From: Isvara Puri Prabhu, Dec 4, 2008. Afternoon shift: 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to our
beloved Gurudeva.
We arrived at the hospital a little before 1pm. Maha Varaha Prabhu was
waiting for us and commented that he was going to stay all day long in the
hospital since he had to coordinate with us and teach us about the
physiotherapy exercises for Guru Maharaja.
This time they had Guru Maharaja seated on the edge of the bed with his
lotusfeet over a low chair. It was little difficult for Guru Maharaja to
maintain the balance by himself. Therefore another devotee was holding him
so that he wouldn’t fall to the sides. Then Maha Varaha Prabhu began to feed
prasada to Guru Maharaja. Actually it was a little complicated to feed Guru
Maharaja in that position, but Guru Maharaja was determined to continue.
I was asked to leave Guru Maharaja’s room since there were enough devotees
assisting Guru Maharaja. I was waiting downstairs. At about 7:30pm, I called
Dharesh Prabhu, for us to go back to the temple because our shift was
already finished. He replied me, “ISVARA PURI WE ARE MOVING GURU MAHARAJA TO
ANOTHER ROOM. COME AND HELP US!” I immediately got into the lift and went to
Guru Maharaja’s room at the tenth floor to shift him to another room in
second floor. It was really an unforgettable moment.
This room is much better than the 10th floor as it is peaceful and a bigger
space. Guru Maharaja was carefully brought to his new room. The first thing
I saw were the two beautiful pictures of Radha Madhava right over the head
of his bed. Guru Maharaja was shining like the sun! The nurses asked us in a
very polite way to leave the room since they had to set up Guru Maharaja in
his new room.
In a short while they opened the curtains and we rushed in again like bees
looking only for the nectar. There were pictures of Lord Narasimha and Panca
Tattva put up on the wall. Guru Maharaja wanted to know where was east and
Vidvan Gauranga prabhu went to find out. He returned with the good news that
Guru Maharaja’s head was facing the east. This made Guru Maharaja happy.
I began to massage his divine lotus feet. Maha Varaha Prabhu commented that
he had already given the good news of Guru Maharaja moving from ICCU to ICU
to all the devotees in Mayapur. I said that everyone was going to become
very happy and that the entire world was going to become very happy. Guru
Maharaja raised his beautiful hand which I immediately held it, being
thankful to him for the infinite love, compassion and mercy that he has
towards us. Then we left the hospital.
JPS servants