Room Conversation with Hanuman Prasad Poddar [Hindi and English]
Prabhupāda: Ratha-yātrā. [Hindi]
Hanuman: [Hindi]
Prabhupāda: He is a gṛhastha. [Hindi] also sannyāsī.. [Hindi] Gṛhastha..
kibā vipra, kibā nyāsī, śūdra kene naya yei kṛṣṅa-tattva-vettā, sei 'guru' haya [Cc Madhya 8.128]
[Whether one is a brāhmaṅa, a sannyāsī or a śūdra—regardless of what he is—he can become a spiritual master if he knows the science of Kṛṣṅa.]
Hanuman: [Hindi]
Prabhupāda: "One has to learn the science of Kṛṣṅa, 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 kṛṣṅa-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 maṅḍita.
Hanuman: [Hindi]
Prabhupāda:
Ataḥśrī-kṛṣṅa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ [Cc Madhya 17.136]
[Therefore material senses cannot appreciate Kṛṣṅa’s holy name, form, qualities and pastimes. When a conditioned soul is awakened to Kṛṣṅa consciousness and renders service by using his tongue to chant the Lord’s holy name and taste the remnants of the Lord’s food, the tongue is purified, and one gradually comes to understand who Kṛṣṅa really is.]
Hanuman: [Hindi conversation]
[04:07]
Prabhupāda: [Hindi] government service, government servant [Hindi] first of all, we are servant of Kṛṣṅa we have got claim. [laughs]
Hanuman: [Hindi]
[04:25]
Prabhupāda: īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam: [Īśo mantra 1]
[Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong.]
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[06:49]
Prabhupāda: lokānāṁ hita-kāriṅau [Hindi]
nānā-śāstra-vicāraṅaika-nipuṅau sad-dharma-saṁsthāpakau lokānāṁ hita-kāriṅau tri-bhuvane mānyau śaraṅyākarau rādhā-kṛṣṅa-padāravinda-bhajanānandena mattālikau vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau [Śrī Śrī Ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭaka 2]
[I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who are very expert in scrutinizingly studying all the revealed scriptures with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. Thus they are honored all over the three worlds, and they are worth taking shelter of because they are absorbed in the mood of the gopīs and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṅa.]
lokānāṁ hita-kāriṅau [Hindi]
[07:28]
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṅavebhyo namo namaḥ
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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]
[O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth—women, vaiśyas [merchants], as well as śūdras [workers]—can approach the supreme destination.]
pāpa-yonayaḥ.
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[08:14]
kiṁ punar brāhmaṅāḥ puṅyā bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā [Bg 9.33]
[How much greater then are the brāhmaṅas, the righteous, the devotees and saintly kings who in this temporary miserable world engage in loving service unto Me.]
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[08:30]
bhārata-bhūmite manuṣya janma haila yāra janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra [Cc Ādi 9.41]
[One who has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India [Bhārata-varṣa] should make his life successful and work for the benefit of all other people.]
Hindi conversation]
[09:10] it is the duty of every Indian
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[09:23]
sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṅaṁ vraja [Bg 18.66]
[[Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.]
Hindi conversation]
[09:52] we are canvassing
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[09:58] kṛṣṅas tu bhagavān svayam [SB 1.3.28]
[All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṅa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists.]
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[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, kṛṣṅas tu bhagavān svayam [SB 1.3.28],
[All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṅa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists.]
sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṅaṁ vraja [Bg 18.66],
[Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.]
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru [Bg 18.65]
[Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.]
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[13:25]
Hanuman: ...brahma-bhūyāya kalpate [Bg 14.26]
[One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.]
brahma-bhutaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām [Bg 18.54]
[And of all yogīs, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all.]
mad-bhaktiṁ, mad..
Prabhupāda: Ah.
Hanuman: [Hindi conversation]
[14:15]
Prabhupāda:
bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate [Bg 7.19]
[After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.]
Hanuman: māṁ prapadyate
Prabhupāda: sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ [Hindi conversation]
Hanuman: māṁ vetti, māṁ vetti.. manuṣyāṅāṁ sahasreṣu
kaścid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānāṁ [Bg 7.3]
[Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.]
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]