ONE SPECK OF DUST!

SB 4.20.25 "My dear Lord, You are glorified by the selected verses uttered by great personalities. Such glorification of Your lotus feet is just like saffron particles. When the transcendental vibration from the mouths of great devotees carries the aroma of the saffron dust of Your lotus feet, the forgetful living entity gradually remembers his eternal relationship with You. Devotees thus gradually come to the right conclusion about the value of life. My dear Lord, I therefore do not need any other benediction but the opportunity to hear from the mouth of Your pure devotee." 

One speck of Prabhupada’s dust

is all I want

to place on my tongue

to always speak the glories

of the Lord,

in this way the grain will multiply

to storm with compassion

and love the humankind,

His Divine Grace so desired.

And one more I need

from his Lotus feet

to put in my ears

to properly hear

the chanting, the sound

that he so mercifully

has brought down.

And one more speck

I wish to have

to keep in my heart

so this rascal and crook

will become a worthy recipient

of the message in his books.

Oh, one more grain of dust 

I beg to receive from his  palms

to hold in my hands

so to give, give, give

as he tirelessly did.

Still one more I desire

to place on my eyes

thus to see in every condition

the way to serve with Bhakti

his transcendental mission.

And once more again

I plead, for one grain

of his dust and with faith

I will treasure it in my mind

so as to always be reminded

of the Lord and His Name

because for spreading It

His Divine Grace came.

I remain a beggar

of Srila Prabhupada’s dust

in those streets of love

 he has opened for all of us.