710721 - Lecture Initiation - New York
Prabhupāda: What is your name? Eh?
Susie: Susie.
Devotee: Kaṅkā dāsī.
Prabhupāda: Kaṅkā. Your name is Kaṅkā dāsī, the daughter of a great king. All our, I mean, girl disciples are named great devotees' daughter or wife, like that. So you know what are the rules and regulations?
Kaṅkā: Yes.
Prabhupāda: Tell me.
Kaṅkā: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxication.
Prabhupāda: And what is your name, spiritual? You forget immediately? (laughter) Hare Kṛṣṇa. All right. How many rounds you will chant?
Kaṅkā: Sixteen rounds a day.
Prabhupāda: Only?
Kaṅkā: More if I can.
Prabhupāda: Thank you. (Kaṅkā offers obeisances) All right. Next. ( japa )
Devotee: Rāṣṭrapālikā.
Prabhupāda: Rāṣṭrapālikā, governess, governeress. Is that?
Devotee: Governess.
Prabhupāda: Governess? Governess. You have to govern. So what are the rules and regulations?
Rāṣṭrapālikā: No meat-eating, no intoxication, (indistinct).
Prabhupāda: Who is your husband?
Rāṣṭrapālikā: Nitāi dāsa.
Prabhupāda: Nitāi dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Devotee: Vidarbha-sūtā.
Prabhupāda: Garbha-sūtā.
Devotee: Vidarbha-sūtā.
Prabhupāda: Eh? Vidarbha-sūtā. Vidarbha-sūtā means the wife of Lord Rāmacandra. Come on. You are married? No, not yet. All right. Come on, next.
Devotee: Vilāsinī.
Prabhupāda: Vilāsinī. Vilāsinī means who enjoys with Kṛṣṇa. Come on. ( japa )
Devotee: Uṣika.
Prabhupāda: Uṣika.
Devotee: Uṣika.
Prabhupāda: Uṣika is Brahmā's another name, Uṣiksaya. So you know the rules and regulations? What are they?
Devotee: No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication.
Prabhupāda: Thank you. ( japa ) Ceto-darpaṇa-marjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam CC Antya 20.12 .
Devotee: Romapāda.
Prabhupāda: Brahmapāda?
Devotee: Romapāda.
Prabhupāda: Roma?
Devotee: R-o-m-a-p-a-d-a.
Prabhupāda: Rāmapāda? R-o?
Devotee: R-o.
Prabhupāda: All right. So there was a great ṛṣi, Romaharṣaṇa, Romaharṣaṇa. So his disciple or servant. Yes. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on.
Devotee: Cedirāja.
Prabhupāda: Cedirāja. Cedirāja was Kṛṣṇa's aunt's(?) husband. In connection with Kṛṣṇa. He was a great king. His son, Cedirāja's son was Kṛṣṇa's cousin-brother but greatest enemy. Yes. Kṛṣṇa killed him. Yes. (laughter) Come on. ( japa )
Devotee: Kuśakratha dāsa.
Prabhupāda: Kuśakratha. Kuśakratha. You know the rules and regulations? What are they?
Kuśakratha: No meat-eating, no gambling, no illicit sex, uh, no intoxication.
Prabhupāda: Which you like best? (laughter) Which of them?
Kuśakratha: You are reading my mind, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: (laughs) All right. Don't do that again.
Devotee: Kirtīrāja.
Prabhupāda: Kirtīrāja. The king who is famous. Who is that king who is famous, very? Do you know? No? Kṛṣṇa. (laughter) What are the rules?
Kirtīrāja: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling, and no intoxication.
Prabhupāda: Thank you. [break] Kaṁsā was the sister of King Kaṁsa. Kaṁsā was not bad, but Kaṁsa was bad. Yes. Come on. So is there any thread?
Devotee: Yes. There's seven gāyatrīs in all.
Prabhupāda: Hm?
Devotee: Four threads, seven gāyatrīs in all.
Prabhupāda: So they may come after. (end)