710722 - Lecture Initiation - New York
Aravinda: Śruta-kirtī.
Prabhupāda: Śruta-kirtī, whose activities are well famous. Come on. What are the rules?
Śruta-kirtī: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling.
Prabhupāda: How many rounds you'll chant?
Śruta-kirtī: Around twenty.
Prabhupāda: All right. ( japa —break) Sudhamani. Sudhamani, yes. Brilliant night. You know the rules? Yes. ( japa )
Aravinda: Puravī.
Prabhupāda: Puravī. Puravī means eastern, not western.
Devotee: Are these your beads? (devotee offers obeisances)
Prabhupāda: Śrutadeva. Śrutadeva means Viṣṇu. You know the rules and regulations? (Śrutadeva offers obeisances) Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Here.
Devotee: Harikeśa.
Prabhupāda: Harikeśa. (Harikeśa offers obeisances) Harikeśa means hairs of God. Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Devotee: Ravindra-svarūpa.
Prabhupāda: Ravindra-svarūpa. Just like sunshine. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. You know the rules and regulations? (devotees chanting japa )
Devotee: Rohiṇīdevī.
Prabhupāda: Rohiṇī. Rohiṇī, the mother of Balarāma. (laughter-it's a boy?)
Devotee: Devamīra.
Prabhupāda: Devamīra.
Devotee: (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: Victory flag. Victory flag. That means Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. ( japa ) Madirā. Madirā means intoxication. So you be intoxicated by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. So after performance (indistinct) they may to my room.
Devotee: After the yajña?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Devotee: After the yajña the brāhmaṇas, those who are going to be second initiated, can come to Prabhupāda's room.
Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. (end)