Before the class begins

Mangalacharan

Recited at the start of every class — obeisance to the guru-parampara before the reading of the Bhagavad-gita begins.

Hare Krishna everyone

Invocation

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ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya

Obeisance to Lord Vāsudeva

Śrī Guru Praṇāma

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Obeisance to Śrī Guru

Śrī Rūpa Praṇāma

śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam

Obeisance to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

Maṅgalācaraṇa

vande 'haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devam śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca

Obeisance to The guru-paramparā

Prayer to Lord Kṛṣṇa

he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho dīna-bandho jagat-pate gopeśa gopikā-kānta śrī rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te

Obeisance to Lord Kṛṣṇa

Śrī Rādhā Praṇāma

tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgi śrī rādhe vṛndāvaneśvari vṛṣabhānu-sute devi praṇamāmi hari-priye

Obeisance to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī

Vaiṣṇava Praṇāma

वाञ्छा-कल्पतरुभ्यश्च कृपा-सिन्धुभ्य एव च । पतितानां पावनेभ्यो वैष्णवेभ्यो नमो नमः ॥

vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ

Obeisance to The Vaiṣṇavas

Śrīla Prabhupāda Praṇāma

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

Obeisance to Śrīla Prabhupāda

Pañca-tattva Mantra

jaya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

Obeisance to The Pañca-tattva

Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā-mantra

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हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे । हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे ॥

hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

Transliteration normalised to IAST. If any syllable differs from how it is recited in class, the recitation is correct — please tell us and we will fix it here.