Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur and Srila Prabhupada in Champahatti
(From the memories of Nayananda Brahmachari - Pujari of Gaura Gadadhara Deities in Champahatti, Sri Navadvipa Dhama, disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
The last year of his life Gurudev (Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur) organized Navadwipa mandala parikrama. In our Temple united thousands and thousands of pilgrims. Pilgrims with their tents filled everywhere around this place. The last evening Maharaj gave a lecture. In the afternoon of that day one of our God brothers – Bhakti Sharanga Goswami Maharaj arrived from London. He arrived in the ship and directly came to Navadwipa. He tried to preach in the west but was not successful in that. Maharaj used to tell about his great desire of preaching the glories of Lord Chaitania’s teachings in the west. He remembered that this desire also was in Bhaktivinod Thakur and he also strongly believed that it will happen. And this was also the last wish of his mother – Srimati Bhagavati Devi before her departure from this world.
At that moment I mentioned that something amazing happened. Guru Maharaj started to gaze to the crowd of people and especially to the sides of sannyasis and brahmacharis in saffron. But later he turned his sight to my side. For a long time he gazed upon someone and silence filled the hall. And I turned back and could see that Guru Maharaj was exchanging with sights with Abhay Charanaravinda Prabhu. I thought that they are looking to each other strangely. Then Maharaj again looked to his front and told:
“But I am predicting. I am predicting, that the next disciple of mine, who will cross the ocean – but it will not be soon, I won't be able to see it – this Devotee will bring here the whole world.” And I remember this happening and thinking that Srila Prabhupada did everything as he already predicted.
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