Initiations

Prabhupāda: Go on with... You go on with your mantra. You can perform bathing ceremony. [chants Brahma-saṁhitā and Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā ślokas responsively for installation of Gaura-Nitāi Deities]

surabhīr abhipālayantam lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.29]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor who is tending the cows, yielding all desire, in abodes built with spiritual gems, surrounded by millions of purpose trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of lakṣmīs or gopīs.]

veṅuṁ kvaṅantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣam- barhāvataṁsam asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.30]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept in playing on His flute, with blooming eyes like lotus petals with head decked with peacock's feather, with the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of Cupids.]

ālola-candraka-lasad-vanamālya-vaṁśī- ratnāṅgadaṁ praṅaya-keli-kalā-vilāsam śyāmaṁ tri-bhaṅga-lalitaṁ niyata-prakāśaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.31]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, round whose neck is swinging a garland of flowers beautified with the moon-locket, whose two hands are adorned with the flute and jeweled ornaments, who always revels in pastimes of love, whose graceful threefold-bending form of Śyāmasundara is eternally manifest.]

aṅgāni yasya sakalendriya-vṛtti-manti paśyanti pānti kalayanti ciraṁ jaganti ānanda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.32]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth, substantiality and is thus full of the most dazzling splendor. Each of the limbs of that transcendental figure possesses in Himself, the full-fledged functions of all the organs, and eternally sees, maintains and manifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane.]

advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam ādyaṁ purāṅa-puruṣaṁ nava-yauvanaṁ ca vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.33]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is inaccessible to the Vedas, but obtainable by pure unalloyed devotion of the soul, who is without a second, who is not subject to decay, is without a beginning, whose form is endless, who is the beginning, and the eternal puruṣa; yet He is a person possessing the beauty of blooming youth.]

panthās tu koṭi-śata-vatsara-sampragamyo vāyor athāpi manaso muni-puṅgavānām so 'py asti yat prapada-sīmny avicintya-tattve govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.34]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, only the tip of the toe of whose lotus feet is approached by the yogīs who aspire after the transcendental and betake themselves to prāṅāyāma by drilling the respiration; or by the jñānīs who try to find out the nondifferentiated Brahman by the process of elimination of the mundane, extending over thousands of millions of years.]

eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṅḍa-koṭiṁ yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṅḍa-cayā yad-antaḥ aṅḍāntara-stha-paramāṅu-cayāntara-sthaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.35]

[He is an undifferentiated entity as there is no distinction between potency and the possessor thereof. In His work of creation of millions of worlds, His potency remains inseparable. All the universes exist in Him and He is present in His fullness in every one of the atoms that are scattered throughout the universe, at one and the same time. Such is the primeval Lord whom I adore.]

yad-bhāva-bhāvita-dhiyo manujās tathaiva samprāpya rūpa-mahimāsana-yāna-bhūṣāḥ sūktair yam eva nigama-prathitaiḥ stuvanti govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.36]

[I adore the same Govinda, the primeval Lord, in whose praise men, who are imbued with devotion, sing the mantra-sūktas told by the Vedas, by gaining their appropriate beauty, greatness, thrones, conveyances and ornaments.]

ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūto govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.37]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, residing in His own realm, Goloka, with Rādhā, resembling His own spiritual figure, the embodiment of the ecstatic potency possessed of the sixty-four artistic activities, in the company of Her confidantes [sakhīs], embodiments of the extensions of Her bodily form, permeated and vitalized by His ever-blissful spiritual rasa.]

premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti yaṁ śyāmasundaram acintya-guṅa-svarūpaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.38]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is Śyāmasundara, Kṛṣṅa Himself with inconceivable innumerable attributes, whom the pure devotees see in their heart of hearts with the eye of devotion tinged with the salve of love.]

rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu kṛṣṅaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.39]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who manifested Himself personally as Kṛṣṅa and the different avatāras in the world in the forms of Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Vāmana, etc., as His subjective portions.]

yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṅḍa-koṭi- koṭiṣv aśeṣa-vasudhādi vibhūti-bhinnam tad brahma niṣkalam anantam aśeṣa-bhūtaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.40]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose effulgence is the source of the nondifferentiated Brahman mentioned in the Upaniṣads, being differentiated from the infinity of glories of the mundane universe appears as the indivisible, infinite, limitless, truth.]

māyā hi yasya jagad-aṅḍa-śatāni sūte traiguṅya-tad-viṣaya-veda-vitāyamānā sattvāvalambi-para-sattvaṁ viśuddha-sattvam- govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.41]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is the absolute substantive principle being the ultimate entity in the form of the support of all existence whose external potency embodies the threefold mundane qualities, viz., sattva, rajas, and tamas and diffuses the Vedic knowledge regarding the mundane world.]

ānanda-cinmaya-rasātmatayā manaḥsu yaḥ prāṅināṁ pratiphalan smaratām upetya līlāyitena bhuvanāni jayaty ajasram- govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.42]

[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose glory ever triumphantly dominates the mundane world by the activity of His own pastimes, being reflected in the mind of recollecting souls as the transcendental entity of ever-blissful cognitive rasa.]

goloka-nāmni nija-dhāmni tale ca tasya devi maheśa-hari-dhāmasu teṣu teṣu te te prabhāva-nicayā vihitāś ca yena govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.43]

[Lowest of all is located Devī-dhāma [mundane world], next above it is Maheśa-dhāma [abode of Maheśa]; above Maheśa-dhāma is placed Hari-dhāma [abode of Hari] and above them all is located Kṛṣṅa's own realm named Goloka. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, who has allotted their respective authorities to the rulers of those graded realms.]

sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya-sādhana-śaktir ekā chāyeva yasya bhuvanāni bibharti durgā icchānurūpam api yasya ca ceṣṭate sā govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.44]

[The external potency Māyā who is of the nature of the shadow of the cit potency, is worshiped by all people as Durgā, the creating, preserving and destroying agency of this mundane world. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda in accordance with whose will Durgā conducts herself.]

kṣīraṁ yathā dadhi vikāra-viśeṣa-yogāt sañjāyate na hi tataḥ pṛthag asti hetoḥ yaḥ śambhutām api tathā samupaiti kāryād govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.45]

[Just as milk is transformed into curd by the action of acids, but yet the effect curd is neither same as, nor different from, its cause, viz., milk, so I adore the primeval Lord Govinda of whom the state of Śambhu is a transformation for the performance of the work of destruction.]

dīpārcir eva hi daśāntaram abhyupetya dīpāyate vivṛta-hetu-samāna-dharmā yas tādṛg eva hi ca viṣṅutayā vibhāti govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.46]

[The light of one candle being communicated to other candles, although it burns separately in them, is the same in its quality. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda who exhibits Himself equally in the same mobile manner in His various manifestations.]

yaḥ kāraṅārṅava-jale bhajati sma yoga- nidrām ananta-jagad-aṅḍa-sa-roma-kūpaḥ ādhāra-śaktim avalambya parāṁ sva-mūrtiṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.47]

[I adore the primeval Lord Govinda who assuming His own great subjective form, who bears the name of Śeṣa, replete with the all-accommodating potency, and reposing in the Causal Ocean with the infinity of the world in the pores of His hair, enjoys creative sleep [yoga-nidrā]]

yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṅḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṅur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.48]

[Brahmā and other lords of the mundane worlds, appearing from the pores of hair of Mahā-Viṣṅu, remain alive as long as the duration of one exhalation of the latter [Mahā-Viṣṅu]. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda of whose subjective personality Mahā-Viṣṅu is the portion of portion.]

bhāsvān yathāśma-śakaleṣu nijeṣu tejaḥ svīyam kiyat prakaṭayaty api tadvad atra brahmā ya eṣa jagad-aṅḍa-vidhāna-kartā govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.49]

[I adore the primeval Lord Govinda from whom the separated subjective portion Brahmā receives his power for the regulation of the mundane world, just as the sun manifests some portion of his own light in all the effulgent gems that bear the names of sūryakānta, etc.]

yat-pāda-pallava-yugaṁ vinidhāya kumbha- dvandve praṅāma-samaye sa gaṅādhirājaḥ vighnān vihantum alam asya jagat-trayasya govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.50]

[I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, whose lotus feet are always held by Gaṅeśa upon the pair of tumuli protruding from his elephant head in order to obtain power for his function of destroying all the obstacles on the path of progress of the three worlds.]

agnir mahi gaganam ambu marud diśaś ca kālas tathātma-manasīti jagat-trayāṅi yasmād bhavanti vibhavanti viśanti yaṁ ca govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.51]

[The three worlds are composed of the nine elements, viz., fire, earth, ether, water, air, direction, time, soul and mind. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda from whom they originate, in whom they exist and into whom they enter at the time of the universal cataclysm.]

yac-cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṅāṁ rājā samasta-sura-mūrtir aśeṣa-tejāḥ yasyājñayā bhramati sambhṛta-kāla-cakro govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.52]

[The sun who is the king of all the planets, full of infinite effulgence, the image of the good soul, is as the eye of this world. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda in pursuance of whose order the sun performs his journey mounting the wheel of time.]

dharmo 'tha pāpa-nicayaḥ śrutayas tapāṁsi brahmādi-kīṭa-patagāvadhayaś ca jīvāḥ yad-datta-mātra-vibhava-prakaṭa-prabhāvā govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.53]

[I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, by whose conferred power are maintained the manifested potencies, that are found to exist, of all virtues, all vices, the Vedas, the penances and all jīvas, from Brahmā to the meanest insect.]

yas tv indragopam athavendram aho sva-karma- bandhānurūpa-phala-bhājanam ātanoti karmāṅi nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhājāṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.54]

[I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, who burns up to their roots all fruitive activities of those who are imbued with devotion and impartially ordains for each the due enjoyment of the fruits of one's activities, of all those who walk in the path of work, in accordance with the chain of their previously performed works, no less in the case of the tiny insect that bears the name of indragopa than in that of Indra, king of the devas.]

yaṁ krodha-kāma-sahaja-praṅayādi-bhīti- vātsalya-moha-guru-gaurava-sevya-bhāvaiḥ sañcintya tasya sadṛśīṁ tanum āpur ete govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.55]

[I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, the meditators of whom, by meditating upon Him under the sway of wrath, amorous passion, natural friendly love, fear, parental affection, delusion, reverence and willing service, attain to bodily forms befitting the nature of their contemplation.]

vande gurūn īśa-bhaktān īśam īśāvatārakān tat-prakāśāṁś ca tac-chaktīḥ kṛṣṅa-caitanya-saṁjñakam [Ādi 1.1]

[I offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual masters, the devotees of the Lord, the Lord’s incarnations, His plenary portions, His energies and the primeval Lord Himself, Śrī Kṛṣṅa Caitanya.]

vande śrī-kṛṣṅa-caitanya- nityānandau sahoditau gauḍodaye puṣpavantau citrau śan-dau tamo-nudau [Ādi 1.2]

[I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṅa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauḍa to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all.]

yad advaitaṁ brahmopaniṣadi tad apy asya tanu-bhā ya ātmāntar-yāmī puruṣa iti so ’syāṁśa-vibhavaḥ ṣaḍ-aiśvaryaiḥ pūrṅo ya iha bhagavān sa svayam ayaṁ na caitanyāt krṣṅāj jagati para-tattvaṁ param iha [Ādi 1.3]

[What the Upaniṣads describe as the impersonal Brahman is but the effulgence of His body, and the Lord known as the Supersoul is but His localized plenary portion. Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṅa Himself, full with six opulences. He is the Absolute Truth, and no other truth is greater than or equal to Him.]

anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṅayāvatīrṅaḥ kalau samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ [Ādi 1.4]

[May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Śrīmatī Śacī-devī be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has appeared in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has ever offered before: the most sublime and radiant mellow of devotional service, the mellow of conjugal love.]

rādhā kṛṣṅa-praṅaya-vikṛtir hlādinī śaktir asmād ekātmānāv api bhuvi purā deha-bhedaṁ gatau tau caitanyākhyaṁ prakaṭam adhunā tad-dvayaṁ caikyam āptaṁ rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitaṁ naumi kṛṣṅa-svarūpam [Ādi 1.5]

[The loving affairs of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṅa are transcendental manifestations of the Lord’s internal pleasure-giving potency. Although Rādhā and Kṛṣṅa are one in Their identity, previously They separated Themselves. Now these two transcendental identities have again united, in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṅa Caitanya. I bow down to Him, who has manifested Himself with the sentiment and complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṅī although He is Kṛṣṅa Himself.]

śrī-rādhāyāḥ praṅaya-mahimā kīdṛśo vānayaivā- svādyo yenādbhuta-madhurimā kīdṛśo vā madīyaḥ saukhyaṁ cāsyā mad-anubhavataḥ kīdṛśaṁ veti lobhāt tad-bhāvāḍhyaḥ samajani śacī-garbha-sindhau harīnduḥ [Ādi 1.6]

[Desiring to understand the glory of Rādhārāṅī’s love, the wonderful qualities in Him that She alone relishes through Her love, and the happiness She feels when She realizes the sweetness of His love, the Supreme Lord Hari, richly endowed with Her emotions, appeared from the womb of Śrīmatī Śacī-devī, as the moon appeared from the ocean.]

saṅkarṣaṅaḥ kāraṅa-toya-śāyī garbhoda-śāyī ca payobdhi-śāyī śeṣaś ca yasyāṁśa-kalāḥ sa nityā- nandākhya-rāmaḥ śaraṅaṁ mamāstu [Ādi 1.7]

[May Śrī Nityānanda Rāma be the object of my constant remembrance. Saṅkarṣaṅa, Śeṣa Nāga and the Viṣṅus who lie on the Kāraṅa Ocean, Garbha Ocean and ocean of milk are His plenary portions and the portions of His plenary portions.]

māyātīte vyāpi-vaikuṅṭha-loke pūrṅaiśvarye śrī-catur-vyūha-madhye rūpaṁ yasyodbhāti saṅkarṣaṅākhyaṁ taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye [Ādi 1.8]

[I surrender unto the lotus feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, who is known as Saṅkarṣaṅa in the midst of the catur-vyūha [consisting of Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṅa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha]. He possesses full opulences and resides in Vaikuṅṭhaloka, far beyond the material creation.]

māyā-bhartājāṅḍa-saṅghāśrayāṅgaḥ śete sākṣāt kāraṅāmbhodhi-madhye yasyaikāṁśaḥ śrī-pumān ādi-devas taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye [Ādi 1.9]

[I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose partial representation called Kāraṅodakaśāyī Viṣṅu, lying on the Kāraṅa Ocean, is the original puruṣa, the master of the illusory energy, and the shelter of all the universes.]

yasyāṁśāṁśaḥ śrīla-garbhoda-śāyī yan-nābhy-abjaṁ loka-saṅghāta-nālam loka-sraṣṭuḥ sūtikā-dhāma dhātus taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye [Ādi 1.10]

[I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, a partial part of whom is Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṅu. From the navel of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṅu sprouts the lotus that is the birthplace of Brahmā, the engineer of the universe. The stem of that lotus is the resting place of the multitude of planets.]

yasyāṁśāṁśāṁśaḥ parātmākhilānāṁ poṣṭā viṣṅur bhāti dugdhābdhi-śāyī kṣauṅī-bhartā yat-kalā so ’py anantas taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye [Ādi 1.11]

[I offer my respectful obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose secondary part is the Viṣṅu lying in the ocean of milk. That Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṅu is the Supersoul of all living entities and the maintainer of all the universes. Śeṣa Nāga is His further subpart.]

mahā-viṣṅur jagat-kartā māyayā yaḥ sṛjaty adaḥ tasyāvatāra evāyam advaitācārya īśvaraḥ [Ādi 1.12]

[Lord Advaita Ācārya is the incarnation of Mahā-Viṣṅu, whose main function is to create the cosmic world through the actions of māyā.]

advaitaṁ hariṅādvaitād ācāryaṁ bhakti-śaṁsanāt bhaktāvatāram īśaṁ tam advaitācāryam āśraye [Ādi 1.13]

[Because He is nondifferent from Hari, the Supreme Lord, He is called Advaita, and because He propagates the cult of devotion, He is called Ācārya. He is the Lord and the incarnation of the Lord’s devotee. Therefore I take shelter of Him.]

pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṅaṁ bhakta-rūpa-svarūpakam bhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ namāmi bhakta-śaktikam [Ādi 1.14]

[I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṅa, who is nondifferent from His features as a devotee, devotional incarnation, devotional manifestation, pure devotee and devotional energy.]

jayatāṁ suratau paṅgor mama manda-mater gatī mat-sarvasva-padāmbhojau rādhā-madana-mohanau [Ādi 1.15]

[Glory to the all-merciful Rādhā and Madana-mohana! I am lame and ill advised, yet They are my directors, and Their lotus feet are everything to me.]

dīvyad-vṛndāraṅya-kalpa-drumādhaḥ- śrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthau śrīmad-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devau preṣṭhālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmi [Ādi 1.16]

[In a temple of jewels in Vṛndāvana, underneath a desire tree, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda, served by Their most confidential associates, sit upon an effulgent throne. I offer my humble obeisances unto Them.]

śrīmān rāsa-rasārambhī vaṁśīvaṭa-taṭa-sthitaḥ karṣan veṅu-svanair gopīr gopī-nāthaḥ śriye ’stu naḥ [Ādi 1.17]

[Śrī Śrīla Gopīnātha, who originated the transcendental mellow of the rāsa dance, stands on the shore in Vaṁśīvaṭa and attracts the attention of the cowherd damsels with the sound of His celebrated flute. May they all confer upon us their benediction.]

That's all. Now, what is next?

Mādhavānanda: All those who are being initiated... [break]

Prabhupāda: What are the regulative principles?

Initiate: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling, [pauses] no eating meat.

Prabhupāda: Yes. [laughter]

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Mitrātmaja dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Your name is Mitrātmaja. Hare Kṛṣṅa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Randy Prabhu?

Prabhupāda: [chants mahā-mantra] Oh, he is not shaven-headed? You have not shaven your head? Why you have not shaven your head?

Randy: Umm, because I have a full-time job. I work in a company.

Prabhupāda: Hmm? What is that full-time job?

Mādhavānanda: He's working at...

Prabhupāda: Somewhere.

Mādhavānanda: ...a very responsible job.

Prabhupāda: Where?

Mādhavānanda: At Burroughs Corporation.

Prabhupāda: All right. So what are the rules and regulations?

Randy: The four principles are no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication, no illicit sex life.

Prabhupāda: So, what is...?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Rāmīya.

Prabhupāda: Rāmīya dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṅa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Jim Prabhu, Jim from Detroit.

Prabhupāda: [japa] Tad-viddhi praṅipātena [Bg 4.34].

[Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.]

Praṅipātena. This is praṅipāt. So what are the rules and regulation?

Jim: No eating of meat, fish or eggs, no illicit sex, no intoxication and no speculation.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Jitātulya.

Prabhupāda: Jitātulya dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: John from Detroit. Not John D., just John.

Prabhupāda: Hmm. You are also responsible officer?

John: Yes.

Prabhupāda: So what are the rules and regulations?

John: No illicit sex life, no meat-eating, no gambling and no intoxication.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Juṣya.

Prabhupāda: Juṣya dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṅa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Marge.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṅa. You know what are the rules and regulations?

Marge: No meat-eating, no illicit sex life, no intoxication and no gambling.

Prabhupāda: She's married.

Mādhavānanda: To that boy.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Mihira-kanyā.

Prabhupāda: Mihira-kanyā.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: John D.? From Detroit. John D.

Prabhupāda: [japa] What are the rules and regulations?

John D.: No gambling, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no eating meat.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Paramparā dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Paramparā dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: From Chicago, Glenn.

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Glenn: One must not engage in meat-eating, illicit sex, gambling or mental speculation, or intoxication.

Prabhupāda: Thank you.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Gaura dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Gaura dāsa. [japa]

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Jim from Chicago.

Prabhupāda: [japa]

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Ann Arbor. Miles from Ann Arbor.

Dhṛṣṭadyumna: He's working, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: So, what are the rules and regulations?

Miles: No meat-eating, no illicit sex life, no intoxication and no gambling.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Mitravān dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Mitravān dāsa. Come on.

Mitravān: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṅa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Linda from Ann Arbor.

Prabhupāda: [japa] What are the rules and regulations?

Linda: [indistinct]

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Amara prabhu.

Prabhupāda: Amara is male name. Amarā. Make it Amarā. Amarā. Amarā dāsī. Hare Kṛṣṅa. Come on.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Michael from St. Louis. Matthew from St. Louis.

Prabhupāda: [japa] What are the rules and regulations?

Matthew: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling.

Prabhupāda: Hmm. What is name?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Mathurā-pati.

Prabhupāda: Mathurā-pati dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Jim from [indistinct].

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Jim: No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Citta-vratā.

Prabhupāda: Citta-vratā. Hare Kṛṣṅa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: From the Rādhā-Dāmodara traveling party, Lenny.

Prabhupāda: [japa] What are the rules and regulations?

Lenny: No meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Cakrī.

Prabhupāda: Cakrī dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: John?

Prabhupāda: You did not take your place? What are the rules and regulations? [japa] What are the rules and regulations?

John: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxication and no gambling.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Śāśvata.

Prabhupāda: Śāśvata dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṅa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: John Prabhu, from Rādhā-Dāmodara party. Is he here? John Rhode? Is he here? Lazlow, from Rādhā-Dāmodara party?

Prabhupāda: [japa] What are the rules and regulations?

Lazlow: No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication and no gambling.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Viśva.

Prabhupāda: Īśa?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Viśva.

Prabhupāda: Viśva dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Jim from Chicago. Jim from Chicago.

Prabhupāda: [japa] What are the rules and regulations?

Jim: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Jitendriya.

Prabhupāda: Jitendriya dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: John from Rādhā-Dāmodara?

Prabhupāda: [japa] What are the rules and regulations? [break]

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Sergio?

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations? Huh? What are the rules and regulations?

Sergio: No meat, fish or egg eating, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Śaṅkhī.

Prabhupāda: Śaṅkha dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Henry?

Prabhupāda: [japa] What are the rules and regulations?

Henry: No meat-eating, no gambling, no illicit sex, no intoxication.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Agrāya.

Prabhupāda: Agrāya dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṅa: Are there any prabhus I may have overlooked? First initiations?

Prabhupāda: Now, where is yajña? Who will perform yajña? Begin, begin. [japa] [fire sacrifice; Pradyumna recites prayers reponsively] [break] [end]