Prabhupada - Abhay Charan's Parents Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

In those days, British ruled India,
With their Capital City of Kolkata.
Indians lived in the Northern City,
And British, in the Central City.

Abhay’s home was situated
At No.151, Harrison Road,
On the city’s Indian side,
Where rich aristocrats lived

His father, a cloth merchant
Was member of a prominent
Wealthy Mullick family, who sold,
To British traders, salt and gold.

A Muslim ruler had conferred
The title, Mullick, meaning Lord,
On those rich families, who owned
Rows of properties in that Road.

For Radha-Govinda Deities,
A temple, as old as 150 years,
Stood near their houses
For their daily worships.

They offered daily cooked rice,
Fried vegetables and Kachories,
To the deities before giving them
To visiting devotees as prasadam.

Also Abhay Charan was a visitor,
Escorted by his mother or father,
Or servant, without fail, daily
To worship the Lord humbly.

As a pure Vaisnava, Gour Mohan
Trained up his son Abhay Charan
To cultivate Krishna consciousness
Right from his very young days.

Abhay’s parents were so religious,
They never touched, as pure Vaisnavas,
Tea, coffee, meat, fish, or eggs,
Or such kinds of forbidden things.

Abhay Charan did grow up thus,
In this background, highly religious,
That laid down the foundation
For his future course of action.

Abhay loved his father always,
Who trained him, in many ways,
That led him in the religious path,
Until the day of his last breath.