Rajendranandana das: Bali Mardan came with his wife and Prabhupada in private made some comments, why he had given up sannyasa for this particular lady, because she wasn’t who she had been said to be and she wasn’t all that attractive. But Prabhupada received them very nicely, and he was so encouraging. I thought that was very, very instructive how somebody had some difficulty but Srila Prabhupada never forgot the service that they had rendered; and his love for those who surrendered their lives to him and helped him, certainly these special souls that helped him extensively in the early days, his gratitude was boundless. As we heard later on in the 8th Canto, that one may have difficulty in one ashram, the ashram wasn’t the main thing. Wherever one would find strength, one should situate oneself in those circumstances so that one could continue in one’s Krishna consciousness.
never forgot the service
