“During 1905, at age thirty-one, Sri Siddhanta Sarasvati took a vow to chant daily at least three lakh holy names, and monthly at least ten million, until he had chanted one billion names.He chanted on a japa-mala given by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, who had himself used them to fulfill a vow of chanting a billion holy names.Sri Siddhanta Sarasvati’s sata-koti-nama-yajna, which he performed before a deity of Lord Caitanya, lasted just over nine years and four months and was punctuated by much struggle and several colorful incidents.Yet he was determined to continue service there, no matter what.”