Initiations
Prabhupāda: [Govindam prayers] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.
Devotees: All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. [devotees offer obeisances] [japa]
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Devotee: Now we take the water. You hold the spoon in your right hand.
[leads devotees in chanting]
sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā
yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ
sa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥ
śrī-viṣṇu śrī-viṣṇu śrī-viṣṇu.
[Garuḍa Purāṇa]
[devotees chant japa] [repeats mantra twice more]
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Prabhupāda: Vande 'ham.
Devotee: [leads devotees in chanting]
śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam
sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ
śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca
[Praṇāma Prayers]
Prabhupāda: Go on.
Devotee: [leads devotees in chanting]
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
śrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-sarasvatīti nāmine
kṛṣṇa-sambandha-vijñāna-dāyine prabhave namaḥ
śrī-gaura-karuṇā-śakti-vigrahāya namo 'stu te
rūpānuga-viruddhāpasiddhānta-dhvānta-hāriṇe
Prabhupāda: [corrects pronunciation.]
gaura-śakti-svarūpāya rūpānuga-varāya te
vaiṣṇava-sārvabhaumaḥ ṣrī-jagannāthāya te namaḥ
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ
kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ
bhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ namāmi bhakta-śaktikam
dīna-bandho jagat-pate
gopeśa gopikā-kānta
rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te
mat-sarvasva-padāmbhojau rādhā-madana-mohanau
śrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthau
śrī-śrī-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devau
preṣṭhālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmi
karṣan veṇu-svanair gopīr gopīnāthaḥ śriye 'stu naḥ
vṛṣabhānu-sute devī praṇamāmi hari-priye
Prabhupāda: Thank you. Go on. Names? [japa]
Śyāmasundara: Serge? [to Prabhupāda:] Śuklāmbara. Śuklāmbara.
Prabhupāda: You know the rules? What is that?
Serge: No taking of meat,
Prabhupāda: Hmm.
Serge: ...fish or eggs, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxicants.
Prabhupāda: Thank you. Your name is Śuklāmbara. Śuklāmbara was a great brahmacārī devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You are servant of Śuklāmbara. Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Śyāmasundara: Carla? [to Prabhupāda:] Kumāda. Kumāda dāsī. Kumāda?
Prabhupāda: Kaumudī.
Śyāmasundara: Kaumudī dāsī.
Prabhupāda: Hmm. You know the rules and regulation? Yes, tell.
Carla: No eating of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.
Prabhupāda: So your name is Kaumudī dāsī. Kaumudī is a nice flower liked by Kṛṣṇa. [laughter] [japa]
Prabhupāda: Next.
Śyāmasundara: No name.
Prabhupāda: What is your name?
Karanda: Marilyn.
Śyāmasundara: Rūpa-mañjarī dasi.
Prabhupāda: Hmm. You know the rules and regulation? What is that?
Marilyn: No illicit sex, no eating of meat, fish or eggs, no gambling, no intoxicants.
Prabhupāda: Hmm. Hare Kṛṣṇa. So your name is Rūpa-mañjarī dasi. There are different gopīs. The assistant gopīs is mañjarīs. So Rūpa-mañjarī, you, this maidservant of Rūpa-mañjarī. Hmm. Come on.
Śyāmasundara: Tim O'Connor?
Prabhupāda: What are the rules?
Tim: No taking of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling.
Prabhupāda: Thank you.
Śyāmasundara: Brahmaṇya-tīrtha dāsa.
Prabhupāda: Brahmaṇya-tīrtha dāsa. [japa]
Śyāmasundara: Will? Will McLoughlin?
Prabhupāda: Where is the [indistinct] machine?
Devotee (2): [indistinct] Can't get it back up. [indistinct] Can't get it through the hole.
Prabhupāda: You just do it nicely, then.
[to initiate:] You know the rules and regulation?
Will: No taking of any meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.
Prabhupāda: Hmm. Thank you.
Śyāmasundara: Varuṇa dāsa. Varuṇa.
Prabhupāda: Varuṇa dāsa. Varuṇadeva. Varuṇadeva is the demigod of..., sea?
Śyāmasundara: Yes.
Prabhupāda: Yes. You have to control the Pacific Ocean, [laughter] preaching. [laughter] All the Pacific islands, you have to preach. Is that all right?
Varuṇadeva: Jaya. [laughter]
Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. No laughing.
Śyāmasundara: Sheila?
Prabhupāda: [japa]
Śyāmasundara: Śrīla dāsī.
Prabhupāda: Huh?
Śyāmasundara: Śrīla dāsī.
Prabhupāda: Śrīla?
Śyāmasundara: Śrīla. Śrīla dāsī.
Prabhupāda: Yes, can be. So you know the rules and regulation? Yes. What are they?
Sheila: No gambling, no eating of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxicatants and no illicit sex.
Prabhupāda: What is that, next? Four you have not mentioned.
Sheila: I have not mentioned four? No intoxicants, no eating meat, fish or eggs, no gambling and no illicit sex.
Prabhupāda: That's all right. So your name is Śrīla dāsī, maidservant of the goddess of fortune.
Sheila: Śrīla dāsī?
Prabhupāda: Śrīla. Yes. S-r-i-l-a. [japa]
Śyāmasundara: Ah, Laurie? Laura?
Prabhupāda: [japa] Hmm. You know the rules? Yes.
Laura: No taking of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxicants, no illicit sex and no gambling.
Prabhupāda: Thank you.
Śyāmasundara: Lakaṅga-mañjarī.
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Śyāmasundara: Lakaṅga-mañjarī dāsī.
Prabhupāda: Lakaṅga? Lavaṅga.
Devotee: Lakaṅga...
Prabhupāda: What is the spelling?
Śyāmasundara: L-a-k[?]-a-n-g-a. Labaṅga. Must be Labaṅga. Labaṅga-mañjarī.
Prabhupāda: Lavaṅga-mañjarī is already there. [japa]
Śyāmasundara: Labaṅga-mañjarī dāsī.
Prabhupāda: The Lavaṅga is already there, Lavaṅga-mañjarī.
Devotee (3): Lavaṅga-latika.
Prabhupāda: Lavaṅga-latika.
Devotee (4): Anaṅga-mañjarī.
Prabhupāda: Hmm? Anaṅga-mañjarī, all right?
Śyāmasundara: Lavaṅga mañjarī?
Prabhupāda: No. Anaṅga. Anaṅga-mañjarī is there?
Devotee (4): Yes.
Prabhupāda: So all right, Lavaṅga-mañjarī. Lavaṅga-mañjarī. Assistant of Lavaṅga-latā. [japa]
Śyāmasundara: Robert Gorman?
Prabhupāda: [japa]
Śyāmasundara: Vyāsatīrtha dāsa.
Prabhupāda: You know the rules and regulation?
Robert: No meat-eating, no sex life, no intoxication, no gambling.
Prabhupāda: And how many rounds you have to chant?
Robert: At least sixteen.
Prabhupāda: Thank you. Hmm?
Śyāmasundara: Katherine. Katherine?
Prabhupāda: No, no.
Śyāmasundara: Oh. Vyāsa...
Prabhupāda: Vyāsatīrtha, one of the ācāryas in our sampradāya.
Robert: Vyāsatīrtha?
Prabhupāda: Vyāsatīrtha. Remember; don't forget. [laughter]
Śyāmasundara: Katherine?
Prabhupāda: [japa] Very good.
Śyāmasundara: Kālavinka dāsī. Kālavinka dāsī?
Prabhupāda: Kalā.
Śyāmasundara: Kalāvinka.
Prabhupāda: Kalāvinka?
Śyāmasundara: Kalānvinka.
Prabhupāda: There is no such name. All right, give her name Kalāvatī. So your name is Kalāvatī dāsī. Take this. You know the rules and regulation?
Kalāvatī: Yes, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. Come on. Don't take...
Śyāmasundara: Dirk?
Prabhupāda: What is name?
Śyāmasundara: Dattātreya dāsa. Dattātreya.
Prabhupāda: You know the rules and regulation? What are they?
Dirk: No meat-eating, no intoxicants, no gambling and no illicit sex.
Prabhupāda: That's nice. So you are Dattātreya dāsa. Dattātreya dāsa, an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, Dattātreya. Hare Kṛṣṇa. So, ārati begin. Bhaja bhakata-vatsala? [japa] [end]