Prabhupada Podcast

A class on Sri Isopanisad Mantras 1-4 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on May 6, 1970 in Los Angeles, CA. Sri Isopanisad Mantra 1 īśāvāsyam idam sarvaṁ yat kiñca jagatyāṁ jagat tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong. Sri Isopanisad Mantra 2 kurvann eveha karmāṇi jijīviṣec chataṁ samāḥ evaṁ tvayi nānyatheto 'sti na karma lipyate nare One may aspire to live for hundreds of years if he continuously goes on working in that way, for that sort of work will not bind him to the law of karma. There is no alternative to this way for man. Sri Isopanisad Mantra 3 asuryā nāma te lokā andhena tamasāvṛtāḥ tāṁs te pretyābhigacchanti ye ke cātma-hano janāḥ The killer of the soul, whoever he may be, must ente