Hamsaduta: I think all of us had thought when you called us to India, “Now we will have to starve.” So we came, and there is so much to eat.

Revatinandana: When we left New York City, the last Sunday, Rsi-kumara cooked a tremendous feast. So we ate until we couldn’t move, ’cause we thought it was our last feast. We thought there’d never be any more prasadam. [laughter] Now we have to…

Prabhupada: There was a famine in India in 1942, big famine. I particularly inquired among the disciples of my Guru Maharaja, and even the remote village, they said that “We have no difficulty.” No. And another, there was a havoc, earthquake, in Bihar sometime in 1933 or that… And one of our Godbrother, Mr. Munshi Chatterjee, when he heard that quarter is completely demolished, so he was in the office. He was thinking, “What shall I do by going home? There is no more home. Everything is…” Then he said, “Let me go and see.” And when he came there, only his house was left. Only his house. All house dismantled. The only. Kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati [Bg 9.31]. That we have seen in many instances. Krsna-bhakta is never vanquished.

Devotee: Yes. We were thinking that he was getting special protection from the Lord.

Prabhupada: That is a fact. So be sincere, do your duty. You will never be in trouble. Never.

Room Conversation — December 11, 1970, Indore