Initiations

Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name is Abhirāma…? ¶

Karandhara: Manobhirāma. ¶

Prabhupāda: Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma is Kṛṣṇa. He pleases everyone’s mind. ¶

Devotees: Jaya. Haribol. ¶

Karandhara: David? [break] ¶

Prabhupāda: There is all neck beads, everyone? You knows the rules and regulation? [break] Dhanurdharī. [aside:] Not left. Yes. Dhanurdharī. Dhanurdharī is Lord Rāmacandra’s name. [pause] ¶

Karandhara: Gilbert? [to Prabhupāda:] Gambhīra. ¶

Prabhupāda: Gambhīra. You know the rules and regulation? Here, take. Your spiritual name, Gambhīra dāsa, “very grave.” That is Kṛṣṇa. ¶

Karandhara: Bill? ¶

Prabhupāda: [japa] [break] Bāṅke-bihārī. ¶

Devotees: Oh, haribol. ¶

Prabhupāda: Bāṅke means “curved.” Kṛṣṇa stands always this. That is Bāṅke-bihārī. ¶

Karandhara: Hannah? ¶

Prabhupāda: He is not very straight, Kṛṣṇa. People are crooked, so He is the most crooked. [break] ¶

Karandhara: Hari-sevakā. ¶

Prabhupāda: Hari-sevikā. So, Hari-sevikā, Hari-sevikā, “maidservant of Kṛṣṇa.” ¶

Devotees: Jaya. [break] ¶

Karandhara: Delores? [break] ¶

Prabhupāda: Greedy for Kṛṣṇa. Tatra laulyam eka laulyam. To get Kṛṣṇa, you have only one price: to become greedy for Kṛṣṇa. ¶

Devotees: Jaya! ¶

Prabhupāda: That’s all. That is the only… [break]… Tatra laulyam ekalaṁ mūlyaṁ na janma-koṭibhiḥ sukṛtibhir labhyate [Cc. Madhya 8.70]. [break] ¶

Karandhara: Vidya. ¶

Prabhupāda: Divya. Divya. Your spiritual name is Divya. Divya means “spiritual.” [pause] ¶

Karandhara: Dhīra-sevā. ¶

Prabhupāda: Huh? ¶

Karandhara: Dhīra-sevā. ¶

Prabhupāda: Dhīra. Dhīra-sevā. Dhīra-lalitā. Dhīra-sevā? No. Dhīra-sevī. She is woman. [to devotee:] You know all the rules and regulation? Yes. Your name is Dhīra-sevī. Kṛṣṇa is Dhīra. Dhīra-lalitā. ¶

Karandhara: Sajjana-jīvana. ¶

Prabhupāda: Sajjana-jīvana. You know rules and regulation? ¶

Devotee: No meat-eating, no [indistinct]. ¶

Prabhupāda: Yes. Sajjana-jīvana. Sajjana-jīvana. Life is very gentle. ¶

So thank you very much. [devotees exclaim] ¶

Now begin chanting and yajña. Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtanaiḥ prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ [SB 11.5.32]. That is the yajña, saṅkīrtana. ¶

Devotee: Hare Kṛṣṇa [end] ¶