Padmalocana das: They were making a new vyasasana, so I’d been requested to upholster that vyasasana. So most devotees went off to the airport to meet Prabhupada, welcome Prabhupada, but we were still trying to finish this thing up before he arrived. So we wanted to finish, get it in the temple room, and it was green with gold trim around it. So Prabhupada came and immediately everyone was offering obeisances and I was completely overwhelmed, I’d never seen such a personality. I immediately had extreme emotions of crying, and I was quite overwhelmed. Then we went in and Prabhupada took darshan, and he sat down on the vyasasana and started giving a lecture. Then just as he finished the lecture he mentioned something about the vyasasana, “Oh, this is very nice.”
Then he went upstairs. As soon as he got there it seemed, he had just arrived and then immediately somebody said, “Oh, Prabhupada is saying something about the vyasasana, you should go up there.” So I went up and Prabhupada said, “I want two more vyasasanas.” He said, “Yes, they should be small size because every day Lord Brahma and Narada Muni come here for the evening aratik and there should be a vyasasana for each of them. They should look identical to my one in small size.” I think we finished them on that same day, and next morning they were placed there. So Prabhupada was very appreciative the next day. He said, “Yes, yes, they should stay always and be here next to Radha-Londonisvara.” Then he told everyone, “Every day Lord Brahma and Narada Muni come here for the evening aratik.”
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Padmalocana Dasa
