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Prabhupāda: [leads singing of Jaya rādhā-mādhava]

[04:58]

[prema-dhvāṇī prayers] Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees …

[SB 1.8.23]

[devotees chant verse; Prabhupada corrects pronunciation of a number of devotees]

Prabhupāda: That's all right. Now, word meanings.

Pradyumna: yathā---as it were; hṛṣīkeśa---the master of the senses; khalena---by the envious; devakī---Devakī (the mother of Śrī Kṛṣṇa); kaṁsena---by King …

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