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Nitāi Guṇa Mani Āmāra

23 September 1972Los AngelesKīrtana & bhajana720923mu.la

Beyond the tune, you have to make according to the tune then it will be.

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]