Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāminn iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories to you Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Although my connection to you started in 1989, of late I am realizing it to be from previous lives, and I want it to be eternal. I am ambitious and passionate, but through your connection I have received proper direction to proceed.
We devotees at ISKCON Kanyakumari humbly seek your mercy, blessings, and that you please forgive our mistakes, protect us from deviations, direct us toward devotion, instruct us to keep away from māyā, and inspire us to fulfill Lord Caitanya’s plan.
Kanyakumari district is very unique in that there are five places here that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited, as mentioned in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta. We are fortunate to be here and also preaching in four places.
At ISKCON Kanyakumari, this year we are inaugurating your memorial – a dedicated area of 1,000 square feet – where we want to introduce you to all the visitors first and tell them about your glorious activities.
We in the ISKCON Kanyakumari district have big plans, as per your desire and remembering your words: “Shoot for the rhinoceros.”
We in the ISKCON Kanyakumari district have a great desire to turn 1 percent of the population to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, following your statement that if 1 percent of the population becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, the whole world will become peaceful.
We in the ISKCON Kanyakumari district have a great desire to reach every town and village to fulfill your statement, “Because he wanted me to do it.” We have weekly gatherings at nine different places.
We are willing to become instrumental in what you want us to do. Kindly make us better instruments in the hands of the guru-paramparā.
Though incapable, though sometimes I think, “Have we gone mad?” – we desire to do more and more in your service. By your mercy, many magical things are happening, and still more will happen. Ebe jaśa ghuṣuk tribhuvana …
Your servant,
Vikrama Govinda Dāsa
And the devotees at ISKCON Kanyakumari