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A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.28-29 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 30, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.28 avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyakta-madhyāni bhārata avyakta-nidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation? Bhagavad Gita 2.29 āścarya-vat paśyati kaścid enam āścarya-vad vadati tathaiva cānyaḥ āścarya-vac cainam anyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpy enaṁ veda na caiva kaścit Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.26-27 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 29, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.26 atha cainaṁ nitya-jātaṁ nityaṁ vā manyase mṛtam tathāpi tvaṁ mahā-bāho nainaṁ śocitum arhasi If, however, you think that the soul [or the symptoms of life] will always be born and die forever, you still have no reason to lament, O mighty-armed. Bhagavad Gita 2.27 jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca tasmād aparihārye ’rthe na tvaṁ śocitum arhasi One who has taken his birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again. Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.25 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 28, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.25 avyakto ’yam acintyo ’yam avikāryo ’yam ucyate tasmād evaṁ viditvainaṁ nānuśocitum arhasi It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.23-24 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 27, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.23 nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ na cainaṁ kledayanty āpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind. Bhagavad gita 2.24 acchedyo ’yam adāhyo ’yam akledyo ’śoṣya eva ca nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur acalo ’yaṁ sanātanaḥ This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.21-22 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 26, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.21 vedāvināśinaṁ nityaṁ ya enam ajam avyayam kathaṁ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam O Pārtha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, eternal, unborn and immutable kill anyone or cause anyone to kill? Bhagavad Gita 2.22 vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.19-20 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 25, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.19 ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ yaś cainaṁ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate Neither he who thinks the living entity the slayer nor he who thinks it slain is in knowledge, for the self slays not nor is slain. Bhagavad Gita 2.20 na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śāśvato ’yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.18 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 24, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.18 antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ anāśino ’prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata The material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is sure to come to an end; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.16 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 22, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.16 nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ ubhayor api dṛṣṭo ’ntas tv anayos tattva-darśibhiḥ Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent [the material body] there is no endurance and of the eternal [the soul] there is no change. This they have concluded by studying the nature of both.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.15 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 21, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.15 yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛtatvāya kalpate O best among men [Arjuna], the person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.14 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 20, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.14 mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ āgamāpāyino ’nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.17 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 23, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.17 avināśi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam vināśam avyayasyāsya na kaścit kartum arhati That which pervades the entire body you should know to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy that imperishable soul.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.13 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 18, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.13 dehino ’smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.12 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 18, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.12 na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.11 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 17, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.11 śrī-bhagavān uvāca aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṁ prajñā-vādāṁś ca bhāṣase gatāsūn agatāsūṁś ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor for the dead.

A class on given on Radhastami day by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on September 18, 1969 in London.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.10 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 16, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.10 tam uvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasann iva bhārata senayor ubhayor madhye viṣīdantam idaṁ vacaḥ O descendant of Bharata, at that time Kṛṣṇa, smiling, in the midst of both the armies, spoke the following words to the grief-stricken Arjuna.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.9 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 15, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.9 sañjaya uvāca evam uktvā hṛṣīkeśaṁ guḍākeśaḥ paran-tapaḥ na yotsya iti govindam uktvā tūṣṇīṁ babhūva ha Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of enemies, told Kṛṣṇa, “Govinda, I shall not fight,” and fell silent.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.8 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 8, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.8 na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād yac chokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām avāpya bhūmāv asapatnam ṛddhaṁ rājyaṁ surāṇām api cādhipatyam I can find no means to drive away this grief which is drying up my senses. I will not be able to dispel it even if I win a prosperous, unrivaled kingdom on earth with sovereignty like the demigods in heaven.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.7 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August76, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.7 kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ brūhi tan me śiṣyas te ’haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of miserly weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me for certain what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 2.6 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 6, 1973 in London. Bhagavad Gita 2.6 na caitad vidmaḥ kataran no garīyo yad vā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ yān eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmas te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ Nor do we know which is better – conquering them or being conquered by them. If we killed the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, we should not care to live. Yet they are now standing before us on the battlefield.