Tamala Krsna: Gandhi was born in . . .?
Prabhupada: Gandhi is a Gujarati.
Tamala Krsna: But he went to South Africa.
Prabhupada: Yes. South Af . . . he has no practice here. One attorney, he told me in Bombay that, "Your Gandhi was waiting for cases here, sitting in this chair." He was not even successful lawyer. Then he got a case in Africa. He thought it wise, "Let me go there." And there, instead of becoming a lawyer, he became a political agitator. So to take equal status for the Indians he fought there. And that was failure. Still it is going on. They are very determined not to give any advantage to anyone except these whites.
Hari-sauri: They know as soon as they give little, little leeway, then their whole government will be finished.
Prabhupada: Very strict. Still, they purchase my books.
Brahmananda: The whites.
Prabhupada: . . . (indistinct)
Brahmananda: They were . . . I think the first time you went there they even were bowing down . . .
Prabhupada: Yes.
Brahmananda: . . . in the airport. And this caused big sensation, because never, even when big Indian gurus have come to South Africa, never have any whites bowed down. It was the first time that whites bowed down to . . .
Prabhupada: They clapped. After hearing me they clapped. They purchased books. Now they are selling books. So I think my books are more important. We shall give more concentration for pushing on and publishing. What do you think?
Tamala Krsna: Yes. That is our weapons. They are our strength, they are our guidance and they are our ammunition. Everything is based on these books. Everything. We so . . .
Prabhupada: One Ameri . . . Indian, a very learned scholar in Chandigarh, he has given very good certificate. What is that?
Satsvarupa: He said that, "There have been many commentaries on the Bhagavad-gita, including Ramanuja, Madhva and Sankara, and then," he said: "Tilak and Gandhi, but of all of them the commentary by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is the greatest commentary." Punjab University. Then and he said later that, "In this suffering mankind, God has sent His Holiness A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami."