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It Seemed to Be in the Middle of Nowhere
A lwAys E mbr A c E d by K åñë A
out so they could stand the picture on it. They were going to place a cloth over it and place the picture there. They went into Çréla Gour Govinda Mahäräja’s room, and as usual he was sitting there at his “desk”, translating. “Excuse us, Mahäräja, we would just like to take the trunk to put the photograph on.” Çréla Gour Govinda Mahäräja immediately agreed and started to remove what was on top of it. The two devotees lifted the trunk and just as they took their first step, they noticed a huge black scorpion on the ground that had been beneath the trunk. The scorpion was at least five inches long and very fat. Some of the devotees there had never seen a scorpion before and those who had, had never seen one that large. Çréla Gour Govinda Mahäräja continued to sit there as if nothing was happening. He did not move. This huge scorpion had obviously been resting under the trunk. Immediately one of the devotees picked up a shoe, hit the scorpion with it and killed it. To everyone’s amazement, Çréla Gour Govinda Mahäräja was not affected at all. Everyone else, however, was shocked that such a large scorpion had been sitting underneath the trunk. Everyone came outside for the photo after which Çréla Gour Govinda Mahäräja returned back to his hut and resumed his translating work.
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As stated, the conditions on the Bhubaneswar land were austere; there was the hut and practically nothing else at all. The devotees had constructed in front of the hut a shelter made from wood and leaves, driving seven feet high stakes into the ground and placing leaves and branches on top, to
