I was puzzled. I had never heard the term and I asked him what it was.
Prabhupada repeated, "Brain fag." Then he told us how one time in Delhi in the 1950's he was walking all over, from one office to another, trying to distribute his Back to Godhead newspaper. The entire production of the paper-writing, editing, proof-reading, purchase of paper, overseeing the printing -- and all the distribution, was being done by he alone, with no assistance from anyone. He said he was working very hard. So once, while out in the hot sun, he developed brain fag and began to "reel like a drunkard." But he had no money even to stop a taxi. Fortunately, by Krsna's arrangement, just at that moment a friend of his happened to pass by in a car and saw him. He took him to his home and gave him some medicine, and that cured him.
Prabhupada smiled at this recollection and said, "So I was struggling very much, just like some of our book distributors are doing now."
- From "A Transcendental Diary Vol 4" by HG Hari Sauri Prabhu
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