{"id":86629,"date":"2022-11-08T11:26:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T10:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=86629"},"modified":"2022-11-08T11:26:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T10:26:51","slug":"when-srila-prabhupada-escaped-from-a-brain-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=86629","title":{"rendered":"When Srila Prabhupada escaped from a brain surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/sJcTyO9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prabhup\u0101da: That first stroke in Second Avenue, that was fatal. You were present, I think.<br \/>\nGargamuni: Yes. I went to the hospital with you, Prabhup\u0101da.<br \/>\nPrabhup\u0101da: So K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a saved. Otherwise that was fatal.<br \/>\nGargamuni: The doctor said that &#8220;How is it that he is still here?&#8221;<br \/>\nPrabhup\u0101da: When?<br \/>\nGargamuni: When you had that attack.<br \/>\nPrabhup\u0101da: Ha, ha.<br \/>\nGargamuni: You were lecturing on Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta in the morning lectures you were giving.<br \/>\nPrabhup\u0101da: Oh.<br \/>\nGargamuni: I can remember. And one morning you said you were not feeling well. Your left side was paralyzed. Prabhup\u0101da: Yes. Paralyzed, yes.<br \/>\nGargamuni: Left side. And this is the most dangerous, the doctor said. My father, he also used to get swelling, but this was due to diabetes.<br \/>\nPrabhupada: I have got diabetes also.<br \/>\n>>> Ref. VedaBase => Room Conversation &#8212; January 19, 1977, Bhubaneswar<\/p>\n<p>Prabhup\u00e4da: When I was in Los Angeles after coming back from India, in that black quarter, do you remember?[the Wyatts area of LA, that years later burnt down during huge race rioting]\nGargamuni: Oh. That was on West Pico Boulevard? That storefront? West Pico Boulevard, right. I know that place. Yes. I was there. When you came back.[from India]\nPrabhup\u00e4da: Before our La Cienega&#8230;<br \/>\nGargamuni: Yes. It was in the black quarter. I can remember.<br \/>\nPrabhup\u00e4da: I was continuing my disease up to there. I was not sleeping at night, and there was some sound, &#8220;goh-goh-goh-goh,&#8221; in my ear. So long the body will be there, there will be so many troubles. And Krsna has advised that &#8220;They will come and go. Don&#8217;t care for them. That&#8217;s all.&#8221; So bodily, mental, by enemies &#8212; so many impediments will come. What can be done? We have to tolerate. That is material world. We cannot expect smooth, very happy. That is not possible.<br \/>\nSo face things as they are and depend on Krsna. That is our duty. We must go on with our duty. Don&#8217;t expect any ash, miracle, magic.<br \/>\n>>> Ref. VedaBase => Conversation &#8212; January 25, 1977, Jagannatha Puri<\/p>\n<p>Prabhupada: They were arranging my brain operation.<br \/>\nBrahmananda: In New York. They threatened us that it must be done, that you must stay in the hospital. They refused that you should leave the hospital, and they wanted to take all these tests, spine&#8230;, put needles in the spine.<br \/>\nWhen Gargamuni took you out of the hospital they threatened that now you will not recover, and now it is our responsibility, what we are doing. They tried to force us.<br \/>\nPrabhupada: I could understand that. Therefore I said, They were arranging for my brain operation. Very dangerous.<br \/>\n>>> Ref. VedaBase => Evening Darsana &#8212; February 15, 1977, Mayapur<\/p>\n<p>Prabhupada: My disciples here are Godsend, they are all more than my father and mother, and they are taking so much care for me that I shall never be able to repay the debts. I hope to survive by the prayers of the boys otherwise I would have died on the day when the stroke was so severe.<br \/>\n>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Sripad Narayana Maharaja, 14 June, 1967<\/p>\n<p>Prabhupada: In New York in 1967 when I was in the hospital they tried to operate my brain, but I left the hospital tactfully. Therefore I say that you never call a doctor for me or send me to the hospital.<br \/>\n>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Mayapurusasa: &#8212; Bombay 4 November, 1975<\/p>\n<p>Prabhupada: The heart attack was very severe. I should have died. Nobody survives such heart attack. But Krsna saved me. That&#8217;s all.<br \/>\n>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 2.46\u201362 &#8212; December 16, 1968, Los Angeles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/sJcTyO9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/sJcTyO9.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prabhupada: They were arranging my brain operation. Brahmananda: In New York. They threatened us that it must be done, that you must stay in the hospital. They refused that you should leave the hospital, and they wanted to take all these tests, spine&#8230;, put needles in the spine. When Gargamuni took you out of the hospital they threatened that now you will not recover, and now it is our responsibility, what we are doing. They tried to force us. Prabhupada: I could understand that. Therefore I said, They were arranging for my brain operation. 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