Prabhupāda: No, I can . . . (Hindi conversation) (break) Unless one is enthused, he cannot preach. It is not possible. I went there when I was about seventy years old. I was sitting in Vṛndāvana. So I thought that "My Guru Mahārāja wanted me; Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted me. So in this old age, let me try." . . . (indistinct) . . . but by Kṛṣṇa's grace it became successful. Teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam, dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ tam (BG 10.10). So there is good field for propagating this cult. See our young men, they are . . . (Hindi conversation) Juhu mai bara-sāhīb beef shop. (Hindi) And I inquired some of the Hindu boys that, "Do you eat meat?" So they began to smile, then they accepted. (Hindi conversation) (break) (Hindi) The platform is finished. (Hindi) Now, yathecchasi tathā kuru (BG 18.63). Yathecchasi, yathā icchasi tathā kuru.
Mr. Raju: No, we are ready for that. There is actually no difference at all than what you are saying. As a matter of fact, government is . . . that's what I said, they have started their own society, the society of Kṛṣṇa bhaktas . . . (indistinct) . . . this country, other countries . . . this country itself, it is such a great service.
Prabhupāda: Whole world will accept.
Mr. Raju: This country itself is such a great service. It will require miracle.
Prabhupāda: (Hindi) We can cooperate.
Mr. Raju: Unless you are so single-minded it can't be. Therefore you say there is no compromise. Otherwise, if there are compromises, there will be adjustments, it will lead to dilution. We understand.
Prabhupāda: Compromise (Hindi). These boys, when they come for initiation, no compromise: "You have to do this. No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, even up to smoking cigarettes or drinking tea, no gambling. If you accept, then you become my disciple." They accept. No compromise.
Mr. Raju: (indistinct) . . . great coordination, because you are establishing a center here. That will be very good.
Prabhupāda: We are meant for this purpose, coordination, but if you take our . . . (aside) Hare Kṛṣṇa. You have taken prasādam?
Mr. Raju: Yes, we did. (minister and temple manager leave) (break)
Prabhupāda: . . . and he is such a big man that he goes above the ācāryas. Ati-buddhi. Ati-buddhi galaya dekhe. "If one is overintelligent, hang him." That is a Bengali saying. Ati-buddhi galaya dekhe. If one is unnecessarily over intelligent, just hang him with a rope in the neck. So he is ati-buddhi. Anyway, he was intelligent to purchase.
Devotee: (aside:) He thought that it would explain . . . (indistinct) . . . (background conversation)
Prabhupāda: You have to read the subject matter. Even if he thinks that it is written by Bopadeva, such a great knowledge, one has to read. Such great knowledge is not possible by Bopadeva and unless he is incarnation of God, Vyāsadeva. It is said . . . (indistinct) . . . not this . . . (indistinct)
Mahāṁsa: Which volume do you want, Prabhupāda?
Prabhupāda: Second volume. Varīyān eṣa . . .
Harikeśa: Second Canto, Part One, verse one.
Prabhupāda: Find out this. Varīyān eṣa . . .
Harikeśa:
- śrī-suka uvāca
- varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ
- kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa
- ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁ
- śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ
- (SB 2.1.1)
Prabhupāda: Find out that verse when he says: "I have heard it from my father." Pariniṣṭhito 'pi nairguṇya. The verse begins pariniṣṭhito 'pi nairguṇya.