Morning Walk Conversation
with His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
March 13, 1975, Iran

Prabhupada: …imam rajarsayo vidhuh. Rajarsayah, it means the saintly kings. These… Bhagavad-gita it is said, in the Fourth Chapter, it is meant for the saintly kings, because if the king is saintly, and if he understands the philosophy of life, then he can turn the whole picture. Hare Krsna. Where is the palace? That is the palace?

Atreya Rsi: That is the palace.

Prabhupada: Oh. Very nice.

Atreya Rsi: The inside is full of gold.

Prabhupada: Heaps? Some… Huh? Full of gold.

Atreya Rsi: Gold, yes. (laughter)

Prabhupada: So in Iran there is gold mine? No.

Atreya Rsi: There is some, yes. Iran has the richest copper mines, oil, richest oil, the second in the world, the…

Prabhupada: Who is the first?

Atreya Rsi: Saudia Arabia. But we have gas, natural gas, the richest. It’s so easy to take out this oil and gas. So easy, like…, easier than gold.

Prabhupada: Yes. And it is more valuable than gold.

Atreya Rsi: Yes. And then they have many, many minerals… (end)