Udayananda das : I remember the kirtans were very ecstatic at this time. There were several hundred devotees there, and they were doing guru-puja and everyone was dancing in ecstasy. But there was this lane, Prabhupada always kept an open lane between the men and the women so that he had a perfect direct view towards the Deities. So sometimes when the kirtan started to become very ecstatic, the devotees started to dance into the middle lane and Prabhupada started to wave his hand like “Move out of the way. I love my devotees, but I want to see my Lord.” So I oftentimes go to temples and there’s Prabhupada sitting on the vyasasan and devotees are dancing, blocking the view of Prabhupada to the Deities. We should always understand that Prabhupada is with us, and we shouldn’t commit guru-aparadha by putting our back either to Prabhupada or blocking Prabhupada’s vision to Radha and Krishna.
Reference: Memories-Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint by Siddhanta Dasa
