A class on Sri Isopanisad given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on April 29, 1970 in Los Angeles, CA.

A class on given on Govardhana Puja day by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on November 4, 1966 in New York, NY.

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 enter into the planets known as the worlds of the faithless, full of darkness and ignorance.

Sri Isopanisad Mantra 4

anejad ekaṁ manaso javīyo

nainad devā āpnuvan pūrvam arṣat

tad dhāvato 'nyān atyeti tiṣṭhat

tasminn apo mātariśvā dadhāti

Although fixed in His abode, the Personality of Godhead is swifter than the mind and can overcome all others running. The powerful demigods cannot approach Him. Although in one place, He controls those who supply the air and rain. He surpasses all in excellence.

A class on the Invocation to Sri Isopanisad given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on April 27, 1970 in Los Angeles, CA.

Sri Isopanisad Invocation

oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ

pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate

pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya

pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate

The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance.

A class on the Invocation to Sri Isopanisad given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on April 26, 1970 in Los Angeles, CA.

Sri Isopanisad Invocation

oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ

pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate

pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya

pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate

The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.28 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on April 17, 1974 in Mumbai, India.

Bhagavad Gita 4.28

dravya-yajñās tapo-yajñā

yoga-yajñās tathāpare

svādhyāya-jñāna-yajñāś ca

yatayaḥ saṁśita-vratāḥ

Having accepted strict vows, some become enlightened by sacrificing their possessions, and others by performing severe austerities, by practicing the yoga of eightfold mysticism, or by studying the Vedas to advance in transcendental knowledge.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.27 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on April 16, 1974 in Mumbai, India.

Bhagavad Gita 4.27

sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi

prāṇa-karmāṇi cāpare

ātma-saṁyama-yogāgnau

juhvati jñāna-dīpite

Others, who are interested in achieving self-realization through control of the mind and senses, offer the functions of all the senses, and of the life breath, as oblations into the fire of the controlled mind.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.26 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on April 15, 1974 in Mumbai, India.

Bhagavad Gita 4.26

śrotrādīnīndriyāṇy anye

saṁyamāgniṣu juhvati

śabdādīn viṣayān anya

indriyāgniṣu juhvati

Some [the unadulterated brahmacārīs] sacrifice the hearing process and the senses in the fire of mental control, and others [the regulated householders] sacrifice the objects of the senses in the fire of the senses.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.25 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on April 14, 1974 in Mumbai, India.

Bhagavad Gita 4.25

daivam evāpare yajñaṁ

yoginaḥ paryupāsate

brahmāgnāv apare yajñaṁ

yajñenaivopajuhvati

Some yogīs perfectly worship the demigods by offering different sacrifices to them, and some offer sacrifices in the fire of the Supreme Brahman.

A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.24 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on April 13, 1974 in Mumbai, India.

Bhagavad Gita 4.24

brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir

brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam

brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ

brahma-karma-samādhinā

A person who is fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is sure to attain the spiritual kingdom because of his full contribution to spiritual activities, in which the consummation is absolute and that which is offered is of the same spiritual nature.