# Nitāi Guṇa Mani Āmāra

*Type: Other Dated: September 23rd 1972 Location: Los Angeles Audio file: 720923MU.LA.mp3*

Prabhupāda: [harmonium, *mṛdaṅga, karatālas*]

[02:00] [break] play like this...

[plays *mṛdaṅga*]

Can you play like this...

[plays *mṛdaṅga,* vocalises beat]

All right.

Devotee: [indistinct] it takes me a long time.

[plays harmonium, *mṛdaṅga, karatālas*]

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: [indistinct] again.

Prabhupāda: This is not good.

Devotee: All right I think [indistinct].

[plays harmonium, *mṛdaṅga, karatālas*]

> nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
> āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: Do you want to play [indistinct].

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: Would you like to play *mṛdaṅga* over later? [break]

Prabhupāda: Play?

[brief background chatter]

You can play *karatālas* very softly, little.

[*taṁburā* tunes up]

> nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār .. maṇi
> āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

> .. guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
> āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

> nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
> āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

> nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
> āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

> nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
> āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

> nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
> āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

[2nd verse]

> premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśe
> ḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāse

> premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśe
> ḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāse

> nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
> āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

> nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
> āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

nitāi guṇa..

> premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśe
> ḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāse

[3rd verse]

> dīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāche
> ..durlabha prema sabākāre jāce

> dīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāche
> brahmār durlabha prema sabākāre jāce

> nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
> āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

> nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇi
> āniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

[15:05]

Let us see. By playing *mṛdaṅga* how it comes. [break]

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I used up all the... ...having tracks.

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Devotee: I’m having room.

[plays *mṛdaṅga*]

Prabhupāda: All right, let me see.

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: [indistinct].

Devotee: This is [indistinct]

[plays *mṛdaṅga*]

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I didn’t bring the [indistinct] cord.

Devotee (2): What is it?

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I’ll go and get it. There’s a cord that reaches in there and I didn’t bring it because I wasn’t expecting it, I have to go and get it.

[plays *mṛdaṅga*]

Prabhupāda: Play with me.

[clapping, tapping *karatālas* and *mṛdaṅga*]

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I figured out how to do it while I was gone. So don’t think we’ll put in the *mṛdaṅga* right now.

Prabhupāda: [indistinct] but we shall do nicely tomorrow [indistinct].

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: [indistinct] today that I have to erase the *taṁburā*.

Prabhupāda: Yes, *taṁburā* is not nice.

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: No, it’s not necessary, okay.

Prabhupāda: Beyond the tune, you have to make according to the tune then it will be.

[plays *mṛdaṅga*].

Why don’t you practice?

Devotee: [indistinct]

Prabhupāda: Make a record and practice [indistinct].

[vocalises required beat] [plays *mṛdaṅga*]

Kṛṣṇa-kānti: Try it [indistinct] began.

[plays *mṛdaṅga* followed by *karatālas*]

Prabhupāda: Okay you can play, you can play.

Devotee: Put it on?

Prabhupāda: Yes, can you play?

Devotee: Yes. [end]