Oh, she is beautiful,
Manjuali dasi : The 1st of October 1972 was when I got married to Jayatirtha. This was the first marriage in New Dwaraka that we didn't actually get married in the temple room because some devotees were getting married and not taking their vows seriously, and Prabhupada was getting a little disturbed about that because they were getting married and then they were leaving the movement or they were leaving their partner. So Jayatirtha had been married once before and his partner had left, and so Prabhupada said, "You can get married but not in the temple."
So we got married in Nandarani and Dayananda's garden down the road on Watseka, and there were three couples that got married at the same time. So we invited Prabhupada to come because he was in New Dwaraka. Prabhupada wasn't feeling that well that day so he didn't come, but he said to bring him prasadam. So we had the wedding, and then Jayatirtha and I went in to see Srila Prabhupada in the garden. So I came in my pink sari, tied together as one is, straight off the fire sacrifice. We came in and we had the prasadam and everything.
Prabhupada was giving all these lectures, I just remember, about a beautiful wife is the enemy to the husband. Prabhupada had a wicked sense of humor, though. So I was bringing the plate in and we had all the gopi dots on, everything was in order, all beautifully attired. Prabhupada was sitting on his chair in the garden, and Prabhupada looked up and he said, "Oh, she is beautiful." And I thought, "Oh, no, I'm already an enemy!" I didn't say that, that's what I thought.
Then Prabhupada said, "Come, come, sit down." So we brought him the plate of prasadam, and then he took the drink and it was an almond drink. He took a sip of it and I can still remember with his little finger up in the air, you know how Prabhupada did with his silver goblet. Then he looked down at the plate and then he said, "And she can cook!" Then he started to move his head from side to side like "acha," but it was just the sense of humor Prabhupada had at that really important day in my life. It was just so warm and loving, and it was like he was my father.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Manjuali Dasi
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