Srila Prabhupada Nectar

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Once in India, a mailman brought a letter addressed to Prabhupada which

required a signature upon delivery. Tejiyas dasa told the mailman that he

would sign on Prabhupada's behalf, but the mailman said that he could not

allow this. Tejiyas told the mailman that he was Prabhupada's secretary and

that he could sign, but the mailman was adamant. Then Tejiyas said that he

would take the letter to Prabhupada and return with the signed carbon copy.

Again the mailman refused, saying he would not know if Prabhupada had

actually signed it. Tejiyas then told the man that Prabhupada was a great

saint and that he was very busy, and again he asked the mailman to give him

the letter. The mailman refused. Finally Tejiyas went to Prabhupada and

explained the situation. Prabhupada agreed to see the man and Tejiyas then

showed him into Prabhupada's room. The man was there for ten minutes, and

when he came out, he was smiling broadly. "I have seen Swamiji," he said.