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"human beings live under the water, because Varuna has his palaces there."

One quiet afternoon, Prabhupada called for me and I found him sitting pensively before the low glass table. As I offered obeisances and sat before him, Prabhupada began talking, and at first I could not comprehend his meaning. "On this planet Earth," he said, "human beings live under the water, because Varuna has his palaces there." It was not so unusual for Prabhupada to call in a secretary or servant and speak about something entirely philosophical from the Bhagavatam. Most often he called for his secretary to execute some official function, but it only took a moment's adjustment to understand when Prabhupada simply wanted to speak on Krishna consciousness. "Krishna built a city on the sea'" said Srila Prabhupada. "This Pacific Ocean that we see here is just a smear of water on the table compared to the universes. Therefore it doesn't fall off." As he said this, Prabhupada looked down at a small smear of water on his glass table. The small drop of water seemed to be the source of his present meditation. He looked at the small drop and then turned toward the picture window and the vast sky and the Pacific Ocean.


Reference: Life with the perfect master - A personal servants account by Satsvarupa Das Goswami