Gopesh
Prabhupada, “Give me your son. I will make him an acharya.”
Atma Tattva: I had a Krishna book and on the back cover was a picture of Prabhupada looking at a champak flower he was holding. I showed the man this picture and said, “This is our Guru Maharaj, he has translated these books.”
The man looked at that picture and then brought some thread and things from a little box and for ten or fifteen minutes measured Prabhupada’s forehead, ears and so on.
Then he said, “This person’s features show me that all the four Vaishnava acharyas are present in him. I wish you had a picture of his full form.”
So I showed him a photograph of Prabhupada’s full form and he did another study, this time with a lens.
Then he said, “I was not wrong. They are all working through this person. You are very fortunate to be with him. I would like to be part of a movement like that in my next life.”
I said, “But I thought your ultimate goal is to go to Kailash,” because he was a Shaivite.
He said, “Yes, if I go there I can tell Lord Shiva that I want to join some movement like this, and I want to spread dharma everywhere.”
He was happy and said, “Please give this book to me. It has given me the highest experience of studying a person’s features. I want to keep this book.” So I gave him a complimentary copy.
Once I showed a movie of Prabhupada lecturing to Dhananjaya and his wife, who were dance experts in Madras.
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