(Click to enlarge photo of Vrindavan Chandra speaking about Srila Prabhupada, 2015)
Srila Prabhupada’s youngest son, Vrindavan Chandra De, left his body last night around 10:30 p.m. at his residence in Kolkata. Please say a prayer for this great soul.
"In Calcutta, in my younger days, I was traveling in tram, and my youngest son, he was with me. He was only two years old, or two or two and a half years old. So the conductor, out of joke, asked him, 'Give me your fare.' So he first of all said like this: 'I have no money.' So the conductor said, 'Then you get down.' He immediately said, 'Oh, here is my father.' (makes some gesture) (laughter) You see. 'You cannot ask me to get down. My father is here.' You see? So this is the psychology. If you have approached Kṛṣṇa, then even the greatest fear will not agitate you. That is a fact. So such a thing is Kṛṣṇa. Try to achieve this greatest boon, Kṛṣṇa. And what Kṛṣṇa says? Kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati (BG 9.31). 'My dear Kaunteya, son of Kuntī, Arjuna, declare in the world that My devotees will never be vanquished.' Will never be vanquished. Kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati."
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Seattle, October 4, 1968)
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