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Lectures by Date, 1974

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

740110IN-LOS ANGELES - January 10, 1974 - 04:46 Minutes

Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name is Abhirāma . . .?

Karandhara: Manobhirāma.

Prabhupāda: Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma is Kṛṣṇa. He pleases everyone's mind.

Devotees: Jaya. Haribol.

Karandhara: David? (break)

Prabhupāda: There is all neck beads, everyone? You knows the rules and regulation? (break) Dhanurdharī. (aside) Not left. Yes. Dhanurdharī. Dhanurdharī is Lord Rāmacandra's name. (pause)

Karandhara: Gilbert? (to Prabhupāda:) Gambhīra.

Prabhupāda: Gambhīra. You know the rules and regulation? Here, take. Your spiritual name, Gambhīra dāsa, "Very grave." That is Kṛṣṇa.

Karandhara: Bill?

Prabhupāda: (japa) (break) Bāṅke-bihārī.

Devotees: Oh, haribol.

Prabhupāda: Bāṅke means "curved." Kṛṣṇa stands always this. That is Bāṅke-bihārī.

Karandhara: Hannah?

Prabhupāda: He is not very straight, Kṛṣṇa. People are crooked, so He is the most crooked. (break)

Karandhara: Hari-sevakā.

Prabhupāda: Hari-sevikā. So, Hari-sevikā, Hari-sevikā, "maidservant of Kṛṣṇa."

Devotees: Jaya. (break)

Karandhara: Delores? (break)

Prabhupāda: Greedy for Kṛṣṇa. Tatra laulyam eka laulyam. To get Kṛṣṇa, you have only one price: to become greedy for Kṛṣṇa.

Devotees: Jaya!

Prabhupāda: That's all. That is the only . . . (break) . . . tatra laulyam ekalaṁ mūlyaṁ na janma-koṭibhiḥ sukṛtibhir labhyate (CC Madhya 8.70). (break)

Karandhara: Vidya.

Prabhupāda: Divya. Divya. Your spiritual name is Divya. Divya means "spiritual." (pause)

Karandhara: Dhīra-sevā.

Prabhupāda: Huh?

Karandhara: Dhīra-sevā.

Prabhupāda: Dhīra. Dhīra-sevā. Dhīra-lalitā. Dhīra-sevā? No. Dhīra-sevī. She is woman. (to devotee) You know all the rules and regulation? Yes. Your name is Dhīra-sevī. Kṛṣṇa is Dhīra. Dhīra-lalitā.

Karandhara: Sajjana-jīvana.

Prabhupāda: Sajjana-jīvana. You know rules and regulation?

Devotee: No meat-eating, no . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: Yes. Sajjana-jīvana. Sajjana-jīvana. Life is very gentle.

So thank you very much. (devotees exclaim)

Now begin chanting and yajña. Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtanaiḥ prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ (SB 11.5.32). That is the yajña, saṅkīrtana.

Devotee: Hare Kṛṣṇa (end)

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-Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name is Abhirāma . . .?
+'''Prabhupāda:''' So your spiritual name is Abhirāma . . .?
 Karandhara: Manobhirāma.
-Prabhupāda: Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma is Kṛṣṇa. He pleases everyone's mind.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma is Kṛṣṇa. He pleases everyone's mind.
 Devotees: ''Jaya. Haribol''.
@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 Karandhara: David? (break)
-Prabhupāda: There is all neck beads, everyone? You knows the rules and regulation? (break) Dhanurdharī. (aside) Not left. Yes. Dhanurdharī. Dhanurdharī is Lord Rāmacandra's name. (pause)
+'''Prabhupāda:''' There is all neck beads, everyone? You knows the rules and regulation? (break) Dhanurdharī. (aside) Not left. Yes. Dhanurdharī. Dhanurdharī is Lord Rāmacandra's name. (pause)
-Karandhara: Gilbert? (to Prabhupāda:) Gambhīra.
+Karandhara: Gilbert? (to '''Prabhupāda:''') Gambhīra.
-Prabhupāda: Gambhīra. You know the rules and regulation? Here, take. Your spiritual name, Gambhīra dāsa, "Very grave." That is Kṛṣṇa.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Gambhīra. You know the rules and regulation? Here, take. Your spiritual name, Gambhīra dāsa, "Very grave." That is Kṛṣṇa.
 Karandhara: Bill?
-Prabhupāda: (''japa'') (break) Bāṅke-bihārī.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' (''japa'') (break) Bāṅke-bihārī.
 Devotees: Oh, ''haribol''.
-Prabhupāda: ''Bāṅke'' means "curved." Kṛṣṇa stands always this. That is Bāṅke-bihārī.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Bāṅke'' means "curved." Kṛṣṇa stands always this. That is Bāṅke-bihārī.
 Karandhara: Hannah?
-Prabhupāda: He is not very straight, Kṛṣṇa. People are crooked, so He is the most crooked. (break)
+'''Prabhupāda:''' He is not very straight, Kṛṣṇa. People are crooked, so He is the most crooked. (break)
 Karandhara: Hari-sevakā.
-Prabhupāda: Hari-sevikā. So, Hari-sevikā, Hari-sevikā, "maidservant of Kṛṣṇa."
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Hari-sevikā. So, Hari-sevikā, Hari-sevikā, "maidservant of Kṛṣṇa."
 Devotees: ''Jaya''. (break)
@@ Line 57: / Line 57: @@
 Karandhara: Delores? (break)
-Prabhupāda: Greedy for Kṛṣṇa. ''Tatra laulyam eka laulyam.'' To get Kṛṣṇa, you have only one price: to become greedy for Kṛṣṇa.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Greedy for Kṛṣṇa. ''Tatra laulyam eka laulyam.'' To get Kṛṣṇa, you have only one price: to become greedy for Kṛṣṇa.
 Devotees: ''Jaya!''
-Prabhupāda: That's all. That is the only . . . (break) . . . ''tatra laulyam ekalaṁ mūlyaṁ na janma-koṭibhiḥ sukṛtibhir labhyate'' ([[CC Madhya 8.70|CC Madhya 8.70]]). (break)
+'''Prabhupāda:''' That's all. That is the only . . . (break) . . . ''tatra laulyam ekalaṁ mūlyaṁ na janma-koṭibhiḥ sukṛtibhir labhyate'' ([[CC Madhya 8.70|CC Madhya 8.70]]). (break)
 Karandhara: Vidya.
-Prabhupāda: Divya. Divya. Your spiritual name is Divya. ''Divya'' means "spiritual." (pause)
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Divya. Divya. Your spiritual name is Divya. ''Divya'' means "spiritual." (pause)
 Karandhara: Dhīra-sevā.
-Prabhupāda: Huh?
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Huh?
 Karandhara: Dhīra-sevā.
-Prabhupāda: Dhīra. Dhīra-sevā. Dhīra-lalitā. Dhīra-sevā? No. Dhīra-sevī. She is woman. (to devotee) You know all the rules and regulation? Yes. Your name is Dhīra-sevī. Kṛṣṇa is Dhīra. Dhīra-lalitā.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Dhīra. Dhīra-sevā. Dhīra-lalitā. Dhīra-sevā? No. Dhīra-sevī. She is woman. (to devotee) You know all the rules and regulation? Yes. Your name is Dhīra-sevī. Kṛṣṇa is Dhīra. Dhīra-lalitā.
 Karandhara: Sajjana-jīvana.
-Prabhupāda: Sajjana-jīvana. You know rules and regulation?
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Sajjana-jīvana. You know rules and regulation?
 Devotee: No meat-eating, no . . . (indistinct)
-Prabhupāda: Yes. Sajjana-jīvana. Sajjana-jīvana. Life is very gentle.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Sajjana-jīvana. Sajjana-jīvana. Life is very gentle.
 So thank you very much. (devotees exclaim)