He asked me “Get out, go to America.”

Prabhupāda: In old age I was living a retired life in Vṛndāvana. He asked me “Get out, go to America.” So I came. At the age of seventy years, actually nobody goes out of home. But Kṛṣṇa asked me, “Get out and go.” So I came. And although I have got the best temple in Vṛndāvana, I cannot live there. But a fighting soldier is honored by the government. He maybe dies, he is recognized by the government, “Here is a soldier, laid down his life by fighting.” So we prefer that life. We shall die fighting with māyā.”

Evening darsana with Srila Prabhupada.

July 8, 1976, Washington, D.C.