This boy actually is too young to be initiated
Prabhav das : This is early morning after the morning program. I was very amazed to get initiated on that day, and Prabhupada actually turned to Bhavananda and he said, "This boy actually is too young to be initiated." I was only nine, and he didn't say anything. So Prabhupada looked at him and says, "Never mind."
Then he asked what are the principles, and I wanted to tell Prabhupada the regulative principles in English. I was studying them during the initiation ceremony. So I told him two of the principles in English, and the other two I got stuck. My teacher, Prabhas prabhu, he was behind Prabhupada, he was trying to encourage me. He said, "Don't worry. Tell him in Bengali the other two." This is me.
If you look carefully, I don't have a sikha because the barber in Mayapur a couple days before I arrived in Vrindavan, he by mistake cut all the hair off. I didn't have any sikha. All the devotees have sikha and they were making fun of me, that I look like a Mayavadi, and Bhavananda fired the barber because he forgot to save me a sikha.
Anyway, Prabhupada didn't mind, he didn't say anything, and Prabhupada was quite pleased at that time. He saw in my face that I was trying to tell him the regulative principles in English to please him, and he smiled and he gave me the beads.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Prabhav Dasa
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