19951207 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.1.10 Initiation Lecture

The following is an initiation lecture Given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami December 7th 1995 at New Goloka. The class begins with a reading from the Śrī Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2^nd Canto, Chapter 1, verse 10.

Jayapatākā Swami: So taking the Harināma, we should avoid ten offences to the holy name. Anyone here knows the ten offences? What is the first one to be avoided?

Devotee: To blaspheme devotees.

So Prabhupāda was very concerned about this the devotees are not that doesn’t mean only means guru, means senior devotees, means all devotees who are preaching the holy name, we should avoid blaspheming them, because they are all dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa. We think that chanting Kali, Kali, Śiva, Śiva something same as chanting Hari Bol is a great offence.

Third offence?

Especially the vows taking at the time of initiation are very important and we should be careful not to disobey any of the instructions of the spiritual master. Following the orders of the spiritual master, the blind following, you know the story about the sannyāsī who was given the order to read Bhagavad-gītā.  Of course when a devotee took sannyāsa, he took the vow of following the sannyāsa, celibacy and everything, but his guru gave him a specific order that your service is to read every day Bhagavad-gīta. So he was reading the Bhagavad-gītā everyday but there was a little mouse inside his cave where he was staying the mouse will go and chew the corner of the gītā so he became very upset this mouse is disturbing me in following the order of my guru. So in order to read Bhagavad-gītā I have to get away this mouse, so how I can do that, I have to get the cat, he thought that is the way to solve it, he got the got, the cat got hungry, meow, meow. How to feed, so what to do? In order to read Bhagavad-gītā, I have to get away from the mouse so I bought cat. Now I have to feed the cat, so then he got a cow to provide milk to feed the cat, to get away from the mouse, to read Bhagavad-gītā. But the cow got hungry and it was taking lot of time to feeding the cow everything, to feed the cat, to get away the rat to read the Bhagavad-gīta. So he hired a man to take care of cow to feed the cat to read Bhagavad-gīta, but the employee was not working with full dedication, so sometime he was not taking care. hired staff they just don’t put heart into it, the only way to get  you know, someone dedicated to part of our family, so and he decided to get married in order to have a  wife who will take care of the man, feed the cow, provide milk to the cat to scare away the rat, to read Bhagavad-gītā, so then he got married. The wife wanted so many things, there were kids. Then he has to leave the cave in order to provide things. Then he got big mansion. The guru came back to see his sannyāsī disciple left the cave to read Bhagavad-gīta and the guru was surprised, what happened? What happened to you?  (laughter) Gurudeva, just try out your instruction. So somehow, along the way, he got little bit of an over endeavor. Not just easier to keep around his necklace, something simpler.

So we have to be very practical, that in the name of taking the order of guru, actually fulfilling the purpose of guru is so. So Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, he told some of these stories, hanky pankey, guru-sevā to be careful to serve the guru for the taking initiation means not only linking up with one’s initiating guru and with Prabhupāda and all previous ācāryas. in Māyāpur one day the Disappearance day of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. He was telling us about the glories of his spiritual master and at one point he mentioned how Śrīla  Jagannātha Dāsa Bābājī  had discovered the birth place of Lord Caitanya, Śrīla Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura, and how Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura  had begged door to door and he had goes first temple and then how Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura had also go to the birth place of Lord Caitanya and try to do something and Prabhupāda said I am also want to do something to develop Māyāpur dhāma grateful, I am trying to do something when he was saying I am grateful to the devotees who are helping like that at that point at that time he broke up and crying then after while he could get controlled. He said that the secret of success is actually is to fulfill the desire of previous ācāryas, so by carrying out the order of my guru he also wants fulfill the desire of previous ācāryas one is sheltered by the whole disciple succession. One takes the shelter of everyone.

Fourth offence: Respect the śāstras. Practically say things which are offensive against sāstras. Like that, the sāstras glorifies the Ganges. Last night how one devotee… Yamadūtas had offended the Ganges and as a result they got massacred by the Viṣṇudūtas. And similarly many examples are there. Just like the Gopal Cakravartī who was a working for Govardhan and Hiraṇya Mazumdar he offended Haridāsa Ṭhākura, because he didn’t believe in the scriptures. Scriptures says that even if you chant the Harināma accidentally, you can get liberation, how is it possible? Mystic yogīs, Māyāvādīs they do take some thousands of births in order to take liberation. Just by chanting one time the holy name accidently you can get liberation. This is all sentimental, started shouting out blaspheming offensive to the holy name, to the śāstras, specifically let him also to offend the devotee, he offended by cursing Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Initially he didn’t believe in scripture. So we should be very careful not to offend the scripture. Also practically, we don’t put the scripture to touch the ground and feet. 

Fifth offence: While the fifth and sixth are similar, not to give a mundane interpretation to the holy name and consider the glories of holy name to be an exaggeration. Sometimes devotee cannot mix up but they are very much connected because the first two, like a one practical example there was a famous poet in the yuddha-kāṇḍa, he will give his own interpretation that why the Holy Name work? That you know because when you chant the japa, like breath control also some kind of praṇāyāma, but you know this is speculation. Scripture says the holy name is powerful because the holy name is Kṛṣṇa. So you need to be very careful not to give our own interpretation. On the other hand, if you tell someone the glories of the holy name, that the holy name is so powerful, preaching to the faithless, sometimes they get offensive, just like Gopāla Cakravartī. There wasn’t  the fault of Haridāsa Ṭhākura because he was asked to speak about the glories to Holy Name and all the people voluntarily the preachers, publically going to to speak religious assembly that the Holy Name assume the people are favorable, but normally just like if you would tell someone to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa… like so many devotees nowadays they have become, they don’t believe in sin. They become Godless. So, if you tell them things like that, they may say I don’t believe in all these things that it becomes offensive. So rather than tell them the glories until they have faith. Lord Caitanya tell them to chant, Prabhupāda asks everyone to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and be happy. Just make it simple, until they actually have faith to accept the glories of the holy name.

Seventh offence important even (say that more clearly), so who is an example of that someone makes a plan to sin. Someone make plan to sin thinks, “Later on I will chant the holy name and then I will get forgiven, then so it become kind a way of to cheat Kṛṣṇa if somebody happens to chant without even accidentally, without actually doing anything without making any kind of plan or pre meditated idea that I will get forgive them that person can get delivered. If a person actually making a whole plan, then Kṛṣṇa He doesn’t allow that works, moves his mercy. So it’s very very dangerous to do that kind of offense. 

Eighth offence: So if somebody thinks doing a million Aśvamedha equals chanting one Harināma is a atheist. No number of pious activities can equal to the potency of the Holy Name. Again just like Yamadūtas, last night we are discussing how they have didn’t have faith in potency of the Ganges, so committed offence against the Ganges. As a result, he had to get punished. Also this month is the month of Māgha is a very special month. This is the month when it is especially recommended to offer a campā flower to Lord Kṛṣṇa. Flowers offered to the lord one gets the special mercy, you must have known the pastime the demonic king got delivered offering the campā flower to the lord this month the month starts today. So, well there was kingdom. This is mentioned in the Padma Purāṇa, forgot the name of the king, but he was a demonic kind of a king. Not a demon, but he was a sinful man. He was not a proper king. He would cheat, he would give false judgment when things came before him. Judge in order to get some financial benefit. I don’t know, many took bribes. It was like he was supposed to be neutral but he would take sides... the state or something. Somehow, he gave false judgment. He would treat the people badly. Didn’t give charity properly. So many ways he was misbehaving.  Breaking all the regulative principles, so didn’t respect the brāhmaṇas. People hated him. His subjects despised him. Brahmā is praying to Kṛṣṇa, somehow this person should be removed. We  should have a proper king here. So one day in the month of Māgha, this king went to visit his girlfriend, even cheated on his queen his wife. He had a girlfriend, lady of ill repute, and he went to meet her and they were sitting together in her cottage and somehow, there was a campā flower and the flower fell from a tree or fell from some, from hair. Campā flowers are very light. Takes few seconds to reach the ground. So while it was falling, the king just casually said eṣa puśpam oṁ namo naranarāyaṇāya namo, my dear this campā flower I offer with my respectful obeisances to the Lotus feet of Lord Nara-Nārāyaṇa, meanwhile the citizens there was some rebels, some revolutionaries who is out to get the king because he was such tricky minded and they have figured out that he was in the cottage of  this lady, and they have surrounded the house with arms. No sooner that he offered the flower, they broke the door and jumped, shouted with an arrow. (*sfx*) Immediately came and chopped him off to pieces within one second after offering the flower to Nārāyaṇa.

The whole scene has changed to the other dimensions.  Yamarāja, when he figures out that this demonic king is dead, sends Yamadūtas, “Ok get that one.” And they all come to get the demoniac king. Meanwhile, the Viṣṇudūtas show up and the Yamadūtas are surprised. “What are the Viṣṇudūtas doing here?

“So, you want this person?”

“He is a sinner, horrible person.” 

“He was a sinner, yeah. But he offered a flower, a campā flower to Lord Nārāyaṇa. Chanted his holy name. Before he died, he offered a flower to Nārāyaṇa, so he is purified from all his sins.” 

And they said, “What do you mean?” (laughter) So, you don’t underestimate. Few lessons, this time they are humbled. If lord Nārāyaṇa is pleased, so He wanted to have a clean state and he pleased Lord Nārāyaṇa. “See you all later, try again next time.” And they took this ātmā, from this king back to the spiritual word then Nārāyaṇa was waiting him with open arms, “My dear devotee, welcome here to the spiritual sky. Welcome! You are such a nice devotee.”

“Me a great devotee?  I am not a great devotee.”

“No, you offered me my favorite flower on my favorite month, the month of Māgha. Anyone offers me campā flower in the month of Māgha, I promise he always comes to me. And you chanted my holy name, offered me obeisances.” So the king realizes how merciful the Lord was. He was purified, having gone there, and he surrendered completely to the Lord and took his shelter and become a pure devotee.  Nitāi-Gaura-Sītānātha-premānande... Hari Hari bolo!!!! 

So offering the campā flower at this month to the Lord is a special offering, or any flowers to the deities. Of course, once I asked Prabhupāda what is the mean for the initiated devotees. What should they do, and about Dāmodara month? Prabhupāda said you devotees are regular customers of Kṛṣṇa, you get all of the benefits, all the time (laughter), because you are observing all the twelve months to the service to the Lord, but especially attract the new customers. A store, a regular customer they are coming sale or not, but the store advertises you know. Sale rebate 25%. So in order to attract the new customer normally one goes there. So Prabhupāda was using that as an example that certain months, certain things if you do, you will get a special mercy. So the Lord, He does that to attract people to come and take advantage of His mercy. And you devotees are doing it every day. Always getting the mercy of the Lord. So someone may do a lot of pious activities, and pious activities goes into to a special account called the puṇya account. And there is another account which is called what account? Anyone knows? Pāpa account, that’s not father account. (laughter) Pāpa is a sin. The pāpa and puṇya, the sin and pious activities. Pious and impious so the two accounts accumulate simultaneously. Even though you do lot of pious activities that doesn’t mean that neutralize the impious activities, even though a person may be very pious they still have to suffer for impious things they do. But chanting the holy name not only destroys the sins, also destroy the tendency to do sinful activities. So, we shouldn’t consider the pious activities and the Holy Name to be equal.

Ninth offence: So we kind of discussed a little bit, to tell the faithless people the glories of the Holy Name. Because they commit the sixth offence, glories are an exaggeration, they could not be able to believe it and we shouldn’t emphasize people into offensive activity, if we can help it.

Tenth offence: Rūpa gosvāmī tells, when you preach to people, we should focus on the attachment to Lord Kṛṣṇa. When people become too attached to Kṛṣṇa, when they are attached to Kṛṣṇa, then we introduce the rules and regulations. Since a person is realized, he is attached to Kṛṣṇa. They actually have the attachment. Like sometimes a new devotee attached to Kṛṣṇa, but sometimes just want to forget Kṛṣṇa because then they want to be in ignorance or something. So when somebody is advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness,  he also need to give up the māyā in proportion to one’s advancement. That’s tenth offence, just holding on. For example, everyone knows about a boat anchored. Kept rowing and in the morning says they got to nowhere because anchor was not turned. So some point we don’t want to keep, we want to pull the anchor out. If we don’t mean we are not having faith in Kṛṣṇa., so these ten offences need to be avoided. 

Do we have a verse to read, appropriate verse in the Bhāgavatam? 

Śrimad Bhāgavatam 2.1.10

tad ahaṁ te ’bhidhāsyāmi mahā-pauruṣiko bhavān
yasya śraddadhatām āśu syān mukunde matiḥ satī

Translation: That very Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam I shall recite before you because you are the sincerest devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. One who gives full attention and respect to hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam achieves unflinching faith in the Supreme Lord, the giver of salvation.

Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Purport: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is recognized Vedic wisdom, and the system of receiving Vedic knowledge is called avaroha-panthā, or the process of receiving transcendental knowledge through a bona fide disciplic succession. For advancement of material knowledge there is a need for personal ability and researching aptitude, but in the case of spiritual knowledge, all progress depends more or less on the mercy of the spiritual master. The spiritual master must be satisfied with the disciple; only then is knowledge automatically manifested before the student of spiritual science. The process should not, however, be misunderstood to be something like magical feats whereby the spiritual master acts like a magician and injects spiritual knowledge into his disciple, as if surcharging him with an electrical current. The bona fide spiritual master reasonably explains everything to the disciple on the authority of Vedic wisdom. The disciple can receive such teachings not exactly intellectually but by submissive inquiries and a service attitude. The idea is that both the spiritual master and the disciple must be bona fide. In this case, the spiritual master, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, is ready to recite exactly what he has learned from his great father Śrīla Vyāsadeva, and the disciple, Mahārāja Parīkṣit, is a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. A devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is he who believes sincerely that by becoming a devotee of the Lord one becomes fully equipped with everything spiritual. This teaching is imparted by the Lord Himself in the pages of the Bhagavad-gītā, in which it is clearly described that the Lord (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) is everything and that to surrender unto Him solely and wholly makes one the most perfectly pious man. This unflinching faith in Lord Kṛṣṇa prepares one to become a student of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and one who hears Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from a devotee like Śukadeva Gosvāmī is sure to attain salvation at the end, as Mahārāja Parīkṣit did. The professional reciter of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and the pseudo devotees whose faith is based on one week's hearing are different from Śukadeva Gosvāmī and Mahārāja Parīkṣit. Śrīla Vyāsadeva explained Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam unto Śukadeva Gosvāmī from the very beginning of the janmādy asya (ŚB 1.1.1) verse, and so Śukadeva Gosvāmī also explained it to the king.

Lord Kṛṣṇa is described as the Mahāpuruṣa in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Canto Eleven), in His devotional feature as Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself in His devotional attitude, descended to earth to bestow special favors upon the fallen souls of this Age of Kali. There are two verses particularly suitable to offer as prayers to this Mahāpuruṣa feature of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

dhyeyaṁ sadā paribhava-ghnam abhīṣṭa-dohaṁ
tīrthāspadaṁ śiva-viriñci-nutaṁ śaraṇyam
bhṛtyārti-haṁ praṇata-pāla bhavābdhi-potaṁ
vande mahā-puruṣa te caraṇāravindam
(ŚB. 11.5.33)

tyaktvā su-dustyaja-surepsita-rājya-lakṣmīṁ
dharmiṣṭha ārya-vacasā yad agād araṇyam
māyā-mṛgaṁ dayitayepsitam anvadhāvad
vande mahā-puruṣa te caraṇāravindam
(ŚB. 11.5.34)

Puruṣa means the enjoyer, and mahā-puruṣa means the supreme enjoyer, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa. One who deserves to approach the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is called the mahā-pauruṣika. Anyone who hears Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam attentively from its bona fide reciter is sure to become a sincere devotee of the Lord, who is able to award liberation. There was none so attentive as Mahārāja Parīkṣit in the matter of hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and there was none so qualified as Śukadeva Gosvāmī to recite the text of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Therefore, anyone who follows in the footsteps of either the ideal reciter or the ideal hearer, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and Mahārāja Parīkṣit respectively, will undoubtedly attain salvation like them. Mahārāja Parīkṣit attained salvation by hearing only, and Śukadeva Gosvāmī attained salvation only by reciting. Recitation and hearing are two processes out of nine devotional activities, and by strenuously following these processes, either all of them or some of them, one can attain the absolute plane.

So the complete text of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, beginning with the janmādy asya (ŚB. 1.1.1) verse up to the last one in the Twelfth Canto (ŚB. 12.13.23), was spoken by Śukadeva Gosvāmī for the attainment of salvation by Mahārāja Parīkṣit. In the Padma Purāṇa, it is mentioned that Gautama Muni advised Mahārāja Ambarīṣa to hear regularly Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as it was recited by Śukadeva Gosvāmī, and therein it is confirmed that Mahārāja Ambarīṣa heard Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from the very beginning to the end, as it was spoken by Śukadeva Gosvāmī. One who is actually interested in the Bhāgavatam, therefore, must not play with it by reading or hearing a portion from here and a portion from there; one must follow in the footsteps of great kings like Mahārāja Ambarīṣa or Mahārāja Parīkṣit and hear it from a bona fide representative of Śukadeva Gosvāmī.

Jayapatākā Swami: Our movement is based upon following the disciple succession and pleasing the spiritual master because Parīkṣit Maharājā, he heard from Śukadeva Gosvāmī, he heard from Vyāsadeva and Lord Kṛṣṇa. So in this way, he got the transcendental knowledge. The principle is satisfying.  When Prabhupāda was asked what the secret of his success is, he said he simply tried to carry out the instructions of his spiritual master. We’re also humbly trying to carry out the instruction of our spiritual master and the disciples need also to carry out the instructions. In this way everything will be perfect. Śrīla Prabhupāda he mentioned how his spiritual master was not very pleased because of the fighting over different material facilities, and how he would rather see books printed. Take out the marble from the temple and print books. So Prabhupāda took all hints. These are the references that his spiritual master said as very important guiding inspiration in his life. So he trying to print books, printed books and he had them distributed. Therefore he established GBC because Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Ṭhākura said he wanted the GBC (Governing Body Commission). He started Navadvīpa-parikramā because his previous ācāryas wanted to do Navadvīpa-parikramā. He brought Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the West because he was instructed to do so by his spiritual master. And so on so on, everything he did he was doing it with the purpose of pleasing guru and Kṛṣṇa. We don’t want to be like a story about the old monkeys and young monkeys. You know that story? So it’s a very famous story. There was once a kingdom, and the king, he had many princesses and princes. And they were asking the king that they wanted to have some pet. They had a big garden, but there were no monkeys. So they wanted to have monkeys in the gardens. And the king sent all his people, “Why don’t you bring some monkeys?” So they fed some monkeys some nice food and gradually brought the monkeys into the king’s garden. So this king of monkeys had a very wise monkey who was their great grandfather. He had many other children, grandchildren and great grandchildren like that. So he was guiding all the monkeys so that they could avoid all kinds of difficulties in their life. So he said, “It’s alright that we could be here take and prasādam food given by the king.” But one day, everyday, they are eating nice. Forest, they don’t get such a nice food, fruits. They get nice fruits, mangos, bananas. So many nice foods.  And one day the old monkey called all the other monkeys and said, “Now we have to go out. We have to go back to the forest.”

And they said, “Why? How can we go back to the forest?”

“No No. We have to go back.”

(some conversation)

And the old monkey said, “We have to go into the forest because there is a danger.”

“So what is the danger?”

He said, “You don’t know, it’s the lamb backing into the kitchen.” and explains what’s happening. He said, “The lamb used to go into the kitchen and steal food from the cook, you see.” He explains that to them. “So we have to go.”  They couldn’t figure it out, what is all about the lamb is stealing food from the cook. “Listen take my words first, there is danger we should be getting out of here right away.” 

But they were all too attached to eating nice fruits in the king’s garden and, “We just don’t understand why? What is the danger to us?” They don’t have faith in the old grandfather monkey. 

So he explains to them, “You see, you won’t understand. The lamb lives with the horses.” But they still not understand. That is why he is wise old monkey. He knows all these things you don’t know. And the young monkeys still don’t understand. He said little more, “He said the lamb lives with the horse and the lamb used to go there stealing food from the cook from the kitchen. One day the cook is going to get angry and light the lamb on fire. When the lamb gets on fire, it is going to run back to his home where all the horses are. When the horses smell the burning lamb, the horses going to be totally freaked out there is going to be agni phobia (laughter). There is a special disease agni phobia, something like that I don’t remember the Sanskrit, agni-abhyaṅkara. Something like that. Something like fire phobia. “So now you understand.” (laughter) “Is it clear now?”

The young monkey still scratching, “We don’t understand, what is going to do with that? Monkey, horses, lambs?”

“Everything to do with you monkeys. Because the cure for fire phobia is monkey fat. A special ayurvedic medicine they make to calm down the horses again. One of the essential ingredients is monkey fat. And if you people stay around here, you are going to end up being cooked. So I can already see the writing on the wall, we should get out of here right away.”

But all the young monkeys, “Nooooo! They never do that as we are kings’, princes’ and princess’ pets, they won’t cook up the pets of the princesses. Would they? They would?”

The wiser monkey says, “Listen…” Those days there was no tanks and all these things. Their cavalry is the main defense of the kingdom. “You mean to say the kings is going to think twice choosing its own cavalry or couple of pets? You guys don’t stand a chance.”

“No no no.” But they are just thinking about mangos, apples, bananas, papaya. In the forest the fruits are sour and bitter, you won’t get choice food. Fruits, berries. So they got used to the comfortable life. “Ohh no problem. We are not going to be harassed.”

And the old monkey said, “Well I am not going to stay here to watch all my dynasty being massacred. If you want to come with me, you can. Otherwise, I am not staying here, I can’t bare to see you perish.”

So the old monkey… I don’t know maybe somebody went with him, mostly everybody stayed, the old monkey left. Went off into the forest. Not too long after that, it was the king’s birthday and the cook made a very big cake with everything. Very good cake and the lamb came in and started gobbling the cake. After he made all the efforts, you know how much… and the cook got so angry and he pulled out of a flaming brand and flaming wood and just (*setting on fire sfx*). Start beating the lamb and lit him on fire, “You rascal! You nonsense!” The lamb freaking out, ran into the stable, running among the horses and the horses are freaked out completely got fire phobia, agni phobia.

The message went to the king. “Your horses, nobody can ride them. They all freaked out. The whole cavalry is worthless right now.”

“Get on them. Quickly call the Doctors. What can we do?” 

They bring the doctors. “Bring the big book. Well here it says agni phobia. We require some hot ghee, some cardamom, some this leaf and that little neem pātā, and little bit of monkey fat. “Ah, monkey fat? We got a bunch of fat monkeys right there in the garden you know. That’s not a problem. Other things are available.”

“My lord those are the pets of your princesses and prince, do it at night when they are not watching you know. Don’t let them know of course.”

That was the end of the monkeys. Now you understand the story? What is the purport there? (laughter) Who is the old monkey? Spiritual Master. And the other monkeys? Disciples. What kind of disciples?  Monkey disciples. (laughter) That story was told by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura and Prabhupāda said he liked that. So, we asked Prabhupāda whether he was also feeling like that. Prabhupāda said, “No, I am satisfied. I am pleased with my disciples. But I am concerned. But I am not leaving on my own. Kṛṣṇa wants me to leave.” So we have to be very careful to follow. Even sometimes, we may not understand. We may think that what the guru says is not important. Prabhupāda said we see, so many devotees compromising the situations, “I don’t need to follow.” And then, they face so many difficulties. So those monkeys may or may not be able to fully understand, but the wise monkey could understand. He could see right from the beginning. One symptom. Like Prabhupāda said, you take one grain of rice and you could tell the whole pot of rice. So that was Prabhupāda’s expertise. We have to follow Śrīla Prabhupāda instruction. Follow the guru-paraṁparā, and this way there will be all success. So now it is a simple svasti-vacanaṁ to brāhmaṇas here, can take little akṣata in their hand. (you are not a brāhmaṇa, you give to other brāhmaṇas, I know Sitā was not brāhmaṇa yet, she is fired up. (laughter)

(oṁ) svasti no govindaḥ svasti no 'cyutānantau
svasti no vāsudevo viṣṇur dadhātu
svasti no nārāyaṇo naro vai
svasti naḥ padmanābhaḥ puruṣottamo dadhātu
svasti no viśvakseno viśveśvaraḥ
svasti no hṛṣīkeśo harir dadhātu
svasti no vainateyo hariḥ
svasti no 'ñjanā-suto hanūr bhāgavato dadhātu
svasti svasti su-maṅgalaiḥ keśo mahān
śrī-kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-ghanaḥ sarveśvareśvaro dadhātu
karotu svasti me kṛṣṇaḥ sarva-lokeśvareśvaraḥ
kārṣṇādayaś ca kurvantu svasti me loka-pāvanāḥ
kṛṣṇo mamaiva sarvatra svasti kuryāt śriyā samam
tathaiva ca sadā kārṣṇiḥ sarva-vighna-vināśanaḥ
oṁ svasti oṁ svasti oṁ svasti

kṛṣṇa karotu kalyāṇaṁ
kaṁsa kuñjara kesarī
kālindī jala kallola
kolāhala kutūhalī

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

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