# Brāhmaṇa Initiation Lecture

*Type: Initiation Dated: May 25th 1969 Location: New Vrindavan Audio file: 690525IN-NEW-VRINDAVAN.mp3*

**Prabhupāda:** ...practically in every initiation ceremony, *apavitraḥ pavitro vā, namaḥ* [*Garuḍa Purāṇa*].

[Either pure or impure, or having passed through all conditions of material life, if one can remember the lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa, he becomes externally and internally clean.]

*Namaḥ* means surrendering. *Namāmi:* "I surrender unto You. *He* Kṛṣṇa, I am surrendering to You." And *apavitraḥ pavitro vā. Apavitraḥ* means contaminated, and *pavitra* means liberated. In either stage, either in the material, contaminated stage or in transcendental, liberated stage, *apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthām,* in any situation...

*Yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣam. Sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā.* In any circumstances, if somebody remembers, *smaret,* remembers * puṇḍarīkākṣam... Puṇḍarīka akṣam. Akṣam* means eyes. One who is lotus-eyed, Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu, *puṇḍarīkākṣam,* anyone who remembers always or at any time Kṛṣṇa, *yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣam, sa,* that person...

*Bahya. Bahya* means externally, and *abhyantaram* means internally. *Bahyābhyantaraṁ śuciḥ. Śuci* means *brāhmaṇa,* or *śuci* means completely cleansed. The *brāhmaṇa* means completely clean. The brahminical qualification is first of all cleanliness. *Satya śaucaṁ śamo dama titikṣa ārjavam,*

> jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ
> brahma-karma svabhāva-jam

[*Bg.* *18.42*]*.*

**[Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness—these are the qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work.]**

To become *brāhmaṇa* means *satyam saucam.* First thing is truthful, and next, *śaucam,* very cleansed, internally and externally. Externally we can cleanse ourself by soap and water. That is necessary. Daily we should take bath with soap and water and oil. *Bahyābhyantaram.* And *abhyantaraṁ śuciḥ* means evacuating and cleansing.

In* yoga* system there is a system they practice, they can get out all the intestines and cleanse it clearly. *Dhauti.* What do they know about this* yoga* system? They can take out the whole intestine and cleanse it nicely and again set it. So these are actually practicing* yoga* system. But who is going to do that? Simply a gymnastic process. So *śaucam,* cleanliness, is very necessary for advancing in spiritual life.

So *brāhmaṇa* qualification is truthfulness, cleanliness, *satyaṁ śaucam. Sama,* equilibrium of the mind, without any disturbance, without any anxiety. *Satyaṁ śaucam śamo dama. Dama* means controlling the senses. *Śamo dama titikṣa. Titikṣa* means tolerance. So many things in the material world will happen.

We have to practice to tolerate. *Tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata.* Kṛṣṇa says, "You have to learn tolerance. The *sukha-duḥkha,* happiness, distress, they will come like seasonal changes." Just like there is sometimes rain, there is sometimes snowfall, sometimes scorching heat. How you can fight? It is not possible. Try to tolerate. That's all.

*Satyaṁ śaucaṁ śamo dama titikṣa ārjavam. Ārjavam* means simplicity, no duplicity. Simplicity, *ārjavam. Jñānaṁ vijñānam,* knowledge and practical application in life. *Jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyam. Āstikyam* means to believe firmly in the scriptures. Just like *Bhagavad-gītā* we are studying, or *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.* We should firmly believe what Kṛṣṇa says, not interpretation.

This is called *āstikyam.* And *nāstikyam* means not firm belief—atheism. Just like Lord Buddha. Lord Buddha simply said that "I don't believe in the *Vedas.*" Therefore he is immediately calculated as atheist, *nāstikyam.* Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, *veda nā māniyā bauddha haila nāstika:* "The followers of Buddha, they did not accept Vedic," I mean to say, "direction; therefore they are *nāstika.*"

What is that Vedic direction? In the *Dāsavatāra-stotra* by Jayadeva Gosvāmī, he says, *nindasi yajña-vidher ahaha śruti-jātam.*

**[O Keśava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari who have assumed the form of Buddha! All glories to You! Your heart filled with compassion, you decry animal slaughter performed according to the scriptural rules of Vedic sacrifice.]**

In the *śruti,* in the *Vedas,* there is prescription of sacrifice, and in some of the sacrifice there is recommendation for sacrifice of some animals, goats. So that is... But Lord Buddha says, "No. I want to introduce nonviolence, no animal killing. So even there is *Veda,* prescription, I don't accept *Vedas.*" Therefore he became *nāstika.*

So Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that *veda nā māniyā bauddha haila nāstika:* "Because Lord Buddha did not accept the authority of the *Veda,* therefore he was considered *nāstika,* atheist." He was Indian. He was Hindu. His forefathers were *kṣatriyas,* Vedic.

He revolted. So therefore he was called *nāstika.* But a *brāhmaṇa* should not be *nāstika;* he should be *āstik. Āstikyam:* "He must believe in the scriptural injunction." These are brahminical qualification.

So you are going to be *brāhmaṇa,* qualified *brāhmaṇa,* this sacred thread ceremony; therefore you should follow all these principles—*satyam, śaucam,* cleanliness... Although in this age, not only in your country—you are completely out of Vedic culture—even in India, they are so-called; nobody follows. But still, they claim, "I am *brāhmaṇa.* We are *brāhmaṇas.*" So this is *para-pira*[?], simply a social standard without any qualification, without any...

So you are going to take the responsibility of brahmanism. This system is introduced according to *pāñcarātrikī* system. *Pāñcarātrikī* system means formerly, in the Vedic system, without being born by a *brāhmaṇa,* nobody was given this sacred thread ceremony.

"Without being born by a *brāhmaṇa*" does not mean hereditary, but actually one who is *brāhmaṇa.* Just like you are now being created as *brāhmaṇa.* So if your son is born, he has the first claim to become a *brāhmaṇa,* because by the birth he gets the brahminical culture, sees the father and mother. Just like this boy. Automatically he is getting Vaiṣṇava culture, he is associating with the Vaiṣṇavas.

So the son of a *brāhmaṇa* has the chance. A practical example, this boy: from the very beginning becoming a Vaiṣṇava, more than a *brāhmaṇa.* More than. Vaiṣṇava position is above the *brāhmaṇas. Brahmā jānātīti brāhmaṇaḥ.* But Vaiṣṇava, he penetrates the *brahma-jyotir.*

Just like you penetrate... If you are able to penetrate the sunshine and go to the sun and seek out the sun-god, if somebody is able, by going to the sun planet by sputnik, he is better than who is in the sunshine.

Sunshine we can have by just little go up to the cloud. Say, about seven miles up, you get sunshine. But to go to the sun planet and enter into the..., that is very difficult job. That requires so many things.

[aside:] Sit down properly. Chant.

So Brahman, Brahman, *nirviśeṣa-brahman,* impersonal Brahman, when one understands, *jñānaṁ vijñānam... Jñānaṁ vijñānam.* And when one becomes Vaiṣṇava, *brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate* *SB* 1.2.11*.*

**[Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān.]**

When one understands what is impersonal Brahman, what is localized Paramātma and what is Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, *kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam...* When you understand the Supreme, the original Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa... *Ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam* *SB* 1.3.28*.*

**[All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists.]**

There are many incarnations. *Rāmādi-murtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan* [*Bs.* 5.39]*.*

**[I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who manifested Himself personally as Kṛṣṇa and the different avatāras in the world in the forms of Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Vāmana, etc., as His subjective portions.]**

Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Varāha... There are so many thousands and millions of incarnation. But *Bhāgavata* points out that "This name, 'Kṛṣṇa,' He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." *Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam.* So when one understands *kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam, vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti* *Bg.* 7.19.

**[After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.]**

That Vāsudeva is everything, then he becomes a Vaiṣṇava. So a Vaiṣṇava is already *brāhmaṇa,* but still, it is a function that one should not deride at Vaiṣṇava, that he is not *brāhmaṇa.* Therefore *Vaiṣṇava-smṛti, Hari-bhakti-vilāsa,* written by Sanātana Gosvāmī.

That is called *Vaiṣṇava-smṛti,* how to conduct Vaiṣṇava life. There it is clearly stated by Sanātana Gosvāmī that *tathā dīkṣā-vidhānena dvijatvaṁ jāyate nṛṇām* [*Hari-bhakti-vilāsa* 2.12]

**[By chemical manipulation, bell metal is turned into gold when touched by mercury; similarly, when a person is properly initiated, he can acquire the qualities of a brāhmaṇa.]**

"By the process of initiation, a man can attain the position of the twice-born." Twice-born means *brāhmaṇa* especially—*brāhmaṇa, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas,* three classes of twice-born. Several times I have explained: first born by father and mother, and second born, birth, is this.

So you should have responsibility. You should follow. But you can be steady, and you will be able to follow all these principles, provided you chant regularly Hare Kṛṣṇa. That sixteen rounds you must complete. Then *māyā* will not be able to deviate you.

That is... You must keep this. This *kīrtana* process, as we are performing morning, evening, this will keep your life steady, fixed up, firm. You will always be situated in *brāhmaṇa's* position if you strictly follow this. Otherwise *māyā* will immediately: "My dear boy, please come here. Why you are taking so much botheration?" You see?

Just like one boy wanted to be initiated from Montreal. His father and mother have sent me telegram. You have seen? "Oh, please save my boy. He is going to be *brāhmaṇa.* Oh, it will spoil my family." That means if he becomes *brāhmaṇa,* he may be reluctant to be *karmī.* This is going on. If one becomes debauch, the father-mother is not so disturbed. But if he becomes *brāhmaṇa,* "Oh, it is horrible. It is horrible. It is horrible." [laughter]

Just see the social condition. If a young man becomes debauch, "Ah, young man. Let him do. What is there? When he will grow, he will be taken... All right." But if a young man goes to a spiritual master to become *brāhmaṇa,* "Oh," the father-mother is... "Oh, it is horrible. My son is being killed." You see? Just see. I have got practical telegram from India. Just see the position of India. Just now today I have received one telegram, Hanla. "Oh, is horrible condition."

And *Bhāgavata* says that "One should not become a father, one should not become a mother, if he cannot prepare his child, a *brāhmaṇa,* a Vaiṣṇava, so that will protect him from the cycle of repeated birth and death." "No, we don't want [this] thing. We want our boy a *karmī,* a demon. Let him earn and send me money. I eat very nicely." This is going on.

So this propaganda against brāhmanism or Vaiṣṇavism is always. It is not new thing. Just like Hiraṇyakaśipu. His little child wanted to become a Vaiṣṇava, and the father, "Oh, you are going to be Vaiṣṇava? I shall kill you." A little child, five years old, just like this boy. He is taking care off. If mother says, "Oh, you are doing this? I shall kill you," most extraordinary. But there are instances.

So you should be careful. The only precaution is that you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. *Yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣam sa bahyābhyantaraṁ śuciḥ.* Always. If you want to keep intact of transcendental position, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa sincerely. Then you will be kept. Nobody can harm you. Nobody can deviate. *Māyā* will fly away. You see? *Daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā* *Bg.* 7.14*.*

**[This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.]**

*Māyā* is very strong. You cannot conquer *māyā* by so-called meditation or this or that. No. Simply by surrendering to Kṛṣṇa. *Mām eva ye prapadyante.* Kṛṣṇa. Only He. *Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te.* He can overcome the stringent laws of *māyā.*

So don't think that after finishing this ceremony you become all right. No. *Māyā* is always strong. *Kṛṣṇa-nāma karo bhaya āra sab miche, palāivera path naya yo māche piche.* The instruction is that you always chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. *Āra sab miche.*

Whatever except... *Nāma vinā kichu nāhika āra, cauddha-bhuvana-majhe.* "Within this fourteen world, if there is anything *summum bonum* substance, this is this Hare Kṛṣṇa. This is this Hare Kṛṣṇa." Mind that. *Nāma vinā kichu nāhika āra, cauddha-bhuvana-majhe.* So this is secondary, this ceremony. Real strength is chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.

So of course, people may not think you otherwise, that you are not *brāhmaṇa,* you are not purified. Therefore this ceremony is there, the thread ceremony here, that "Yes, we are properly... According to scriptural rules and regulations, we have become *brāhmaṇa.*

There is no question of because I am not born in a *brāhmaṇa* family, it does not mean I am not *brāhmaṇa.* I am recognized by authorized *ācārya* in the line of disciplic succession of Nārada."

Nārada has given this definition in the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* while instructing Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira about the four..., eight divisions, *varṇa* and *āśrama.* He said, *yasya hi yal lakṣaṇaṁ syād varṇābhivyañjakam. Varṇa. Cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭam* *Bg.* 4.13*.*

[According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.]

Four classes, *brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra—*this is creation of God. It is not artificial; it is natural. God's creation is natural. So *cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ:* "According to quality and work." So your quality is Vaiṣṇava, and working as Vaiṣṇava. Then you are more than a *brāhmaṇa.* But you should keep.

Similarly, Nārada also. We are initiating according to *Nārada Pañcarātra.* Because, as I told you, formerly only a person who is born by a *brāhmaṇa...* That means *garbhādhāna* ceremony. A child should be accepted that he is born of a *brāhmaṇa.* Everyone should know. That is called *garbhādhāna* ceremony, that when a man goes to his wife to beget child, there is a ceremony.

It is not a secret, hide-and-seek behavior. Everyone should know that "Now this man is going to beget child." So how that child should be very nice, that is called *garbhādhāna* ceremony. So if *garbhādhāna* ceremony is not performed according to scriptural direction, immediately he becomes a *śūdra.*

So in this age nobody is observing *garbhādhāna* ceremony; therefore it is to be understood that everyone is born a *śūdra.* Therefore *pāñcarātriki-vidhi.* Vedic system cannot be applied, because nobody is born of a *brāhmaṇa.* Who knows? Who knows how he is born? There is no ceremony. That is witness, that "Oh, he will go."

Just like marriage is a ceremony, there are so many witnesses, similarly, *garbhādhāna* ceremony, there is ceremony. It is no hide and seek. So because the *garbhādhāna* ceremony is not current at the present age, therefore everyone should be accepted as born* śūdra,* either in any place, either here or India or anywhere.

But the *Pāñcarātrika* system, it gives chance to a person, if he has got symptoms. Just like this boy has got the symptom to become a *brāhmaṇa,* to be Vaiṣṇava. Just like in the *Jabala Upaniṣad.* This, by symptoms, he was accepted *brāhmaṇa,* a small boy like this. *Satyakaṁ Jabala. Satyakam.*

He went to Gautama Muni: "My dear sir, will you initiate me?" Just like this boy can ask us. Oh, he was very kind: "Oh, yes. Very nice boy. What is your father's name?" "Oh, I do not know." "Oh, just ask your mother. Go." Mother says, "I do not know whose son you are." He came back. "What your mother says?" "Oh, Mother says she does not know who is my father." "Oh, you are *brāhmaṇa.* Oh, you are *brāhmaṇa.* Come on. I shall initiate you."

He was so truthful. That is real symptom of *brāhmaṇ: satya, śama.* He does not disclose that "I do not know." Everyone will try to hide if he does not know his father's name. But here is a boy, "Oh," he said, "Oh, you are *brāhmaṇa.* Come on. I shall initiate you." This is *lakṣaṇa,* symptom. "Such a truthful boy. Never mind what he is born, how he is born."

This system is not new. Therefore we shall have to accept by the symptom. If one is inclined to go to Kṛṣṇa—he is chanting, he is doing, following the principles—then, according to Nārada's version, *yasya hi yal lakṣaṇaṁ syāt,* here is the *lakṣaṇa,* symptom, *varṇābhivyañjakam,* to understand to what class he belongs. Now, he is truthful—he belongs to the *brāhmaṇa* class. He is truthful; therefore he belongs to the *brāhmaṇa* class.

*Yasya hi yal lakṣaṇaṁ syāt varṇābhivyañjakam. Abhivyañjakam* means just to find out what class of man he is. If he is truthful, he is *brāhmaṇa. Lakṣaṇa.* The *lakṣaṇa* is there; the symptom is there. *Yasya hi yal lakṣaṇaṁ varṇābhivyañjakaṁ tat tenaiva vinirdiśet* *SB* 7.11.35*.*

**[If one shows the symptoms of being a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra, as described above, even if he has appeared in a different class, he should be accepted according to those symptoms of classification.]**

One should take him into that classification. He is truthful? Oh, he is immediately to the brahminical place. If he is a liar, immediately he is *pañcama,* less than *śūdra.* You see?

So these things were done. People have misused the whole thing: "Now I am born of a *brāhmaṇa.* By force I am *brāhmaṇa.*" You see? Just like Paṇḍitajī, our late Prime Minister Paṇḍitajī. He was less than the *caṇḍāla,* but he was addressed as "Paṇḍitajī." "Paṇḍitajī" is the address of the *brāhmaṇa.* You see? By *lakṣaṇam...*

Nobody cared for *lakṣaṇa,* because his forefather, somebody, was a *brāhmaṇa,* although there was no *garbhādhāna* ceremony, no system, still. This is not accepted. People misunderstand Hindu culture, Vedic culture, that there are forced caste system. No. It is *varṇābhivyañjakam,* by the symptom, [indistinct], qualification. It is not by birth.

So we..., our... One of the item of this mission, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is to establish real *varṇāśrama* by qualification. We have to pick up *brāhmaṇas* from everywhere, throughout the whole world, not that we have to pick up *brāhmaṇas* in India in some class. No.

There are *brāhmaṇas* every part of the world. We have to pick up. Just see. None of these boys are born in India or a *brāhmaṇa* family, but they have got the symptom. They have got the brahminical... They have either acquired willingly or by some way. So we have to pick up.

Anyone who is truthful, who is controlling the senses, no illicit sex life... That is controlling senses. There are many other things. This is the most important thing. *Śamo dama titikṣa.* They are tolerant. To these American boys, to take up another culture, which they are not accustomed from the birth, that is tolerance.

This is tolerance. But it is not painful, but it is tolerance. I am asking the American boys, "Don't smoke. Don't take intoxication." They are accustomed to this habit from the very childhood, but they are doing this. This is tolerance.

So these are brahminical qualification—tolerance, truthful. And *śauca, śauca,* this *śauca.* Anyone who is chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, he is pure, *bahyābhyantaram,* inside and outside. So in this way, in this age, the chance should be given. Not that when the *satyakam* spoke the truth of his life... So he was accepted. So you are being accepted as qualified *brāhmaṇa,* but keep your qualification. Then your life will be sublime. Keep your life. Yes.

So this is a chance given by the *Pāñcarātrika* system. It doesn't matter how he is born. Nobody is responsible for his birth, but everyone is responsible for his work. So you work like a *brāhmaṇa,* like a Vaiṣṇava, and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, and chant this Gāyatrī *mantra,* and your life will be sublime. So don't neglect it. You are being initiated according to the order of our predecessors, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, *pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma* [*CB Antya-khaṇḍa* 4.126].

**[“In every town and village of the world, the chanting of My name will be heard.]**

We should have to preach this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement in every village, in every town of this planet. Therefore you have come to your country. You are kindly cooperating. You also spread. I am old man. I may not live very long. Any moment I can be finished. But try. That is actually feeling. That is actually fellow feeling, that people are simply... *Anādi bahirmukha kṛṣṇa bhuli gelā* [*Cc. Madhya* 20.117]

**[“Forgetting Kṛṣṇa, the living entity has been attracted by the external feature from time immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy [māyā] gives him all kinds of misery in his material existence.]**

They have forgotten Kṛṣṇa from time immemorial. *Athaeva kṛṣṇa veda purāṇa karila.* Therefore this propaganda, this literature, Vedic literature, is there to remind them. *Aham eva sarva-yajñānāṁ bhokta ca prabhur eva ca* *Bg.* 9.24.

**[I am the only enjoyer and the only object of sacrifice. Those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature fall down.]**

Kṛṣṇa says, "I am the Lord of everything." So we have to capture Kṛṣṇa. So this is the... *Namo apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā.* This is explanation of this verse.

And now we begin our ceremony.

> vande 'haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca
> śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam
> sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ
> śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca

**["I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and of all the other preceptors on the path of devotional service. I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇavas and unto the six Gosvāmīs, including Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Jīva Gosvāmī and their associates. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Advaita Ācārya Prabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and all His devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. I then offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and all the *gopīs,* headed by Lalitā and Viśākhā."]**

> nama om viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya
> bhūtale śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine.

**[I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.]**

> nama om viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya
> bhūtale śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine.

**[I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.]**

[break]

> namo brahmaṇya-devāya
> go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca
> jagad-dhitāya kṛṣṇāya
> govindāya namaḥ namaḥ namaḥ

**[I offer my respectful obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth, Krishna, who is the well-wisher of the cows and the *brahmanas* as well as the living entities in general. I offer my repeated obeisances to Govinda [Krishna], who is the pleasure reservoir for all the senses.]**

Now put slowly, like this.

> hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare
> hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

**["My dear Lord, and the spiritual energy of the Lord, kindly engage me in Your service. I am now embarrassed with this material service. Please engage me in Your service."]**

Now bow down.

> namo brahmaṇya-devāya
> go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca
> jagad-dhitāya kṛṣṇāya
> govindāya namo...

**[I offer my respectful obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth, Krishna, who is the well-wisher of the cows and the *brahmanas* as well as the living entities in general. I offer my repeated obeisances to Govinda [Krishna], who is the pleasure reservoir for all the senses.]**

*Nama oṁ visnu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale.* Chant.

*Śrīmate bhaktivedānta sarasvatī iti nāmine.*

All right. Come on, Toṣaṇa Kṛṣṇa. You have no robe?

**Toṣaṇa Kṛṣṇa:** No.

**Prabhupāda:** All right. Come on. [end]