Hare Krishna Dear Maharaj, Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine feet, All glories to Guru and Gauranga, Hope you are fine in your health.
HpS-ASA -- Don't look divine. Guru-Gauranga, Ki Jai! Our health is O.K., but we are mentally deranged, conditioned soul, you know.
This is Ranchor Krishna Das from Vrindavan Dham. I know you don't know me. I just want to introduce myself to this family and want to tell about my relationship with Govinda Pramodini Dasi.
I was born in Mumbai near Radha Ras Bihari Ji temple (which is also called Srila Prabhupada's office). My whole family stay there and father have a small business there. So, I used to go to temple from my childhood because my school was in front of ISKCON Gate. So I was attending everyday Darshan Aarti before School.. dancing with Saffron Brahmachari, offering flowers to Prabhupada and that special delicious Sweetrice Prasad and later I also started to go Sandhya Aarti everyday and then I came in contact with my Shiksha Guru His Grace Praneshwar Das, he was head of ISKCON Youth Forum (IYF) and then after meeting with him I started to chant 16 Rounds everyday at that time I was in 8th grade, slowly I became a part of IYF and started to serve, assit in preaching and also started to serve Praneshwar Prabhu personally.
Actually my parents were not positive with of My Krishna conscious life they were always chastising me even sometimes beat me for going to temple I was feeling so sad to be in home I had desire to become full-time to help in Srila Prabhupada's movement. So I am just waiting to be 18 and then join Ashram but my Siksha Guru not supported me and told me to finish my studies and then join,and I agreed with him and continued my studies..some years passed like this but slowly my father became so Anti ISKCON. And he started to become more violent on me, not allowing me to go to temple and also chant, at this time I was in High School in 12th grade, at that time I decided to ran from home and joined Temple with the blessings of my Siksha Guru.
So,I joined Sridham Mayapur as full time Brahmachari at age of 18, I was serving in Mayapur Institute department there and after year so, my Siksha Guru took me to another preaching project in middle India, I was serving there for next 4 years as a Youth Preacher in colleges with him before coming to Vrindavan, meanwhile I got my both Harinaam and Brahmin initiation from his holiness Radha Govind Goswami Maharaj. 2 years before I decided to change my ashram and started to serve in Braj Mandal Parikrama and started to do some Restaurant business with my friends.
Last year my Shiksha Guru told me about Govinda Pramodini. Actually he is online Bhakti Sastri teacher, he has online Bhakti Sastri group in Dallas, Texas and then we started talk nearly everyday and share about Krishna consciousness and started to read Srila Prabhupada's books together.. teachings of queen Kunti,Krishna Book and share our realisations. We really like each Others thoughts and everything. I met Govinda Pramodini for the first time personally in India at with my Siksha Guru ,we spent some time everyday together and I took her everywhere in Braj, she did her first Vrindavan and Govardhan Parikrama, we were so happy together. actually I didn't met such a wonderful devotee in my life with such a wonderful service attitude towards Krishna and also Vaishnavas.
These days, I really feel deep in my heart that she is the one and together we can serve Krishna nicely and I also got approved her from my Siksha Guru and together me and Govinda with my Shiksha Guru and my guardians decided to get engaged and get paper marriage.
And after taking blessings from My Gurudeva, My Guardian and Govinda family, her parents and all the Vaishnavas we got engaged on July 5th, in ISKCON Noida temple.
Actually, Maharaj we know ,we did everything in rushing and fastly but at that moment I was thinking I don't want to lose her, I was afraid and finally we did everything.
I'm really sorry that I didn't took your blessings at that time. Please forgive me and consider, accept me like your fool Son and Please shower your mercy on us. so, that we can serve in Srila Prabhupada's movement nicely.
Begging for your Mercy,
Your Humble Servant, Ranchor Krishna Dasa
HpS - Very interesting. It seems like an ISKCON novel. I think everything will be very nice if at heart you just take marriage like Deity worship. It is a service that you do to Krsna and you have to learn how to do it. In the beginning the specific personal relations are important but just as important is the dedication to taking marriage as a service to Krsna.
Please send us news from time to time about your service!!! Very nice to meet you and hope to be of great service to you, and hope that Krsna's plans for you are revealed in a very practical and steady way!!