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Room Conversation with Hanuman Prasad Poddar

ConversationFebruary 3, 1971, GorakhpurGorakphur19 min
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Participants:
PrabhupādaHanumanYaśodānandana
Prabhupāda: Ratha-yātrā. [Hindi]
Hanuman: [Hindi]
Prabhupāda: He is a gṛhastha. [Hindi] also sannyāsī.. [Hindi] Gṛhastha..
kibā vipra, kibā nyāsī, śūdra kene naya
yei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, sei 'guru' haya
[Madhya 8.128]
Hanuman: [Hindi]
Prabhupāda: "One has to learn the science of Kṛṣṇa, 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 kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, sei 'guru' haya
[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 maṇḍita.
Hanuman: [Hindi]
Ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi
na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ
[Padma Purāṇa]
Hanuman: [Hindi conversation]
Prabhupāda: [Hindi] government service, government servant [Hindi] first of all, we are servant of Kṛṣṇa we have got claim. [laughs]
Hanuman: [Hindi]
Prabhupāda: īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam: [Īśo 1] [Hindi conversation]
Prabhupāda: lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau [Hindi]
nānā-śāstra-vicāraṇaika-nipuṇau sad-dharma-saṁsthāpakau
lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau tri-bhuvane mānyau śaraṇyākarau
rādhā-kṛṣṇa-padāravinda-bhajanānandena mattālikau
vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
[Ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭaka 2]
lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau [Hindi]
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ
[Hindi conversation]
Hanuman: [Hindi conversation]
māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya
ye 'pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ
striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās
te 'pi yānti parāṁ gatim
 [Bg. 9.32]
pāpa-yonayaḥ
[Hindi conversation]
kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā
bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā
 [Bg. 9.33]
[Hindi conversation]
bhārata-bhūmite manuṣya janma haila yāra
janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra
[Ādi 9.41]
[Hindi conversation]
it is the duty of every Indian
[Hindi conversation]
sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
 [Bg. 18.66]
[Hindi conversation]
we are canvassing
[Hindi conversation]
kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam [Bhāg. 1.3.28]
[Hindi conversation]
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]
for this materialistic way of life
Hanuman: [Hindi]
Prabhupāda: athāto brahma jijñāsā [1.1.1] [Hindi conversation]
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam [Bhāg. 1.3.28],
sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁśaraṇaṁ vraja
[Bg. 18.66]
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru
[Bg. 18.65]
[Hindi conversation]
Hanuman: ...brahma-bhūyāya kalpate [Bg. 14.26]
brahma-bhutaḥ prasannātmā
na śocati na kāṅkṣati
samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu
mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām
 [Bg. 18.54]
mad-bhaktiṁ, mad..
Prabhupāda: Ah.
Hanuman: [Hindi conversation]
bahūnāṁ janmanām ante
jñānavān māṁ prapadyate
[Bg. 7.19]
Hanuman: māṁ prapadyate
Prabhupāda: sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ [Hindi conversation]
Hanuman: māṁ vetti, māṁ vetti.. manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu
kaścid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānāṁ [Bg. 7.3]
siddhānām siddhānāṁ
Prabhupāda: Ah.
Hanuman: kaścin māṁ vetti tattvataḥ, siddhānām jñānināṁ
Prabhupāda: jñāninām muktinaṁ
Hanuman: [Hindi conversation]
Prabhupāda: [Hindi] material science... Advanced... 100 years back [Hindi conversation]
Prabhupāda: [Hindi]. Nectar of Devotion [Hindi] photographs
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]
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]
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