1970 - Prabhupada

Acid Free Copy#25-3Sannyasa InitiationLos Angeles, February, 1970Prabhupada: Anyad ahur ... What is the next sloka?Devotees: Vidyam cavidyam ca yas tad vedobhayam saha, (Prabhupadawith devotees) avidyaya mrtyum tirtva vidyayamrtam asnute. Andhamtamah pravisanti ye 'sambhutim upasate, tato bhuya iva te tamo yau sambhutyam ratah.Anyad evahuh sambhavad anyad ahur asambhavat,iti susruma dhiranam ye nas tad vicacaksire.So today is a specialfunction day.Some of our advanced students, they're accepting therenounced order of life.First of all, one of our students, KirtananandaBrahmacari, he was offered when I was in India, Vrndavana,in Janmastami day he was offered this sannyasa order in the Radha­Damodara temple.Similarly, here we have got also Radha-Krsna temple.There is no difference betv1een Radha-Damodara temple and Radha-Krsnatemple.So we postponed this to be held on the Janmastami day atNew Vrndavana, but by some reason we are now postponing to go there,and we have decided to perform this L:nction here.And I am veryglad that we are all present.Now, this sannyasa mantra should bestudied very seriously and we shall chant this mantra after the regularfunction.Especially those who are accepting the sannyasa order,they should try to understand the import of this important mantra.The import of this important mantra especially is that, as we ?rohibitseveral things during ordinary initiation, just like no illicitsex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling, similarly thereare many no's in accepting the sannyasa order. Especially meat ...not meat-eating, mating. And politics. If we remain in the material-