Under the guidance, inspiration and authority of
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acharya of the Krishna Consciousness Movement

Srila Prabhupada: “I wish that each and every branch shall keep their separate identity and cooperate keeping the acharya in the center. On this principle we can open any number of branches all over the world. (Letter, February 11, 1967)

What does Srila mean??

Damaghosa dasa·May 17, 2019·0 comments

731221mw.la Conversations

Prabhupada: We get full sunshine. Yes.

Guest (1): Prabhupada, what is the meaning of the word Srila?

Prabhupada: Srila is… just like we say “Sri” to the ordinary person. And Srila to very respectable person.

Guest (1): La.

Prabhupada: La, yes. Sri means beauty, and la means lila. So “ONE WHO IS INVESTED WITH BOTH BEAUTY AND THE POWER TO UNDERSTAND THE LILA OF KRSNA.”