Excerpt from a Lecture by HH Lokanath Swami
So one time I approached him to take sannyas. I was two and a half year in the movement (Laughter), joined in '72 and approached Srila Prabhupada in '74 for sannyas.
Prabhupada said, 'wait' (Laughter). Then I was waiting. Srila Prabhupada then during one visit of Mumbai, he asked Sridhar, ' You take sannyas you go to Vrndavana, I am coming there very soon.'
So when the news reached me, I ran to Prabhupada, 'Me too, me too!' What I have done wrong? Me too, me too! Like children, father has given a toy to one son and another son runs, me too, me too (Laughter). So when I approached Srila Prabhupada like that, 'me too, me too! I want to take sannyas. Give me sannyas',
There were just me and Srila Prabhupada. Prabhupada said, 'Oh, you are already sannyasi!' 'No, no, no! (Laughter). Srila Prabhupada was tricking me. So that time Prabhupada pulled this weapon. 'anasritah karma-phalam karyam karma karoti yah'. He was preaching to me.
He quoted this verse. You are giving your karma, everything to krsna, this and that. He was giving the verse and his purport. I was listening very carefully. But it was not convincing.
So after going back and forth Srila Prabhupada said, "Oh! You want to undergo formality of sannyas?' 'Yes Prabhupada!' 'You join Sridhar. You and Sridhar go to Vrndavana."
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