Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Mahārāja

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some devotees would take Çré Çrémad Gour Govinda Mahäräja in his personal car to the railway station in Mathurä. In 1977 Çré Çrémad Gour Govinda Mahäräja saw Çréla Prabhupäda twice, and he saw him for the last time in Våndävana, in November, just before his disappearance.

“I Want to Go There, to Bhubaneswar”

Çréla Gour Govinda Swami: I saw Çréla Prabhupäda twice there, and just four days before his disappearance I saw him again in Våndävana. Until his last days, he was thinking of Bhubaneswar. He asked me, “Gour Govind...” He was very feeble, very weak. I lay my ear to his lips and in a feeble voice, he said, “Gour Govind, what is going on in Bhubaneswar?” I answered, “Çréla Prabhupäda, what will go on? I am just staying there doing bhajana. As you have said, I am doing. It is your mercy. I am just begging your mercy, then your project will be done.” Çréla Prabhupäda asked, “How is the climate?” “The climate is very nice, Çréla Prabhupäda.” Then he said, “I want to go there, to Bhubaneswar.”

Looking from Goloka Vṛndāvana

Çréla Gour Govinda Swami: Just four days before his disappearance he talked with me. At that time, he was thinking of coming here. Çréla Prabhupäda said this and I said, “Whatever you desire, that should be done.” But the leaders and others all said, “No, no, no. Bhubaneswar is such an isolated place. There’s nothing there. How can Prabhupäda go in his condition? No, no, no.” They would not allow me to do so, and they said, “Gour Govinda, do not take Çréla Prabhupäda to Bhubaneswar. No! No! No! We will not allow it.” But Çréla Prabhupäda wanted to go to Bhubaneswar, and I was making the arrangements. They committed a great offence,