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    "title": "Karttika 2006: Service to the Vaisnavas and Bhisma Pancaka – October 20 – November 1, 2006",
    "url": "https://wavesofdevotion.com/2006/11/01/karttika-2006-service-to-the-vaisnavas-and-bhisma-pancaka-october-20-november-1-2006/",
    "datePublished": "2006-11-01",
    "dateModified": "2006-11-01",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Karttika 2006 October 20 - November 1, 2006 Govardhana I am sorry to say that I was unable to keep up with writing my daily japa realizations. As soon as…",
    "author": "Dhanurdhara Swami",
    "publisher": "Waves of Devotion"
}
```

# Karttika 2006: Service to the Vaisnavas and Bhisma Pancaka – October 20 – November 1, 2006

**Karttika 2006**

October 20 - November 1, 2006
Govardhana

I am sorry to say that I was unable to keep up with writing my daily

*japa*

realizations. As soon as it gets near Govardhana Puja, and then Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance day, people start to visit me. Although it left no time for writing (after my chanting), I was more than happy to oblige whoever came to visit me, whether by taking them on

*parikrama*

or giving class on Govardhana. It is my great fortune to serve the Vaisnavas. By doing so the holy name manifests its glories. It is one of the secrets of

*nama bhajan*

.

I was especially grateful to be able to give class on the Govardhana-

*lila*

to Gauranga prabhu and the devotees from Chowpatty. They came to Vrindavana just to organize and serve

*prasadam*

for Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance festival at the Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir, as they do every year, and I met them in Govardhana the day after the festival. On the actual day they served six thousand devotees in two hours. It was so organized that each devotee, I was told, felt as if they were being served individually. I heard this many times. So much mercy comes from serving the devotees and especially serving those devotees who are serving the other devotees.

Hopefully the daily

*japa*

realizations will continue for the next five days, which is Bhisma Pancaka - the last days of Karttika.