Brahmananda started trembling

Damodar das: Srila Prabhupada was lecturing on the Chaitanya-charitamrita at 26, 2nd Avenue. He was talking about Krishna and the cowherd boys. It was very juicy. He was just talking about their pastimes and their playing in the forest, and it was so wonderful to hear him talking about that. Then he would talk about how the cowherd boys were thinking, and he said that they were always thinking about Krishna. They were always thinking, "Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Krishna," and he just kept going on, "Krishna," repeating it, "Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Krishna." I guess people would say he went into a trance. He was just saying, "Krishna, Krishna, Krishna."

I remember particularly Brahmananda, who was sitting at Prabhupada's feet right next to him and looking up and Prabhupada, and Brahmananda started trembling. And then he let out a gasp, he just went "Ohhhhhh!" like that. I don't know if Prabhupada stopped when he heard that or not, but it was an extraordinary moment. Srila Prabhupada was just, he was there, he was with the cowherd boys thinking nothing but "Krishna, Krishna, Krishna." But we used to say, it was, I suppose, innocent of it, but anyway, we used to say that Prabhupada had Krishna painted on the inside of his eyelids so whenever he closed his eyes he would see Krishna. It was simple-minded, but it showed something of our appreciation for him.