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Strange Pronunciations in ISKCON

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Deena Bandhu Prabhu wrote:

 

> Everytime I passed thru NY I got the feeling that

> someone misunderstood the word laddu. Like some call evening aratika

> "sundar" instead of "sandhya" and used to sing nivedEna instead of

> nivedAna in Tulasi artika.

 

The one that gets me is in Tulasi artika, devotees singing, "seva adi koro

diye", instead of "sevA-adhikAra diye". The song is a prayer for sevA

adhikAra or, "qualification to do service", but with this mispronunciation

it becomes, "make me first in service" -- a rather strange request.

 

Das abhas, MD

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