SRI ISOPANISAD

Mantra Two

1. Verse: Idea is that if we act as described in Mantra one we will be unentangled, and
life will be very nice.

2. Purport: Para 1: Life is hard, and we are inclined to become entangled.

3. Para 2: But in the human form we have the opportunity to get free from all this. But
we have to be careful, as there are 3 types of work we may become involved in, and they
have 3 different types of results:

Karma
Akarma
Vikarma

Most people would prefer karma, as that will elevate one to higher material levels.

4. Para 3: Akarma is better, as one will become freed from the whole cycle of material
existance.

5. Para 4: There is no harm in being materially good (altruism, socialism, nationalism,

humanitarianism), but those good activities should be done for Krsna.

6. Para 5: In Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna makes the point that the result of such Krsna
conscious activities is so great that they can save one from the greatest type of fear:

a) If one does a small amount of Krsna conscious activity (eg take prasad) one can be
guaranteed a human birth
b) If one is trying to serve Krsna but one has some major difficulty one simply needs to
continue with one's devotional service and one will be quickly reinstated. (BG 9.30)

Therefore the devotee does not feel that there is an urgent need to get out of the material
world. He will stay and serve Lord Krsna: Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu said na dhanam,
na janam ..... Srila Narottama dasa Thakura said: tandera carana sevi ........

7. Para 6: If one does one's materially good activities in this spirit one will be doing
karma yoga, which is recommended in Bhagavad-gita.