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Prabhupāda: [sings:]

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-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 śrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-sarasvatīti nāmine

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

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

[I offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and all others in the line …

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 …

tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgi rādhe vṛndāvaneśvari vṛṣabhānu-sute devi praṇamāmi hari-priye

[I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vṛndāvana. …

Just like in England the rule is that when a man is recognized as knight or lord by his activities, …

So simply to take birth in a big family or a high family is not all. One has to qualify …

But if he changes his status—no more dog-eater, but he is a devotee— he is not counted as belonging to …

Similarly, a man born in the lower family, if he does not keep to the status of that lower family—he …

A person born in the dog-eater's family can be raised to the standard of brāhmaṇa family, or a person born …

So as soon as this standard method was changed into mechanical—a person born in brāhmaṇa family, he may be less …

May be the father and mother are different, or some way or other he is born in that father and …

[break] ...responsible for that. He is responsible in the, I mean, the finer sense, that due to some of his …

The prime responsibility is that everyone is open to accept Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja: he is born of …