Guru-tattva and Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Appearance Day
The scriptural foundation of Vyasa-puja and a verified historical note on Srila Prabhupada.
The ācārya is not to be regarded as ordinary
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.17.27
आचार्यं मां विजानीयान्नावमन्येत कर्हिचित् ।
न मर्त्यबुद्ध्यासूयेत सर्वदेवमयो गुरु: ॥ २७ ॥
ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān / nāvamanyeta karhicit / na martya-buddhyāsūyeta / sarva-deva-mayo guruḥ
The Lord instructs the disciple to know the ācārya as His representative, never disrespect him and never regard him with an ordinary material conception.
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The seed of bhakti comes by the mercy of guru and Krishna
Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 19.151
ব্রহ্মাণ্ড ভ্রমিতে কোন ভাগ্যবান্ জীব ।
গুরু-কৃষ্ণ-প্রসাদে পায় ভক্তিলতা-বীজ ॥ ১৫১ ॥
brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva / guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
A fortunate soul receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service by the mercy of guru and Krishna.
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Appearance on Nandotsava and the Founder-Ācārya’s mission
Verified historical note
Śrīla Prabhupāda was born in Calcutta on September 1, 1896, the day after Janmashtami, on Nandotsava. Following Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s instruction, he traveled West, arrived in New York in 1965 and established ISKCON in 1966.
Śrīla Prabhupāda-līlāmṛta, Volume 1, Chapter 1 · Official ISKCON GBC biography