"During this morning's car ride, Srila Prabhupada was eager to be out in the open. He had us drive up and down Bhaktivedanta Swami Marg. It had rained last night and the morning was very pleasant, with the complete absence of other vehicles. Srila Prabhupada, Kirtanananda Maharaja, Hrdayananda Maharaja, Caitya-guru, and I enjoyed the Vrndavana atmosphere of cows and bullocks, chirping birds, young girls carrying water jugs on their heads, a marriage party proceeding on carts. Then Prabhupada had us drive through the forest for some time. We mentioned that so many astrological charts had predicted Prabhupada would live long. Later in the morning Yasodanandana Maharaja offered a prayer in this same vein and Prabhupada said, "I have no objection. I like your association, and at all our temples it is like Vaikuntha. My Guru Maharaja left very dissatisfied, but I am not at all. Whatever Krsna desires." Still, the devotees' intense loving care and desire for his presence seem to have touched Srila Prabhupada. He no longer talked so assuredly of death, and his countenance seemed brighter. Just afterwards, he ate some solid food."

-Tamal Krishna Goswami, May 28, 1977