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He has finished his mission

Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: I asked Srila Prabhupada, "You say we may die at any moment and should surrender, but also that we should be patient. Is there a way to speed it up, or should we just be patient if we don't have much time in which to mature?"

He said, "Don't think you're mature. So you must finish your business at once."

He said something about Romaharsana Muni who was so old he would live until all the hairs on his body fell out, and only one fell out each time Brahma died. The Muni was to be given a house, but he said it didn't matter, I'm not going to stay here long. I mentioned King Khatvanga, who heard he had only a moment to live. I asked, "When he surrendered, what did he do?"

Srila Prabhupada answered, "He surrendered to Krishna."

A man mentioned to Srila Prabhupada that big events seem to happen to His Divine Grace every eleven years: 1922 met his Guru Maharaja 1933 was initiated 1944 started BTG 1955 left home 1966 started ISKCON The man asked what would happen in 1977. Srila Prabhupada told his servant that maybe that would be the end. He said, "He has finished his mission." We were talking of retirement.

He said he was thinking of it. He described he would see no one's face. Otherwise, how will he ever complete translating the Srimad-Bhagavatam?



Reference: ISKCON in the 1970s by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami