Request for prayers for HH Sivarama Swami’s well-being

Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.

I would like to inform you about HH Śivarama Swami’s recent health issues.

Mahārāja has a chronic spinal problem that has matured over the last six months to the point where it is affecting his walking and requires surgery. Upon arrival to Hungary, he also had a second bout with Covid, and the Nṛsiṁha Caturdaśī/Vyāsa-pūjā weekend festival was, as usual, physically demanding. Understandably, Mahārāja was exhausted, but on Tuesday he developed a pre-stroke condition with warning signs, the main symptoms being left-sided hyperesthesia, numbness in the whole body (paresthesia), loss of balance, hypersensitivity, loss of ability to concentrate and a severe headache. His long-term neurologist has examined him very thoroughly and as it is possible that he has had a transient ischemic attack or mini-stroke (due to decreased blood flow to the brain resulting in sudden onset of neurologic symptoms) tomorrow he will have a safety brain MRI/MRA scan.

Currently, Mahārāja is staying in the Budapest temple, and despite these medical challenges he remains in good spirits although he is very tired and rests a lot. When he has finished his rounds he works on Vilāpa-kusumāñjali, editing his Introduction to Volume 2 and his commentary to Verse 46. As soon as there are new developments or information, we shall send an update, and in the meantime, we humbly request the Vaisnavas’ prayers for Mahārāja’s well-being.
On behalf of the SRS Health support team,
your servant,
Mañjarī Devī Dāsī