Vidya devi dasi Remembers Srila Prabhupada
Vidya: In New Vrindavan in 1976, there were a lot of women with one or twomonth- old babies, and we took turns watching them during Prabhupada’s classes. We had them lay in little seats. On my morning, I decided it would be cute to line them up so when Prabhupada came out he would look at them, and they would have that contact with him. So I got the five or six babies lined up. When Prabhupada came out of the temple, I stepped aside so that he wouldn’t see me. I didn’t know what a woman’s relationship should be around Srila Prabhupada, and I didn’t want to be too close. I could still see him, but he couldn’t see me. Prabhupada was shocked. He turned to Kirtanananda, “Where are the mothers? What is going on?” Kirtanananda didn’t know where they were, but he said, “They must be around. I’m sure they’re not far away.” Kirtanananda assured Prabhupada enough so that Prabhupada moved on, but Prabhupada was very concerned that the children were watched and taken care of. |
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