Youngsters buying Bhagavat Gita
What is Sanatana Dharma? A young boy approached our stall accompanied by two young girls. They probably belonged to the same class and were returning back after tuitions. The boy was urging the girls to buy Bhagavad‐Gita from our stall. I asked him if he would like to have one. While still trying to coax his classmates to buy; he responded that he had already purchased and had started reading. He was convinced that everyone should...
A True Goldsmith Knows the Value of Gold
As I was distributing books, one man approached me and took the Bhagavad Gita in hand to introspect. He was interested in buying, He asked me what was the rate. I quoted him 100 rs. He again saw the Gita, examined it and expressed his surprise 100 rs. I said yes sir, it’s Printing cost. He said it’s impossible. He told me that he was himself a printer and that such a big book would cost no less than 150 rs...
Every Home Should Have Holy Scripture
We used to put the stall everyday outside Koperkhairane railway station during Book Marathon. One day a young man came to our stall and commented ‘You people have commercialized religion and dharma’ and started walking away. I immediately stopped him and said we are bringing the message of god to his children and not commercializing the holy book. He further questioned that how much money I was making out of this business....
A Drunkard Inspired by Another Drunkard
During this book marathon I used to put stall at koperkharne station. Here I want to share one of my surprising experience. One evening one drunkard came to our stall and picked up one copy and told to me that this is incomplete bhagavat gita. I asked him how he came to know that!! He told” watching the first page only I understood that this is not complete”!!. Instead of arguing I was trying to avoid him & looking for...
A Poor lady Gives Her Best
We were distributing books at Chembur. One man comes up on stall. Wanting to buy the Krishna book in marathi, He asks for concession for the book. Inspite of our explanation of unable to reduce the cost, the man removes his purse. He takes out a big bundle of notes and then picks up just 130 rupees from it and hands us over saying that I will give 10 rs less as concession. Internally disgusted with him, we tell him that he can have...
Power of Srila Prabhupada Books
We had put up a Stall on main road near chembur station. Just then in front of us, we saw a man crossing the road got hit by a car. The car however speed away. I went over and helped that man to get up. Luckily for him the hit wasn’t too bad. But he was in a state of shock. So I got him to the place where he had put up our book stall and offered him our chair to sit on. I gave him some water to drink. He took some time to come...




