Interview with prospective Hindi translators
Hari Sauri Dasa: Interviews with prospective Hindi translators are still going on, and His Divine Grace has already engaged a Mathura woman named Dr. Paliwal. Later this evening Mr. Singh arrived and showed Prabhupada his Ph.D. thesis, a lengthy treatise on Chaitanya Vaishnavism.
Impressed with the man's work, Srila Prabhupada said he wanted to spend more time with him, examining the document and testing his ability to translate. This posed a dilemma. It was too late to do anything on the spot, and Prabhupada has to fly to Bombay first thing in the morning.
Impressed with the man's work, Srila Prabhupada said he wanted to spend more time with him, examining the document and testing his ability to translate. This posed a dilemma. It was too late to do anything on the spot, and Prabhupada has to fly to Bombay first thing in the morning.
Prabhupada asked Mr. Singh if he could come to Bombay. He was immediately agreeable, but could not afford to buy a plane ticket. Prabhupada thought for a moment and then called in Harikesa and Hansaduta. "So, what tickets do we have for Bombay?" "Well, there are four: yours, Hansaduta's, mine, and Hari Sauri's." "So give him his," Prabhupada said, without even a glance in my direction. Harikesa gave me a sympathetic smile and shrugged. Within a moment my ticket was handed over to Mr. Singh. The man happily left, and Srila Prabhupada took rest.
Reference: Transcendental Diary Volume 1 by Hari Sauri Dasa
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