Diksa or Second/Brahminical Initiation Mantra - Left Ear or Right Ear?
In ISKCON Srila Prabhupada consistently initiated (diksa or second/brahminical initiation) his disciples by speaking the mantra through the RIGHT ear. As far as I understand the confusion comes from the following texts, from the Fourth Canto, The Creation of the Fourth Order - Chapter 25: The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Purañjana, and purports. " ŚB 4.25.51 देवहूर्नाम पुर्या द्वा उत्तरेण पुरञ्जन: । राष्ट्रमुत्तरपञ्चालं याति श्रुतधरान्वित: ॥ ५१ ॥ devahūr nāma puryā dvā uttareṇa purañjanaḥ rāṣṭram uttara-pañcālaṁ yāti śrutadharānvitaḥ Synonyms devahūḥ — of the name Devahū ; nāma — as it was called ; puryāḥ — of the city ; dvāḥ — gate ; uttareṇa — on the northern side ; purañjanaḥ — King Purañjana ; rāṣṭram — country ; uttara — northern ; pañcālam — of the name Pañcāla ; yāti — used to go ; śruta - dhara - anvitaḥ — with his friend Śrutadhara . Translation On the northern side was the gate named Devahū. Through that gate, King Purañjana used to go with his ...
