Letters from Srila Prabhupada Vol.1 1947-1969 (in pdf) - Krishna Path

194 Letters fro m Srfla Prabhupada
finished as soon as possible; and whereever
necessary he may consult me by
mail. The first three vols. of S.B., completing
the first canto, may be published
in one vol . without the sanscrit, i.e. only
translation and purport. Similarly we can
publish the second canto in one vol., and
so on, one vol . per canto.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta
67-8-3
Vrindaban
3rd August, 1967
My dear Murari Das,
I am so glad to see your letter dated 7-
19-67. Both Kirtanananda and myself
reached safely on 14 July at Midnight, after
undergoing customs etc., we took
shelter at our temple in Delhi at about
3:00 a.m. Still we could not sleep all
night. Due to that, I became indisposed
and was obliged to stay there for three or
four extra days. I have now come to Vrindaban
on the 31st., and am staying at the
Radha Damodar Temple. You have inquired
about the import of Murari Das:
Murari is another name for Krishna;
therefore one who is pledged to become
the servant of Krishna is called Murari
Das. I am so glad you are playing music
for Krishna. It is a great service of your
talent. Anyone's special talent should be
engaged in the service of the Lord, and
thereby becomes successful in his life. I
think that you can go on playing on your
guitar and make it successful for Krishna
kirtan. You do not require to learn freshly
about sitar. We are not meant for learning
something new for the service of the Lord;
but we have to engage whatever talents we
have already got. Our life is short but any
type of education is great and long; so the
best part of valor is to utilize properly
whatever qualifications we have got for
the service of the Lord. If you think still
that you want a sitar, I will reqeust you to
make correspondence with Messrs
Dwarkin and Sons, Esplanade Calcutta.
Please convey my blessing to Lilavati,
who is so sincere in the service of the
Lord. Hare Krishna!
Your ever well-wisher,
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
My dear Mukunda,
Yesterday I have sent you a personal
note on the request of Vinod Kumar. If
immigration Visa's burdensome for the
Society, Then don't take the risk. I think to
get immigration Visa is very difficult and
therefore you may not unnecessarily involve
the society in it. Jte cannot pay him
any salary at the present moment or unless
we see his talents, I shall let you know
later on more about it. Hope you are well.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
67-8-4
New Yo rk
Vrindaban
4th August, 1967
My dear Brahmananda,
Please accept my blessings. I am in
due receipt of your letter dated 8/3/67.
Don't be afraid of my being attacked by
maya. When there is fight between two
belligerent parties, it is always expected
that there will sometimes be reverses.
Your country and the western world is
mostly under the grip of Maya and the
modes of nature in passion and ignorance,
and my declaration of war against the
maya is certainly a great battle. Maya saw
me very successful within one year, so
that I got so many sincere young flowers
like yourself and others, so it was a great
defeat to the activities of maya: western
country youngsters giving up illicit sex,
intoxication, meat eating and gambling is
certainly a great reverse in the activities of
maya. Therefore she took advantage of my
old age weakness and gave me a death