# March 5 *Lectures from this day: 9 recordings* --- **[[spoken/690305le.haw|Lecture-Day after Śrī Gaura-Pūrṇimā — March 5, 1969, Hawaii]]** [*prema-dhvani*] All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. Thank you very much. [devotees offer obeisances] **Prabhupāda:**Today is the second day of Lord Caitanya's birth ceremony. The Lord has appeared yesterday, 4th March. Not exactly 4th March. It is called, according to Vedic calendar, Gaura-pūrṇimā, the full-moon day of the month of Phālguna. Phālguna means up to 15th March. From 15th February to 14th March is the month of Phālguna according to Bengali calendar. --- **[[spoken/720305sb.cal|SB 7.9.8 — March 5, 1972, Calcutta]]** **Prabhupāda:** Prahlāda Mahārāja says, *brahmādayaḥ sura-ganā munayo 'tha siddhāḥ* [[sb/7/9/8|[SB. 7.9.8] ]]. *Brahmādayaḥ:* amongst the demigods the head is Lord Brahmā, *brahma ādayaḥ*. *Ādi-kavi.* Brahmā is known as *ādi-kavi*, the first living creature within this universe. Because when this universe was created, the first living being visible was Brahmā. Then from Brahmā, Lord Śiva appeared. *Brahmā śiva viriñci.* And Viṣṇu is the origin. From Viṣṇu's navel, lotus flower, Brahmā appeared; and from Brahmā, Lord Śiva appeared. Lord Śiva's another name is Rudra. When Lord Brahmā created the four Kumāras—Sanaka, Sanātana, Sananda, Sanat-kumāra—so Brahmā asked them, "My dear boys, you just marry and advance the progeny, create more sons and grandsons." They refused. They said, "My dear father, we are not going to marry. We shall remain *brahmacārī*." So naturally, when father's order is disobeyed, he becomes angry. So Brahmā became angry, and his eyes became red. At that time, from the red eyes the Rudra, Lord Śiva, appeared. So he was asked to increase the progeny, and he begot many thousands of demons. Then he was stopped, that "No more your progeny." Then Dakṣa and others, they were asked. Dakṣa Mahārāja was very expert in giving birth. He was giving birth hundred children at a time. Therefore his name is Dakṣa, "very expert in giving birth to children." So in this way, creation was there, sons and grandsons. Manu is also one of the sons of Brahmā. --- **[[spoken/730305bg.cal|Bg 2.12 — March 5, 1973, Calcutta]]** Kṛṣṇa, He's advising Kṛṣṇa, ah, Arjuna, *na tu evā ahaṁ*: "Never was there any time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings. Nor in the future shall any of us cease to be." This verse confirms that we are eternal. Kṛṣṇa says that in the past we are like this, individual, in the past. That means in our past lives we are individual. Just like we are now individual at the present moment—you are Mr. Such-and-such, I am Mr. Such-and-such, he's Mr. Such-and-such. We are all individual souls. That we existed as individual souls in the past, and we are existing now. There is no question of... At the present, any one of us, we have got our individual opinion. Why I differ from your opinion? Why you differ from my opinion? Why you have got your own ideas, I have got my own ideas? I don't agree, or agree with you? These are all individual things. That is not a homogenous amalgamation. The individuality is maintained, eternally. --- **[[spoken/740305mw.may|Morning Walk, [partially recorded] — March 5, 1974, Māyāpur]]** There was no question of woman. I kept my office there. And the address was Multani temple. This is a famous temple, from [indistinct], Grant Road. And in my retired life my office was there, Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa temple, and Delhi, Chippiwada. And my residence was Rādhā-Dāmodara temple. And before that, that Keśī Ghāṭa. Who has seen that? You have...? **Prabhupāda:** Huh? Which way? [break] ...stayed in that Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa temple, Malliks. And still I am living in temple. So Kṛṣṇa has arranged nicely, from the beginning of my life, temple. Which way? This way? [break] *Medha.* This is called *medha,* this rod, central. So the, the bull is bound up with it, and he goes round, goes round, all day. So *gṛhamedhī* means center is home, and he goes round, throughout the whole life. They are called *gṛhamedhīs.* **Prabhupāda:** *Medha,* yes. Another *medha* means killing. So one who keeps himself in household life, he kills himself. Killing. *Gṛhamedhī.* And that is little long-term meaning. But this is the direct meaning. The *medha* rod is there, and he simply... He's very busy. Busy means within few feet. But he's thinking he's very busy. Anyone got..., he has got home, and he's simply rounding about. Anywhere you go, the center is that. And what is that *gṛha?* [aside:] Where? Which way? --- **[[spoken/750305iv.ny|Interview — March 5, 1975, New York]]** **Rāmeśvara:They're intoxicated by it.Prabhupāda:** So? What is the question? Any question? Or shall I shall speak? **Reporter:** Swāmījī, can you please...? Yes, please. Can you tell us what your purpose is in coming to New York at this time? **Prabhupāda:** New York, I am coming here since 1965. I have got my temple. So I am going to London. So it is for the time being transit stoppage. Otherwise, I have got my temple here. --- **[[spoken/750305r1.ny|Room Conversation with Bernard Manischewitz — March 5, 1975, New York]]** --- **[[spoken/750305sb.ny|SB 2.2.5 — March 5, 1975, New York]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. **O**ṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* 2nd Canto, 2nd Chapter, 5th verse. [leads chanting of verse, etc.] *cīrāṇi kiṁ pathi na santi diśanti bhikṣāṁ naivāṅghripāḥ para-bhṛtaḥ sarito 'py aśuṣyan ruddhā guhāḥ kim ajito 'vati nopasannān kasmād bhajanti kavayo dhana-durmadāndhān* * [[sb/2/2/5|[SB. 2.2.5] ]] "Are there no torn clothes lying on the common road? Do the trees which exist for maintaining others no longer give alms in charity? Do the rivers, being dried up, no longer supply water to the thirsty? Are the caves of the mountains now closed? Or, above all, does the almighty Lord not protect the fully surrendered souls? Why then do the learned sages go to flatter those who are intoxicated by hard-earned wealth?" --- **[[spoken/760305mw.may|Morning Walk — March 5, 1976, Māyāpur]]** **Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:** ...for getting a big display inside. And I got him to agree to only seventeen point five percent commission, which is very reasonable. **Prabhupāda:** All right. Let them send. [break] ...is compared with a rose flower without flavor. Man with education is compared with the koyal [cuckoo bird]. *Kokilānāṁ svaro rūpam.* The bird, koyal, is very black, but his sound, sweet, so sweet, everyone likes. *Kokilānām svaro-rūpaṁ vidyā-rūpaṁ ku-rūpāṇām, nārī-rūpaṁ pati-vrataḥ.* And woman's beauty is how she is chaste and devoted to the husband. That is beauty, not personal beauty. *Vidyā-rūpaṁ ku-rūpāṇām.* And education is the beauty for the brain. And the beauty of the koyal is her sweet voice. *Kṣamā-rūpaṁ tapasvinaḥ.* And those who are saintly person, they should be simply forgiving. That is their beauty. **Prabhupāda:** Forgiving. *Kṣamā-rūpaṁ tapasvinaḥ.* Did Christ said that "Father, they did not know..."? --- **[[spoken/760305sb.may|SB 7.9.27 — March 5, 1976, Māyāpur]]** **Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:** Translation:** "Like the ordinary living entity, my Lord, You have no such discrimination, thinking like 'He is my friend; he is my enemy. He is favorable; he is unfavorable.' Such conception of low grade and high grade You have not got. But according to one's gradation of service, You offer them benediction exactly like the desire tree offers fruits according to the desire of the person. The desire tree has no distinction of low-grade and high-grade position of the beggar." **Prabhupāda:** > naiṣā parāvara-matir bhavato nanu syāt > jantor yathātma-suhṛdo jagatas tathāpi > saṁsevayā surataror iva te prasādaḥ > sevānurūpam udayo na parāvaratvam > [[sb/7/9/27|[SB. 7.9.27] ]] --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1966/660305_salvation_army.md|Letter to Salvation Army, 1966]] - [[../../letters/1971/710305_abhirama.md|Letter to Abhirama, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710305_damodara.md|Letter to Damodara, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710305_jananivasa.md|Letter to Jananivasa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710305_syamasundara.md|Letter to Syamasundara, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710305_vamanadeva.md|Letter to Vamanadeva, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720305_bali-mardana.md|Letter to Bali-Mardana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720305_bhakta_dasa.md|Letter to Bhakta Dasa, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720305_jayadvaita.md|Letter to Jayadvaita, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720305_sri_govinda.md|Letter to Sri Govinda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/730305_hariprasada_badruka.md|Letter to Hariprasada Badruka, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730305_kirtiraja.md|Letter to Kirtiraja, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1976/760305_ramram_maharaja.md|Letter to Ramram Maharaja, 1976]]