20220804 ISKCON Pravartaka Prāṇa-pratiṣṭha Utsava Address

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
hariḥ oṁ tat sat

Jayapatākā Swami: Dear devotees, there is a special announcement! We are going to have many ceremonies now with regard to installation of the Deities. But along with that there is a program after that. The Lord is incarnating and coming from Godhead, He is coming in the arcā-vigraha form. Therefore, we don’t have any qualification to see the Lord, therefore He comes in such a form, arcā-vigraha so we can see Him. Now, once the Lord is installed, then we have to do many ceremonies in front of Him. On one side there will be worship done by the priests and on the other side you will all take darśana of the Lord. If you all pray with your hearts for the Lord to come, He will surely listen to your prayer. This way, this temple has been created with lot of hope. They already have Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva, Subhadrā, Sudarśana cakra here and now we will have Nitāi Gaura, Rādhā Kuñjabihārī Lalitā Viśākhā Deities will be installed. This way, today we are going to do the netronmilana ceremony now.

His Holiness Bhakti Vijaya Bhāgavata Swami is making arrangements for you to get Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam sets with my blessings. Where Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is there in that house, where you worship the Deities, where you have kṛṣṇa-prasāda, the Yamadūtas will not come there. You will chant Kṛṣṇa’s names, eat kṛṣṇa-prasāda and read Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Anyway, now there will be many ceremonies today and tomorrow will be prāṇa-pratiṣṭha. You will all pray that the Lord comes.

I heard that my books are there and have been brought here from Māyāpur which you can all get for Rs. 1,000 which was Rs. 1,500, one set, Rs. 500 discount! I did not get any books...