# Initiations — July 21, 1971, New York
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**Prabhupāda:**
What is your name? Eh?
**Susie:**
Susie.
**Aravinda:**
Kaṅkā dāsī.
**Prabhupāda:**
Kaṅkā. Your name is Kaṅkā dāsī, the daughter of a great king. All our, I mean, girl disciples are named great devotees' daughter or wife, like that. So you know what is the rules and regulation?
**Kaṅkā:**
Yes.
**Prabhupāda:**
Tell me.
**Kaṅkā:**
No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxication.
**Prabhupāda:**
And what is your name, spiritual?
**Kaṅkā:**
[prompted by **Aravinda] Kaṅkā?
**Prabhupāda:**
You forget immediately? [laughter] Hare Kṛṣṇa. All right. How many rounds you will chant?
**Kaṅkā:**
Sixteen rounds a day.
**Prabhupāda:**
Only?
**Kaṅkā:**
More if I can.
**Prabhupāda:**
Thank you. [Kaṅkā offers obeisances] Come on. Next. [*japa*]
**Aravinda:**
Rāṣṭrapālikā.
**Prabhupāda:**
Rāṣṭrapālikā: governess, governeress. Is that?
**Aravinda:**
Governess.
**Prabhupāda:**
Governess? Governess. You have to govern. So what are the rules and regulations?
**Rāṣṭrapālikā:**
No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling.
**Prabhupāda:**
Who is your husband? Who is your husband?
**Rāṣṭrapālikā:**
Nitāi dāsa.
**Prabhupāda:**
Nitāi dāsa. That's all right. Hare Kṛṣṇa.
**Aravinda:**
Vidarbha-sūtā.
**Prabhupāda:**
Garbha-sūtā.
**Aravinda:**
Vidarbha-sūtā.
**Prabhupāda:**
Eh? Vidarbha-sūtā. Vidarbha-sūtā means the wife of Lord Rāmacandra. Come on. You are married? No, not yet. All right. Come on, next.
**Aravinda:**
Vilāsinī.
**Prabhupāda:**
Vilāsinī. Vilāsinī means who enjoys with Kṛṣṇa. Come on. [*japa*]
**Aravinda:**
Uṣika.
**Prabhupāda:**
Uṣika.
**Aravinda:**
Uṣika.
**Prabhupāda:**
Uṣika is Brahmā's another name, Uśik-kṣayā. So you know the rules and regulations? What are they?
**Uṣika:**
No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication.
**Prabhupāda:**
Thank you. [*japa*] *Ceto-darpaṇa-marjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam* [[cc/antya/20/12|[Cc. Antya 20.12] ]].
**Aravinda:**
Romapāda.
**Prabhupāda:**
Brahmapāda?
**Aravinda:**
Romapāda.
**Prabhupāda:**
Roma?
**Aravinda:**
R-o-m-a-p-a-d-a.
**Prabhupāda:**
Rāmapāda? R-o?
**Aravinda:**
R-o.
**Prabhupāda:**
All right. So there was a great *ṛṣi,* Romaharṣaṇa, Romaharṣaṇa. So his disciple or servant. Yes. Hare Kṛṣṇa. No, that's all right. Come on.
**Aravinda:**
Cedirāja.
**Prabhupāda:**
Cedirāja. Cedirāja was Kṛṣṇa's aunt's husband. In connection with Kṛṣṇa. He was a great king. His son, Cedirāja's son, was Kṛṣṇa's cousin-brother but greatest enemy. Yes. Kṛṣṇa killed him. Yes. [laughter] Come on. [*japa*]
**Aravinda:**
Kuśakratha dāsa.
**Prabhupāda:**
Kuśakratha. Kuśakratha. You know the rules and regulation? Yes. What are they?
**Kuśakratha:**
No meat-eating, no gambling, no illicit sex, uh, no intoxication.
**Prabhupāda:**
Which you like best? [laughter] Which of them? [laughs]
**Kuśakratha:**
You are reading my mind, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
**Prabhupāda:**
[laughs] All right. Don't do that again. [laughter]
**Aravinda:**
Kirtīrāja.
**Prabhupāda:**
Kirtīrāja. "The king who is famous." Who is that king who is famous, very? Do you know? No? Kṛṣṇa. [laughter] What are the rules?
**Kirtīrāja:**
No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling and no intoxication.
**Prabhupāda:**
Thank you.
**Aravinda:**
Kaṁsā. Kaṁsā devi.
**Prabhupāda:**
Kaṁsā was the sister of King Kaṁsa. Kaṁsā was not bad, but Kaṁsa was bad. Yes. Come on.
[aside:] So is there any thread?
Aravinda*:* Yes. There's seven *gāyatrīs,* four threads.
**Prabhupāda:**
Hmm?
**Aravinda:**
Four threads, seven *gāyatrīs* in all.
**Prabhupāda:**
So they may come after. Hare Kṛṣṇa.
**Devotees:**
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to the pure devotee.
[devotees offer obeisances] [end]