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Prabhupāda: [maṅgalācaraṇa prayers]

...śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

[I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who with the torchlight of knowledge has opened my eyes, which …

śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam

[When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of …

vande 'haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca

[I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and of all the other preceptors on …

he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho dīna-bandho jagat-pate gopeśa gopikā-kānta rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te

[O my dear Kṛṣṇa, ocean of mercy, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You …

[break] ...maintain your body. Everyone is trying to become President Johnson or something like that. Does it mean that he …

That is being taught by Prahlāda Mahārāja. Just like a dog, he has got a particular type of body. He …

Therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja says, "Don't try foolishly in that way. If you have got any energy, try to understand Kṛṣṇa …

[break] ...the example, yathā duḥkham ayatnataḥ [SB 7.6.3].

[Prahlāda Mahārāja continued: My dear friends born of demoniac families, the happiness perceived with reference to the sense objects by …

You are trying to be happy in a different way. That is not the way of happiness. But you are …

But that also you cannot do. Your happiness, whatever is destined to you, that will come automatically. How? He gives …

[break] ...and so far occupation is concerned, just see whether by your occupation you are satisfying God. That is your …

[break] Kṛṣṇa does not say that you change your occupation. Just like Arjuna. He is a kṣatriya. His business is …

But because there is no such division, people are not trained from the very beginning. Therefore a śūdra is called …

So Kṛṣṇa said Arjuna that "You are kṣatriya." He did not say... Kṛṣṇa wanted..., Arjuna wanted to become a false …