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Continued from previous page… When he realizes the authority of the Personality of Godhead—Vasudeva, or Krishna—it is to be understood that he has attained the stage of positive knowledge. In this purified stage the modes of nature—namely goodness, passion and ignorance—cannot act, and he is able to work on the...

Continued from previous page... Srila Prabhupada explains why the Supreme Lord is described as antiseptic and prophylactic. Purports to Mantra 8 ends here. In Manra 9 discusses vidya and avidya. In Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.5.30-31) it is stated that those who are captivated by the temporary beauties of the external energy forget...

Continued from previous page... Sri Isopanishad instructs us not to make one-sided attempts to win the struggle for existence. Everyone is struggling hard for existence, but the laws of material nature are so hard and fast that they do not allow anyone to surpass them. In order to attain...

Continued from previous page… Srlia Prabhupada's purport to Mantra 3 ends on this page. Mantra 4 mentions about the Personality of Godhead and His energies. Such materialistic asuras sometimes make a show of religion, but their ultimate aim is material prosperity. The Bhagavad-gita (16.17-18) rebukes such men by calling them atma-sambhavita, meaning...

Continued from previous page... Purports to Mantra 5 ends on this page. Mantra 6 starts with describing maha-bhagvata devotees of the Supreme Lord. When the child saint Prahlada Maharaja was in the presence of his atheist father, his father asked him, "Where is your God?" When Prahlada replied that God...

Continued from previous page... The cow, for instance, gives milk, but she does not drink that milk: she eats grass and straw, and her milk is designated as food for human beings. Such is the arrangement of the Lord. Thus we should be satisfied with those things He has...

Continued from previous page...  Above the madhyama-adhikari is the uttama-adhikari, who sees everything in relation to the Supreme Lord. Such a devotee does not discriminate between an atheist and a theist but sees everyone as part and parcel of God. He knows that there is no essential difference between...

Continued from previous page... The culture of vidya summarized. Purport to Mantra 11 ends on this page. That is the result of the advancement of material knowledge and the neglect of the most important part of life, the culture of spiritual knowledge. Sri Isopanishad herein warns that we must not...

Continued from previous page... Purports to Mantra 7 ends here with a note that godless civilization ends in lamentation. Mantra 8 starts with description of Lord's transcendental body. We are all meant to join Him and enjoy life with one transcendental interest and without any clash. That is the highest...

Continued from previous page... Srila Prabhupada clarifies what the Vedic scriptures mean when they talk about the spiritual souls' oneness with the Supreme Lord.   MANTRA 7 TRANSLATION. One who always sees all living entities as spiritual sparks, in quality one with the Lord, becomes a true knower of things. What, then,...