Hari-śauri: One man, one of our men, he died in Bhuvaneśvara.
Prabhupāda: When?
Hari-śauri: We just got a telegram today from Bhāgavata.
Prabhupāda: Who is he?
Hari-śauri: He was an elderly Australian devotee, the man who was doing the architecture. You saw him in Bombay, that older man. He was about fifty-six.
Prabhupāda: In Bombay?
Hari-śauri: You saw him in Bombay last year. He had just done some drawings for the development of Bhuvaneśvara, and you asked him if he would like... Oh, Haridaspur. At that time he was working on some plans for Haridaspur, and you asked him if he would like to stay there. He's... Bhāgavata put that he had died of some brain virus.
Prabhupāda: In Bhuvaneśvara?
Hari-śauri: Yes. That is part of Jagannātha Purī dhāma?
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes.
Hari-śauri: Is that a guarantee for going home, if someone leaves their body in the dhāma?
Prabhupāda: At least, he gets high standard of life for many years. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā. Find out in Bhagavad-gītā.
Hari-śauri: (pause) Prāpya puṇya-kṛtāṁ lokān (BG 6.41)?
Prabhupāda: Hm.
Hari-śauri:
- uṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
- śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe
- yoga-bhraṣṭo 'bhijāyate
- (BG 6.41)
Prabhupāda: Read the whole verse.
Hari-śauri: The English?
Prabhupāda: Or Sanskrit.
Hari-śauri: That was text 41. "The unsuccessful yogi, after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a family of righteous people or into a family of rich aristocracy." Then the next verse,
- athavā yoginām eva
- kule bhavati dhīmatām
- etad dhi durlabhataraṁ
- loke janma yad īdṛśam
- (BG 6.42)
"Or he takes his birth in a family of transcendentalists, who are surely great in wisdom. Verily, such a birth is rare in this world."
- tatra taṁ buddhi-saṁyogaṁ
- labhate paurva-dehikam
- yatate ca tato bhūyaḥ
- saṁsiddhau kuru-nandana
- (BG 6.43)
"On taking such a birth, he again revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he tries to make further progress in order to achieve complete success, O son of Kuru." (break) ...telegram came today. It didn't give the exact time, but it came from Bhuvaneśvara.
Prabhupāda: He was there?
Hari-śauri: Yes. He was working with Gaura-Govinda Mahārāja.
Prabhupāda: He is... He was coming from Australia.
Hari-śauri: Yes. He was from Melbourne. He gave up his family when he was fifty-one and joined the temple, and then he came here to work with Saurabha.