laddus and kachauris

[Guest guest]

One day, while Prabhupada was sitting in his room receiving his massage, he

began talking and laughing. As he sat on the floor with one leg tucked under

his body and one leg outstretched before him, he told the two or three

devotees present how Krsna, carrying the lunch His mother had packed for

Him, would go to the forest with His cowherd boyfriends, who were also

carrying lunches from home. Krsna and His friends would all sit together

sharing their lunch, and Krsna always had the best laddus and kachauris.

Prabhupada's eyes flashed, and he rubbed his hands together, smiling. "I

simply want to go to Krsnaloka, so I can have some of Krsna's laddu and

kachauris. I do not have any great diversion from this. I simply want to go

there so that I can enjoy eating laddus and kachauris with Krsna and the

cowherd boys." Opening his eyes widely, he glanced at Devananda, who was

massaging him, and at the others in the room. "Oh," he said to them, "if you

will give me laddus and kachauris, then I will bless you."

"Swamiji, please teach us how to make laddus and kachauris," the devotees

replied excitedly. "We will definitely make them for you!"

"Yes," Prabhupada assured them, "I shall show you. I shall teach you." And

he went on talking in a jovial way.

 

 

 

============ REF. SPL 57: Opening a Temple in Los Angeles