The Merchant Of Venice
Nanda Kishor : Prabhupada was on a morning walk through Central Park when he went past a sculpture of the head and chest of a man and underneath the sculpture it said, "Webster." Prabhupada said, "Oh, the dictionary man?" And a devotee said, "No, Prabhupada, Daniel Webster." Prabhupada said, "Ah, Daniel has come." Now, "Daniel has come," is a line from a play, 'The Merchant of Venice,' by Shakespeare and Prabhupada, who had studied that play in college, began to tell the story, how the merchant wanted the pound of flesh and he couldn't get it and was frustrated. Then Prabhupada said, "And the purport of this story is that in this material world you can never get what you want." No materialist person can ever get what he wants in this material world. Why? Because only in spiritual life can you get what you want.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 3 by Siddhanta Dasa
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