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Prabhupāda: [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [break]

[03:27]

Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

śrī-śuka uvāca varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁ śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ

[SB 2.1.1]

[break] [6:50]

Translation = "Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said = My dear King, your question is glorious because it is very beneficial to …

Prabhupāda:

varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa ātmavit-sammataḥ... ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁ śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ

[SB 2.1.1]

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athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya- prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi jānāti tattvaṁ... na cānya eko 'pi ciraṁ vicinvan

[SB 10.14.29]

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