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September 30, 1977 : Bombay

Tamala Krishna Goswami: Hari-sauri phoned that the road from Delhi to Vrindavana was closed. Plane travel was therefore useless. After due consideration, we decided to go by train from Bombay. With the help of Mr. Gupta, we booked a compartment in the first-class section on the "Deluxe," leaving at 11:00 a.m. on October 1. Brahmananda, Giriraja, Bali, and others also booked on the air-conditioned chair-car class.

Kuladri, Brahmananda Swami, and I were sitting with Srila Prabhupada in the morning, when he said, "Those who are personally serving me, you, Upendra, can each be given ten thousand rupees from my personal account. It is not a reward. It is my blessings. My Guru Maharaja did this. Whoever was serving personally, he gave ten thousand rupees. I came into this world empty, and I will go out empty-handed."


Reference: Room Conversation, September 30, 1977