Sanskrit is a living language of spiritual knowledge, and Bhagavad-gita is universal consciousness science transcending all sectarian boundaries.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Rādhā-vallabha: This is for the theistic exhibition. This is the copy for the sound track, and when the karmīs first walk in, this is the sound track that will play.
Prabhupāda: No, no. You keep here. Rādhā-vallabha: So this is like the introduction to the entire thing. Then it comes up to the point when they see the diorama of yourself, and there's a certain part where they want to have you thinking.
Prabhupāda: But here diorama should be explained in the local language. Rādhā-vallabha: Here in India.
Prabhupāda: Hmm. Rādhā-vallabha: This is for the American one.
Prabhupāda: Oh, American. That's all right. Rādhā-vallabha: So would you like me to read it to you?
Prabhupāda: Hmm, hmm. Rādhā-vallabha: This is the very beginning. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the First American Theistic Exhibition. Since time immemorial we have inquired about our origin. We have tried to understand our place in the universe, the nature of birth and death, free will and predestination, time, God and nature.
However, even after countless years of philosophical study and comprehensive research, these questions still remain for the most part a mystery. The words you are about to hear were written five thousand years ago in a language no longer spoken, called Sanskrit." Prabhupāda: No longer spoken? Why? Rādhā-vallabha: I was just wondering about that myself. No longer spoken on the earth? Prabhupāda: Yes, it is spoken in India.