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'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupāda:''' . . . <span style="color:#ec710e">Asan hota hai?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Does Yoga happen?)</span> | ||
'''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Han asan hota hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Yes yoga is being done.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupāda:''' . . . <span style="color:#ec710e">Aur upar mein?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(And on top?)</span> | ||
'''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Upar mein rahane ka hai. Pehle ye kiraye pe rahate they . . .</span> <span style="color:#128807">(The top is for residence. Earlier he used to stay for rent . . .)</span> | ||
'''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Woh jo Mahārāj ji jo the, Mahārāj, wo rahte they pehle.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(That Mahārāja who was there, he used to stay here previously.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Kaun maharaj?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Which Mahārāja?)</span> | ||
'''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Ye kya naam tha unka? Jagad-guru jinne ashram bana liya.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(What was his name? Jagad-guru or something. He has made his ''asrama'' now.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' Jagad-guru. | '''Prabhupada:''' Jagad-guru. | ||
'''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Ye inne ashram jo bana liya tha na.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(The one who made his ''asrama'' now.)</span> | ||
'''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Śrī sampradāya ke Mahārāja ji .</span> <span style="color:#128807">(He was from Śrī sampradāya, Mahārāja ji.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' Okay. | '''Prabhupada:''' Okay. | ||
'''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Ji Haan. Woh kiraye pe rahte they, ab khali hai. Paani ka taklif hai nahi kiraya ka toh uth jaye.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Yes. He used to stay on rent. There is a problem of water supply, otherwise it will go on rent.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Kitna kiraya hai?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(What is the rent?)</span> | ||
'''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">30 rupai! Bhaiya maharaj ji.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Thirty rupees a month Mahārāja.)</span> | ||
'''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">30 rupai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Thirty rupees a month.)</span> (laughs) | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Hun! Paani ka taklif hai?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Oh! There is problem of water supply?)</span> | ||
'''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Paani door se lana pade, kuaan toh hai . . . paani nek dur se lana pade Mahārāja ji . . . kuan darbaje ke pas hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Water has to be brought from far, wells are there . . . but it has to be brought from some distance, Mahārāja ji. The well is near the gate. (of the temple).</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Toh hum log le sakte hain?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(So, we can take it?)</span> (on rent). | ||
'''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Jaroor Mahārāja . . . kyon nai?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Surely Mahārāja . . . why not?)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Toh bandovast kar dijiye naa.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(So kindly make arrangements for that.)</span> | ||
'''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Accha.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Okay.)</span> | ||
'''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (2):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Ho jayega.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(It will be done.)</span> | ||
(break) . . . dozen carts. | (break) . . . dozen carts. | ||
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'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . cannot say Hare Kṛṣṇa. There is such competition. | '''Prabhupāda:''' . . . cannot say Hare Kṛṣṇa. There is such competition. | ||
'''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Mahārāja ji keh rahe hain ki woh jo piche ka jo hai usko kiraye pe hame dilwa dijiye aur isko bagiche ko hum thik kar denge.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Mahārāja is saying that the room at the back be made available to rent for them. And we will make this garden alright.)</span> | ||
'''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Manager se baat karte hain.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(I will talk to the Manager.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Haan.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Okay.)</span> | ||
'''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Bagiche ko thik karne ke lai Babulal se kahaiye.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Tell Babulal to make the garden alright.)</span> . . . (indistinct) | ||
'''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Toh kiraye ko kaise kya?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(So how about rent, what?)</span> | ||
'''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Khali woh portion kiraye ko . . .</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Only that portion for rent . . .)</span> | ||
'''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Kaunsa?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Which one?)</span> | ||
'''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (1):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Woh piche wala rehne ka, jisme woh rahte hain Raghunath Ācarya.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(That backside residence, where Raghunath Ācarya stays.)</span> | ||
'''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Raghunath Ācarya rehte hain. Accha. Toh aap kahe ke liye le rahe hain usko?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Raghunath Acharya lives there. Okay. So why are you taking it on rent?)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Hamara pas aadmi bahut hai, udhar sankulan nahi hota hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(We have so many people. There is so much congestion there.)</span> | ||
'''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Accha.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Okay.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Kabhi-kabhi woh samajh lijiye Fogla Ashram mein, idhar-udhar sab rahtein hain.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Sometimes they stay here and there, Fogla ''asrama'', here and there.)</span> | ||
'''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Isliye?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(That's why?)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Haan. Isliye . . .</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Yes, that's why . . .)</span> I like this garden, very nice. | ||
'''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Han garden ka to hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Yeah that garden is nice.)</span> | ||
'''Indian men:''' . . . (indistinct) . . .<span style="color:# | '''Indian men:''' . . . (indistinct) . . .<span style="color:#ec710e">Usme toh hamare aadmi rahenge.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(In there, our people will also stay.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Nahi main khud bhi reh sakta hun.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(No, I can also stay.)</span> | ||
'''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian (3):''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Okay. Aaj manager se baat kar lenge hum.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Okay. We will talk to the manager today.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Kar lijiye.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Do that.)</span>. It is maintained very nicely. We can get flowers. <span style="color:#ec710e">Woh flower udhar Bhagvan Krishna-Balrama idhar Raṅganātha ji sabko lag sakte hain.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(These flowers, there for Kṛṣṇa Balarama and here for Raṅganātha ji — they can be used for all of them.)</span> | ||
'''Indian:''' oh yes! Very beautiful flowers . . . (indistinct) | '''Indian:''' oh yes! Very beautiful flowers . . . (indistinct) | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' Water supply is there? <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' Water supply is there? <span style="color:#ec710e">Kuan hai kya? Kuan hai idhar?)</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Is there a well? Is there a well here?)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Kuan hai. Motor lag rahi hai. Do kuan hain.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(A well is there. We are placing a motor. There are two wells.)</span> <span style="color:#ec710e">Udhar kheti hota hai. Ek kaccha bagicha hai or ek pakka hai, ye pakka basta hai, woh kucche ke naam se prasiddh hai useme kheti hoti hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Farming is done there. There is one raw garden and another is solid one. Here is a raw garden and there it is famous as "kaccha" garden, farming is done here.)</span> | ||
'''Indian:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Do bagiche hai ek ye ek iske paas hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Two gardens are there, one is this and the other is near this.)</span> . . . (indistinct) . . . | ||
'''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupāda:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Paani toh idhar meetha hi hoga.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(So the water must be sweet here.)</span> | ||
'''Indian:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Han bahut badhiya, meetha . . .</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Yes very nice, sweet.)</span> | ||
'''Indian:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Meetha, bahut badiya toh nahi hai, pahle bahut badiya tha lekin ab kuch khali ho gaya hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(It is not very sweet, earlier it was very good but now it has become a little empty.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">400 aadmi hai? Accha!</span> <span style="color:#128807">(400 men? Okay!)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Isiliye sankulan nahi hota hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(That's why it is not enough.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Haan woh share toh karna hi padega na.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Yes, we will have to share it.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Aur zameen hum log le rahe hain makaan banana ke liye, to abhi hai nahi. Abhi bada gunjaish nahi hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Hmm. We are buying land to make homes but it is not there now. There is no scope now.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Accha.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Okay.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' These people, they like Vṛndāvana. | '''Prabhupada:''' These people, they like Vṛndāvana. | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">In logon ko Vṛndāvana bhaut pasand hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(These people like Vṛndāvana a lot.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Accha.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Okay.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Bada pasand hai, toh isliye hum chahte hain ki sab . . .</span><span style="color:#128807">(Yes, they like it so much, that's why I want everybody. . .)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Vṛndāvana toh dham hi aisa hai kisko pasand na ho.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Vṛndāvana is such a holy place, who will not like it?)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' Yes. | '''Prabhupada:''' Yes. | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Ye toh cheej hi aisi hai na.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(It is such a place.)</span> | ||
Prabhuapda: ''Ramya kacid upasana''. Vṛndāvana ''dhama''. | Prabhuapda: ''Ramya kacid upasana''. Vṛndāvana ''dhama''. | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Toh aap to 11 taarik ko padhaar rahe hain na America.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(You are starting for America on the 11th right.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Haan.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Yes.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Toh 4 din mein to nischai hona bada muskil hoga.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(It will be difficult to finalize in 4 days.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Nahi. . . agar aap log nischay kar do toh humara aadmi toh rahega woh sab karega.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(No . . . if you confirm our men will be staying here, they will do everything.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Apko telephone number kya hai?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(What is our telephone number?)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' What is our telephone number? | '''Prabhupada:''' What is our telephone number? | ||
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'''Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:''' Vṛndāvana 178. | '''Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:''' Vṛndāvana 178. | ||
'''Indian man:''' 178. <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' 178. <span style="color:#ec710e">Kyunki aisa hai manager trustee ko likhaye, trust ke andar hai na.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Because it's like the manager will write to the trustees, it is under a trust.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Haan. Ek trustee toh humse bhaut pehchan hai. Woh Mr. S.K. Somani.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Yes. One trustee is well known to us, Mr. S.K. Somani.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Somani sahab jo Gajadhar ji they unka toh dehant toh ho hi gaya tha.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Mr.Somani, Gajadharji has left his body.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Haan.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Yes.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Woh toh hai nahi ab. Nahi unke bhai hai, toh bhai jo hai so Vansidhar ji hai aur ek unke Vasudev ji hai jo unke chacha ke ladka hai bhai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(He is not there now. No, his brother is there, Vansidhara ji is there and his uncle's son, Vasudev ji.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' They are not trustees. | '''Prabhupada:''' They are not trustees. | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Gajadhar sahu unka toh dehant ho gaya.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Gajadhar sahu, he left his body.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Unse hamara khoob parichay tha.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(I knew him well.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Gajadhar ji toh bada hi acha aadmi tha, unne toh Rangji mandir ko bada bhaari . . .</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Gajadhar ji was a very nice man, he supported Rangji temple heavily . . .)</span> . . . (. . . indistinct . . .) | ||
'''Prabhupāda:''' So they are not trustee . . . are agreeable. Whatever you think, as you like, we can agree . . . (break) | '''Prabhupāda:''' So they are not trustee . . . are agreeable. Whatever you think, as you like, we can agree . . . (break) | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Main baat kar lunga unse.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(I will talk to them.)</span> (break) | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Je hai donation bhakta log matlab lete hain.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(This is a donation, meaning devotees will collect.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Monthly kuch donation hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Some monthly donation is there.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Monthly donation hai. Waise kuch building hai jo rented hai udhar, bahar.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Monthly donation is there. There are some buildings here that are rented , outside.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Aaj kal toh rent mein kuch milta hi nahi hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Nowadays you don't get anything on rent.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Ab ye hai purani hai . . .</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Now this is an old one . . .)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Purani hai. Mandir toh bhaut sundar hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Old one. The temple is very beautiful.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Aap navami ke din bata rahe ho matlab kya . . . yagya hoga us din.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(You were telling us that on Navami day there will be some fire sacrifice.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Haan?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(What?)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Navami ke din kabhi dopahar mein . . .</span> <span style="color:#128807">(On Navami day, sometime in the afternoon . . .)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Navami toh kal hai.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Navami is tomorrow.)</span> | ||
'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Parson hai matlab.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(It's day after tomorrow.)</span> | ||
'''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:# | '''Prabhupada:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Accha.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Okay.)</span> | ||
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'''Indian man:''' <span style="color:# | '''Indian man:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">To Chandi Path hoga na . . . toh abhi aap jaisa batyein apna . . .dopahar mein kabhi. . .</span> <span style="color:#128807">(There will be Chandi Path [worship of Durgā Devi] . . . so if you can tell sometime in the afternoon . . .)</span> | ||
'''Tripurāri:''' (laughter) I can remember from ''Caitanya-caritāmṛta'', one devotee of Lord Rāmacandra was always chanting the name of Rāma, but Lord Caitanya convinced him to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. | '''Tripurāri:''' (laughter) I can remember from ''Caitanya-caritāmṛta'', one devotee of Lord Rāmacandra was always chanting the name of Rāma, but Lord Caitanya convinced him to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. |
Latest revision as of 04:49, 7 February 2024
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(walk in Ranga Gardens)
Prabhupāda: . . . Asan hota hai? (Does Yoga happen?)
Indian (1): Han asan hota hai. (Yes yoga is being done.)
Prabhupāda: . . . Aur upar mein? (And on top?)
Indian (1): Upar mein rahane ka hai. Pehle ye kiraye pe rahate they . . . (The top is for residence. Earlier he used to stay for rent . . .)
Indian (2): Woh jo Mahārāj ji jo the, Mahārāj, wo rahte they pehle. (That Mahārāja who was there, he used to stay here previously.)
Prabhupada: Kaun maharaj? (Which Mahārāja?)
Indian (2): Ye kya naam tha unka? Jagad-guru jinne ashram bana liya. (What was his name? Jagad-guru or something. He has made his asrama now.)
Prabhupada: Jagad-guru.
Indian (1): Ye inne ashram jo bana liya tha na. (The one who made his asrama now.)
Indian (2): Śrī sampradāya ke Mahārāja ji . (He was from Śrī sampradāya, Mahārāja ji.)
Prabhupada: Okay.
Indian (1): Ji Haan. Woh kiraye pe rahte they, ab khali hai. Paani ka taklif hai nahi kiraya ka toh uth jaye. (Yes. He used to stay on rent. There is a problem of water supply, otherwise it will go on rent.)
Prabhupada: Kitna kiraya hai? (What is the rent?)
Indian (1): 30 rupai! Bhaiya maharaj ji. (Thirty rupees a month Mahārāja.)
Indian (2): 30 rupai. (Thirty rupees a month.) (laughs)
Prabhupada: Hun! Paani ka taklif hai? (Oh! There is problem of water supply?)
Indian (2): Paani door se lana pade, kuaan toh hai . . . paani nek dur se lana pade Mahārāja ji . . . kuan darbaje ke pas hai. (Water has to be brought from far, wells are there . . . but it has to be brought from some distance, Mahārāja ji. The well is near the gate. (of the temple).
Prabhupada: Toh hum log le sakte hain? (So, we can take it?) (on rent).
Indian (2): Jaroor Mahārāja . . . kyon nai? (Surely Mahārāja . . . why not?)
Prabhupada: Toh bandovast kar dijiye naa. (So kindly make arrangements for that.)
Indian (1): Accha. (Okay.)
Indian (2): Ho jayega. (It will be done.)
(break) . . . dozen carts.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: It looks like it came from here. (break)
Prabhupāda: . . . cannot say Hare Kṛṣṇa. There is such competition.
Indian (1): Mahārāja ji keh rahe hain ki woh jo piche ka jo hai usko kiraye pe hame dilwa dijiye aur isko bagiche ko hum thik kar denge. (Mahārāja is saying that the room at the back be made available to rent for them. And we will make this garden alright.)
Indian (3): Manager se baat karte hain. (I will talk to the Manager.)
Prabhupada: Haan. (Okay.)
Indian (1): Bagiche ko thik karne ke lai Babulal se kahaiye. (Tell Babulal to make the garden alright.) . . . (indistinct)
Indian (3): Toh kiraye ko kaise kya? (So how about rent, what?)
Indian (1): Khali woh portion kiraye ko . . . (Only that portion for rent . . .)
Indian (3): Kaunsa? (Which one?)
Indian (1): Woh piche wala rehne ka, jisme woh rahte hain Raghunath Ācarya. (That backside residence, where Raghunath Ācarya stays.)
Indian (3): Raghunath Ācarya rehte hain. Accha. Toh aap kahe ke liye le rahe hain usko? (Raghunath Acharya lives there. Okay. So why are you taking it on rent?)
Prabhupada: Hamara pas aadmi bahut hai, udhar sankulan nahi hota hai. (We have so many people. There is so much congestion there.)
Indian (3): Accha. (Okay.)
Prabhupada: Kabhi-kabhi woh samajh lijiye Fogla Ashram mein, idhar-udhar sab rahtein hain. (Sometimes they stay here and there, Fogla asrama, here and there.)
Indian (3): Isliye? (That's why?)
Prabhupada: Haan. Isliye . . . (Yes, that's why . . .) I like this garden, very nice.
Indian (3): Han garden ka to hai. (Yeah that garden is nice.)
Indian men: . . . (indistinct) . . .Usme toh hamare aadmi rahenge. (In there, our people will also stay.)
Prabhupada: Nahi main khud bhi reh sakta hun. (No, I can also stay.)
Indian (3): Okay. Aaj manager se baat kar lenge hum. (Okay. We will talk to the manager today.)
Prabhupada: Kar lijiye. (Do that.). It is maintained very nicely. We can get flowers. Woh flower udhar Bhagvan Krishna-Balrama idhar Raṅganātha ji sabko lag sakte hain. (These flowers, there for Kṛṣṇa Balarama and here for Raṅganātha ji — they can be used for all of them.)
Indian: oh yes! Very beautiful flowers . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupada: Water supply is there? Kuan hai kya? Kuan hai idhar?) (Is there a well? Is there a well here?)
Indian man: Kuan hai. Motor lag rahi hai. Do kuan hain. (A well is there. We are placing a motor. There are two wells.) Udhar kheti hota hai. Ek kaccha bagicha hai or ek pakka hai, ye pakka basta hai, woh kucche ke naam se prasiddh hai useme kheti hoti hai. (Farming is done there. There is one raw garden and another is solid one. Here is a raw garden and there it is famous as "kaccha" garden, farming is done here.)
Indian: Do bagiche hai ek ye ek iske paas hai. (Two gardens are there, one is this and the other is near this.) . . . (indistinct) . . .
Prabhupāda: Paani toh idhar meetha hi hoga. (So the water must be sweet here.)
Indian: Han bahut badhiya, meetha . . . (Yes very nice, sweet.)
Indian: Meetha, bahut badiya toh nahi hai, pahle bahut badiya tha lekin ab kuch khali ho gaya hai. (It is not very sweet, earlier it was very good but now it has become a little empty.)
Indian man: 400 aadmi hai? Accha! (400 men? Okay!)
Prabhupada: Isiliye sankulan nahi hota hai. (That's why it is not enough.)
Indian man: Haan woh share toh karna hi padega na. (Yes, we will have to share it.)
Prabhupada: Aur zameen hum log le rahe hain makaan banana ke liye, to abhi hai nahi. Abhi bada gunjaish nahi hai. (Hmm. We are buying land to make homes but it is not there now. There is no scope now.)
Indian man: Accha. (Okay.)
Prabhupada: These people, they like Vṛndāvana.
Indian man: In logon ko Vṛndāvana bhaut pasand hai. (These people like Vṛndāvana a lot.)
Indian man: Accha. (Okay.)
Prabhupada: Bada pasand hai, toh isliye hum chahte hain ki sab . . .(Yes, they like it so much, that's why I want everybody. . .)
Indian man: Vṛndāvana toh dham hi aisa hai kisko pasand na ho. (Vṛndāvana is such a holy place, who will not like it?)
Prabhupada: Yes.
Indian man: Ye toh cheej hi aisi hai na. (It is such a place.)
Prabhuapda: Ramya kacid upasana. Vṛndāvana dhama.
Indian man: Toh aap to 11 taarik ko padhaar rahe hain na America. (You are starting for America on the 11th right.)
Prabhupada: Haan. (Yes.)
Indian man: Toh 4 din mein to nischai hona bada muskil hoga. (It will be difficult to finalize in 4 days.)
Prabhupada: Nahi. . . agar aap log nischay kar do toh humara aadmi toh rahega woh sab karega. (No . . . if you confirm our men will be staying here, they will do everything.)
Indian man: Apko telephone number kya hai? (What is our telephone number?)
Prabhupada: What is our telephone number?
Akṣayānanda: 179.
Indian man: 179.
Devotees: 8.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Vṛndāvana 178.
Indian man: 178. Kyunki aisa hai manager trustee ko likhaye, trust ke andar hai na. (Because it's like the manager will write to the trustees, it is under a trust.)
Prabhupada: Haan. Ek trustee toh humse bhaut pehchan hai. Woh Mr. S.K. Somani. (Yes. One trustee is well known to us, Mr. S.K. Somani.)
Indian man: Somani sahab jo Gajadhar ji they unka toh dehant toh ho hi gaya tha. (Mr.Somani, Gajadharji has left his body.)
Prabhupada: Haan. (Yes.)
Indian man: Woh toh hai nahi ab. Nahi unke bhai hai, toh bhai jo hai so Vansidhar ji hai aur ek unke Vasudev ji hai jo unke chacha ke ladka hai bhai. (He is not there now. No, his brother is there, Vansidhara ji is there and his uncle's son, Vasudev ji.)
Prabhupada: They are not trustees.
Indian man: Gajadhar sahu unka toh dehant ho gaya. (Gajadhar sahu, he left his body.)
Prabhupada: Unse hamara khoob parichay tha. (I knew him well.)
Indian man: Gajadhar ji toh bada hi acha aadmi tha, unne toh Rangji mandir ko bada bhaari . . . (Gajadhar ji was a very nice man, he supported Rangji temple heavily . . .) . . . (. . . indistinct . . .)
Prabhupāda: So they are not trustee . . . are agreeable. Whatever you think, as you like, we can agree . . . (break)
Indian man: Main baat kar lunga unse. (I will talk to them.) (break)
Indian man: Je hai donation bhakta log matlab lete hain. (This is a donation, meaning devotees will collect.)
Prabhupada: Monthly kuch donation hai. (Some monthly donation is there.)
Indian man: Monthly donation hai. Waise kuch building hai jo rented hai udhar, bahar. (Monthly donation is there. There are some buildings here that are rented , outside.)
Prabhupada: Aaj kal toh rent mein kuch milta hi nahi hai. (Nowadays you don't get anything on rent.)
Indian man: Ab ye hai purani hai . . . (Now this is an old one . . .)
Prabhupada: Purani hai. Mandir toh bhaut sundar hai. (Old one. The temple is very beautiful.)
Indian man: Aap navami ke din bata rahe ho matlab kya . . . yagya hoga us din. (You were telling us that on Navami day there will be some fire sacrifice.)
Prabhupada: Haan? (What?)
Indian man: Navami ke din kabhi dopahar mein . . . (On Navami day, sometime in the afternoon . . .)
Prabhupada: Navami toh kal hai. (Navami is tomorrow.)
Indian man: Parson hai matlab. (It's day after tomorrow.)
Prabhupada: Accha. (Okay.)
(break)
Indian man: To Chandi Path hoga na . . . toh abhi aap jaisa batyein apna . . .dopahar mein kabhi. . . (There will be Chandi Path [worship of Durgā Devi] . . . so if you can tell sometime in the afternoon . . .)
Tripurāri: (laughter) I can remember from Caitanya-caritāmṛta, one devotee of Lord Rāmacandra was always chanting the name of Rāma, but Lord Caitanya convinced him to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupāda: (laughs) There is competition like that. One will say: "Hare Rāma." Another will say: "No, Hare Kṛṣṇa."
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: He was very obstinate.
Hari-śauri: Or that man in Delhi.
Prabhupāda: Huh?
Hari-śauri: That man in Delhi thought we had something against Lord Rāmacandra.
Prabhupāda: (laughs) There are many versions like that. Somebody will say: "Your Rāmacandra may be very important person, but when Rādhārāṇī goes to Kṛṣṇa, Lord Rāmacandra becomes His (Her) guard with arrows." (laughter) When Rādhārāṇī goes to Kṛṣṇa, and Rāmacandra has to serve Rādhārāṇī with arrows and bows.
(pause)
Prabhupāda: This is gorur. Garuda.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda?
Prabhupāda: Hmm.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: What is that six-pointed star significance?
Prabhupāda: Cakra.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Oh.
Hari-śauri: What is the symbol on the right-hand side, Śrīla Prabhupāda?
Prabhupāda: I think śaṅkha.
Hari-śauri: Is that the conch, is it? (break)
Akṣayānanda: . . . thread from the Deity, the old sacred thread, and they tie it on their wrist. They tie it here.
Prabhupāda: Who?
Akṣayānanda: Some of the devotees have started to do that now.
Prabhupāda: Why?
Akṣayānanda: I don't know. It's just like wearing beads. The sacred thread from the Deity, after replacing, they take the old one and they wear it here.
Prabhupāda: Who has told them?
Akṣayānanda: I don't know.
Prabhupāda: Then why you . . .?
Akṣayānanda: Well, I told one boy to stop it, and because I couldn't quote any authority, he keeps wearing . . .
Prabhupāda: No, no, there is no author . . . where is his authority?
Akṣayānanda: Yes.
Prabhupāda: This nonsense should be stopped.
Akṣayānanda: Yes, I thought it was wrong. That's why I mentioned it. I wanted to make sure.
Prabhupāda: Stop this.
Akṣayānanda: Okay. Sure.
Hari-śauri: I think their idea is that because it's prasādam, it's from the Deity, that they're able to wear it like that.
Prabhupāda: That is another concoction. The sacred thread is not used like that, in our hand.
Akṣayānanda: I thought it was wrong. It seems like some kind of fashion or something, concocted fashion. (break)
Hari-śauri: . . . small black beads that the devotees are wearing from Rādhā-kuṇḍa. They have a string of beads made of clay from Rādhā-kuṇḍa. Are they . . .?
Prabhupāda: Rādhā-kuṇḍa clay is not bad.
Hari-śauri: So it's all right to wear them?
Prabhupāda: Not very constantly.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Sometimes I think, Śrīla Prabhupāda, that you're worried that one thing will lead to the next. Actually, all we have to do is follow your example.
Akṣayānanda: Yes, we don't have to add anything. What can we add?
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: What is the use of it?
Akṣayānanda: What can we add?
Prabhupāda: There is a proverb in Bengali that the crows, they eat stool. But when the crow is very young, he eats more stool. (laughter) (break) . . . tendency always, how to become hippie as soon as there is little opportunity.
Akṣayānanda: Yes, it's something we have to guard against very carefully.
Prabhupāda: Don't allow them. Don't allow all these.
Akṣayānanda: Even in India people say like that, "Oh, you are hippies?"
Prabhupāda: As soon as you become hippie, immediately your all prestige will go.
Akṣayānanda: Finished, yes.
Prabhupāda: Very carefully.
Hari-śauri: The thing is, a lot of the devotees, they're not very much conscious that they're being watched by the . . . very carefully by the public. (break)
Prabhupāda: (bird is singing nearby) Bird of paradise? No.
Hari-śauri: No, the bird of paradise is different.
Prabhupāda: Different. (end)
- 1976 - Morning Walks
- 1976 - Lectures and Conversations
- 1976 - Lectures, Conversations and Letters
- 1976-04 - Lectures, Conversations and Letters
- Morning Walks - India
- Morning Walks - India, Vrndavana
- Lectures, Conversations and Letters - India
- Lectures, Conversations and Letters - India, Vrndavana
- Conversations and Lectures with Hindi Snippets
- 1976 - New Audio - Released in November 2013
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