Morning Walk Conversation Prabhupada: …no woman can… [break] So I took it very a cheap price. There was no question of woman. I kept my office there. And the address was Multani temple. It is a temple. Multani temple, Grant Road. And in my retired life my office was there, Radha-Krsna temple and Delhi, Chippiwada. And my residence was Radha- Damodara temple. And before that, that Kesi Ghata. Who has seen that? You have…? Devotee: Oh yes. Prabhupada: That was also temple. Yes. Indian devotee: Krsna has arranged. Indian devotee: Very nice side, Prabhupada. Prabhupada: I lived in that house for seven years. And then I came to Radha-Damodara temple. Devotee: (indistinct) Prabhupada: Which way? [break] …stayed in that Radha-Krsna temple, Malliks. And still I am living in temple. So Krsna has arranged nicely, from the beginning of my life, temple. Which way? This way? [break] Medhi, this is called medhi, this rod, center. So the, the bull is bound up with it and he goes round, goes around. All day. So grhamedhi means center is home, and he goes round. Throughout the whole life. They are called grhamedhis. Hrdayananda: This is called medhi. Prabhupada: Medhi, yes. Another medhi means killing. So one who keeps himself in household life, he kills himself. Killing, Grhamedhi. And that is little long term meaning. But this is the direct meaning. The medhi rod is there, and he simply… He’s very busy. Busy means within few feet. But he’s thinking he’s very busy. Anyone got, he has got home, and he’s simply rounding about. Anywhere you go. The center is that. And what is that grha? Where? Which way? Bhavananda: This way, Srila Prabhupada. Prabhupada: Na grham grham ity ahur grhini grham ucyate. The grham, house, is not actually grha. Grha means the wife. Grhini grham ucyate na grham grham ity ahuh. Grhini grham ucyate. So to become householder means one must have a wife. So actually round the wife. Grhamedhi. Round the wife. And what is wife means, everyone knows. It means round that thing. Is that good analysis? Devotees: Jaya. Prabhupada: Na grham grham ucyate. [break] …explain. It is not my manufacture. What is said? Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi, yan maithunadi-grhamedhi, yan maithunadi-grhamedhi… [break] …tuccham. The grhamedhi’s happiness, what is that happiness? Maithunadi. Sex. Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham. Grhamedhi-sukham [SB 7.9.45]. Those who are grhamedhis”, what is their happiness? Sex. That’s all. Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham. And what is that sex? Kanduyanena karayor iva duhkha-duhkham. It is itching between the two hands. Kanduyanena kara. But the, after that itching, there is very bad effect. Kanduyanena karayor iva duhkha-duhkham. That is unhappiness. Therefore trpyanti neha krpana bahu-duhkha-bhajah. Those who are krpanah, they are not satisfied. They want to do it… (end of recording)
with His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
March 5, 1974, Mayapura