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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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?