Talk at Podar College Bombay

Introduction to Podar College lecture

0:01Devotee: Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks to a select audience at Podar College at Karman, near Bombay. November 29th morning.

Chanting the Hare Krishna mantra

0:35Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa...

Recitation of Mangalacarana prayers

0:59oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayācakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave-namaḥ

Offering obeisances to spiritual master

1:05I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master who, with the torchlight of knowledge, has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance.

1:05śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-talesvayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam[Śrī Guru Praṇāma]

1:17When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?

Honoring the Vaishnava lineage

1:23vande 'haṁśrī-guroḥśrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁśrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś caśrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvamsādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁśrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś..[Maṅgalācaraṇa]

1:34I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and of all the other preceptors on the path of devotional service. I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇavas and unto the six Gosvāmīs, including Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Jīva Gosvāmī and their associates. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Advaita Ācārya Prabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and all His devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. I then offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and all the gopīs, headed by Lalitā and Viśākhā.

Prayers to Krishna and Radharani

1:39he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho dīna-bandho jagat-pategopeśa gopikā-kānta rādhā-kānta namo 'stu..[Śrī Kṛṣṇa Praṇāma]

1:44O my dear Kṛṣṇa, ocean of mercy, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the cowherd men and the lover of the gopīs, especially Rādhārāṇī. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

1:49tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgirādhe vṛndāvaneśvarivṛṣabhānu-sute devipraṇamāmi hari-priye[Śrī Rādhā Praṇāma]

1:54I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vṛndāvana. You are the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu, and You are very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Technical issues with microphone setup

1:57There is a problem with the microphone

2:00What is the problem? What is that? Right you can see here.

2:09Devotee: It won't, it won't fit.

2:12Prabhupāda: Then that is all, how it will go? Devotee begins lecturing in the background without microphone

2:18Devotee: Tamāla I think has got something.

2:21Prabhupāda: What is that? [indistinct] Now stop.

2:27Devotee: Yeah. [pause].