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Prabhupāda: Yes. And, of course, I do not know whether I am authority, but my spiritual master has authorized me …

Guest (2): That's, that's all right. That's sufficient. That's sufficient.

Prabhupāda: I, I, I do not think myself an authority. I am just to serve the order of my spiritual …

Guest (2): Yes. Very good. But I suppose you know that in the Western countries lots have been initiated and …

Prabhupāda: Yes. Of course the, we..., if we...

Guest (2): That's a responsibility in itself.

Prabhupāda: Yes, yes. Yes.

Guest (2): [indistinct]

Prabhupāda: Yes. So any other question? That, that, that, I mean to say, authority is very simple. It is not …

Just like in our..., in Bengal there is proverb, ghuriye nag nag naki.[?]. Now, you are asking me... Just like …

So that is the difficulty. They have created difficult, create a situation of this Bhagavad-gītā under, I mean to say, …

Guest (2): Swāmījī, I suppose that lots of people do not realize.

Prabhupāda: No. It, simply, simply we have to hear it as it is. Don't try to interpret in a different …

Just like I have repeatedly mentioned here that in our country, Mahatma Gandhi, he had his philosophy of nonviolence, and …

[aside:] Yes!

We should not try to understand Bhagavad-gītā according to my viewpoint of view. I must understand Bhagavad-gītā as it is …

Prabhupāda: This Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, this …

So this process, this vibration of transcendental sound, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare …

Bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam. Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam [Cc Antya 20.12].

[Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, which can cleanse the mirror …