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Prabhupāda: [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.

Devotees: All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. [obeisances]

Prabhupāda: Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hara Hare.

Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

I think it's text number eighteen, on page 150?

Prabhupāda: Yes?

Pradyumna: Did we read all this purport last time, too?

Prabhupāda: Hmm?

Pradyumna: Do you want to read the purport for the last verse, or did we read?

Prabhupāda: Last verse? No, you read first of all this, āyur harati vai puṁsām. All right. Read.

Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [Prabhupāda interrupts to correct pronunciation]

āyur harati vai puṁsām udyann astaṁ ca yann asau tasyarte yat-kṣaṇo nīta uttama-śloka-vārtayā

[SB 2.3.17]

[Līlāvatī chants] Very good. [laughs] Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Devotees: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda: Next. [more ladies chant] That's all right. Then?

Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms]

āyuḥ---duration of life; harati---decreases; vai---certainly; puṁsām---of the people; udyan---rising; astam---setting; ca---also; yan---moving; asau---the sun; tasya---of one who glorifies the Lord; …

[07:26]

Translation = "Both by rising and setting, the sun decreases the duration of life of everyone, except one who utilizes …