a.c. bhaktivedanta swami
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| Prabhupada Letters :: 1965 a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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15 Aug 2009 JOURNAL: Sunday, August 15 In the morning I woke up and felt a little better but I felt no hunger. Took only a glass of lemon sikanjie [lemon drink/nimbu pani] but the head dizziness is continuing. Up to 10/30 I was in the captain's room, radio room, chatting with the officers. In the radio room they were despatching news to other ships. The captain's room is full with nautical paraphernalia. I saw a chart of different appearancial(?) photo of the sea. The grades are 0 to 10 degrees and I think we are passing on the sea between 4 to 7 points the scene of the 10th point was furious and the 12th serious. The captain advised me to take more solid food. letters | 02:30 | 14 Aug 2009 JOURNAL: Saturday, August 14 The ship started at about 11 o'clock in the morning majestically. I do not feel any jerking whatsoever. But on reaching the Bay of Bengal, there is tilting of the ship and little rolling also. The roughness increased gradually on the upper Bay of Bengal and I felt sea sickness. There was vomiting tendency and dizziness and I felt uncomfortable the whole day and night. The sea was foamy all through. It appeared like a big plate of water extending to 40 square miles but factually it was endless so, today. It is a vivid example of God's Maya because it appears like something but factually it is something else. letters | 02:29 | 13 Aug 2009 JOURNAL: Friday, August 13 Today at 9 a.m. embarked on M.V. Jaladuta. Came with me Bhagwati, the Dwarwan of Scindia Sansir Mr. Sen Gupta, Mr. Ali and Vrindaban. The cabinet is quite comfortable. It is owner's residence and therefore the sitting room, the bedroom and the bath and privy all equipped with first class materials. Everything is nice in the 1st class compartment and thanks to Lord Sri Krishna for His enlightening Smti. Sumati Moraji for all these arrangements. I am quite comfortable. The ship started at 1/30 p.m. very slowly from the dock (and) reached near Botanical Garden and stopped at mid-stream of the Ganges till 11 p.m. and then turned towards the front and started. It is quite steady. I cannot understand in my cabin if it is at all moving. I am so comfortable. The voyage was again stopped at 3/30 a.m. at Kalpi near Diamond Harbor & Ganokhali wideth and detained for about 8 hours. The delta of the Ganges quite wide with shallow water. letters | 02:27 | 12 Aug 2009 JOURNAL: Tuesday, August 12 To start for U.S.A. by MV. Jaladuta from Calcutta port (K. George's Dockyard)  M.V. Jaladuta letters | 02:25 | August 12, 1965 One day prior to the departure of the Jaladuta, the following newspaper article appeared in the Dainik Basumati, a Bengali newspaper in Calcutta. A translation of the article is as follows: The Lord's Message Goes to America Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, prthivite ache yata nagaradi grama, sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama. That prophecy is going to be fulfilled now! Srimat Bhaktivedanta Swami, a resident of Vrndavana, has translated the Srimad-Bhagavatam into English in sixty volumes with word-for-word meaning and purports. Before this great work could be appreciated by his countrymen, people from far off America have expressed their admiration of this supernormal achievement and have invited him so that they may meet him in person and acquaint themselves with his work. Hence, he is departing from Calcutta for New York this 12th day of August. letters | 01:41 | |
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