Devotee (1): . . . in which way one can engage oneself to the best service of Kṛṣṇa, or best use one's time for . . . (indistinct) . . . Kṛṣṇa?
Prabhupāda: Therefore you have to be guided by your spiritual master. Otherwise, how can you know? It is not possible. Any school you go, you have to be guided by the schoolteacher. Otherwise, you don't have any education. So this is also a kind of education, Kṛṣṇa education. So you have to find out a bona fide school, you have to find out a bona fide teacher, and then you learn. That's all. If, for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, you go to somebody who is engineer, then you cannot have Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But if you go to engineer how to become engineer, you can become engineer.
Unfortunately, we have got departments of knowledge in our educational system, but actually there is no department of knowledge where Kṛṣṇa consciousness is taught scientifically. That is a great necessity of the present day. But if you are sincere to learn, tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhigacchet (MU 1.2.12), it is indicated by the direction of the Vedas, "Then you have to approach a bona fide person who can teach you Kṛṣṇa consciousness." Then you will learn it.
Lady devotee (1): Even if you don't pronounce the Sanskrit prayers that are in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, if you don't pronounce them properly or . . .
Prabhupāda: Why not? You can pronounce them properly. Everything you can learn. Just like I am speaking in English. English is not my mother language, but I have tried to learn it, and I am doing my business. That's all. Similarly, you can learn any language. You can learn Sanskrit. You can pronounce very nicely. It requires learning. That's all.
Lady devotee (1): Would there be any effect if they're not pronounced properly?
Prabhupāda: Well, the pronouncement may be little different. That doesn't matter. Just like I am speaking English. It may not be just like American or Canadian English, but I am doing my business. That's all. That does not make any difference. Nobody is asking me that "Swāmījī, you are not pronouncing like an Englishman." (chuckles) They are concerned with the subject matter. That's all.