Prabhupada Podcast

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.44 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 25, 1970 in Surat, India. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.44 sambhavanti hi bhadrāṇi  viparītāni cānaghāḥ kāriṇāṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sti  dehavān na hy akarma-kṛt O inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha, you are sinless, but those within this material world are all karmīs, whether acting piously or impiously. Both kinds of action are possible for them because they are contaminated by the three modes of nature and must act accordingly. One who has accepted a material body cannot be inactive, and sinful action is inevitable for one acting under the modes of material nature. Therefore all the living entities within this material world are punishable.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.42-43 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 24, 1970 in Surat, India. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.42 sūryo ’gniḥ khaṁ marud devaḥ  somaḥ sandhyāhanī diśaḥ kaṁ kuḥ svayaṁ dharma iti  hy ete daihyasya sākṣiṇaḥ The sun, fire, sky, air, demigods, moon, evening, day, night, directions, water, land and Supersoul Himself all witness the activities of the living entity. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.43 etair adharmo vijñātaḥ  sthānaṁ daṇḍasya yujyate sarve karmānurodhena  daṇḍam arhanti kāriṇaḥ The candidates for punishment are those who are confirmed by these many witnesses to have deviated from their prescribed regulative duties. Everyone engaged in fruitive activities is suitable to be subjected to punishment according to his sinful acts.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.41-42 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 23, 1970 in Surat, India. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.41 yena sva-dhāmny amī bhāvā  rajaḥ-sattva-tamomayāḥ guṇa-nāma-kriyā-rūpair  vibhāvyante yathā-tatham The supreme cause of all causes, Nārāyaṇa, is situated in His own abode in the spiritual world, but nevertheless He controls the entire cosmic manifestation according to the three modes of material nature — sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa. In this way all living entities are awarded different qualities, different names [such as brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya and vaiśya], different duties according to the varṇāśrama institution, and different forms. Thus Nārāyaṇa is the cause of the entire cosmic manifestation. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.42 sūryo ’gniḥ khaṁ marud devaḥ  somaḥ sandhyāhanī diśaḥ kaṁ kuḥ svayaṁ dharma iti  hy ete daihyasya sākṣiṇaḥ The sun, fire, sky, air, demigods, moon, evening, day, night, directions, water, land and Supersoul Himself all wi

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.40 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 22, 1970 in Surat, India. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.40 yamadūtā ūcuḥ veda-praṇihito dharmo  hy adharmas tad-viparyayaḥ vedo nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣāt  svayambhūr iti śuśruma The Yamadūtas replied: That which is prescribed in the Vedas constitutes dharma, the religious principles, and the opposite of that is irreligion. The Vedas are directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, and are self-born. This we have heard from Yamarāja.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.39-40 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 21, 1970 in Surat, India.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.38 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 20, 1970 in Surat, India. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.38 śrī-viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ yūyaṁ vai dharma-rājasya  yadi nirdeśa-kāriṇaḥ brūta dharmasya nas tattvaṁ  yac cādharmasya lakṣaṇam The blessed messengers of Lord Viṣṇu, the Viṣṇudūtas, said: If you are actually servants of Yamarāja, you must explain to us the meaning of religious principles and the symptoms of irreligion.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.34-39 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 19, 1970 in Surat, India.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.32-33 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 17, 1970 in Surat, India.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.27-34 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 16, 1970 in Surat, India.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.27 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 15, 1970 in Indore, India. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.27 sa evaṁ vartamāno ’jño  mṛtyu-kāla upasthite matiṁ cakāra tanaye  bāle nārāyaṇāhvaye When the time of death arrived for the foolish Ajāmila, he began thinking exclusively of his son Nārāyaṇa.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.22-25 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 13, 1970 in Indore, India.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.21 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on December 12, 1970 in Indore, India. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.21 kānyakubje dvijaḥ kaścid  dāsī-patir ajāmilaḥ nāmnā naṣṭa-sadācāro  dāsyāḥ saṁsarga-dūṣitaḥ In the city known as Kānyakubja there was a brāhmaṇa named Ajāmila who married a prostitute maidservant and lost all his brahminical qualities because of the association of that low-class woman.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.19 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on November 15, 1970 in Mumbai, India. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.19 sakṛn manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayor  niveśitaṁ tad-guṇa-rāgi yair iha na te yamaṁ pāśa-bhṛtaś ca tad-bhaṭān  svapne ’pi paśyanti hi cīrṇa-niṣkṛtāḥ Although not having fully realized Kṛṣṇa, persons who have even once surrendered completely unto His lotus feet and who have become attracted to His name, form, qualities and pastimes are completely freed of all sinful reactions, for they have thus accepted the true method of atonement. Even in dreams, such surrendered souls do not see Yamarāja or his order carriers, who are equipped with ropes to bind the sinful.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.14 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on November 6, 1970 in Mumbai, India. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.13-14 tapasā brahmacaryeṇa  śamena ca damena ca tyāgena satya-śaucābhyāṁ  yamena niyamena vā deha-vāg-buddhijaṁ dhīrā  dharmajñāḥ śraddhayānvitāḥ kṣipanty aghaṁ mahad api  veṇu-gulmam ivānalaḥ To concentrate the mind, one must observe a life of celibacy and not fall down. One must undergo the austerity of voluntarily giving up sense enjoyment. One must then control the mind and senses, give charity, be truthful, clean and nonviolent, follow the regulative principles and regularly chant the holy name of the Lord. Thus a sober and faithful person who knows the religious principles is temporarily purified of all sins performed with his body, words and mind. These sins are like the dried leaves of creepers beneath a bamboo tree, which may be burned by fire although their roots remain to grow again at the first opportunity.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.6 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on November 6, 1970 in Mumbai, India. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.6 adhuneha mahā-bhāga  yathaiva narakān naraḥ nānogra-yātanān neyāt  tan me vyākhyātum arhasi O greatly fortunate and opulent Śukadeva Gosvāmī, now kindly tell me how human beings may be saved from having to enter hellish conditions in which they suffer terrible pains.

A class on Caitanya Caritamrita Adi Lila 7.149-171 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on March 18, 1967 in San Francisco, CA.

A class on Caitanya Caritamrita Adi Lila 7.118-120 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on February 24, 1967 in San Francisco, CA.

A class on Caitanya Caritamrita Adi Lila 7.113-117 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on February 23, 1967 in San Francisco, CA.

A class on Caitanya Caritamrita Adi Lila 7.108 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on February 18, 1967 in San Francisco, CA.

A class on Caitanya Caritamrita Adi Lila 7.106-107 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on February 17, 1967 in San Francisco, CA.