Just hear him. See how nicely he reads this Bengali
Srutakirti das: Prabhupada stayed here for over a month, I think, or at least a few weeks he was here, and it was a really beautiful time of year, which is not real common that you can get several days in a row with sunshine. But we seemed to, and Prabhupada even commented about it. He said, "England is very nice, but when the sun shines it's one of the nicest places in the world." He would come here every afternoon and sit down right on the lawn. At this time, they had just published a book, Lord Caitanya in Five Features. So that was the first volume to come out of Caitanya-caritmarta, the Adi-lila. So we had a copy of that, and Prabhupada would sit down here in his place. Sometimes he would have me read from there. Prabhupada always would sit and like to listen from his books, either read them himself or hear others read them, and he enjoyed hearing the philosophy that he was translating for us. And he always enjoyed it in the same mood that we did, just relishing Krishna katha.
Anyway, the one day I remember I was reading from this book and, of course, it had the transliteration, had the Bengali in there, so I was just reading. Prabhupada had an audience and there were some Indians in there, and he was very happy. He said, "Just hear him. See how nicely he reads this Bengali. Even he has no experience, he can read it so nicely." So, again, he always appreciated he had made devotees, and he liked to see them that they were capable in doing these things. So he liked to show the Indian community what he had done, he had turned these Westerners into devotees, into Vaishnavas.
Prabhupada liked the simple things, sit outside. So in the afternoons if the weather was nice, he would sit out there. From his quarters, of course, this whole area, this is what you would see from his sitting room; and sometimes he would, again, as he would walk around in his room chanting and he would look out the window onto the lawn and the trees.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Srtuakirti Dasa
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