(Patrottara – “Response to a Letter”) Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya-patrikā, Year 26, Issue 8 (15/6/1974), page 274:           śrī śrī guru-gaurāṅgau jayataḥ                    Śrī Gauḍīya Vedānta Samiti                       (Gov. Registered)                     Śrī Devānanda Gauḍīya Maṭha                        P.O. Navadvīpa, Nadiyā                           Date: 15/8/1974 śrī śrī vaiṣṇava-caraṇe daṇḍavan-nati-pūrvikeyam— Narahari!

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