The first instance I was not present but I was told that Srila Prabhupada had requested Srila Govinda Maharaja to create a proper pranam mantra for him that delineated His mission to His Divine Master Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada.

After Srila Prabhupada’s departure from this world, Srila Govinda Maharaja created this pranam Mantra that was edited by Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhara Maharaja who is Srila Govinda Maharaja’s Guru and Srila Prabhupada’s intimate friend.

I always felt that this pranam mantra to Srila Prabhupada captured every nuance of His Divine essence and glorious pastimes. So as a service to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, I offer this glorious pranam mantra to him on His Divine Appearance day so that all of his disciples can share the joy of our Srila Prabhupada’s Divine Glories.

namah om visnupadaya krsna-presthaya bhutale
swami sri bhaktivedanta prabupadaya te namah
gurvajnam sirasi-dhrtva saktyavesa sva-rupine
hare-krsneti mantrena pascatya-pracya-tarine

visvacarya prabaryaya divya karunya murtaye
sri bhagavata-madhurya-gita-jnana pradayine
gaura-sri-rupa-siddhanta-saraswati nisevine
radha-krsna-padambhoja-bhrngaya gurave namah

Translation:
I offer my humble obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is Krishna's beloved associate and who came down to this plane from Goloka. Taking the order of his guru on his head, he is the saktyavesa (Empowered) avatar of Nityananda Prabhu personified. He distributed the Hare Krishna mantra all over the Eastern and Western world, delivering and uplifting all fallen souls.

He is the best of millions of Jagat-gurus because he is the personification of divine mercy. He has distributed the sweet nectar of Srimad-Bhagavatam and the transcendental knowledge of Bhagavad Gita all over the world.

He is constantly engaged in exclusive devotional service to Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada, Srila Rupa Goswami, and Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu. I offer my humble obeisances unto Srila Prabhupada, who is like a bumble-bee always tasting the nectar of the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha and Govinda.

This stotram was composed by Sripad Ananta Rama Sastri who was a disciple of Srila Prabhupāda and a Vaishnava Sanskrit scholar. Sripad Ananta Rama Sastri used to travel with Srila Prabhupāda in India serving in the Sanskrit department by assisting Srila Prabhupāda in translation work. Sripad Ananta Rama Sastri was specifically requested by Srila Prabhupada to assist Him in the translation of the Srimad Bhagavatam commentaries written by the various Acharyas in our Gaudiya Vaishnava lineage.

Sripad Ananta Rama Dasa Sastri compiled five slokas, which describe many of the transcendental ornaments that decorate Srila Prabhupada’s divine character and describe His divine mission. This stotram was composed and sung for the first time directly in the presence of Srila Prabhupada at Sri Candrodaya Mandira, Mayapur Dhama during the Gaura Purnima festival just before the daily morning Guru puja in 1976. Srila Prabhupāda greatly appreciated the deep siddhantic meaning contained in these five slokas describing His Transcendental mission and pastimes.

In late 1976 Srila Prabhupada requested one of the Gurukula teachers in Vrindavana to arrange for the children to recite this stotram daily. Srila Prabhupada explained that the daily recitation of this stotram by the children and devotees would develop their strong faith [nistha] towards Him. During that time the children and devotees used to sing this stotram every morning before Guru Puja by his vyasasana. I was remembering this stotram the other day and some of you who were in Vrindavan may remember it also. So I decided to revive this stotram for our daily prayers and meditation and to help us, as Srila Prabhupada said, develop our strong faith, nistha, towards Him.

This stotram is recited in the same meter as the Brahma Samhita prayers
A sample of its recitation is on YouTube at the following web address
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4pc-TryYdY

krsnaika-ceta mada-moha-vinasa-karin
mad-drsti-gocara prabho prabhupada-svamin
dosabhivrtti-paridusita-manda-buddhe
sancintayami caranau tava bhakti-heto

“O Lord, O Prabhupāda, may you always be the object of my vision. Only the name of Krsna can destroy my pride and illusion. Although my mind and intelligence are contaminated by wicked inclinations, I nevertheless take shelter of Your Divine Grace by constant meditation upon your lotus feet in causeless devotion.’

vrndavane ramana-reti-prasiddha-bhumau
tatrapi krsna-balarama-supada-mule
jnanam param parama-krsna-sudharmity uktam
dantas tu deva prabhupada namo namaste

“In the most holy land of Vrndavana, in Ramana Reti, at the lotus feet of Sri Krsna-Balarama, you are preaching the topmost knowledge of Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is the fountainhead of religion. O master of the senses, O my Lord, Srila Prabhupāda, let me offer my obeisances unto you.”

namaste namaste krpa-purna-drsti
namaste namaste mahananda-dhatri
namamo namama punar raksa raksa
prasiddha-prabho pahi mam daksa daksa

“I offer my obeisances unto the spiritual master of the entire world, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, whose glances are full of mercy and who is the bestower of transcendental bliss. O renowned lord, protect me and kindly shower your compassion on me again and again.”

bhaktisiddhanta-sisyaya
bhaktivedanta-namine
prasannaya prasantaya
tasmai sri-gurave nama

“Let me offer my obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master, who is a disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, who is always calm and joyful, and who in known by the name of Bhaktivedanta Swami.”

sri-vanga-bhumi-jana-bhusana gaura-lila
gauranga-bhava parisarana-matra-sila
radha-madhava-pada-padma-mano-vilasin
ananda-rasi prabhupada namo namas te

“The land of Bengal is worshipable by the whole world because Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu performed His pastimes there. I offer my obeisances unto my divine master, who is full of bliss. He is always in the ecstasy of Lord Gauranga and is therefore immersed in the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha-Madhava.”

So, on this Vyasa Puja day, I offer these humble prayers at the Lotus Feet of my Divine Master His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and beg for his mercy upon this most fallen conditioned soul who is wallowing in the mire of material nature.