Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But if I can give my opinion, Śrīla Prabhupāda?
Prabhupāda: Hm?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: The main necessity right now is not just sleep, because you've been sleeping for many days, and that hasn't gotten you better. Sleeping, of course, is easier. When one is laying down, it's a little disturbing to the mind if he cannot sleep all the time, but sleeping is not so necessary as getting some nourishment.
Prabhupāda: No, no, no... Without sleeping, the brain will be...
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: (laughs) But you have been sleeping a lot, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: That's all right.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: You were sleeping so much yesterday, and even while you're taking these medicines. In other words, the idea with the allopathic medicine is that it does many good things. So I'm sure Dr. Ghosh could recommend something to help you sleep. (some whispering)
Prabhupāda: Hm?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Dr. Ghosh might be able to recommend something to help you sleep.
Prabhupāda: And they will help this, this, this...
Bhavānanda: That's why we thought, Prabhupāda, we could go to the kavirāja, and he would give a mild medicine for helping to induce sleep.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: What about the other medicines?
Bhavānanda: If Prabhupāda could just take it today, one day more, because, Prabhupāda, the good sign is that your urine was more clear than ever, this morning at five-thirty. And that was due to the allopathic medicine.
Hari-śauri: It definitely seems to be having a good effect.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: The only bad effect is that you're having a little difficulty last night in sleeping. Is there any other bad effect?
Prabhupāda: That is the worst effect.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But the kavirāja could give something for inducing sleep, or Dr. Ghosh could give something. If you can sleep, then the other things are not bad. So why not just take something which will help you to sleep? Then, if the other good things are there, why not continue?