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Prabhupada Recalls His Early Solitary Struggles, League of Devotees Was One Man's Mission

📅 October 3, 1976 📍 Vrindavan ⏱ 18 min
One man's determined mission to spread Krishna consciousness through sincere effort and detachment from worldly complications.
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Prabhupāda: ...position. It is not a good picture. Hari-śauri: [looking at photo] No, it's not very clear. I was just wondering who the other two were.

Prabhupāda: I took sannyāsa from him. Hari-śauri: Who is that?

Prabhupāda: Sannyāsa has to be taken from a sannyāsī, so I took sannyāsa from him. Hari-śauri: Yes, I was wondering what his name was.

Prabhupāda: Oh, his name is Keśava Mahārāja. He's one of my Godbrothers. He's also one of my Godbrothers. Hari-śauri: And he took it the same time.

Prabhupāda: They are now dead and gone. Hari-śauri: Yes. This man, he looks very old already. The other one.

Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. He was... He is of my age, middle. The other one, he was older than me.

Hari-śauri: Harikeśa said the day before you took sannyāsa you were gored by a cow or something? A cow hit you in the stomach?

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