Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Big big monkey, big big belly..

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May 13

 

 

Today was Ekadasi, but we committed the grievous error

of eating grains. We found out too late. Srila

Prabhupada chastised Pradyumna, "What is the use of

having you come with us? Is this not your duty?" We

were ordered to observe Ekadasi tomorrow and to go on

preparing grains today. Prabhupada commented, "Big,

big monkeys; big, big belly."

 

May 17

This morning, we journeyed to Vrndavana- Srila

Prabhupada, Upendra, Gopinatha, and I, with Damodara

Pandita driving. When we were near, Gunarnava, who was

waiting on a motorcycle, hurried ahead to ready

everyone. As we turned off the Delhi-Agra Road,

Prabhupada saw the new sign, "Bhaktivedanta Swami

Marg." We were greeted at the Krsna-Balarama Mandir by

all the devotees, who were out in the road performing

a huge kirtana. There were Yasodanandana Maharaja,

Aksayananda Maharaja, and many others. Prabhupada was

carried to the darsana mandap, where he offered his

respects to the two Lords, Krsna and Balarama. The

Transcendental Brothers were smiling to see Their

beloved devotee. Prabhupada was then carried to his

darsana room and all the devotees came in. The

gurukula boys offered Sanskrit prayers of praise,

Yasodanandana Maharaja performed the foot bathing

ceremony, and arati was offered. Srila Prabhupada

spoke briefly about the deterioration of his health.

He said he had come to Vrndavana because if he were to

die, he wanted to die here. Many devotees were crying

because they could see how weak Prabhupada was.

Prabhupada ate only a little cheese for lunch.

Afterwards, the conversation came surprisingly to

ghosts. I asked Prabhupada in which Mullik house the

ghost had appeared. He replied it was that of Lokanath

Mullik. "The house was known a ghost house. Lokanath

died, and his wife's stepson gradually ruined the

estate. But the wife approached the High Court, saying

that 'I am coming from the respectable Mullik family;

now I have nothing.' The court took her seriously and

ruled that the Marwaris, who had acquired the house,

must allow her half the estate as long as she lived.

Later, this stepson haunted the house as a ghost."

Then, Prabhupada told us about a ghost house he had

rented in Lucknow. "I am not afraid of ghosts; I am

ghost proof. In England there are also many ghosts.

Ghosts are generally evil, and sometimes they even

kill. They can be seen sometimes, entering a latrine,

sitting on a pillar. By offering pinda, one can free

one's forefathers from ghostly bodies. In mayapur

there were Muhammadan ghosts, but not any more. By

chanting Hare Krsna, ghosts go away."

 

- From the TKG's Diary by HH Tamal Krishna Goswami

Maharaj

 

 

 

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