Speech Reversals of The Kaviraj

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    Now we will hear some of the reversals of someone who could be considered to be the most impartial of anyone recorded on these tape—the doctor, known in Hindi as the Kaviraj. This doctor was brought to Vrindavana from Calcutta and treated Srila Prabhupada for only the last month or so of his life. Prior to that time he was not present. He practiced Ayurvedic medicine, a discipline derived from the Vedas, and vastly different from Western allopathic medicine. Although he speaks Hindi almost entirely on the tapes, the Kaviraj did speak some English and select English words can be found in his speech here and there.

    It is most interesting to find English speech reversals of the Kaviraj’s forward Hindi speech. This phenomena has been noted in many bilingual people, and it is not too uncommon to hear isolated words of other languages in the reversals of non-bilingual people. In this same way we have also heard English reversals on Srila Prabhupada's, or Bhakti Caru's forward Hindi or Bengali speech.

    We begin with reversals which express the Kaviraj’s shock, distress and concern, and continue on to reversals which indicate the Kaviraj’s full knowledge of the poisoning activity and then his actual complicity. Since all of the forward speech of the Kaviraj is in Hindi or Bengali and there is no translation and I have not shown any forward speech to correspond to the reversals.
 

A simple expression of his angst.

These reversals indicate that the kaviraj is distressed and in shock about what is going on. These reversals were found on tapes that cover a range of dates from the 31st of October through November 10th, indicating that he just could not get over what was going on, and that the shock and dismay goes on for days. On these tapes Tamal Krishna states how he saw the Kavi in the courtyard with his head in his hands totally distraught. These reversals confirm that he was indeed distraught but not simply because Srila Prabhupada was dying, but because of the fact that he had learned that Prabhupada was being done in by his disciples. This information is clearly conveyed in the speech reversals below which indicate that the Kavi had conscious knowledge of the foul play, that his values are compromised, and that he hiding this information because he has apparently been threatened, or bribed, or both.

Apparently a reference to the following foul man (men). This man is supposed to be a servant, which would mean he is referring to Prabhupada's disciples.

He cries for the foul men to get the reaction for their deeds immediately.

Soap is a Reverse Speech metaphor for herbs or medications. The Kavi indicates that he can or wants to heal Srila Prabhupada with his medications.

This reversal comes up in the Kavi’s conversation with Bhakti Caru. Either the Kaviraj finds himself in a hellish situation and this is self-talk, or he is condemning the conspirators with a comment on their future.

Pa is a metaphor meaning father which is heard often and which refers to Srila Prabhupada in all cases. He is the guru or spiritual father of all these men. This reversal confirms that Srila Prabhupada’s illness was "created" and not of natural causes.

These reversals were 1-2 seconds apart, but were combined in this wave file for convenience of listening.  The fact that this reversal shows up amidst other reversals about foul play would indicate that he saw something which was significant. Whatever the Kavi saw made someone extremely angry, as it must have implicated them in the foul play. The very next reversal confirms that he saw something being hidden, and the reversals below indicate that this led to a threat.

This reversal may be self-talk in which the word "you" may be a reference to himself. This understanding conforms with the preceding reversal.

Pressuring him into complicity. The use of a plural pronoun is often found in Reverse Speech in reference to oneself, and does not necessarily indicate multiple people, although it may. My sense here is that "us" refers to the Kaviraj himself.

The Kaviraj again confirms that he is helping the conspirators, but he is in grief about it, as expressed with the word "cry."

This is consistent with the reversal about hiding the muck given shortly below. This reversal indicates that some justification for the poisoning was given and that it was meant to remain a secret from the general public.
    Pranam means to show reverence or respect. Poisoning Prabhupada was a secret way to show reverence? They may have tried to explain their way out of it in this manner, perhaps telling the Kaviraj that Srila Prabhupada had requested something to "make him disappear" but that this had to be kept a secret. This would be consistent with what Tamal had told Satsvarupa in an interview after the funeral ceremonies were performed, although in that interview Tamal had said that the request was denied out of "love."  The combined speech reversals reveal that this was no mercy killing but the most heinous crime.

He is unable to deal with the situation; "close the door" is a metaphor meaning to emotionally withdraw, or to close the door on attempts to rectify the situation.

Muck is a Reverse Speech metaphor which refers to foul play or doing physical harm; as we have seen, the metaphor muck is heard repeatedly throughout the tapes. The all-pervading nature of this metaphor is conclusive proof that Srila Prabhupada was being poisoned. The Kaviraj confirms here that he is either hiding the poison directly, or is hiding his knowledge of the poisoning, as confirmed in the next reversal.

The Kaviraj is telling himself that he must not reveal this foul play. Why? Future reversals indicate that he was threatened. See below.

This is a significant reversal which indicates that the truth was something to be found, or in other words it was hidden! He apparently didn’t go snooping around but accidentally discovered it as indicated in the above speech reversal "Him furious/me seen him; he did it."

"To sell crop" metaphorically means to practice his craft, to be a physician, that is how he earns his livelihood. To state that he will not bleed to earn his livelihood tells us that he was threatened with bodily harm (he would bleed). He has been the attending physician and upon learning of the poisoning he has apparently been threatened into playing along, apparently treating the dying patient. The fact that he is aware of what is going on, and being threatened into playing along is what is creating the stress mentioned in the first few reversals cited above.

Was he bribed? This reversal seems to indicate that possibility and together with the next reversal creates a reasonable indication that this was so. Bribery of some sort or another has somehow made him more than pacified.

This self-talk shows an emotional conflict. The Kavi had apparently taken a vow of dharma or proper living, and was known to be a strict Vaishnava, that being one of his qualifications to treat Srila Prabhupada. His complicity appears to be in conflict with that vow as indicated by the word "but."  Undoubtedly he incurred a sinful reaction for his complicity as he is reported to have become a very materialistic person. Unfortunately he has passed away before now and taken his knowledge of this crime to the grave with him.

This self-talk of the Kavi seems to be a protest that he cannot be dismissed or disregarded easily.

Self-explanatory. Meaning just as in forward speech.

Confirmation of the above angst. He is caught up into something that he is powerless to rectify.

This is a very clear confirmation of the above reversal "they make a sick pa." "They" have made a problem which will lead to death.

Apparently someone is being less than sincere in their display of concern for Srila Prabhupada. He indicates that the one who cried the most is the biggest cheat. An expose of the hypocrisy of the conspirators.

Others are apparently oblivious to what he sees and knows.

Recognizing that no healing is taking place the Kaviraj desires to do so. In his speech reversals the Kaviraj expresses desire to heal Srila Prabhupada throughout all of the tapes analyzed. He has a sincere desire to do so, but he knows that he will not be successful.

Bribery, collusion, coercion, deception, and murder. Something is very rotten in Vrindavana.

   The Kaviraj was a new person on the scene, late in October of 1977 and was brought in to treat Prabhupada as so many other doctors had done. Fortunately we have his words on tape and they contribute to the terrible picture through their speech reversals. We have seen the development of an innocent man who is made to be an accomplice to this underhanded activity through threats and bribery. This leads us to wonder how the other physicians who earlier examined Prabhupada were treated.

   Next we will hear the speech reversals of a sincere and surrendered disciple Lokanath Swami. They will give a sharp contrast to the speech reversals of the other "disciples" already heard.

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