Devotee: I have one question I wanted to ask you. In Hawaii you said that the ocean was necessary in order to make the rain fall on the land, as a reservoir for fresh water, and that the salt was there to preserve the water from becoming bad.
Prabhupāda: So?
Devotee: So such huge body of water is required?
Prabhupāda: Huh?
Devotee: The oceans cover how much of the earth?
Martin: Three-fifths.
Devotee: Three-fifths of the earth's surface is ocean water. So that much is required to water two-fifths land?
Prabhupāda: No. The ocean is gradually... Water is required. Water is required. In our India, if somebody spends extravagantly, so it is compared with water: "Oh, you are spending like water."