“This Bhagavat Gita will purify me”.
I was distributing at Ashfield, Sydney Australia.
I stopped one elder India man just about to cross the road.
He wasn't very happy to have me stop in his tracks.
"Apka nam kya?" (what is your name Sir). I said "Mira nam Uddhav." He was a little surprised to hear a young Australian speak Hindi. I said "Deko bahagavan!" (look the Supreme Personality of Godhead)."Prabhupada book lelo." (lelo means, please take).
Still he was not so inclined to take. It was as if he had plans he didn't want disrupted.
So I made my plea. "Please! Mira Hare Krsna brahmacari!" I showed him my massive shika to prove it. "We're distributing these books to please Srila Prabhupada and tell the whole world about Krsna! We don't sell them. We just ask for 'dan dakshin' (donation). Please take a book and give a donation."
The supersoul must have changed his heart. I could see when his mood changed. He said "Oh, OK I was going to buy some meat (there was a butcher across the road) but I will by this Bhagavata Gita instead." He then gave me all the laxmi he had in his wallet. $15. HARIBOL!!!!!
Then he said in an Indian accent "I am pure Hindu, Brahman." He poised for a second. "But I eat meat like a DOG!"…….."But no beef only pig." He then glorified the Bhagavad Gita and he said he really needed it right now and that by reading Gita he would become purified. I said "Yes, yes thank you very much."
Your out of tune instrument,
Uddhava Das gurukuli
