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The following discussion is between Srila Prabhupada and Ramsevara in 1977 on train to the Kumbhamelamin festival.

Ramesvara - "Prabhupada I thought you once said that if we keep distributing books then the war can be stopped."

Prabhupada - "No. That will increase it. That will make it come faster. We want that. That is preparing the world for the fight against atheism. My books are preparing the world. This war is inevitable. If they are reluctant to fight we will force them to".

They are preparing the world, war is inevitable, if they are reluctant to fight we will force them to."

Krsna became famous by killing demons . He has two businesses. After we have secured America we will use everything in Krsna 's service, even atom bombs. 'Surrender to Krsna or else we will drop this atom bomb', the war is inevitable, there is no way it can be stopped"

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http://bookchanges.com/…/20…/05/Ramesvara-interview-1979.pdf

"I CAME HERE TO TAKE THEIR SUFFERING", SAID PRABHUPADA

It was the beginning of 1977. Prabhupada was in Bombay temple. He was very sick. He had stopped all food intake – he was taking 1/4 a cup of orange juice per day. His body had only bones left – there was no flesh. And yet, he was insisting that he wanted to go to London. The doctors had given up responsibility. But as always, he was adamant

At this time, one Pancaratrika Pandit from Bangalore named Sampat Kumar Bhattacarya came to know about Srila Prabhupada’s situation. So, he took a flight from Bangalore to Bombay – which in those days was a huge thing for a Brahmin priest – and met Prabhupada, and asked for a private meeting. Generally, nobody was allowed a private meeting, but when he said that he specially came by flight from Bangalore to meet Srila Prabhupada, he was allowed a private meeting. So, everybody was asked to go out, and they talked.

The conversation was like this: Sampat Kumar: ‘Swamiji, I am feeling very pained