Svarūpa Dāmodara: Ācchā. Prabhupāda was reading in Manipur.
Gargamuni: Two of our men tried to go to Manipur from Shillong. Do you know Prabhaviṣṇu?
Svarūpa Dāmodara: No.
Gargamuni: But they could not... You have to get special license for foreigners.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Here's the letter. We can get it.
Prabhupāda: We shall get it. He will arrange. Yes.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: The letter.
Prabhupāda: (Bengali)
Svarūpa Dāmodara: (Bengali)
Prabhupāda: So you can arrange. We shall go.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: I gave a lecture last Sunday in that Gītā Maṇḍala. I gave a lecture. So they're very anxious to receive Śrīla Prabhupāda and the American devotees.
Prabhupāda: Make Manipur a big nice center of Vaiṣṇava. You are descendants of Babhruvāhana. There is no doubt about it. Vaiṣṇava rāja. Make Manipur a strong center of Kṛṣṇa, and it will be easily done, strong Vaiṣṇava center, kṣatriya. I would like to see this.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: I think the government, the Manipur government, they are willing to even donate land.
Prabhupāda: Yes, let us cooperate.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: It will be very easy.
Prabhupāda: Let us cooperate. The Manipur is already... For the last five thousand years at least, their name is in the Bhāgavatam, Manipur. And still they are Vaiṣṇavas. They have got temple in Navadvīpa, in Vṛndāvana. So Manipur have cele...
Gargamuni: The chief minister also came, Karan(?) Singh?
Prabhupāda: The governor of Punjab is Manipuri. He's so kind, he came to see me with his full staff. That governor is so respectful to me. So he came to see me. You know?
Pradyumna: Yes. At Chandigarh.
Prabhupāda: Chandigarh, yes. In his state way-eti khan,(?) secretary, everything—he came to offer me respect. So Manipuri people are very nice. So why not organize? Rejuvenate them. So you are the Manipur's son. Now you are perfect Vaiṣṇava. Now let us make Manipur a Vaiṣṇava kṣatriya center, very nice. Then make relation with Nepal. Nepal, they are kṣatriyas also.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: They have intermarriage within the kingly families. The Manipur and Nepal. There is marriage.