The real problems of life are birth, death, old age, and disease; only spiritual knowledge from a realized guru solves them.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting] 'ke āmi', 'kene āmāya jāre tāpa-traya' ihā nāhi jāni-'kemane hita haya' [Cc Madhya 20.102] [break] [01:18] Prabhupāda: ...like that, but there is no mistake.
But the [laughs] technic. So it is finished? Kene? Finished?
[laughter] There was one governor, a Mr. Carmichael. So in India, in British period, every officers had to learn the local language. We were student in the Scottish Church College.
Our all professors were Europeans, but during their service they had to learn Bengali. So one governor, Mr. Carmichael, he was called for presiding over a meeting. So he wanted to speak in Bengali.
So he said, dekhite dekhite tin batsara kāṭiyā gel. So the pronunciation is gala, but he said gel. So people were smiling. [laughter] The audience, they were smiling.
So there are some technical. Just like we pronounce something, and not to the correct current pronunciation. So, but when we are reading Bengali, let us do it, as far as possible, as the Bengalis do. That's all.
Otherwise there is no mistake. Finish? Go on. Pradyumna: [reads word-for-word synonyms] Translation: "Who am I?