Prabhupāda: Yes. Oṁ bhur bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt. This Gāyatrī, this is called.
Allen Ginsberg: In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa says, "Among poetic meters, I am Gāyatrī."
Prabhupāda: Yes. Gāyatrī is the origin of Vedic knowledge. Without Gāyatrī, nobody is accepted as competent to study. That is the beginning, spiritual master, dvija, second birth. First birth by the father and mother, second birth by the spiritual master, father, and mother, Gāyatrī.
Allen Ginsberg: Do you teach Gāyatrī mantra to your disciples also?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Not in the beginning. When they are little advanced.
Śyāma dasi: Prabhupāda, can you tell me what you want for prasādam today?
Prabhupāda: Yes. The same.