Allen Ginsberg: Did He feel there were other suitable names? Did He feel or did He think that...
Prabhupāda: Yes. He said many thousand millions names there are. But if you are serious about God, then... You may have many names by your friends, but any name will do.
Allen Ginsberg: Okay. So the problem I was posing before is, which I leave open, I don't know. What is the most attractive and suitable name here in this material country?
Prabhupāda: Now, take for example the Muhammadan name Allah. Allah means the greatest. So God is greatest. So that greatest conception is this Brahman conception. And so far Christian, I don't think they have got any particular name. They say God.
Allen Ginsberg: Yes. Lord, God. That is the basic one.
Prabhupāda: Controller. God means controller. Is it not?
Allen Ginsberg: What is the etymology of God? Do you know?
Hayagrīva: I don't know.
Prabhupāda: God is the equivalent of īśvara. Īśvara means controller.