Jahnava: Srila Prabhupada said, “I had no reason to leave Vrindavan to come here.” We were wondering why Srila Prabhupada said that. It was almost as though something was going on that had displeased him. It was a heavy thing for him to say. Then he said, “And you have no reason to come here to see me, except Krishna.” And he smiled beautifully. He went around the room looking at all of our eyes and said, “So, I want that each of you open a center. This Krishna consciousness must go all over the world.” Rukmini asked, “Does that mean women too?” And Srila Prabhupada said, “Yes.” Then he mentioned the person that I was named after, Jahnava Mata, and he said that she had been a great preacher in Krishna consciousness.
Source: Remembrances by Sidhanta Das – Folio Vedabase
