note from the subject book r la prabhup da l l m ta and he did not have to flatter anyone support anyone or manage anyone's life his mind and intelligence were free and dwelt constantly on his service to his spiritual master he saw his present circumstances as a preparation for a greater task before him despite his advanced age he felt that he had barely begun his work yet he felt confident he had his vision of a world association of devotees it was not an idle dream although he was not certain how it would all come about but he knew his duty for the present he would go on describing his vision the vision of his predecessor spiritual masters in articles and books but as soon as possible he should go to the west westerners he had concluded were not satisfied with a materially comfortable life devoid of spiritual understanding more than his fellow indians they would be open to the message of the absolute truth he knew he should go and he would go if k a desired abhay lived frugally in v nd vana keeping exact account of every expenditure and every receipt he carefully kept a ledger just as if he were running a substantial business even though his purchases were only a little milk a few vegetables charcoal for cooking bus rides and his major expenditure postage abhay composed a bengali poem v nd vana bhajana its opening stanzas were especially self reflective and personal i am sitting alone in v nd vana dh ma in this mood i am getting many realizations i have my wife sons daughters grandsons everything but i have no money so they are a fruitless glory k a has shown me the naked form of material nature by his strength it has all become tasteless to me today yasy ham anug h mi hari ye tad dhana anai i gradually take away all the wealth of those upon whom i am merciful how was i able to understand this mercy of the all merciful r la prabhup da is here in the advanced age of his supporters friends and family left him broke r la prabhup da l l m ta another reference prabhup da's most ambitious literary undertaking the completion of r mad bh gavatam was to be no less than sixty volumes he had begun in india in and all along he had been aware that he was attempting a gigantic task at an advanced age now k a was giving him opportunities both for writing vedic literatures and for travelling and he was working at an amazing pace prabhup da is here in advanced age of starting to write his bhaktivedanta purports i guess in india it was an advanced age but not in florida