# Room Conversation

*Type: Conversation Dated: November 7th 1977 Location: Vṛndāvana Audio file: 771107R2.VRN.mp3*

Kavirāja: [Hindi with Prabhupāda]

[background conversation about bathing Prabhupāda]

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: We do it about two times a day with a towel.

Kavirāja: [Hindi with Bhakti-caru]

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Rose water? Water? [indistinct comments by Upendra]

Kavirāja: [Hindi with Prabhupāda; asks about *parikramā*]

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: You have to give Prabhupāda some strength to go on the *parikramā.*

Svarūpa Dāmodara: He said in three days.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Three days. That's good.

Kavirāja: [Hindi with Bhakti-caru and Prabhupāda about different foods]

Bhakti-caru: [Hindi about *cāpāṭi* and *ḍāl*]

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But whether Prabhupāda will eat some? Prabhupāda, you will try to eat the Gujarati *roṭī* and *ḍāl?*

Prabhupāda: Hmm.

Kavirāja: [Hindi]

Prabhupāda: [Hindi]

Bhakti-caru: [long Hindi conversation about different foods and taste with Prabhupāda and *kavirāja*] Śrīla Prabhupāda? [Hindi] [break]

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: ...Gujarati *roṭīs?*

Bhakti-caru: [Hindi about Gujarati *roṭīs* and *ḍāl* and rice, *khicuṛi, purīs,* chutney]

Prabhupāda: [Hindi with Bhakti-caru] *Mālpura* I'll take.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: *Mālpura.*

Bhakti-caru: [Hindi]

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: You want to try some *mālpura* later on tonight?

Bhakti-caru: [Hindi with Prabhupāda] Prabhupāda will let us know. [Hindi] He says one too hot. Just like the way it was today. [Hindi with Prabhupāda; suggests *śrīkand*]

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: *Śrīkand.* That's very good for you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, *śrīkand.*

Prabhupāda: Oh, *śrīkand.*

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: That's a good preparation for you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, very nutritious.

Bhakti-caru: [Hindi with Prabhupāda about different foods]

Prabhupāda: So, where is Baradrāj?

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Baradrāj is here, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: So you can sing.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: *Jaya* Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: Softly.

Baradrāj: Softly. [break] [end]