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Initiations , New York , 1971-07-22

Aravinda: [indistinct]

Prabhupāda: Come on.

Aravinda: One at a time.

Prabhupāda: One at a time. [japa] Hmm. [indistinct]

Aravinda: Vince. Śruta-kīrti.

Prabhupāda: Śruta-kīrti. Whose activities are well famous. Come on. What are the rules?

Śruta-kīrti: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxication [indistinct]...

Prabhupāda: How many rounds you'll chant?

Śruta-kīrti: Around twenty.

Prabhupāda: Huh?

Śruta-kīrti: Around twenty.

Prabhupāda: All right. [japa] [break]

Aravinda: Sudhamani.

Prabhupāda: Sudhamani. Sudhamani, yes. Brilliant night. You know the rules? That's all right. [japa]

Aravinda: Puravī. Puravī.

Prabhupāda: Puravī. Puravī means eastern, not western. [laughter] Come on.

Devotee: Are these your beads? [devotee offers obeisances]

Aravinda: Śrutadeva.

Prabhupāda: Śrutadeva. Śrutadeva means Viṣṇu. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. You know the rules and regulation? Yes. [Śrutadeva offers obeisances] Come on. Next. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Yes. [japa]

Aravinda: Harikeśa.

Prabhupāda: Harikeśa. [Harikeśa offers obeisances] Harikeśa means hairs of God. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Hmm.

Aravinda: Ravindra-svarūpa.

Prabhupāda: Ravindra-svarūpa. "Just like sunshine." Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. You know the rules and regulation? [devotees chanting japa] Come on. Who is it? Hmm. What is name?

Aravinda: Rohiṇīdevī.

Prabhupāda: Rohiṇīdevī. Rohiṇī is the mother of Balarāma. [laughter]

Aravinda: Devamīda.

Prabhupāda: Devamīra.

Aravinda: Devamīra. [devotee offers obeisances] Vijaya-dvaja.

Prabhupāda: Vijaya-dvaja. Victory flag. Victory flag. His flag is victorious. Come on. Vijaya-dvaja. That means Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. [japa]

Aravinda: Madirā.

Prabhupāda: Madirā. Madirā means intoxication. [laughter] So you be intoxicated by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. So after performing yajña...

Aravinda: [indistinct] now?

Prabhupāda: I am going. They may come in my room.

Aravinda: After the yajña?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Aravinda: Okay. After the yajña the brāhmaṇas, those who are going to be second-initiated, can come to Prabhupāda's room to receive their threads.

Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [end]