One spiritually qualified child excels infinitely more than countless material progeny born without devotion or learning.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: Because they are accustomed to the business of hammering the bricks from time immemorial, they think, "This is the business. How is that this man is not engaged in this business?" Hari-śauri: Even after he'd understood the analogy that the man was in the prison and hammering bricks, he was still thinking that "Well, shouldn't he still be hammering bricks?" He was asking that. He was still thinking like that. It's amazing. Rādhā-vallabha: He couldn't understand any of the analogies. Prabhupāda: That is the karmīs.
Even the Orissa politicians, they accused Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Because the Orissa politician... It is a fact the Mahārāja Pratāparudra, the King of Orissa during the time of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he was politically very strong. At that time the Muhammadans were conquering different parts of India, but they could not enter Orissa or the southern India.
They were very strong. So this Mahārāja Pratāparudra politically was very strong. So the modern politicians of Orissa, they accuse Caitanya Mahāprabhu that, as Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to Orissa and Mahārāja Pratāparudra became influenced by Him, Orissa fell down. They accuse sometimes that Orissa's political position became weakened on account of Caitanya Mahāprabhu's influence on Mahārāja Pratāparudra.
They say. The modern politicians of Orissa, they also do not like Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement. Hari-śauri: Śrīla Prabhupāda? There's this editor from that Trans-India magazine downstairs, but also that..., the doctor is there as well. So would you like to see the doctor, or would you like to do another interview, or...?
They tried to..., they were trying to contact the Trans-India to have him come another day, but apparently it doesn't seem as though they did it. So they've come hoping to get an interview. Prabhupāda: So that you decide, which is important. You ask… Hari-śauri: No, I... We'll see if we can arrange it.
Would you like to see the doctor? Prabhupāda: Yes. No, the Trans-India if he wants. Hari-śauri: I'll see. Whatever I can... Prabhupāda: They can wait, or one of them may come. [aside:] So what is the news? Ātreya Ṛṣi: The karmīs decided they want to have a meeting. Prabhupāda: Oh, that GBC meeting. Ātreya Ṛṣi: No, no.
My karmī friends, on the 19th in New York. Prabhupāda: Oh, your business. Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes. Prabhupāda: Oh, that's nice. Ātreya Ṛṣi: They always decide on perfect timing. [laughs]