The passing of Gopiparanadhana Prabhu

[Paramananda das]

PAMHO

AGTSP

 I share your grief, being at Govardhana he has surely gone to Bhauma Vrindavana and is awaiting to enter Krsnas lilas

your servant

Payonidhi das

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 : The passing of Gopiparanadhana Prabhu

Dear Vaishnavas and Vaishnavis

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

This morning my beloved siksha guru Sriman Gopiparanadhana Prabhu departed from the divine abode of Govardhana to return to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. I do not know what else to say to all of you. He was my life and soul. Before my guru Bhakti-Tirtha Maharaja passed away he gave me his full blessings to take care of that great soul saying "he is a true example of a brahmana, just see his deep humility". By his mercy I was able to reside at the lotus feet of Giriraja and learn to translate the scriptures. There was no one else like him to me, nor will there ever be again. His last instruction to me was the same as that received by my diksha guru, for the order of the siksha guru and diksha guru are non-different because they compliment each other, he told me to preach. Yet how can I find the strength to preach in a world without my dearest friend and inspiration? I ask all of you with straw between my teeth to pray for me that I can now somehow find the strength to go on in his absence.

Your servant

Jambavan Dasa