Svarūpa Dāmodara: When I drove, so the stars were very shining in the sky very clear. (break)
Prabhupāda: Man-made rubbish. Although they have got machine. (break) What other things they can produce there?
Svarūpa Dāmodara: From sand?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: There is a compound that is called silicon carbide. That is, I think, it is very hard, as hard as diamond They make silicon carbide. I'm not sure but silicon carbide or tungsten carbide. They are used for cutting diamond. They are harder than diamond. Very strong, very hard. They combine this with carbon. It requires tremendous amounts of force to do this, high temperature, high pressure. (pause)
Prabhupāda: Anything eatables?
Svarūpa Dāmodara: (Laughs) No, not so far.
Brahmānanda: Future.
Prabhupāda: "In future." But God creates so many eatables from sand. Do you know?
Svarūpa Dāmodara: The smaller birds, they are eating something from sand?
Prabhupāda: No, even for man. The cantaloupe, watermelon, they are produced in sand in large quantity. Kharmuja. (Bengali)
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Lemons also.
Prabhupāda: Not lemon. Watermelon. These are the products of the desert, as well as dates. Just like these date trees can grow in sand. (pause)