He just looked at me and smiled, and he took the caranamrita.
Jananivas das: Radha-Madhava were in the bhajan kutir. Then we built this little shed just to the side of the bhajan kutir where the arati is going on. There was a lot of people there because that was the Gaura Purnima Festival, but previously no one was coming to Mayapur. The whole of 1972 practically nobody came.
More or less I knew everybody that was walking down that road, and there were no visitors, they were all just local people. One time I saw some people walking down and I thought, "Oh, these are not local people," because you could tell by their dress. So then they actually came in the property and I thought, "Oh, they're in for darshan." I thought I would get a Back to Godhead and see if I can give them a Back to Godhead when they come.
So I ran in the bhajan kutir and got a Back to Godhead, and I come out and Prabhupada was already standing there. He had come out in the bhajan kutir also, and he was just standing in front of the Deities. Then he looked at me and he said, "Why you are not here? You see the guests are coming and there's no one here." The first people who have been in about a couple of weeks.
He said, "No one is here. People are coming. You should be here." I said, "I just went to get a Back to Godhead, Prabhupada, and I just came out." Then he was looking at me and he seemed to be saying, "What are you making all these excuses for?" He was smiling. I remember the first time I gave Prabhupada caranamrita there, and my hand was shaking uncontrollably. I was looking at my hand and I was thinking, "Why is it happening like this?" It never happened before like that, it was really uncontrollably shaking. He just looked at me and smiled, and he took the caranamrita.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Jananivasa Dasa
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