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	(break) . . . and breathing also does not stop. It goes very slow. Therefore he cannot be immortal. And ''Bhagavad-gītā'' proposes that is wonderful thing, if you can stop death. And whole spiritual life means how to stop death. That is ''Bhāgavatam's'' instruction: "Don't accept guru, don't accept father, don't accept . . . or don't be father, don't be mother, don't be . . . if you cannot stop death." Either you don't accept, or don't become. Just like they want ''guru''. So don't accept a ''guru'' who cannot stop your death. And from ''guru's'' side, it is advised, "Don't become ''guru'' if you cannot stop the death of your disciple." This is Bhāgavatam's statement. So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to stop death, live eternally with Kṛṣṇa, go back to home, back to Godhead. This is our movement.		(break) . . . and breathing also does not stop. It goes very slow. Therefore he cannot be immortal. And ''Bhagavad-gītā'' proposes that is wonderful thing, if you can stop death. And whole spiritual life means how to stop death. That is ''Bhāgavatam's'' instruction: "Don't accept guru, don't accept father, don't accept . . . or don't be father, don't be mother, don't be . . . if you cannot stop death." Either you don't accept, or don't become. Just like they want ''guru''. So don't accept a ''guru'' who cannot stop your death. And from ''guru's'' side, it is advised, "Don't become ''guru'' if you cannot stop the death of your disciple." This is Bhāgavatam's statement. So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to stop death, live eternally with Kṛṣṇa, go back to home, back to Godhead. This is our movement.

	So our ''guru'' gives us this opportunity: no more death. ''Tyaktvā'' . . . after leaving this body, you don't accept any more material body. And if you don't accept material body, then there is no death. As soon as your spiritual . . . you remain in spiritual body, there is no death. There is no birth also. Death is concomitant where birth is there. If the death is stopped, then there is no birth. And if there is no birth, there is no disease, there is no old age. This is the process. So birth, death, old age, disease can be stopped only by Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So if you don't like to be Kṛṣṇa conscious, then what is the use of becoming your disciple, and if the guru, if he cannot stop your death, birth and death, then what is your becoming ''guru''? ''So 'mṛtatvāya kalpate. Yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha'' ([[BG 2.15 (1972)\|BG 2.15]]). Find out this verse. ''Yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete.		So our ''guru'' gives us this opportunity: no more death. ''Tyaktvā'' . . . after leaving this body, you don't accept any more material body. And if you don't accept material body, then there is no death. As soon as your spiritual . . . you remain in spiritual body, there is no death. There is no birth also. Death is concomitant where birth is there. If the death is stopped, then there is no birth. And if there is no birth, there is no disease, there is no old age. This is the process. So birth, death, old age, disease can be stopped only by Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So if you don't like to be Kṛṣṇa conscious, then what is the use of becoming your disciple, and if the guru, if he cannot stop your death, birth and death, then what is your becoming ''guru''? ''So 'mṛtatvāya kalpate. Yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha'' ([[BG 2.15 (1972)\|BG 2.15]]). Find out this verse. ''Yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete.''
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	'''Śrutakīrti:''' ''Y-a-m''?		'''Śrutakīrti:''' ''Y-a-m''?

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	(break) . . . to this point, and you have joined. Do it nicely. It is the greatest movement for making the whole human civilization happy. Take it seriously. Don't . . .		(break) . . . to this point, and you have joined. Do it nicely. It is the greatest movement for making the whole human civilization happy. Take it seriously. Don't . . .

	Tejiyas: Śrīla Prabhupāda, this is Mr. S. Domi Singh, he's a . . . (break) (end)		'''Tejiyas:''' Śrīla Prabhupāda, this is Mr. S. Domi Singh, he's a . . . (break) (end)

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	So our ''guru'' gives us this opportunity: no more death. ''Tyaktvā'' . . . after leaving this body, you don't accept any more material body. And if you don't accept material body, then there is no death. As soon as your spiritual . . . you remain in spiritual body, there is no death. There is no birth also. Death is concomitant where birth is there. If the death is stopped, then there is no birth. And if there is no birth, there is no disease, there is no old age. This is the process. So birth, death, old age, disease can be stopped only by Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So if you don't like to be Kṛṣṇa conscious, then what is the use of becoming your disciple, and if the guru, if he cannot stop your death, birth and death, then what is your becoming ''guru''? ''So 'mṛtatvāya kalpate. Yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha'' ([[BG 2.15 (1972)\|BG 2.15]]). Find out this verse. ''Yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete.		So our ''guru'' gives us this opportunity: no more death. ''Tyaktvā'' . . . after leaving this body, you don't accept any more material body. And if you don't accept material body, then there is no death. As soon as your spiritual . . . you remain in spiritual body, there is no death. There is no birth also. Death is concomitant where birth is there. If the death is stopped, then there is no birth. And if there is no birth, there is no disease, there is no old age. This is the process. So birth, death, old age, disease can be stopped only by Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So if you don't like to be Kṛṣṇa conscious, then what is the use of becoming your disciple, and if the guru, if he cannot stop your death, birth and death, then what is your becoming ''guru''? ''So 'mṛtatvāya kalpate. Yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha'' ([[BG 2.15 (1972)\|BG 2.15]]). Find out this verse. ''Yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete.
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	Śrutakīrti: ''Y-a-m''?		'''Śrutakīrti:''' ''Y-a-m''?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yeah, ''y-a-m. Yaṁ hi'' . . . get this light on. (break) . . . there is birth and death, old age. That is liberation. That is ''siddhi''. That is perfection. These rascals are making plans, material plans. Jawaharlal Nehru made plan of this New Delhi. But he is kicked out: "Go out!" And now he has become a dog in Switzerland.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yeah, ''y-a-m. Yaṁ hi'' . . . get this light on. (break) . . . there is birth and death, old age. That is liberation. That is ''siddhi''. That is perfection. These rascals are making plans, material plans. Jawaharlal Nehru made plan of this New Delhi. But he is kicked out: "Go out!" And now he has become a dog in Switzerland.

	Śrutakīrti: In Sweden.		'''Śrutakīrti:''' In Sweden.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' In Sweden.		'''Prabhupāda:''' In Sweden.
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	Śyāmasundara: What?		Śyāmasundara: What?

	Śrutakīrti: He's one of two dogs in Sweden.		'''Śrutakīrti:''' He's one of two dogs in Sweden.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Śrīdhara Mahārāja told me. Some astrologer has . . .		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Śrīdhara Mahārāja told me. Some astrologer has . . .
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Never go in vain. This is her . . . she had executed devotional service in her past life. Therefore from the very beginning of her life she's in association of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Very beginning. This is the chance. Now it is the duty of the father and mother, and when she grows up it is her duty to finish this business, go to back to home. This is chance. So where is the loss? Even she failed last life, then where is the loss? She's getting another chance, whereas the ordinary ''karmīs'', they'll not get that chance. That is explained. Read it.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Never go in vain. This is her . . . she had executed devotional service in her past life. Therefore from the very beginning of her life she's in association of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Very beginning. This is the chance. Now it is the duty of the father and mother, and when she grows up it is her duty to finish this business, go to back to home. This is chance. So where is the loss? Even she failed last life, then where is the loss? She's getting another chance, whereas the ordinary ''karmīs'', they'll not get that chance. That is explained. Read it.

	Śrutakīrti: "One who has forsaken his material occupation to engage in the devotional service of the Lord may sometimes fall down while in an immature stage, yet there is no danger of his being unsuccessful. On the other hand, a nondevotee, though fully engaged in occupational duties, does not gain anything."		'''Śrutakīrti:''' "One who has forsaken his material occupation to engage in the devotional service of the Lord may sometimes fall down while in an immature stage, yet there is no danger of his being unsuccessful. On the other hand, a nondevotee, though fully engaged in occupational duties, does not gain anything."

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That is the translation. Purport?		'''Prabhupāda:''' That is the translation. Purport?

	Śrutakīrti: Purport: "As far as the duties of mankind are concerned. There are innumerable duties. Every man is duty-bound, not only to his parents, family members, society, country, humanity, other living beings, the demigods, etc., but also to the great philosophers, poets, scientists, etc. It is enjoined in the scriptures that one can relinquish all such duties and surrender unto the service of the Lord. So if one does so and becomes successful in the discharge of his devotional service unto the Lord, it is well and good."		'''Śrutakīrti:''' Purport: "As far as the duties of mankind are concerned. There are innumerable duties. Every man is duty-bound, not only to his parents, family members, society, country, humanity, other living beings, the demigods, etc., but also to the great philosophers, poets, scientists, etc. It is enjoined in the scriptures that one can relinquish all such duties and surrender unto the service of the Lord. So if one does so and becomes successful in the discharge of his devotional service unto the Lord, it is well and good."

	"But it so happens sometimes that one surrenders himself unto the service of the Lord by some temporary sentiment and in the long run, due to so many other reasons, he falls down from the path of service by undesirable association. There are so many instances of this in the histories. Bharata Mahārāja was obliged to take his birth as a stag due to his intimate attachment to a stag. He thought of this stag when he died. As such, in the next birth he became a stag, although he did not forget the incidents of his previous birth. Similarly, Citraketu also fell down due to his offense . . ."		"But it so happens sometimes that one surrenders himself unto the service of the Lord by some temporary sentiment and in the long run, due to so many other reasons, he falls down from the path of service by undesirable association. There are so many instances of this in the histories. Bharata Mahārāja was obliged to take his birth as a stag due to his intimate attachment to a stag. He thought of this stag when he died. As such, in the next birth he became a stag, although he did not forget the incidents of his previous birth. Similarly, Citraketu also fell down due to his offense . . ."

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	Pradyumna:		'''Pradyumna:'''

	:''sat-saṅgān mukta-duḥsaṅgo''		:''sat-saṅgān mukta-duḥsaṅgo''
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Where . . . where it is quoted from?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Where . . . where it is quoted from?

	Pradyumna: Quoted from ''Bhāgavatam, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam'', 1.10.11.		'''Pradyumna:''' Quoted from ''Bhāgavatam, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam'', 1.10.11.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Eh?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Eh?

	Pradyumna: First Canto, Tenth Chapter, eleventh verse.		'''Pradyumna:''' First Canto, Tenth Chapter, eleventh verse.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . (indistinct) (pause)		'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . (indistinct) (pause)

	Pradyumna: Translation?		'''Pradyumna:''' Translation?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	Pradyumna: "The intelligent, who have understood the Supreme Lord in association with pure devotees and have become freed from bad materialistic association, can never avoid hearing the glories of the Lord, even though they have heard them only once."		'''Pradyumna:''' "The intelligent, who have understood the Supreme Lord in association with pure devotees and have become freed from bad materialistic association, can never avoid hearing the glories of the Lord, even though they have heard them only once."

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm. So this will protect you from the influence of ''māyā''. Read that again.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm. So this will protect you from the influence of ''māyā''. Read that again.

	Pradyumna: Sanskrit or translation?		'''Pradyumna:''' Sanskrit or translation?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Translation.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Translation.

	Pradyumna: "The intelligent, who have understood the Supreme Lord in association with pure devotees and have become freed . . ."		'''Pradyumna:''' "The intelligent, who have understood the Supreme Lord in association with pure devotees and have become freed . . ."

	'''Prabhupāda:''' "In association with pure devotees." So if you are ''karmīs'', then where is the . . . what is the value of this association? ''Sat-saṅga. Sat-saṅga'' means assembly, discussion. ''Bodhayantaḥ parasparam, tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca'' ([[BG 10.9 (1972)\|BG 10.9]]). If you are not interested in association, discussion, then you are finished. So? ''Karmīs'', they are fools and rascals. When you have got this center, it is not that you should be engaged from morning till you go to bed for sense gratification. That is not life. That is ''karmī's'' life. You have no time for ''sat-saṅga'', for association.		'''Prabhupāda:''' "In association with pure devotees." So if you are ''karmīs'', then where is the . . . what is the value of this association? ''Sat-saṅga. Sat-saṅga'' means assembly, discussion. ''Bodhayantaḥ parasparam, tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca'' ([[BG 10.9 (1972)\|BG 10.9]]). If you are not interested in association, discussion, then you are finished. So? ''Karmīs'', they are fools and rascals. When you have got this center, it is not that you should be engaged from morning till you go to bed for sense gratification. That is not life. That is ''karmī's'' life. You have no time for ''sat-saṅga'', for association.

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' (laughs) So if you make that association, that will not help you. Joint mess, dormitory. Or joint family. Just like in India: There are five brothers. They're earning. Father and mother is the leader. They're handing over the money, and the father, mother managing. That is Indian system, a joint family. So joint family or joint mess, the same thing. So if you make like that, a center, then it is no good. You must get spiritual strength. ''Karmī'' strength will not help you. What they are doing in Babar Road, these girls?		'''Prabhupāda:''' (laughs) So if you make that association, that will not help you. Joint mess, dormitory. Or joint family. Just like in India: There are five brothers. They're earning. Father and mother is the leader. They're handing over the money, and the father, mother managing. That is Indian system, a joint family. So joint family or joint mess, the same thing. So if you make like that, a center, then it is no good. You must get spiritual strength. ''Karmī'' strength will not help you. What they are doing in Babar Road, these girls?

	Gurudāsa: They're preparing some ''śṛṅgāra'' for Deity.		'''Gurudāsa:''' They're preparing some ''śṛṅgāra'' for Deity.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Why not here? Why go to Babar Road, spend twenty rupees?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Why not here? Why go to Babar Road, spend twenty rupees?

	Gurudāsa: According to them, that they sometimes they have to go in the center of town.		'''Gurudāsa:''' According to them, that they sometimes they have to go in the center of town.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Nobody has intelligence. It will not . . . it will not stay. It will be spoiled. Joint mess organization. In Los Angeles, they're also doing business—they're going to sell books. But regulative principle is observed. Huge expenditure they have got. No center is so improved as Los Angeles. We have purchased six houses. And I wanted immediately two ''lakhs'', immediately sent. You cannot pay. You simply want to take. In India, nobody can pay. If I want two ''lakhs'', nobody can pay. But all this money have been taken from USA. I asked Bali- mardana, I asked Karandhara. They paid me for this Bombay affair sixteen, eighteen ''lakhs''.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Nobody has intelligence. It will not . . . it will not stay. It will be spoiled. Joint mess organization. In Los Angeles, they're also doing business—they're going to sell books. But regulative principle is observed. Huge expenditure they have got. No center is so improved as Los Angeles. We have purchased six houses. And I wanted immediately two ''lakhs'', immediately sent. You cannot pay. You simply want to take. In India, nobody can pay. If I want two ''lakhs'', nobody can pay. But all this money have been taken from USA. I asked Bali- mardana, I asked Karandhara. They paid me for this Bombay affair sixteen, eighteen ''lakhs''.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' No, I never said. Oh, why shall I? I lost all friends, money, everything.		'''Prabhupāda:''' No, I never said. Oh, why shall I? I lost all friends, money, everything.

	Gurudāsa: I met one gentleman from Allahabad . . .		'''Gurudāsa:''' I met one gentleman from Allahabad . . .

	(someone enters)		(someone enters)
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Aiye, aiye, aiye.''		'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Aiye, aiye, aiye.''

	Gurudāsa: Oh.		'''Gurudāsa:''' Oh.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Hare Kṛṣṇa. Get this light.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Hare Kṛṣṇa. Get this light.

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	You cannot make any progress by this sort of ''karmī's'' life. We have to work for organization, but not that whole day and night engaged and no ''sat-saṅga''. That is a misguided policy, and it will spoil the whole structure. In Los Angeles, they regularly assemble during ''ārati'' and class. If this regulative principle is lost, then you are ''karmīs''. They must come back by six o'clock, suspending all other duty, and assemble by seven o'clock. Joint mess program is not good, "You bring some money. You bring some money and spend us jointly for eating, sleeping," that is called joint mess. You know the joint mess, this word? What is that, meaning?		You cannot make any progress by this sort of ''karmī's'' life. We have to work for organization, but not that whole day and night engaged and no ''sat-saṅga''. That is a misguided policy, and it will spoil the whole structure. In Los Angeles, they regularly assemble during ''ārati'' and class. If this regulative principle is lost, then you are ''karmīs''. They must come back by six o'clock, suspending all other duty, and assemble by seven o'clock. Joint mess program is not good, "You bring some money. You bring some money and spend us jointly for eating, sleeping," that is called joint mess. You know the joint mess, this word? What is that, meaning?

	Brahmānanda: Well, it means . . . I thought it had something to do with civil servants, where they all live in a dormitory and eat in a large hall.		'''Brahmānanda:''' Well, it means . . . I thought it had something to do with civil servants, where they all live in a dormitory and eat in a large hall.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes, yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes, yes.

	Brahmānanda: And they all contribute . . .		'''Brahmānanda:''' And they all contribute . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	Brahmānanda: . . . part of their salary.		'''Brahmānanda:''' . . . part of their salary.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' (laughs) So if you make that association, that will not help you. Joint mess, dormitory. Or joint family. Just like in India: There are five brothers. They're earning. Father and mother is the leader. They're handing over the money, and the father, mother managing. That is Indian system, a joint family. So joint family or joint mess, the same thing. So if you make like that, a center, then it is no good. You must get spiritual strength. ''Karmī'' strength will not help you. What they are doing in Babar Road, these girls?		'''Prabhupāda:''' (laughs) So if you make that association, that will not help you. Joint mess, dormitory. Or joint family. Just like in India: There are five brothers. They're earning. Father and mother is the leader. They're handing over the money, and the father, mother managing. That is Indian system, a joint family. So joint family or joint mess, the same thing. So if you make like that, a center, then it is no good. You must get spiritual strength. ''Karmī'' strength will not help you. What they are doing in Babar Road, these girls?
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Śrīdhara Mahārāja told me. Some astrologer has . . .		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Śrīdhara Mahārāja told me. Some astrologer has . . .

	Brahmānanda: He's taken his birth there.		'''Brahmānanda:''' He's taken his birth there.

	Śyāmasundara: Ah.		Śyāmasundara: Ah.
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	Śyāmasundara: Difficult work.		Śyāmasundara: Difficult work.

	Brahmānanda: Just like before coming to India, in Japan, with simply five thousand dollars you took fifty thousand dollars' worth of merchandise.		'''Brahmānanda:''' Just like before coming to India, in Japan, with simply five thousand dollars you took fifty thousand dollars' worth of merchandise.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	Brahmānanda: And you brought it, had it sent . . .		'''Brahmānanda:''' And you brought it, had it sent . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	Brahmānanda: And then everything . . .		'''Brahmānanda:''' And then everything . . .

	Śyāmasundara: Life Members . . .		Śyāmasundara: Life Members . . .
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	Brahmānanda: And then you devised the program for distributing them.		'''Brahmānanda:''' And then you devised the program for distributing them.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes, practically India's, our, whatever we have got, it is starting with that five thousand dollars.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes, practically India's, our, whatever we have got, it is starting with that five thousand dollars.
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	Śyāmasundara: Five thousand dollars.		Śyāmasundara: Five thousand dollars.

	Brahmānanda: But it's like you were investing, taking goods on credit, and . . .		'''Brahmānanda:''' But it's like you were investing, taking goods on credit, and . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. And this membership became successful.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. And this membership became successful.

	Brahmānanda: Then you devised the method for distribution.		'''Brahmānanda:''' Then you devised the method for distribution.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' This membership.		'''Prabhupāda:''' This membership.
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	When I was reading this verse, that ''yasyāham anugṛhnāmi hariṣye tad dhanaṁ śanaiḥ'' ([[SB 10.88.8\|SB 10.88.8]]), Kṛṣṇa said that "When I show somebody My special favor, I take away all his money," I became shuddered: "So Kṛṣṇa will take my all money? If He is spe . . ." (laughs) And actually that happened. He took my all money, all family, all friends and everything. (laughs) And He asked me, "Go to America. You'll get many money, much money, many friends. You go ahead. Come here." Yes. That was His intention. And I was sticking to limited money, limited friends, limited society. This is special favor.		When I was reading this verse, that ''yasyāham anugṛhnāmi hariṣye tad dhanaṁ śanaiḥ'' ([[SB 10.88.8\|SB 10.88.8]]), Kṛṣṇa said that "When I show somebody My special favor, I take away all his money," I became shuddered: "So Kṛṣṇa will take my all money? If He is spe . . ." (laughs) And actually that happened. He took my all money, all family, all friends and everything. (laughs) And He asked me, "Go to America. You'll get many money, much money, many friends. You go ahead. Come here." Yes. That was His intention. And I was sticking to limited money, limited friends, limited society. This is special favor.

	Brahmānanda: Just like in Bombay you mentioned that Lilavati Munshi . . . there was one house . . .		'''Brahmānanda:''' Just like in Bombay you mentioned that Lilavati Munshi . . . there was one house . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	Brahmānanda: . . . and you were trying to get that house . . .		'''Brahmānanda:''' . . . and you were trying to get that house . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes, and she took away.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes, and she took away.

	Brahmānanda: . . . and you were prevented.		'''Brahmānanda:''' . . . and you were prevented.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' She took away. Because I was trying to organize a League of Devotees from that house, and Kṛṣṇa wanted, "What is this nonsense? You are stick here, in Jhansi? You come here, in open field." That was Kṛṣṇa's intent. But I thought that "Even Kṛṣṇa took away this?" This Lilavati Munshi.		'''Prabhupāda:''' She took away. Because I was trying to organize a League of Devotees from that house, and Kṛṣṇa wanted, "What is this nonsense? You are stick here, in Jhansi? You come here, in open field." That was Kṛṣṇa's intent. But I thought that "Even Kṛṣṇa took away this?" This Lilavati Munshi.

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. "Because he has spent his energy for My service." That will be our gain. Others, they, whatever they are working . . . ''ko vārtha āpto 'bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ''. Find out this verse. ''Ko vā. Ko vārtha āpto 'bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ.'' This is in ''Bhāgavatam''.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. "Because he has spent his energy for My service." That will be our gain. Others, they, whatever they are working . . . ''ko vārtha āpto 'bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ''. Find out this verse. ''Ko vā. Ko vārtha āpto 'bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ.'' This is in ''Bhāgavatam''.

	Devotee: ''Bhāgavatam''.		'''Devotee:''' ''Bhāgavatam''.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

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