raganuga mood

[Guest guest]

Summer of 1975, Detroit. . . We were on a morning walk and the devotees

were consistently asking ®r…la Prabhup€da questions about the gopis, their

love for KŠa, and intimate dealings. It seemed it was a subject matter

that ®r…la Prabhup€da did not want to get into very much. It even appeared

as if he was getting a little annoyed that the devotees continued to ask

these questions about the gop…s and their relationship with KŠa.

The morning walk continued in this way for some time, and I had constantly

been thinking what I could say to please ®r…la Prabhup€da. I'm sure other

devotees were thinking like this too. We were all eager for his attention.

At one point, when we turned around to go back to the parked cars, I was

filled with so much intensity as to what I could say to ®r…la Prabhup€da,

something to show some appreciation for him. I was scared, shy, so many

things, but finally I said, "Prabhup€da!" When I said his name, somehow

Prabhup€da just stopped and looked right at me. I said, "®r…la Prabhup€da,

I'm a book distributor in Chicago. We are distributing so many of your

books there. Our desire is to really please you by this book distribution

in Chicago. Our desire is to somehow or other be able to distribute 100

books each and every day, for your satisfaction." And Prabhup€da just looked

at me. I was practically in a state of shock, I could barely get these

words out, my throat was choked up. I was shaking. . . but I felt I just

had to say this to ®r…la Prabhup€da. I wanted to remember that I had said

something to Prabhup€da in this lifetime.

All of a sudden, he broke out into a huge smile. He then said, "Just see.

This is my real disciple. My real disciple is always thinking how to please

the spiritual master, and he realizes how to please me is to distribute

these books! This an example of a real devotee." He kept telling me how nice

it was that I had this desire, and how pleased he was by the book

distribution in Chicago. He continued to smile and concluded by saying,

"Thank you very much!"

 

Told by Svavasa Prabhu, who to this day organizes mass distribution of Srila

Prabhupada's books as TP at ISKCON LA.