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Prabhupāda: [Govindam prayers playing; sings along] [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.

Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [devotees offer obeisances] [break]

Prabhupāda: Hums. Go on.

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

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto number one, Chapter 3, text 31. [begins chanting] Yathā nabhasi... [pauses] Hmm.

Prabhupāda: [indistinct].

Pradyumna: Oh. Thirty. I'm sorry. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

etad rūpaṁ bhagavato hy arūpasya cid-ātmanaḥ māyā-guṇair viracitaṁ mahadādibhir ātmani

[SB 1.3.30]

Prabhupāda: All right. Ladies? [ladies chant] That's all right. Word meaning?

Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms]

etat---all these; rūpam---forms; bhagavataḥ---of the Lord; hi---certainly; arūpasya---of one who has no material form; cit-ātmanaḥ---of the Transcendence; māyā---material energy; guṇaiḥ---by …

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Translation = "The conception of the virāṭ, universal form of the Lord, as appearing in the material world, is imaginary. …

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The evidence is the Bhagavad-gītā. Kṛṣṇa says... When He was questioned by Arjuna, "How can I believe that You spoke …

So we do not forget things so long the form continues. But when the form changes, we forget. Every night …

So this universal form... The impersonalists, they are very much fond of this universal form. It is very favorable. But …

We get the information from the śāstra, although we cannot see it with our material eyes. Śāstra says that every …