Bhagavatam Must Be Heard from a Person Bhagavata

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.1.1 [The First Step in God-Realization] — July 1, 1970, Los Angeles 700701SB-LOS ANGELES [17:57 Minutes] SB-02.01.01_700701SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. So we have got new book, The First Step in God-Realization. Yes. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda: First, Invocation. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo vāsudevaya.

Text one. śrī-śuka uvāca varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁ śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ [SB 2.1.1] Now you recite independently, oṁ namo bhagavate.

Devotees: [recite oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya and the verse]

Prabhupāda: Very good. All right. Again. This last line, it is śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ.

Prabhupāda: Diṣu, short. Śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ.

Prabhupāda: So these Bhāgavata verses, if it is chanted with little tune, then it is very nice. The tune should be like this: [repeats verse with tune] śrī-śuka uvāca varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁ śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ [SB 2.1.1] Like that.

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