Srila Prabhupada's Magnanimity

Srutakirti : On many occasions Prabhupada gave me things. One was very funny. After I was married and had a child, I again became Prabhupada's servant. I was traveling with Prabhupada when my son, Mayapur Chandra das, was about six months old. We were in Los Angeles, and Prabhupada called me into his room and said, "Call Nanda Kumar. I want to see him." I went and found Nanda Kumar, and a few minutes later we both went into Prabhupada's room and paid our obeisances. I was about to leave when Prabhupada said, "No, no. Get me my white bag." Prabhupada's white bag was very special. When Prabhupada traveled, he had his white bag where he kept his important effects bank books for the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and Mayapur-Vrindavan Trust, the personal items from his desk, like a Gold Crest pen a disciple had given him, his silver tilak mirror container, and a little bit of money. So I brought his white bag. He went into this bag, took out a fifty-dollar bill, and gave it to Nanda Kumar. He took out another one and gave it to me. He said, "These are for your children." Nanda Kumar said, "No, Srila Prabhupada. I can't take this from you." Prabhupada said, "It's not for you. It's for your son." That immediately stopped the objection. If Prabhupada wanted to stop an objection from someone, he could stop it very quickly. He was very good at that.