710203 - Conversation (Bengali and English) - Gorakhpur

Conversations by Date, 1971

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

710203R1-GORAKHPUR - February 3, 1971 - 19:34 Minutes

(Conversation with Hanuman Prasad Poddar)

Prabhupāda: Ratha-yātrā. (Hindi)

Hanuman: (Hindi)

Prabhupāda: He is a gṛhastha. (Hindi) also sannyāsī.. (Hindi) Gṛhastha..

kibā vipra, kibā nyāsī, śūdra kene naya

yei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, sei 'guru' haya

(CC Madhya 8.128)

Hanuman: (Hindi)

Prabhupāda: "One has to learn the science of Kṛṣṇa, then he becomes spiritual master. It does not matter whether a sannyāsī or a gṛhastha."

I've known gṛhastha he was 1000 times better than so many sannyāsīs (laughs). (Hindi) Nityānanda prabhu—gṛhastha, Advaita prabhu— gṛhastha, (Hindi)

kibā vipra, kibā nyāsī, śūdra kene naya

yei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, sei 'guru' haya

(CC Madhya 8.128)

Hanuman: (Hindi)

Prabhupāda: (Hindi) Mahāprabhu's the movement, it is very important. Systematically (Hindi conversation)

Hanuman: (Hindi)

Prabhupāda: (Hindi) Yato mat tato path.

Hanuman: (Hindi)

Prabhupāda: Bhutva bhava sa maṇḍita.

Hanuman: (Hindi)

Prabhupāda:

Ataḥśrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi

na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ

(CC Madhya 17.136)

Hanuman: (Hindi conversation)

(04:07)

Prabhupāda: (Hindi) government service, government servant (Hindi) first of all, we are servant of Kṛṣṇa we have got claim. (laughs)

Hanuman: (Hindi)

(04:25)

Prabhupāda: īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam: (ISO 1) (Hindi conversation)

(06:49)

Prabhupāda: lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau (Hindi)

nānā-śāstra-vicāraṇaika-nipuṇau sad-dharma-saṁsthāpakau

lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau tri-bhuvane mānyau śaraṇyākarau

rādhā-kṛṣṇa-padāravinda-bhajanānandena mattālikau

vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

(Śrī Śrī Ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭaka 2)

lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau (Hindi)

(07:28)

patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ

(Hindi conversation)

Hanuman: (Hindi conversation)

(07:58)

Prabhupāda:

māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya

ye 'pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ

striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās

te 'pi yānti parāṁ gatim

(BG 9.32)

pāpa-yonayaḥ

(Hindi conversation)

(08:14)

kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā

bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā

(BG 9.33)

(Hindi conversation)

(08:30)

bhārata-bhūmite manuṣya janma haila yāra

janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra

(CC Adi 9.41)

(Hindi conversation)

(09:10)

it is the duty of every Indian

(Hindi conversation)

(09:23)

sarva-dharmān parityajya

mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja

(BG 18.66)

(Hindi conversation)

(09:52)

we are canvassing

(Hindi conversation)

(09:58)

kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28)

(Hindi conversation)

(10:14)

I am very well pleased that you are... Certified that this is the greatest service to the humanity.

Hanuman: (Hindi)

Prabhupāda: Thank you very much. (Hindi conversation)

(10:49)

for this materialistic way of life

Hanuman: (Hindi)

Prabhupāda: athāto brahma jijñāsā (Vedānta-sūtra) (Hindi conversation)

(12:00)

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28), sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁśaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66), man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru (BG 18.65)

(Hindi conversation)

(13:25)

Hanuman: ...brahma-bhūyāya kalpate (BG 14.26)

brahma-bhutaḥ prasannātmā

na śocati na kāṅkṣati

samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu

mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām

(BG 18.54)

mad-bhaktiṁ, mad..

Prabhupāda: Ah.

Hanuman: (Hindi conversation)

(14:15)

Prabhupāda:

bahūnāṁ janmanām ante

jñānavān māṁ prapadyate

(BG 7.19)

Hanuman: māṁ prapadyate

Prabhupāda: sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ (Hindi conversation)

Hanuman: māṁ vetti, māṁ vetti..

manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu

kaścid yatati siddhaye

yatatām api siddhānāṁ

(BG 7.3)

siddhānām siddhānāṁ

Prabhupāda: Ah.

Hanuman: kaścin māṁ vetti tattvataḥ, siddhānām jñānināṁ

Prabhupāda: jñāninām muktinaṁ

Hanuman: (Hindi conversation)

(16:22)

Prabhupāda: (Hindi) material science... Advanced... 100 years back (Hindi conversation)

(17:40)

Prabhupāda: (Hindi). Nectar of Devotion (Hindi) photographs

(18:04) you have brought some record here?

Yaśodānandana: It's in my other case, two records I have got.

Prabhupāda: Oh.

Yaśodānandana: Two copies of Govinda.

Prabhupāda: Reading them and keep them in the library. (Hindi)

(18:29)

in Ratha-yātrā Festival in one hour we sold about 24 copies. Although it is very highly priced, eight dollars. But in America they keep the nice dollar cheaper(?) (Hindi) eight dollar.... Oh he has got.. (Hindi)

Yaśodānandana: I gave him one already.

Prabhupāda: (Hindi conversation) (end)