Lāguḍi dāsa: We called other doctors, but we were advised not to give Gour Govinda Mahārāja medicine if he did not want to take it. “Do not force him,” they said, “and if he does not want to eat, then do not force him.” He neither ate nor drank. He was in kṛṣṇa-prema. This is what Kṛṣṇadāsa Bābājī had told us. Bābājī Mahārāja believed that he was a mahā-bhāgavata.
From what I can understand, Kṛṣṇadāsa Bābājī was very encouraged that Śrīla Prabhupāda had one disciple like this: a mahā-bhāgavata. I was there in the room when Bābājī Mahārāja paid his obeisances to Gour Govinda Mahārāja and said‚ “He is a mahā-bhāgavata, do not disturb him.”
Mayapura 1979 – An Historical Account
Concerned for Gour Govinda Mahārāja’s welfare, the devotees took him to an Ayurvedic doctor whose name was Nārāyaṇa Rāmānuja Dāsa. The kavirāja observed Gour Govinda Mahārāja and said‚ “He is maturing his perfection‚ and then he will be able to drop down to the madhyama-adhikārī platform. He will mature this prema-bhakti.” The kavirāja then said‚ “In four years he will either disappear because he has matured his relationship with Kṛṣṇa‚ or Kṛṣṇa will let him stay and preach. It is up to Kṛṣṇa. These are the symptoms before entering into prema-bhakti — perfection, and one cannot go back if he has gone too far.”
Then the devotees asked the kavirāja‚ “Śrīla Prabhupāda was matured‚ he could play at madhyama-adhikārī, but if one is not matured, how can he play it both ways?” The kavirāja said to them‚ “If he does not disappear‚ if Kṛṣṇa does not take him, then he will become a rare personality, a great preacher – an ācārya. Everyone will see!”
ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca
saṁśayātmā vinaśyati
nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro
na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ
Then the devotees asked the kavirāja‚ “Śrīla Prabhupāda was matured‚ he could play at madhyama-adhikārī, but if one is not matured, how can he play it both ways?” The kavirāja said to them‚ “If he does not disappear‚ if Kṛṣṇa does not take him, then he will become a rare personality, a great preacher – an ācārya. Everyone will see!”
ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca
saṁśayātmā vinaśyati
nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro
na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ
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