All glories to you, Srila Prabhupada!
Srutakirti Dasa: In May of 1975 in Perth, Australia, Srila Prabhupada was having a conversation with a professor. Srila Prabhupada spoke very strongly about different classes of human beings. Paramahamsa Maharaja and I were sitting in the room relishing every moment. Our spiritual master was expressing to the fairly receptive gentleman, how almost everyone was a fourth-class man. "You also are a fourth-class man," he told the professor.
'Well, what can I do? the professor responded. "You must become a pure devotee like them!" Srila Prabhupada energetically said. As he finished the sentence, he pointed to Paramahamsa and me as examples of pure devotees. My godbrother and I looked at each other, and broke out in huge smiles. We knew we weren't pure, but we loved being used as illustrations for our dearmost spiritual master. We knew that Srila Prabhupada would never say, "Become a pure devotee like me." That was one of the beautiful qualities of my spiritual master, the pure devotee of the Lord.
Srila Prabhupada, anything I may have accomplished in this life is due only to your causeless mercy. I am always consumed by false pride, but my greatest pride is to identify myself as your servant. You are my Lord , and I am very proud of being your servant. I pray to always remain as such. Please give me the intelligence to never forget my eternal position. Although I have no qualifications, I have faith in your words as you pointed to Paramahamsa and me. I know that you benedicted us both to attain pure devotional service in this life, or some future lifetime. From your mouth to Krishna's ears!
Srila Prabhupada, anything I may have accomplished in this life is due only to your causeless mercy. I am always consumed by false pride, but my greatest pride is to identify myself as your servant. You are my Lord , and I am very proud of being your servant. I pray to always remain as such. Please give me the intelligence to never forget my eternal position. Although I have no qualifications, I have faith in your words as you pointed to Paramahamsa and me. I know that you benedicted us both to attain pure devotional service in this life, or some future lifetime. From your mouth to Krishna's ears!
All glories to you, Srila Prabhupada!
Reference: Srila Prabhupada Uvacha by Srtuakirti Dasa
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