Married Missionaries - Prabhupada 0252

721016 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana

There are many couples here. They are married. I got them married. Sometimes I am criticized by my Godbrothers. But they do not know why I got them married. Here is a couple, Gurudāsa and his wife, Yamunā, and, Mālatī and her husband, Śyāmasundara. And another couple, Jānakī and Mukunda. I sent them first, missionary, to London to start the temple. And for one year they struggled very hard, and they called me that "I started the temple."

So my Guru Mahārāja wanted to start a temple in London. He sent two sannyāsīs, but it was not possible. But these gṛhasthas, they started. So we want to see that the mission is fulfilled. It doesn't matter whether he's a gṛhastha or sannyāsī. Kibā vipra kibā śūdra nyāsī kene naya (CC Madhya 8.128). So by getting them married, I am benefited. They have helped me.