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Prabhupāda:

Etām, sa āsthāya, parātma-niṣṭhām, upā, sitām, pūrva, tamaiḥ, mahardibhiḥ, aham, tariṣyāmi, duranta, pāraṁ, tamo, mukundāṅghri, niṣevayaiva [SB 11.23.57]. Three times.

Etām, sa āsthāya, parātma-niṣṭhām, upā, sitām, pūrva, tamaiḥ, mahardibhiḥ, aham, tariṣyāmi, duranta, pāraṁ, tamo, mukundāṅghri, niṣevayaiva.

Etām, sa āsthāya, parātma-niṣṭhām, upā, sitām, pūrva, tamaiḥ, mahardibhiḥ, aham, tariṣyāmi, duranta, pāraṁ, tamo, mukundāṅghri, niṣevayaiva

Haribol! [japa]

Prabhupāda: A garland?

Devotee: Garland? [calls for garland] [exclamations by devotees]

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Thank you very much.

Devotees: Jaya Prabhupāda. [break]

Prabhupāda: Next? Your spiritual name, Kavirāja dāsa.

Nitāi: Ramyaka dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Ramyaka dāsa. Ramyaka means very beautiful. That is Kṛṣṇa. Nobody is more beautiful than Kṛṣṇa. Asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam [Bs. 5.30]. Although …

[next devotee approaches]

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