Jayananda looks like Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. [laughter] Yes. He was tall and stout and strong, Caitanya Mahaprabhu. [laughing] Yes. Very good. And in Vrndavana, when Kirtanananda was given sannyasa, he was looking so nice with this dress and danda, oh, practically all the devotees of Vrndavana came to offer him respect. Yes. On Janmastami day I offered him sannyasa. So, many devotees came to see in the temple. So there was a big crowd. He was looking very nice. Caitanya Mahaprabhu was also very fair-complexioned. So with this dress, persons with fair complexion looks very nice, very attractive. So people are not attracted with this dress in kirtana party? [laughs] This bare head with tilaka and this dress, they will know that they are coming from…, directly from the kingdom of God. [laughs] [laughter] Actually it is so. They have forgotten God; otherwise they would have received these brahmacaris so nicely. In India, oh, you’ll be received just like gods with this dress. Hundreds and thousands of people will come to receive you. Yes.
Srila Prabhupada – December 1, 1968, Los Angeles