Prabhupada Podcast

Prabhupada Podcast

By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaReligion & Spirituality
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Prabhupada Podcast episodes

  • Bhagavad Gita 4.13 - April 2, 1974 - Mumbai
    A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.13 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on April 2, 1974 in Mumbai, India.
    Bhagavad Gita 4.13
    cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ
    guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ
    tasya kartāram api māṁ
    viddhy akartāram avyayam
    According to the three modes of material nature and the work associated with them, the four divisions of human society are created by Me. And although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the nondoer, being unchangeable.
    41 min
  • Bhagavad Gita 4.12 - April 1, 1974 - Mumbai
    A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.12 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on April 1, 1974 in Mumbai, India.
    Bhagavad Gita 4.12
    kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiṁ
    yajanta iha devatāḥ
    kṣipraṁ hi mānuṣe loke
    siddhir bhavati karma-jā
    Men in this world desire success in fruitive activities, and therefore they worship the demigods. Quickly, of course, men get results from fruitive work in this world.
    46 min
  • Bhagavad Gita 4.11 - March 31, 1974 - Mumbai
    A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.11 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on March 31, 1974 in Mumbai, India.
    Bhagavad Gita 4.11
    ye yathā māṁ prapadyante
    tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham
    mama vartmānuvartante
    manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
    As all surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā.
    41 min
  • Bhagavad Gita 4.10 - March 30, 1974 - Mumbai
    A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.10 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on March 30, 1974 in Mumbai, India.
    Bhagavad Gita 4.10
    vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhā
    man-mayā mām upāśritāḥ
    bahavo jñāna-tapasā
    pūtā mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ
    Being freed from attachment, fear and anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many, many persons in the past became purified by knowledge of Me – and thus they all attained transcendental love for Me.
    48 min
  • Bhagavad Gita 4.9 - March 29, 1974 - Mumbai
    A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.9 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on March 29, 1974 in Mumbai, India.
    Bhagavad Gita 4.9
    janma karma ca me divyam
    evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ
    tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma
    naiti mām eti so ’rjuna
    One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.
    42 min
  • Bhagavad Gita 4.8 - March 28, 1974 - Mumbai
    A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.8 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on March 28, 1974 in Mumbai, India.
    Bhagavad Gita 4.8
    paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ
    vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
    dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya
    sambhavāmi yuge yuge
    To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.
    42 min
  • Bhagavad Gita 4.7 - March 27, 1974 - Mumbai
    A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.7 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on March 27, 1974 in Mumbai, India.
    Bhagavad Gita 4.7
    yadā yadā hi dharmasya
    glānir bhavati bhārata
    abhyutthānam adharmasya
    tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham
    Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion – at that time I descend Myself.
    35 min
  • Bhagavad Gita 4.6 - March 26, 1974 - Mumbai
    A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.6 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on March 26, 1974 in Mumbai, India.
    Bhagavad Gita 4.6
    ajo ’pi sann avyayātmā
    bhūtānām īśvaro ’pi san
    prakṛtiṁ svām adhiṣṭhāya
    sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā
    Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all living entities, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form.
    44 min
  • Bhagavad Gita 4.5 - March 25, 1974 - Mumbai
    A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.5 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on March 25, 1974 in Mumbai, India.
    Bhagavad Gita 4.5
    śrī-bhagavān uvāca
    bahūni me vyatītāni
    janmāni tava cārjuna
    tāny ahaṁ veda sarvāṇi
    na tvaṁ vettha paran-tapa
    The Personality of Godhead said: Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot, O subduer of the enemy!
    31 min
  • Bhagavad Gita 4.4 - March 24, 1974 - Mumbai
    A class on Bhagavad Gita 4.4 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on March 24, 1974 in Mumbai, India.
    Bhagavad Gita 4.4
    arjuna uvāca
    aparaṁ bhavato janma
    paraṁ janma vivasvataḥ
    katham etad vijānīyāṁ
    tvam ādau proktavān iti
    Arjuna said: The sun-god Vivasvān is senior by birth to You. How am I to understand that in the beginning You instructed this science to him?
    38 min

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His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) is widely regarded as the worlds pre-eminent exponent of the teachings and practices of bhakti-yoga to the Western world. He is the Founder-Acharya (spiritual master) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a world-wide movement dedicated to the philosophy and practice of Krishna Consciousness.