10/10/2025
Udayananda: During Prabhupada’s final days, it was very difficult to see him in his weakened condition. It tore your heart right out. But the amazing thing was that Prabhupada, even though he had that condition, was translating the Srimad-Bhagavatam. At the same time he was running the movement. He was even cracking jokes. It was just phenomenal how he could do everything. Physically he was so weak but his consciousness was crystal clear. One day Prabhupada said, “I’ve given you this big ISKCON movement. If you can, please expand it.” He said, “At least maintain it. Don’t let this decrease.” Then he said, “Please cooperate,” as he said so many times before. And then Prabhupada started to cry. Everyone in the room started crying. That was probably the most painful moment of my life, to see Prabhupada cry. So we have this movement. It’s Prabhupada’s movement. We have the good, we have the bad, and we have the ugly. But we just have to be determined to never leave the ISKCON movement. We just have to always try to push it forward. If there’s a problem, push it forward. Because when you leave ISKCON, you make Prabhupada cry. So let’s make Prabhupada happy and push on Krishna consciousness to every town and village.
