Initiations
Your name is Kaṅkā dāsī, the daughter of a great king.
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].
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]