Praghosa das: We were out in the crowd serving prasadam, and there was a kirtan on the stage. There were a lot of people sitting in rows and we were serving, but there were also a lot of people behind the rows standing facing the stage listening. At a certain point in time, the crowd was chanting and they became visibly stirred, roaring. Everybody’s hands were up in the air and all the devotees that were serving the prasadam, we all… “What’s going on?” We look at them, and then we turned around and looked back at the stage and Srila Prabhupada was on the stage with his hands up in the air and he was jumping up and down with a big smile on his face. It was almost like a transference of incredible happiness just shot through the crowd, and everybody simultaneously in that moment became surcharged with mercy really, Prabhupada’s mercy. He gave everyone mercy. Clearly he was so happy to see everyone celebrating Rathayatra.
Reference: Remembrances by Yadubara Das- Folio Vedabase
