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Prabhupada’s maha-maha-residence

Gargamuni Dasa: I was very very lucky when Prabhupada moved into his new quarters in Bombay. Guess what? Prabhupada left his old quarters for me, the entire floor. I used for the office of the Library Party. It was also a place where my men came back, they can get proper baths, and Shantilal cooked in one of the rooms. And I stayed in Prabhupada’s room, that was my headquarters. And in that room, Prabhupada had two steel almirahs, and he said - they were old - and he said, “We’ll have to move these to the new.” I said, “No, Prabhupada, you give me your Maha-maha-prasadam of your almirahs because I can use them and I will buy you two new ones, not old ones".

He said, “Oh, very good.” So I did that, and I got Prabhupada’s Maha-maha. You know there's Maha-prasadam, but when you take from the spiritual master, Prabhupada says it becomes Maha-maha-prasadam, two mahas, not one. So it's more blessings if you take from the spiritual master. And Tamal Krishna who was the secretary, he would never eat in the temple, because the temple food, the quality was very poor. He would eat from…, with me and my men of the Library Party where Shantilal cooked, and nobody got sick. So I was able and fortunate to get Prabhupada’s Maha-residence, Maha-maha-residence. I don't think anybody got that.



Reference: SPF Interviews