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I was born in Haridwar.

Prabhupāda: Haridwar. [laughs] Bhagavān ka deśa hari. Hari, Hari means the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and dvāra means the door, the doorway to the Supreme There is a place in India, Haridwar, people go there for pilgrimage, very famous place.

ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam

That is hari-toṣaṇam: to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That people do not know. Especially at the present moment, they do not know who is Hari and they do not know how to please Him

Hari-śauri: Svarūpa Dāmodara?

Hari-śauri: I can find them.

The standard is given in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam [SB 1.2.13] = whether you have

Hari-śauri: There's a chair if you'd like to sit in the chair. We can bring one more.

Hari-śauri = Who is this?

Hari-śauri: [background discussion as sitting places arranged] If you want to sit, you can sit on the

Hari-śauri: Bring some chairs in. Bring one or two chairs. We'll just bring you a chair.

Hari-śauri: No, whatever you want. Whatever's comfortable.

Hari-śauri: Na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre [Bg. 2.20]?

Hari-śauri: Na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsam.

Hari-śauri: I already sent somebody for him, Śrīla Prabhupāda. I don't think he's here.