perform miracles, turn water into wine or multiply breads. Matter has no incentive, will or freedom, it will not protest its transformation. But to transform the depressed crows of Kali-yuga into swans and jubilant peacocks dancing in ecstasy, as you're doing, is a miracle of a separate category.

Every day the devotees of your BLISS prove that you are fully present to guide a sincere soul back home, back to Krishna. You know very well who surrendered one's life to you. By the mercy of the Supersoul you know everything. Kindly cast your glance full of compassion, love and empowerment on all your sincere devotees so your fame and the holy name of the Lord spreads around the three worlds.

All glories to you, Srila Prabhupada! Your fallen servant begs for your mercy.