Room Conversation in Delhi November 5 – Part 2

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Room Conversation — November 5, 1973, Delhi 731105R1-DELHI [09:16 Minutes] Conv_731105R1-DELHI Prabhupāda: Viśvāso naiva kartavyaḥ strīṣu rāja-kuleṣu ca. She's both. [laughter] Cāṇakya Paṇḍita, "Never trust woman and politician," and she's both. [laughs] Gurudāsa: But she's actually better at telling a lie than the other people.

Prabhupāda: They will have to come to this point gradually. They're disappointed. Life is not very pleasing. Politics life is not… Even Gandhi, such an exalted man, on the day he was killed, he was the same.

And if he's not satisfied, he'll plan something else. Nowadays political position is very… The same example: uṣṭra, uṣṭra, a camel. Camel is eating his own blood, and still he is thinking, "I am very happy." So this… Everyone in this material world, especially the politician, they're eating their own blood, but for the position they're thinking, "Oh, I am so happy." Gurudāsa: Yesterday she rode to work in a horse cart.

Prabhupāda: Ah? Gurudāsa: Yesterday, the prime minister rode to work in a horse cart to demonstrate that she would not utilize petrol due to the high price of gas.

Prabhupāda: So where to get the horses? Gurudāsa: [laughs] Someone said that, that "How you will feed the horses, 'cause you can't get wheat?" Prabhupāda: All their plans have failed. You see? This is the … Nanda was one of the planning commission.

This rascal is now rejected. Now he is observed by the C.I.D man. When government has ordered the [indistinct]. So one friend in Benares, he was anarchist—at least his brother was—and his brother was hanged.

So naturally his family was observed by police department. I was guest in his house. At Benares, when walking I saw that man is coming: "Oh, what is this man who is coming here?" "Oh, he's my bodyguard," he said. And "What is this bodyguard?" He said the whole story, foolish [indistinct]. So when I went to the station, the policeman.

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