Nitāi Guṇa Mani Āmāra , Los Angeles , 1972-09-23

Prabhupāda: [harmonium, mṛdaṅga, karatālas]

[02:00] [break] play like this...

[plays mṛdaṅga]

Can you play like this...

[plays mṛdaṅga, vocalises beat]

All right.

Devotee: [indistinct] it takes me a long time.

[plays harmonium, mṛdaṅga, karatālas]

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: [indistinct] again.

Prabhupāda: This is not good.

Devotee: All right I think [indistinct].

[plays harmonium, mṛdaṅga, karatālas]

nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: Do you want to play [indistinct].

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: Would you like to play mṛdaṅga over later? [break]

Prabhupāda: Play?

[brief background chatter]

You can play karatālas very softly, little.

[taṁburā tunes up]

nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār .. maṇi
āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

.. guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

[2nd verse]

premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśe
ḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāse

nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

nitāi guṇa..

premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśe
ḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāse

[3rd verse]

dīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāche
..durlabha prema sabākāre jāce

dīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāche
brahmār durlabha prema sabākāre jāce

nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

[15:05]

Let us see. By playing mṛdaṅga how it comes. [break]

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I used up all the... ...having tracks.

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Devotee: I’m having room.

[plays mṛdaṅga]

Prabhupāda: All right, let me see.

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: [indistinct].

Devotee: This is [indistinct]

[plays mṛdaṅga]

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I didn’t bring the [indistinct] cord.

Devotee (2): What is it?

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I’ll go and get it. There’s a cord that reaches in there and I didn’t bring it because I wasn’t expecting it, I have to go and get it.

[plays mṛdaṅga]

Prabhupāda: Play with me.

[clapping, tapping karatālas and mṛdaṅga]

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I figured out how to do it while I was gone. So don’t think we’ll put in the mṛdaṅga right now.

Prabhupāda: [indistinct] but we shall do nicely tomorrow [indistinct].

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: [indistinct] today that I have to erase the taṁburā.

Prabhupāda: Yes, taṁburā is not nice.

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: No, it’s not necessary, okay.

Prabhupāda: Beyond the tune, you have to make according to the tune then it will be.

[plays mṛdaṅga].

Why don’t you practice?

Devotee: [indistinct]

Prabhupāda: Make a record and practice [indistinct].

[vocalises required beat] [plays mṛdaṅga]

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: Try it [indistinct] began.

[plays mṛdaṅga followed by karatālas]

Prabhupāda: Okay you can play, you can play.

Devotee: Put it on?

Prabhupāda: Yes, can you play?

Devotee: Yes. [end]