Yadubara: Sometimes it is stated that Kṛṣṇa will take everything away from the devotee.
Prabhupāda: That is special favor, (laughter) that "This rascal is again attached. Take all his..." That is special favor. That is not ordinary favor, so that when everything is taken away, he will completely surrender to Kṛṣṇa, "Kṛṣṇa, I have nothing except You." tumi binā ke āche āmara "I have nothing." That is very good.
Kuruśreṣṭha: Once one performs devotional service then he can't get away from Kṛṣṇa. Can he still get away? It seems like...
Prabhupāda: Yes, that option is always, because you are independent.
Kuruśreṣṭha: I see with myself that if I try to get away a little bit, He beats me so much that I have to come back.
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is special favor.
Yadubara: So Kṛṣṇa is directly controlling that?
Prabhupāda: Yes. When He sees, "That fool wants Me, at the same time, material world. So take his material possession, everything, so that he will want only Me, that's all." Actually, it was done to me. (laughs) I have got practical experience. I did not want to take sannyāsa. I thought that I shall do business. And Kṛṣṇa forced me to take sannyāsa and all, everything, dismantled.
Devotee (4): Kṛṣṇa's mercy on us.
Yadubara: But your business was successful...
Prabhupāda: I was thinking of becoming Birla, but I am now more than Birla. This is Kṛṣṇa's mercy.