A Tribute to Tribhuvannatha Maharaja from Sridhar Swami, his dasa.

He who tells that Vaisnavas die reasons ill
For thou art living still in sound
A Vaisnava dies to live
And living spreads the holy name around

So Tribhuvannatha prabhu , you have gone, have you. You didn't take permission to leave or anything. I told you you were needed here. You are a Sankirtan Warrior, a great general in Lord Caitanya's army.

Oh, I guess for you it is OK ... jivo va maro va ... either you live or you die, both are auspicious because you will always be preaching wherever you go. If you can preach all over Africa and the middle east then you will preach even in the hell where all Irishmen go.

Did I tell you that I am officially Irish now. Yeah I know ... not the body ... but its just that you have those "Smiling Irish Eyes". And you're impish. I don't for a minute believe that you have gone for more time than it takes to be reborn as a Sankirtan Warrior somewhere else. Hey buddy, I know you. You sold yourself... lock, stock and barrel to Srila Prabhupada and his mission.

Tribs, you're a heart man!!! What made you so attractive to all who knew you and all who will know you ? Everything you did was with love. I could spend a kalpa enumerating your symptoms but the fiber of your life was your love for Snla Prabhupada and all his followers. Dhira adhira jana pnyau ... I think even that Afghani guy would like you if he ever met you.

I gotta say it cause it's bugging me. Tribhuvannatha ji, you are very special. I put you in the same universe as my guru. My vartma pradarsaka guru Jayananda Maharaja.

You know what really pisses me off (more than all the diuretics I am taking for my liver) is when inactive malcontents say there are no pure devotees in ISKCON. Well, Tribs I guess they never met you. A Sankirtan Warrior who died in the field trying to mount a counter attack on maya. You are the real follower of Raganuga bhakti.

"The explanation given by Ramesvara that sankirtana is Lord Caitanya's lila, which he
compares to the gopis trying to engage others in Krsna's service, is the correct
understanding. " SP Letter to Nandalal - June 9, 1974

I know we will see you again but until then I can only wonder

" Where has. my Tribhuvannatha gone ... and weeping, I will smash my head against the rocks."

by Sridhar Swami

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