# Arrival Speech

*Type: Lectures and Addresses Dated: May 17th 1977 Location: Vṛndāvana Audio file: 770517AR.VRN.mp3*

Prabhupāda: *Jaya.*

Devotees: *Jaya.*

Prabhupāda: [Hindi]

Viśvambhara: [Hindi]

Prabhupāda: So I cannot speak. I am feeling very weak. I was to go to other places like Chandigarh program, but I cancelled the program because the condition of my health is very deteriorating. So I preferred to come to Vṛndāvana. If death takes place, let it take here. So there is nothing to be said new. Whatever I have to speak, I have spoken in my books. Now you try to understand it and continue your endeavor. Whether I am present or not present doesn't matter. As Kṛṣṇa is living eternally, similarly, living being also lives eternally. But *kīrtir yasya sa jīvati* [Cāṇakya Paṇḍita] = "One who has done service to the Lord lives forever." So you have been taught to serve Kṛṣṇa, and with Kṛṣṇa we'll live eternally. Our life is eternal. *Na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre* Bg. 2.20. A temporary disappearance of this body, it doesn't matter. Body is meant for disappearance. *Tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ* Bg. 2.13. So live forever by serving Kṛṣṇa. Thank you very much.

Devotees: *Jaya!* [offer obeisances] [break]