Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Little Drops of Nectar

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Little Drops of Nectar

 

Once in London, Trivikrama dasa was giving Prabhupada a massage, and Prabhupada

asked him if he was getting enough to eat. At that time, the devotees in London

would eat only one meal a day. Trivikrama said yes, and Prabhupada asked him

how many capatis he ate each day. Trivikrama told him four. Prabhupada said

that wasn't very many, and Trivikrama replied by saying he could probably eat

more, but that was all he was given. Beginning that night, Prabhupada arranged

for the devotees to be served a second meal in the evening.

 

 

 

Prabhupada was always very concerned that his devotees maintain their health.

One time he expressed this concern to one of his spiritual daughters who was

pregnant, and he gave her advice about health.

 

When Prabhupada was in Philadelphia, Sarvesvari dasi would cook for him. Once,

when she went into Prabhupada's room to remove his plate, she noticed that

there was a full cup of milk left. Prabhupada told her she should drink it. He

said she should drink as much milk as possible while she was pregnant and

nursing and in this way her baby would be very happy, healthy, and peaceful.

Sarvesvari dasi said she would drink the milk and she took his plate away.

 

As Sarvesvari carried Prabhupada's plate down the stairs, Brahmananda passed

her and spotted the milk. "Give me that milk!" he said. But Sarvesvari said she

couldn't because Prabhupada had told her to drink it. Brahmananda then conceded

that she needed it more than he.

 

 

 

Prabhupada once asked Nandarani dasi if her children ate dal and capatis every

day. At that time the children were aged one and two. Nandarani said yes, and

Prabhupada approved. He said that if children ate dal and capatis from the time

they were young, they would always be healthy. He said the dal should be very

hot and that she should soak the capati until it was very soft, and then the

children could eat it. He said she could mix rice in the dal as well.

Prabhupada said that urad dal is the best, then mung, then lentils, but that

soybeans are not needed.

 

 

- From the Prabhupada Nectar by HH Satsvarupa dasa Goswami Maharaj

 

 

 

 

 

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