Śrī Īśopaniṣad, Mantra 8 – May 12, 1970, Los Angeles
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Sri Isopanisad, Mantra 8
- May 12, 1970, Los Angeles 700512IP-Los Angeles [15:21 Minutes]
Prabhupada: [japa]
om purnam adah purnam idam
purnat purnam udacyate purnasya purnam adaya purnam evavasisyate isavasyam idam sarvam
yat kinca jagatyam jagat tena tyaktena bhunjitha ma grdhah kasya svid dhanam kurvann eveha karmani
jijivisec chatam samah evam tvayi nanyatheto 'sti na karma lipyate nare asurya nama te loka
andhena tamasavrtah tams te pretyabhigacchanti ye ke catma-hano janah anejad ekam manaso javiyo
nainad deva apnuvan purvam arsat tad dhavato 'nyan atyeti tisthat tasminn apo matarisva dadhati tad ejati tan naijati
tad dure tad v antike tad antar asya sarvasya tad u sarvasyasya bahyatah yas tu sarvani bhutany
atmany evanupasyati sarva-bhutesu catmanam tato na vijugupsate yasmin sarvani bhutany
atmaivabhud vijanatah tatra ko mohah kah soka ekatvam anupasyatah Again repeat. [break]
sa paryagac chukram akayam avranam
asnaviram suddham apapa-viddham kavir manisi paribhuh svayambhur yathatathyato 'rthan vyadadhac chasvatibhyah samabhyah [repeats verse]
This verse is little difficult, [chuckles] so chant and it will come, yes. Abhyasa-yogena. Abhyasa-yogena. Arjuna said that "It is impossible for me," so Krsna said, abhyasa-yogena. Abhyasa-yogena means practicing repeated. Abhyasa-yogena. So everything is possible by abhyasa-yoga. Yoga..., you have heard the name of yoga; practicing is also yoga. Abhyasa-yoga-yuktena cetasa nanya-gamina [Bg 8.8], one who practice.
One who practices continually and does not allow the mind to go anywhere, he becomes successful.
[continues chanting verse, correcting pronunciation]
sa paryagac chukram akayam avranam
asnaviram suddham apapa-viddham kavir manisi paribhuh svayambhur yathatathyato 'rthan vyadadhac chasvatibhyah samabhyah Try to chant.
Again.
So you try to understand the meaning.
Sah-that person; paryagat-must know in fact; sukram-the omnipotent; akayam-unembodied; avranam-without any reproach; asnaviram-without any veins; suddham-antiseptic; apapa-viddham-prophylactic; kavih-omniscient; manisi-philosopher; paribhuh-the greatest of all; svayambhuh-self-sufficient; yathatathyatah-just in pursuance of; arthan-desirables; vyadadhat-awards; sasvatibhyah-immemorial; samabhyah-time.
So this verse, you'll read what is important. "Such person must know in fact the greatest of all, who is unembodied, omniscient..." That is the distinction between God and ourself. We are embodied. This body is different from me; therefore when I leave this body, this body becomes "Dust thou art, dust thou..." That "thou" means this body. I am not dust; I am spirit soul.
So Krsna is not embodied. He has no difference between His body and His soul. His soul and body, the same. He does not change His body, because He hasn't got material body. And because He does not change body, He remembers everything. We change body; therefore we do not remember what had happened in our last birth. We have forgotten who was...
Just like even in sleep, when we forget our body, we forget our all, I mean to say, environments. While sleeping or dreaming, you are in a dreamland. You don't remember even that you have got this body. Every day, every night, this is being experienced. Because this body..., I'm not body. The body becomes tired. It sleeps or it is inactive. But as I am, I work, I dream, I go somewhere, I fly or I go, I create another kingdom, another body, another environment. This we experience every day, every night. It is not difficult to understand.
Similarly, in every life we create a different environment. In this life I may think I am Indian; you may think you are American. Or next life, a different position. Next life, I may not be American, or I may not be Indian. And if I..., even I, I become American, I may not be a man; I may be a cow or bull. Then I am sent to the slaughterhouse. You see? This is going on.
This is the problem. Always changing body. Bhutva bhutva praliyate [Bg 8.19]. It is serious position. We should very..., take this life very seriously, that "I'm changing my body life after life. I have no fixed position. I do not know where I am put within these 8,400,000 species of life. So I must make a solution." And that solution is...
Krsna says, yad gatva na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama [Bg 15.6]. Mam upetya kaunteya duhkhalayam asasvatam, napnuvanti mahatmanah [Bg 8.15] If anyone, some way or other, by developing Krsna consciousness, he comes to Me, he hasn't got any more to go back and accept a material body." He gets the same body as Krsna, sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah [Bs 5.1].
So we should very seriously execute this Krsna consciousness-without any deviation, very seriously. We should not be neglectful, that this is a fashion or something imposed. No. This is the most important function. Human life is meant sim ply for developing Krsna consciousness. He has no other business. But unfortunately, we have created so many engagements so that we forget Krsna consciousness. This is called maya. This is called maya.
We are forgetting our real business. We are engaged in different..., so many businesses. Misleaders. Andha yathandhair upaniyamanah [SB 7.5.31]. The rascal, blind leaders are leading to hell. Te 'pisa tantryam uru-damni-baddhah. All of them are tied up by the stringent rules and regulation of the material nature, and they have become leader. They do not like any authority. This is called maya. This is called maya. They are being misled; still they are following that. This is called maya.
So try, some way or other, you have come in contact with Krsna. So catch Him very tightly. Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te [Bg 7.14]. If you catch very tightly Krsna's lotus feet, then maya will not be able to do any harm.
Thank you very...
Devotees: Jaya. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Prabhupada: Chant Hare Krsna. Govinda adi-purusam.
Devotees: Hare Krsna. [end]
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