Prakriti ppt ISKCON

1. BHAGAVAD
GITA
5 M a i n topics of
B h a g a v a d Gita
Day 9 – P R A K R TI
(Nature)

2. SRILA PRABHUPADA
PRANAMA
Namaoḿ viṣṇu-pādāyakṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāyabhū-tale
Śrīmatebhaktivedānta-svāminiti nāmine
Namaste sārasvatedevegaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
Nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Translation
Ioffer myrespectful obeisances untoHisDivineGraceA. C.Bhaktivedanta
SwamiPrabhupāda,whois very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, havingtaken shelter
atHislotus feet.
Ourrespectful obeisances are unto you,Ospiritual master, servant of
Sarasvatī Gosvāmī.Youare kindly preaching the message of Lord
Caitanyadevaanddelivering theWestern countries, whicharefilledwith
impersonalism andvoidism

3. SRI PANCA TATTVA PRANAMA
(jaya)śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
prabhunityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara
śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
Srī CaitanyaMahāprabhu is always accompanied byHis plenary expansion Srī
NityānandaPrabhu,His incarnation Srī Advaita Prabhu,His internal potency Srī
GadādharaPrabhu,andHis marginalpotency Srīvāsa Prabhu.Heis inthemidstof
them as theSupremePersonality of Godhead

4. Śrī Gaurāṅga Praṇāma
namo mahā-vadānyāya
kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te
kṛṣṇāya
kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmne
gaura-tviṣe namaḥ
TRANSLATION
O most munificent incarnation! You are Kṛṣṇa Himself appearing as Srī Kṛṣṇa
Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Srīmatī
Rādhārāṇī, and You are widely distributing pure love of Kṛṣṇa. We offer our
respectful obeisances unto You.

5. SRI KṚṢṆA
PRANAMA
hekṛṣṇakaruṇā-sindhodīna-bandho
jagat-pate
gopeśa gopikā-kāntarādhā-kānta
namo'stute
OmydearKṛṣṇa,oceanof mercy, Youare
the friend of the distressed and thesource
of creation. Youare the master of the
cowherd menandthe lover of the gopīs,
especially Rādhārāṇī. Ioffer myrespectful
obeisances unto You.

6. SRI RADHA PRANAMA
tapta-kāñcana-gaurāńgirādhe
vṛndāvaneśvari
vṛṣabhānu-sutedevīpraṇamāmi
hari-priye
Ioffer myrespects toRādhārāṇī,
whose bodilycomplexionis like molten
gold andwho is the Queenof
Vṛndāvana.Youare the daughter of
King Vṛṣabhānu, andYouare very dear
toLord Kṛṣṇa.

7. HARE KRSNA MAHAMANTRA
HARE KṚṢṆA HARE KṚṢṆA
KṚṢṆA KṚṢṆA HARE HARE
HARE RĀMA HARE RĀMA
RĀMA RĀMA HARE HARE

8. Contents
Kamadhenu
STORY TIME SLOKA TIME
Sloka to memorise
from Bhagavad Gita
As It Is
Its fun time to
check what your
learnt
ACTIVITY TIME
1
PRAKRTI
2 3 4
What is Nature?
Who controls?
Song time !

9. PRAKRTI
NATURE
1

10. Prakrti is always under the
control of the Supreme lord,
whether Inferior or Superior.
Superior energy (Living entities)
Inferior energy (Material nature)
Both are predominated, contro¦ed
by the Supreme Lord.
PRAKRTI –NATURE

11. Material nature is separated
energy of the Supreme Lord.
Material nature is not
independent.
She is acting under the
directions of the Supreme Lord.
Material nature or Prakrti is
female and she is contro¦ed by
the Lord

12. Lord Krishna declares in the Bhagavad-gita as follows: "This
material nature is working under My direction."

13. 24 Elements of material existence
Creation of
the Supreme
Lord
Krishna is
the supreme
creator
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15. When we see brilliant things happening in the magnificent nature, we
ought to realize that behind this, Krishna is the Supreme controller.

17. SONG TIME

18. Krishna
is the
creator

19. The Sun,
the moon,
the stars
& the sky

20. The fish that swim,
the birds that fly…

21. The sandy beach’s

22. The
mountains
tall

23. Who made them
dear? Who made
them all?

24. Krishna is the
Creator of
big & small

25. The Creepers
the bushes,
the plants &
the trees

26. The beautiful flowers
the humming bees

27. The animals that walk,
the insects that crawl

28. Who made them
dear? Who made
them all?

29. Krishna is the
Creator of
big & small

30. Pleasing to
the heart,
attracting all

31. Krishna
is the
creator
of big
and
small

32. As Pearls are held upon a string
He holds together
everything

33. STORY TIME
2

34. Kamdhenu is a
divine cow.
She has the power
to fulfill all wishes.
She appeared
during the churning
of the ocean
Kamdhenu lived in
the ashram of Sage
Vasishta.

35. “Do you
have enough
food to fed
my army?”
“I have my
cow
Kamadhenu
to prepare a
big feast for
you and
your army”

36. “What will you do with the
cow in this forest? This cow
will be more useful to a king.
Give me this cow as a gift. ”
“No, I cannot give
Kamadhenu to you”
When Vashistha did not agree to his
demand, Viswamitra forcefully captured
the cow

37. Separated from the
sage who was like a
father to her, Nandini was
so sad that she ran away
from the king’s palace .
She went back to Sage
Vashishtha

38. Vishvamitra becomes a brahmarishi

39. Lord Krishna was called Gopala when he was a baby.
Gopala literally means “protector of cows”.
Cow protection is very important and synonymous to
protection of the Nature and spreading love and good
emotions all around.
Nanda Maharaja had 900,000 cows. Krishna
knew every cow by name. If any cow was
missing Krishna would immediately chase
after the missing cow and call her by name.

40. SLOKA TIME
3

41. Bhagavad Gita As It Is 2.17
etad-yonīni bhūtāni
sarvāṇīty upadhāraya
ahaṁ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ
prabhavaḥ pralayas tathā
Translation
All created beings have their source in these two natures.
Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world,
know for certain that I am both the origin and the
dissolution

42. 4
ACTIVITY
TIME

43. Supplies needed to make one paper
bag cow puppet
•Free printable template (the
download link is located at the
bottom of this post)
•Scissors
•Glue
•White paper bag
METHOD
•Print out the template and cut out
all of the pieces.
•Start gluing and feel free to copy or
rearrange those spots to be
wherever you would like
PAPER BAG COW PUPPET

45. HARI BOL!!!