(1) Queen of Virtues

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Uluberia, 1 April 2019, part 1
Translated from Bengali

Jay Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay.
Visva-varenya Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay.
Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa-kula-churamani Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay.
Jay saparikara Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda Sundarjiu ki jay.
Jay Om Vishnupad Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupad ki jay.
Om Vishnupad Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj ki jay.
Sachchidananda Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur ki jay.
Sarvabhauma Sri Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj ki jay.
Rupanuga-guru-varga ki jay.
Namacharya Haridas Thakur ki jay.
Vrinda Devi, Tulasi Devi, Sri Bhakti Devi ki jay.
Sri Shyama Kunda, Radha Kunda, Sri Giri Govardhan ki jay.
Sri Mayapur Dham, Sri Nabadwip Dham, Sri Vrindavan, Mathura ki jay.
Sri Purusottam Ksetra ki jay.
Baladev Subhadra Jagannathjiu ki jay.
Akar Math-raj Sri Chaitanya Math ki jay.
Mayapur Yogapith ki jay.
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math ki jay.
Tandiya sakha-math-samuha ki jay.
Sri Mather sevak-vrinda, bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
Ananta-koti Vaishnav-vrinda ki jay.
Sri Gaudiya Acharya-vrinda ki jay.
Tridandi-pad-gan ki jay.
Saparsada Sriman Nityananda Prabhu ki jay.
Saparsada Sriman Mahaprabhu ki jay.
Bhakta-prabara Prahlad Maharaj ki jay.
Suddha-bhaktir-vighna-vinasa-kari Bhagavan Nrisinghadev ki jay.
Sri Sada-Siva Gangadhar, Giriraj Govardhan ki jay.
Samagata Sri Gaura bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
Harinam sankirtan ki jay.
Nitai Gaura premanande Hari bol

Devotee: Jay Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj ki jay. Harinam sankirtan ki jay. Gaura premanande Hari bol

[His Divine Grace chants 'Sri Guru-charana-padma', 'Sri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu daya kara more', 'Ohe Vaisnava Thakura', Nitai-pada-kamala', 'Emana durmati', 'Suddha-bhakata charana-renu', 'Jaya Radha Madhava', the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.]

মূকং করোতি বাচালং পঙ্গুং লঙ্ঘয়তে গিরিম্ ।
যৎকৃপা তমহং বন্দে শ্রীগুরুং দীনতারণম্ ॥

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

'The dumb can speak, the lame can climb a hill—all it takes is mercy from Gurudev.'

(Bhavartha Dipika)

First, I am offering my full obeisance at the reddish soles of my Divine Master Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj’s holy feet, begging him for his causeless mercy and aspiring to serve him; after that, I am offering my full obeisance to all guru-varga, all my godbrothers, all the listeners, all the motherly lady devotees and all the devotees. I am offering my obeisance at your holy feet and praying for your mercy to this lowly soul.

Today is a very good day. It is Sri Hari-vasara tithi, or ekadasi-tithi. You all know these things. You have been thinking of making a temple here for a long time, and I was also thinking about it. I first came here, to Uluberia, some twenty or twenty-two years ago to preach on Gurudev's order. I came here, preached, did parikrama, walked the muddy roads. During the whole of niyom-seva month, you also do parikramas in various villages nearby. After all these years, there was a Nama-hatta called Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Sankirtan Mandala established here. Remembering all this, we come here every year and arrange various festivals.

As we go to various places and preach, etc., there appear many disciples of our Math and Gurudev, especially here. So, I have been thinking for a while now that I have made many temples in many districts – by Gurudev's will many temples have been opened – but we still had no ashram in Howrah District. With this in mind, we first have got a land here, but the situation was unfavourable – if we were to make a temple there, there would be too many problems. Besides, there are also no roads in that area, so it is very hard to reach it. Sri Rama Prabhu had been telling me for a long time, 'If you accept this land, we can make a temple there,' so having weighed everything, I thought, 'All right. The land is on the bank of the Ganges, and the Ganges is a very pure and holy place, everybody wants to practise spiritual life on her banks. So, if you all get a place there to give lectures, to chant kirtan, to serve and worship the Lord, then all the devotees from both Howrah and Uluberia can come here – it is not far from everybody, so everybody can come and join the programmes.'

Thinking about all this and taking my Sri Gurupadpadma's blessing, I was thinking to come here after Gaura Purnima and I have managed to do it. You all know that I am always very busy. I do not have time, and every day is precious to me. I often think that if there were forty-eight hours in a day instead of twenty-four, it would be so good. There have been many festivals, one after another, so I have been visiting many places. On top of that, I also have had to manage the legal matters. You know that before Gurudev left, he declared me his successor in 2009, and after that he received very much pain. He could not take that pain, so he was forced to leave – he could not stay in this world anymore. Feeling deeply hurt, he said, 'There is no anugatya left in this world, so I do not want to stay in this world.' He went away, leaving me to sit on his thorny throne...

Gurudev told me before, 'This throne I am sitting on is full of thorns, and I am wearing a crown full of thorns.' Only those who can tolerate that kind of pain can wear this crown. It is necessary to have much patience and tolerance. Gurudev always said, 'Wait and see. Do not do anything suddenly. Sahasa vidadhita na kriyam (সহসা বিদধীত ন ক্রিয়াম্).' So, our Vaishnav religion is all about keeping patience and tolerating...

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