I chant sixteen rounds properly every day

Radhanatha Swami : During one evening darshan I was feeling a little guilty because I had lost my counting beads. In New Vrindavan in those days it was not easy to get counting beads. I was chanting sixteen rounds daily, but on that particular evening I wasn't sure whether I had finished my rounds or not. I was sitting a few feet from Srila Prabhupada's vyasasana when I thought, "I'm not sure whether I finished my rounds today." At that moment Srila Prabhupada looked at me very sincerely. During the darshan, when he wasn't talking to people, he'd chant japa. He held up his bead bag, took one of his counting beads, and very meticulously, slowly and deliberately pulled it down. Then he let go of the counting bead and opened his palm, still looking at me. I thought, "Srila Prabhupada wants me to get counting beads. He wants to make sure that I don't compromise, that I chant sixteen rounds properly every day."