He was a Realized Soul!

Sudama: At one point Prabhupada started to talk about Krishna's intimate childhood pastimes, how He showed Mother Yasoda the Universal Form within His mouth. As Prabhupada described this, he started to cry profusely. Then he described the pastime of Krishna killing Putana, and he explained that even though Krishna was a baby, He was able to kill such a gigantic demon, and how that is the transcendental potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. Prabhupada was crying. This was the first time that my understanding crystallized. It became a bit more like a realization. We knew that Prabhupada was a very exalted, saintly person and a great preacher. But this time I felt that Prabhupada was actually experiencing these pastimes with Krishna. We read them and think, 'This is very nice and very sweet.' But Prabhupada was actually experiencing the transcendental pastimes of Krishna in his heart. And although he was always enjoying these sweet realizations of Krishna, he was preaching Krishna consciousness in a practical way. That was Prabhupada's mercy.