He told me that he would not take his massage. Rather, he said he would finish translating the Seventh Canto.

At 9:15 P.M. he called for me. Expecting him to be ready to take rest and his massage, I was surprised to find him at his desk with his spectacles on, his Bhagavatam open and his dictaphone in his hand. He told me that he would not take his massage. Rather, he said he would finish translating the Seventh Canto.

I was surprised but elated. It is the first time since I have been with him (over five months now) that he has missed his evening rest. He worked all through the night, and after he went for his early morning ablutions I checked his dictaphone and saw that he had notched 320 digits on the counter (normally he does fifty or less). He was able to get twenty-five verses of the Eighth Canto done. He is mercifully fulfilling our hope that by spending extra time here in Hawaii, away from management problems and constant stream of visitors, he would be able to concentrate on the essence of his preaching work. Everyone is growing very heartened to see how much extra writing he is doing since his arrival in Honolulu.