Early in the morning, around 1.30am, Bali-mardana awoke to hear Srila Prabhupada ringing his bell. Running into the room, he found Prabhupada sitting behind a small bookstand, his large volume of Srimad-Bhagavatam open in front of him. The whole room was dark, save for the light of the desk lamp.
Bali-mardana: Srila Prabhupada was wearing his glasses and he motioned me to come closer. It turned out that he didn't need anything, but rather he wanted to talk to m