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Pusta Krishna Dasa : For Mahaprabhu's Appearance Day, I wrote a poem about surrender to Lord Chaitanya. I gave it to Srila Prabhupada's servant to put on his desk for Mahaprabhu's Appearance Day. Srila Prabhupada read it and liked it very much. Since it was unsigned, he asked who had written it.
He called me into the room and very sweetly said, "You have written this poem?" I said, "Yes, Srila Prabhupada." He said, "That's very good. To be poetic is one of the qualities of a Vaishnava," He said, "Get a piece of paper and a pencil." He had written Six Verses of Surrender, which I wrote down one after another as he recited them. They were along the line of Rupa Goswami's teachings. I still have them on our altar at home.
During that meeting with Srila Prabhupada, I spoke with him alone and revealed some of the things that were on my mind and in my heart. I said to Srila Prabhupada, "Krishna revealed Himself to me and that's why I have come to you." He said, "Now you must tell them that God is not dead."
I said, "Srila Prabhupada, you are the only person I trust in this world." Srila Prabhupada looked at me very kindly and said, "Don't trust me, I will let you down. Trust Krishna. He will never let you down."
Reference: Memories-Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint by Siddhanta Dasa
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