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| {{terms|"My Guru Maharaja purchased two camels. I did not... I do not know what happened, but he purchased"}} | | {{terms|"My Guru Mahārāja purchased two camels. I did not . . . I do not know what happened, but he purchased"}} |
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| [[Category:Bhaktisiddhanta]] | | [[Category:Prabhupada Speaks - Room Conversations, 1966 - 1977]] |
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| <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> | | <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> |
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| <div class="heading">My Guru Mahārāja purchased two camels. I do not know what happened, but he purchased. | | <div class="heading">My Guru Mahārāja purchased two camels. I do not know what happened, but he purchased. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Discussion about Kumbhamela -- January 8, 1977, Bombay|Morning Discussion about Kumbhamela -- January 8, 1977, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text">Prabhupāda: When there was no car, elephant had some importance. And now they have got so many cars. (break) | | |
| Dr. Patel: Camels were used as they are now, for ... | | |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Discussion about Kumbhamela -- January 8, 1977, Bombay|Morning Discussion about Kumbhamela -- January 8, 1977, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;"> |
| | Prabhupāda: When there was no car, elephant had some importance. And now they have got so many cars. (break) |
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| | Dr. Patel: Camels were used as they are now, for runners. |
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| Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. | | Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. |
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| Gurudāsa: They still do. | | Gurudāsa: They still do. |
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| Dr. Patel: They're better than the horses, don't get tired earlier. From Vṛndāvana to Delhi the camels were running. They used (Hindi). I don't know what they call it in Bengali. | | Dr. Patel: They're better than the horses, don't get tired earlier. From Vṛndāvana to Delhi the camels were running. They used (Hindi). I don't know what they call it in Bengali. |
| Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja purchased two camels. I did not... I do not know what happened, but he purchased. | | |
| | Prabhupāda: My Guru Mahārāja purchased two camels. I did not . . . I do not know what happened, but he purchased. |
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| Gurudāsa: I think Tīrtha Mahārāja was fighting with someone else over them. | | Gurudāsa: I think Tīrtha Mahārāja was fighting with someone else over them. |
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| Prabhupāda: No, it is long ago. | | Prabhupāda: No, it is long ago. |
| Dr. Patel: We have a story in Mahābhārata that all Ataravart, he can do. The Hastināpura in just when Abhimanyu was going for fight. In those days they were using camels. | | |
| | Dr. Patel: We heard a story in ''Mahābhārata'' that all travellers, they can go all the way to Hastināpura in a . . . (indistinct) . . . Just when Abhimanyu was going for fight. In those days also they were using camels. |
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| Gurudāsa: In Rajastan they use widely. | | Gurudāsa: In Rajastan they use widely. |
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| Dr. Patel: Rajastan is a desert. | | Dr. Patel: Rajastan is a desert. |
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| Prabhupāda: No, Vṛndāvana quarter there are many camels. | | Prabhupāda: No, Vṛndāvana quarter there are many camels. |
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| Dr. Patel: Everywhere there is camel. | | Dr. Patel: Everywhere there is camel. |
| Gurudāsa: They're using camels at the Mela. For carrying things they're using camels now. | | |
| | Gurudāsa: They're using camels at the ''melā''. For carrying things they're using camels now. |
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| Prabhupāda: Yes. | | Prabhupāda: Yes. |
| Dr. Patel: Camels have long legs, you know. They go faster than... Don't get tired as the horses do. | | |
| | Dr. Patel: Camels have long legs, you know. They go faster than . . . Don't get tired as the horses do. |
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| Gurudāsa: In the West they are called "ships of the desert." | | Gurudāsa: In the West they are called "ships of the desert." |
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| | Prabhupāda: Yes. |
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| Hari-śauri: They have wild camels in Australia even. They used to use them in the desert. | | Hari-śauri: They have wild camels in Australia even. They used to use them in the desert. |
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| Prabhupāda: Wherever there is desert, there is thorn twig and camels. | | Prabhupāda: Wherever there is desert, there is thorn twig and camels. |
| Dr. Patel: Both. I think Australian desert is bigger than Indian desert, much bigger, as big as Sahara perhaps. | | |
| | Dr. Patel: Both. I think Australian desert is bigger than Indian desert. |
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| | Hari-śauri: Yeah. It's very big. |
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| | Dr. Patel: Much bigger, as big as Sahara perhaps. |
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| Gurudāsa: Desert means deserted. | | Gurudāsa: Desert means deserted. |
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| Devotee (1): I went to Makrana, Śrīla Prabhupāda, and I saw they had them hitched for plowing. | | Devotee (1): I went to Makrana, Śrīla Prabhupāda, and I saw they had them hitched for plowing. |
| Prabhupāda: Oh. | | |
| Dr. Patel: Camels are used for plowing even in Gujarat. | | Prabhupāda: Hmm? |
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| | Devotee (1): They had camels for plowing. In Makrana. |
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| | Gurudāsa: Makrana. |
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| | Prabhupāda: Ah. |
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| | Dr. Patel: Camels are used for plowing even in Gujarat, in north Gujarat. They use them on parks(?) also. |
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| Trivikrama: And they eat the thorny twigs. | | Trivikrama: And they eat the thorny twigs. |
| Prabhupāda: Yes. That is their food. Karmis, they are compared with the camels. Śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ samstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 2.3.19|SB 2.3.19]]). | | |
| Dr. Patel: I don't think, sir, there will be camels in Bengal because in Bengal is so many rivers. | | Prabhupāda: Yes. That is their food. |
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| | Dr. Patel: Camels can eat everything except for . . . (indistinct) |
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| | Prabhupāda: Karmīs, they are compared with the camels. ''Śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ samstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ'' ([[Vanisource:SB 2.3.19|SB 2.3.19]]). |
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| | Dr. Patel: I don't think, sir, there will be camels in Bengal, because all Bengal is rivers, so many rivers. |
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| Prabhupāda: No. No, there is no camel. And unless there is that thorny twig, they cannot live. That is their food. | | Prabhupāda: No. No, there is no camel. And unless there is that thorny twig, they cannot live. That is their food. |
| Dr. Patel: In Gujarat you find these camels right at the Surat, south of the Gujarat. In north Gujarat they are very common. On the desert. (break) | | |
| | Dr. Patel: In Gujarat you find these camels right at the Surat, south of the Gujarat. In north Gujarat they are very common now, enfringing on the desert.</p> |
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