Oh, that's a very easy question.
BB Govinda Swami : Prabhupada spoke, and then Prabhupada went to the airport. We all went to the airport with Prabhupada, and I decided I had to get close to Prabhupada and I had to get a glimpse or something from Prabhupada. So many devotees were there, and Prabhupada was walking through the corridors up to the lounge where he would take his flight from. I remember I pushed my way through the devotees and I came right up next to Prabhupada and I was thinking, "Now here I am, the most fortunate person in the world, I'm walking next to Prabhupada." And I remember just so casually he turned and he looked at me, and he just gave me this look that turned me into dust. It wasn't any special effort for him. But he just looked at me and the way he looked at me, it made me realize that I was really nothing. Then something interesting happened. This one nondevotee gentleman, he pushed his way right through the crowd and he pushed himself right up in front of Prabhupada. More or less he just stood right in Prabhupada's path, and he looked up and he said, "Swami, I've got a question for you." Prabhupada smiled very charmingly and he said, "What's your question?" The man said, "If I were to give you a million dollars right now, what would you do?" Prabhupada smiled and he said, "Oh, that's a very easy question." He said, "I would print books and I would build beautiful temples for Krishna." Then the man just said, "Thank you very much, Swami," he turned and he walked off.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by BB Govinda Swami
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