One day on our way to an arranged program for Prabhupada, I was driving along with Hari Sauri next to me and Harikesh and Tamal were with Prabhupada in the back. Every now and again I would take a glance back just to look at Srila Prabhupada and I noticed that Tamal was looking sleepy and in time he began to snore with his head resting on Prabhupada’s shoulder. I glanced at Prabhupada to see his reaction and with love and compassion he said, “Don’t wake him. Don’t wake him.” At that moment I saw another aspect of Srila Prabhupada I had never seen before. He’s a shaktavesa avatar but he exhibited such love and kindness to us, his conditioned disciples that was so amazing. Sometimes you don’t see those qualities unless it’s in real life or in videos.
Reference: Remembrances by Sidhanta Das- Folio Vedabase
