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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

[Bg. 1.1]

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Prabhupāda: Now, in your leisure hour you will try to repeat and get by heart some of the ślokas. That …

Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms]

dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ---King Dhṛtarāṣṭra; uvāca---said; dharma-kṣetre---in the place of pilgrimage; kuru-kṣetre---in the place named Kurukṣetra; samavetāḥ---assembled; yuyatsavaḥ---desiring to fight; māmakāḥ---my party (sons); …

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