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Madhudvisa Swami ki jaya!

Kurma Dasa: As I reached Srila Prabhupada, I looked up and noticed a huge rainbow—the most beautiful, crystal-clear rainbow that I had ever seen, nestled in the middle of a very unusual cloud formation. The rainbow came down and ended right on top of the buildings where the parade was soon to finish.
The Royal Exhibition buildings were amongst the largest of their kind in the southern hemisphere. The main dome, resembling that of Florence Cathedral, housed a hall whose roof was no less than 24m high.
At around 4pm, all three Ratha-yatra carts were pulled, one by one, into the large hall, where their coloured canopies were again raised to full height. While Madhudvisha co-ordinated the manoeuvring of the carts and the thousand or more guests and devotees took their seats, Prabhupada rested on a chair in a small room.
One of Prabhupada’s young brahmacari disciples entered with some incense. Dipak introduced him to Srila Prabhupada. “This is Gopinatha Acarya, one of your leading book distributors in Australia.” 
Prabhupada opened his eyes wide with interest. “Oh! So, what do you say to sell these books?”
Gopinatha Acarya was already shy and unassuming. In Prabhupada’s presence he became even more so. Flustered, he blurted out what he knew was a foolish explanation, adding that he told his customers the books were about yoga and meditation.
Prabhupada did not appear overly impressed with the boy’s description of his techniques. Yet he appeared thoughtful and compassionate. After a moment he said: “I think we should say like this: that these books will help to solve all the problems and miseries of life, and save you from so much suffering.”
Prabhupada went on to describe his plans for spreading Krishna consciousness all over the world. He quoted the famous verse from Caitanya Bhagavata:
priithivite ache yata nagaradi grama
sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama
One day, he said, there would be a temple in every town and village. In every temple would be Deities, with at least six brahmanas to look after them.
Madhudvisha Swami walked into the room. Prabhupada turned and smiled broadly, chanting spontaneously: “Madhudvisha Swami ki jaya! Madhudvisha Swami ki jaya! Madhudvisha Swami ki jaya!”



Reference: The Great Transcendental Adventure by Kurma Dasa