Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Srila "Prabhupada"tolerates

10-21-2006, 03:45 AM

March 27th, 1976

In the evening there was another calamity. Because there was no program, Srila
Prabhupada stayed back in his room. He gave darsana to a few visitors. Then at
about 9:00 p.m., after everyone had left, he rose from behind his low desk to
go to the bathroom. As he stepped down the few inches from the asana, the
carpet suddenly slipped out from under him. He fell with a crash on the wooden
edge of the seat, ending up in a sitting position on the floor. It happened in
a second and although I was seated directly in front of the desk, there was
nothing that I could do. Helpless and shocked, I simply looked on as Srila
Prabhupada sat where he had fallen and rubbed his hip.

Amazingly, he uttered not a sound, neither when the carpet slipped, nor after
the fall. He simply sat with his eyes closed for about ten or twenty seconds
tolerating the pain he surely felt. Then with my help he rose to his feet. His
foot was also injured, but without comment he walked to the bathroom. When he
came out, he advised me that the carpet should be properly adjusted. But apart
from this he made no reference to the incident again.

- From the "A Transcendental Diary Vol 1" by HG Hari Sauri dasa

CHANT HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE AND BE HAPPY
Your humble servant
radhabhava gaur das

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