Urvasi devi dasi Remembers Srila Prabhupada
Urvasi: I was in the Montreal temple in 1975, and we were going to go to the Mayapur festival and the opening of the Krishna Balaram temple. Before we left for India, I went to Los Angeles to visit my parents, who were favorable to Krishna consciousness. My mother had made garlands for Srila Prabhupada and helped cook. When I was leaving to go back to Montreal, my mother said, “Is there anything I can give your spiritual master? I would like to send something along with you.” I said, “Whatever you want.” She had guava trees, and she said, “I’ve made some guava jam. Do you think he would like that?” I said, “I am sure he would.” I took her jam with me to India, and in Vrindavan I gave it to Prabhupada’s servant to give to him. Later the servant told me that Srila Prabhupada wrote my mother a letter appreciating the jam. It was so sweet. He appreciated that little service so much and wrote quite a long letter to my mother and talked about me, “Your daughter is nicely engaged in devotional service. She is happy, and she is being well cared for.” My mother appreciated that very much.My mother left her body recently, and I was with her for a couple weeks leading up to her death. I sat by her bedside and read Bhagavad-gita to her every day. She had on headphones with Prabhupada chanting japa, and just moments before she passed on, she was listening to the Krishna Meditation tape. Her little bit of service and her appreciation for a pure devotee is Srila Prabhupada’s mercy. |
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