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Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. [sings of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.

Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [obeisances]

Prabhupāda: Recite.

Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto One, Chapter 3, text 13. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

aṣṭame merudevyāṁ tu nābher jāta urukramaḥ darśayan vartma dhīrāṇāṁ sarvāśrama-namaskṛtam

[SB 1.3.13]

Prabhupāda: Ladies. [ladies chant] That's all. Now, word meaning.

Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms]

aṣṭame---the eighth of the incarnations; merudevyām tu---in the womb of Merudevī, the wife; nābheḥ---of King Nābhi; jātaḥ---took birth; urukramaḥ---the all-powerful …

[12:24]

Translation = "The eighth incarnation was King Ṛṣabha, son of King Nābhi and his wife Merudevī. In this incarnation the …

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