Remaining part of Srimad Bhagavatam should be finished
Pradyumna : Prabhupada called me in when he was getting a massage. He asked me, "So, in my absence, you can complete the Srimad-Bhagavatam?" I said, "Yes, Prabhupada I'll try to do that." "Yes," he said, "Okay, good." I said, "If I have questions, I could ask Sridhar Maharaj?" He said, "Yes, you can ask him questions, yes, that's good."
I was right there in the Krishna-Balaram Temple in Vrindavan, but I wasn't around Prabhupada too much in the final weeks, because for the final part of the Bhagavatam, Prabhupada asked me to do the verse translations, and that took all my time. I would read all the commentaries, translate the verse, do the synonyms, and then read it to Prabhupada. Then we would hold the microphone to his lips, and he would dictate the purport.
That's how the last volume was produced, and that kept me occupied because I had to have everything ready to read. It would take a lot to make sure it was right. After I read it I would go back to my room to work on the next verses. Anytime Prabhupada was ready to do more, I had to be ready. I couldn't say, "I'm not ready," because that would mean a Bhagavatam verse and purport that people wouldn't have. So for the last weeks, that's basically what I was doing. I was in the compound, but I was always translating as fast as I could.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 2 by Siddhanta Dasa
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