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One who cannot digest anything, he is recommended to eat this fish, magur mach. Jivo jivasya jivanam. One living entity is the life of another living entity

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"One who cannot digest anything, he is recommended to eat this fish, magur mach. Jīvo jīvasya jīvanam" |"One living entity is the life of another living entity"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

One who cannot digest anything, he is recommended to eat this fish, magur mach. Jivo jivasya jivanam. One living entity is the life of another living entity.


Prabhupāda: Big fish? (laughter)

Ambarīṣa: That's a catfish.

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Ambarīṣa: A catfish.

Prabhupāda: Cap?

Ambarīṣa: Cat. Catfish.

Brahmānanda: A very low class fish. It eats the stool of the other fish.

Prabhupāda: Oh. Black? It is black?

Mādhavānanda: Yes. Black. Yes.

Prabhupāda: We call magur mach. One who cannot digest anything, he is recommended to eat this fish, magur mach. Jīvo jīvasya jīvanam (SB 1.13.47). One living entity is the life of another living entity. (japa) (break)

Mādhavānanda: Is it wet?

Brahmānanda: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Then?

Satsvarūpa: Ambarīṣa? Is there another way we can go? It's wet.

Ambarīṣa: We can go back around on the road and then walk along that road over there. (devotees chanting japa) (break)

Page Title:One who cannot digest anything, he is recommended to eat this fish, magur mach. Jivo jivasya jivanam. One living entity is the life of another living entity
Compiler:Ratnavali
Created:2015-12-25, 12:30:50
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1