Visala: I was having trouble with Rahu planet for 18 years and I think 9 or 10 more years to go. I went to an astrologer in Vrindavan, and he told me to wear a yantra. So when I came to the gate to Krishna-Balarama Temple, who would greet me there but Brahmananda Maharaj and he said, “What are you wearing, Visala?” I said, “I’m wearing a yantra. I just came from an astrologer, and he said this will counteract the influence of bad stars.” Brahmananda’s reply was, “Prabhupada says you don’t have to add anything to this process.” So I said, “Well, I want to speak with Srila Prabhupada.” So he set up a time, and Srila Prabhupada asked me about the astrologer. He said, “How much did he charge you? Who he was?” and I mentioned. I said, “Srila Prabhupada, I was wearing it because I thought it would help me become more Krishna conscious,” and Prabhupada quoted the verse sarva-dharman parityajya, he said the whole sloka, 18:66. Prabhupada said, “If you just surrender to Krishna, Krishna with a slight kick can annihilate 100,000 Rahu planets.” Then I still wasn’t exactly sold on it. I said, “Srila Prabhupada, your spiritual master, he was a great astrologer,” and Srila Prabhupada cut me off real quick and then he said, “But he did it for a short time.” After that, I cut the yantra off my neck and tossed it somewhere in Vrindavan. I don’t care where it is.