Room Conversation – November 3, 1977, Vṛndāvana

Resting

Prabhupada: Resting.

Dr. Kapoor: [Transl. Resting. Yes. That is good.]

Prabhupada: [Transl. I would like to pass some more urine.]

Dr. Kapoor: [whispered aside] Still too weak, huh? Can hardly speak.

Tamala Krsna: Yes. He can't speak, actually. Resting is good in this case. Best thing. Maybe I can read some nice news, Srila Prabhupada. Would you like that? This is a very nice report, Srila Prabhupada, from Peru. Dr. Kapoor said anyone would fall in love with it at first sight. [laughter] Panca ought to see the Tenth Canto. This is a new edition of Tenth Canto that has just come out.

Bhakti-caru: Fifteen pictures.

Tamala Krsna: You'll find some illustrations at the very beginning. Starting here.

Dr. Kapoor: I think you have excelled all other publishers in this art. [laughs]

Tamala Krsna: These are Spanish publications. We were just reading. These are the books that they were distributing, that they were talking about-Krsna book in Spanish, three parts. There's also some Spanish nectar that came. Do we have any?

Upendra: It's in the other room, I think.

Dr. Kapoor: Which other languages have you translated Prabhupada's books in? French?

Tamala Krsna: Well, there's I think twenty-seven languages. French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish...

Dr. Kapoor: Oh. All the books are translated?

Tamala Krsna: No. Gradually, one by one. This is Dvarakesa. He's in charge of the translating department for East Europe. Which languages do you translate?

Dvarakesa: Russian and Hungarian. And others translate into Yugoslavian and Polish, Czechoslovakian.

Tamala Krsna: He has preached in some of those countries already.

Pancadraviḍa: Now Bhagavad-gita in Arabic also, isn't it?

Tamala Krsna: Arabic, just come out; Chinese, Japanese. Twenty-seven languages altogether. One by one, they're being translated. Some are doing... Of course, the German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, these are the main languages. And Hindi. These books are going quicker in translation.

Dr. Kapoor: Sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama.

Tamala Krsna: Shall I finish reading this report, Srila Prabhupada? [break]

Dr. Kapoor: It's a miracle that is happening, Prabhupada.

Prabhupada: Yes.

Tamala Krsna: There's another report, from Africa. Should I read it? It says, "The sahkirtana movement in the dark continent."

Devotee: Who wrote that?

Tamala Krsna: This was written by Jalakara and Syamalal. Syamalal is a Bengali devotee, Srila Prabhupada. You may remember him from Calcutta? He's gone to Africa to preach, and he and this other boy, Jalakara, travel together all over Africa.

Prabhupada: Yesterday... No, yesterday some prominent men, Dalmia. Who came?

Tamala Krsna: Dalmia was here, Ramkrishna Bajaj, Shriman Narayan, and some gentleman from Auroville Society was here to see you. I think they were participating in that conference, Gita-pratisthana.

Dr. Kapoor: I was also invited. I'm sorry I couldn't come, because my wife was very ill.

Tamala Krsna: Dr. Kapoor could not attend. His wife was very ill, he said. He couldn't attend the conference. Srila Prabhupada, maybe you should rest now a little bit.

Dr. Kapoor: Yes.

Tamala Krsna: Okay.

Bhakti-caru: [Transl. Srila Prabhupada, should I arrange something to eat?]

Prabhupada: I'm tired.

Bhakti-caru: Accha.

Tamala Krsna: [whispering] Tell him it will be good for him.

Bhavananda: Srila Prabhupada? Would you like to take some nice pomegranate juice? Will be very good for you. [break]

Tamala Krsna: Any difficulties?

Prabhupada: Everything difficult.

Tamala Krsna: This is a gradual recovery, Srila Prabhupada. We can't expect suddenly that overnight there will be recovery. I feel finally that we've understood a little bit what has been the difficulty. I really think this kaviraja has had a little understanding like that. And you know, I think that this Ayurvedic medicine can effect a gradual change for the better. Let us try. We're trying now. We're patient, and if you'll be patient also, then I think we'll see a good change. Is that all right?

Prabhupada: What can be done?

Jagadisa: Do you feel better, Srila Prabhupada?

Tamala Krsna: Oh, not yet.

Jagadisa: Any more strength?

Tamala Krsna: No, but the strength is not supposed to come yet. You shouldn't expect strength yet, because strength can't come unless you eat. There's no reason for him to feel strong, because he isn't eating yet. The kaviraja explained that in order for Prabhupada to be able to eat, first of all the liver and the kidneys have to be properly healed. Then automatically there will be appetite. And if there's appetite, then Prabhupada will eat. [pause] [end]