How do you do it?

Gauridas Pandit : Everyday Upendra and sometimes Bhakti Caru would spend three hours in the kitchen cooking a big lunch for Prabhupada, but when Upendra brought the plate, Prabhupada would wave it off, saying, "Distribute, distribute." Once I was distributing Prabhupada's lunch prasadam when he noticed the devotees picking and choosing, "I want this, I want that." Prabhupada said, "Mix it all together. They should not discriminate." So I mushed it all together so that the sweets, vegetables, and rice became a big mishmash. Then the devotees were making faces. Prabhupada said, "You shouldn't discriminate." Prabhupada hardly ate for a whole month. Then Nirjala Ekadasi came, and even though it was 110 degrees, Upendra and I fasted all day. In the evening I felt, "How can I continue this?" but somehow or other, I did it. The next morning I was extremely weak. At lunchtime Upendra brought Prabhupada his plate, and Prabhupada waved it off again. Upendra couldn't believe it. He said, "Prabhupada, how is it that although we are young boys, when we fast for one day we can hardly move, yet here you are fasting for thirty days? How do you do it?" Prabhupada said, "I am living proof that the soul is not dependent on the body for sustenance, but rather the body is dependent on the soul." We were overwhelmed. Prabhupada was getting ready to leave the planet and was completely Krishna conscious and free from bodily identification.