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I will speak in English first, otherwise Acintya Caitanya dāsa will not be able to repeat. So my Delhi physician, Bharat ki Rajdhani Delhi, he is a liver expert. He told me that within 3-5 years I should get a new liver, I should get a liver transplant. But in 2017, he suddenly said, "Your condition has worsened and he said that you need a liver transplant within 3-6 months." So, I went to the experts in Delhi and they said, "You are too great a risk and we won’t deal with you." I was rejected!! Then my doctor who came here, he said, "Dr. Raila in South India, he is the number one in liver transplant expert." So right after Gaura Pūrṇimā I went there. He said, I had to be within 3-4 hours distance so that I could immediately undergo liver transplant when a liver became available. So, about seven months I waited, and I have never been out of Māyāpur so long! We had Janmāṣṭamī there, we had Ratha-yātrā there. I attended the Kolkata Ratha-yātrā by Skype. But the hospital that I was in, Dr. Raila told me that I had an 8 out of 10 chance of success. which means 2 out of 10 chance death. But everyone recommended that I take the chance and go through it. So I was waiting, waiting, for several months, but this hospital gets liver on rotation, and when they got the liver, it was the wrong blood type. My blood type is B positive!! [Devotees: Haribol]

Anyway, Mahā Varāha Prabhu who has been helping me as my secretary since the stroke I had in 2008, so he found out that the Government hospitals get the first choice, then they give to the private hospital. So, I changed to a government hospital. And that hospital had an operation theater for liver transplant which was designed by Dr. Raila, who is my surgeon. But they said that this government hospital normally treats very poor villagers. You are a famous guru, not a poor person, so you may get some criticism. Anyway, I had some help and I went two times for a checkup. And the second time they finally agreed that we will accept you as our patient. No sooner than I got the registration number, within three hours there was a car accident. Two people died, spot dead. But their liver and kidney were in good order. So, they said, you are not going home, get ready for the operation. [Devotees: Haribol]. Then all of you have been praying for me, all over the world they prayed for me, some people had dreams of Narasiṁhadeva. So, somehow by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa and all the deities and prayers of the devotees, I am still here! [Devotees: Haribol].

I have a new liver and a new kidney! [Devotees: Haribol! Haribol! Haribol!]. But they say I have been told that for one year I have to be extremely cautious, as I have to take immuno-suppressant medicines so that my body does not reject the new liver and new kidney. That is why we wear masks and take precautions. But I am very happy to be back here to my home in Māyāpur! [Devotees: Haribol! Haribol!]. Of course they were very nice in Chennai, they treated me very nice! So you have some competition now!

So, this time is just before the Gaura Pūrṇimā festival. And at this time, Māyāpur is the host to devotees from all over the world. And Prabhupāda had announced that this was the spiritual headquarters of ISKCON. Therefore, the GBC comes here every year to have their Annual General Meeting. And this is a great opportunity for us to serve them and to welcome them! It is something to be very proud of to be a part of Māyāpur! With that comes a responsibility. That is to act very responsibly and serve all the Vaiṣṇavas.

Recently, I have been compiling the Caitanya-līlā book. And, we see that how Lord Caitanya when He was acting as a devotee, He loved to preach and serve other Vaiṣṇavas. When He manifested His divine form as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all the devotees were so blissful, so ecstatic, serving the Lord!! All the ladies offered foodstuff to the Lord, and He ate everything!! Bring Me more! Bring Me more! They gave 108 pots of Ganges water. Each pot was one or two litres! He drank everything! Nobody could do that, only the Lord! So they were all running to find out what offering to give the Lord and everybody started Hari-dhvani! [Devotees: Haribol! Haribol! Haribol!]. All the ladies did ulu-dhvani! Ulu, ulu, ulu, ulu, ulu! Haribol! Haribol! Haribol! Jaya-dhvani! Ulu-dhvani! Haribol! Haribol! Haribol! Gaurāṅga! Nitāi! Gaura! [Devotees: Gaurāṅga! Nityānanda! Gaurāṅga! Nityānanda!]

So, the demons thought that our sleep is being disturbed by these Vaiṣṇavas. They said that the boat is coming from the king Hussain Shah and he will have the police arrest Śrīvāsa and all the Vaiṣṇavas. Śrīvāsa is such a simple devotee that he believed, took to heart the false news. We now have false news on social media. And we find that 500 years ago Vaiṣṇavas were also attacked by false rumors.

So Lord Caitanya, Lord Gaurāṅga, He kicked on Śrīvāsa’s door, open the door! Open the door! "That person who you are worshipping is now here!" [Devotees: Haribol!] Śrīvāsa opened the door and Lord Caitanya manifested four arms. [Devotees: Gaurāṅga!] He appeared as Lord Narasiṁhadeva! Devotees: Narasiṁhadeva Bhagavān kī jaya]

He said, "There is nothing to worry about! I am here! I am in everyone’s heart; I will tell the king not to do anything! But He has an independent mind, and if he wants to do something anyway, I will personally go on the boat! I will tell him bring all your mullahs, bring all your high priests! Let them read the Qu'ran and make everyone cry! No one will cry! I will speak, I will make everyone cry! You don’t believe Me, look at this four-year-old girl, Nārāyaṇī! Cry in love for Godhead!" And immediately Nārāyaṇī tried to cry in love of Kṛṣṇa! [Devotees: Haribol!]

So you are so blessed that you are in Lord Gaurāṅga’s birthplace and His place of līlās. I have to go now and show myself before the Deities. Please forgive me! Hare Kṛṣṇa!