Open the Bhagavad-gita and start reading
Yasomatinandana das : Here we see Srila Prabhupada, so transcendental, so detached, and watching these girls dance. He is so patient. Jagat Guru of the whole world, he is writing books that will last for 10,000 years, and yet he is so at home in all situations. He is so peaceful. That's what now we see after 30 years because in those days we were very young, we took it for granted.
But now that we have become older, we realize that even in the old age Prabhupada had no anxiety or no worries. His only worry was how to save the world in Krishna consciousness. Here in Bombay he was very intimate with all the devotees as well as the guests. Whoever came forward was blessed by Prabhupada immensely. So this was a place you can say where Prabhupada distributed love of God very freely. Patrapatra-vicara nahi, nahi sthanasthana. Without considering of who is deserving and who is not, without considering this place is OK or not, Prabhupada just magnanimously passed out loving devotional service. He is smiling so royally, so blissfully. This is his famous style. He would nod his head, approving whatever was going on.
Akshayananda Maharaj, he is asking Prabhupada, showing the book, and he is going to read now. This was Prabhupada's another famous pastime. A guest would come, he would quote a verse from Bhagavad-gita and then he would say, "Open the Bhagavad-gita and start reading." Then he would ask us to read the whole verse and the purport and again speak on that. This way every darshan became a perpetual Srimad-Bhagavatam class. From four o'clock in the afternoon till nine o'clock or practically till he took rest, he would constantly speak.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Yasomatinandana Dasa
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