A spiritual master bears the disciple's sins, making initiation a sacred bond that demands unwavering commitment.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: I was cooking in my hand. So for one man sitting I was cooking not less than for ten to fifteen men. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: What was the idea?
Prabhupāda: The idea is everyone wanted some food prepared by me. They wanted my preparation. All right, do it. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: All the devotees in the early days.
Prabhupāda: No, not devot... When I was living here and there. Like Dr. Mishra's place.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: He was very fond of your cooking.
Prabhupāda: He got a good cook without paying. [laughs] And I had no other alternative. I liked it. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Was he paying for the foodstuffs?
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. He was giving his place and foodstuff. I was preparing and eating and giving them. I will not pay him, no.
Everything he was paying. Nava-yogendra: [Transl. This is] before breakfast, medicine [Transl. please take it.] Prabhupāda: [Transl. That I will take, but first let the breakfast come.] Nava-yogendra: [Transl. I mean it is to be taken in the morning Mātājī said.] Prabhupāda: [Transl. Okay. What is it made of?] Nava-yogendra: [Transl. Daśa-mūla, made from ten medicinal herbs.] Prabhupāda: [Transl. Hmm. How to be taken?] Nava-yogendra: [Transl. Just like that.] Prabhupāda: [Transl. By licking?] Nava-yogendra: [Transl. Yes.] Prabhupāda: I have gone through variety stages of life. So I have got full experience of this material world. I don't want. That determination is there.