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Devotees: Haribol. [end]

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

na ca śreyo 'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanam āhave na kāṅkṣe vijayaṁ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṁ sukhāni ca

[Bg. 1.31]

[break] [leads chanting of synonyms]

na---nor; ca---also; śreyaḥ---good; anupaśyāmi---do I foresee; hatvā---by killing; svajanam---own kinsmen; āhave---in the fight; na---nor; kānkṣe---do I desire; vijayam---victory; kṛṣṇa---O Kṛṣṇa; …

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