Varieties of Worship and the Supreme Goal

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.3.1 — May 19, 1972, Los Angeles 720519SB-LOS ANGELES [46:30 Minutes] SB-02.03.01_720519SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: Kīrtana, kīrtana. Have kīrtana. [kīrtana] [Prabhupāda leads chanting] [break] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.

Devotees: All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. [obeisances] [break]

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Where is Pradyumna?

Prabhupāda: All right, take it. Begin. [08:45] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.

Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] śrī-śuka uvāca evam etan nigaditaṁ pṛṣṭavān yad bhavān mama nṛṇāṁ yan mriyamāṇānāṁ manuṣyeṣu manīṣiṇām [SB 2.3.1] Prabhupāda: [interrupts the chanting of the śloka] Repeat once, twice more. [chanting resumes] Next? Kīrtanānanda Mahārāja, you can. Kīrtanānanda: Translation? Prabhupāda: No.

First of all read. Kīrtanānanda: Chant? Prabhupāda: Yes. [Kīrtanānanda chants; Prabhupāda corrects him: mriyamāṇānām] Karandhara. [chants] You. [another devotee chants] Anyone? More?

[chanting resumes] Very good. Anyone else? Devotee: Hṛdayānanda. [chants verse] Prabhupāda: evam etan nigaditaṁ pṛṣṭavān yad bhavān mama nṛṇāṁ yan mriyamāṇānāṁ manuṣyeṣu manīṣiṇām [SB 2.3.1] So, translation? Read translation?

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