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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [chants verse]

Prabhupāda: [to person fanning] Slow, just to drive the flies.

yadāśaraṇam ātmānam aikṣata śrānta-vājinam astraṁ brahma-śiro mene ātma-trāṇaṁ dvijātmajaḥ

[SB 1.7.19]

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Pradyumna = Translation = "When the son of the brāhmaṇa [Aśvatthāmā] saw that his horses were tired, he considered that …

Prabhupāda:

yadāśaraṇam ātmānam aikṣata śrānta-vājinam astraṁ brahma-śiro mene ātma-trāṇaṁ dvijātmajaḥ

[SB 1.7.19]

So this dvijātmaja, "son of a brāhmaṇa." He's not addressed as a brāhmaṇa because his actions are different. Unless one …

yal lakṣaṇaṁ proktaṁ puṁso varṇābhivyañjakam yad anyatrāpi dṛśyeta tat tenaiva vinirdiśet

[SB 7.11.35]

Lakṣaṇam. Brāhmaṇa's lakṣaṇam, kṣatriya's lakṣaṇam... Lakṣaṇam means symptoms. One must act as a brāhmaṇa. So he is accepted as brahmātmaja. …

So yadā aśaraṇam ātmānam aikṣata. He was running on, on the back of a horse, but when he saw that …

So Aśvatthāmā was thinking of this brahmāstra. Astraṁ brahma-śiro mene ātma-trāṇaṁ dvijātmajaḥ. Hopelessly. So far, of course, I know that …

So such warfare of mantra, very subtle. This, at the present moment this warfare is carried on gross weapons. But …

So mantra is powerful. This is mundane. Now you can imagine how spiritual mantra is powerful. Even in mundane world …

indriyāṇi parāṇy āhur indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥ manasas tu parā buddhir buddhes tu ya paraḥ

[Bg. 3.42]

So gross understanding---the senses, the body, directly sense perception---this is gross. I see you, you see me. I touch you, …