# Nitāi Guṇa Mani Āmāra — September 23, 1972, Los Angeles <audio controls preload="metadata" src="https://media.prabhupada.io/audio/Music & Purports/Nitāi Guṇa Mani Āmāra & Purport__30.51 Minutes.mp3"></audio> **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 > nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi > āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī > nitāi 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 > 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-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 > 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]