My Guru Maharaja ordered, Krsna wanted, I was resisting Him

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"My Guru Mahārāja ordered. Kṛṣṇa wanted. I was resisting Him"

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

That was Kṛṣṇa's plan. "Come here. Do this work." You see. My Guru Mahārāja ordered. Kṛṣṇa wanted. I was resisting Him. That's all.

Room Conversation -- November 3, 1973, New Delhi:

Śyāmasundara: In Bombay you were having your own business, then?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Śyāmasundara: Manufacturing?

Prabhupāda: Yes. No, that is small manufacturing. So I got very, very good chance. But Kṛṣṇa did not allow it. He wanted me to come to this point. That is my practical experience. And now I'm seeing that it is Kṛṣṇa's so much favor. You see? Yasyāham anugṛhnāmi . . . (SB 10.88.8) It is, it is, actually it is His grace. "What he'll do by becoming Birla, rich man like Birla?" That was Kṛṣṇa's plan. "Come here. Do this work." You see? My Guru Mahārāja ordered. Kṛṣṇa wanted. I was resisting Him. That's all. I was actually very expert businessman in chemical line. I did it very creditably in Bose's laboratory as manager and my own business. And everyone knows. Even in manufacturing also.

Śyāmasundara: Yeah, with that same experience now you've organized a worldwide society . . .

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Śyāmasundara: . . . and that's a big business.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Śyāmasundara: Difficult work.