Srimad Bhagavatam says that this is why mental speculation or dry arguments do not help a person to reach the right path. Similarly, the scriptures of knowledge are not independently obtained. In order to gain knowledge, a person must go to a genuine Guru and study it, and he must also progress in spiritual life. He should accept such a Guru with complete surrender. He should serve him as a servant without false pride. The satisfaction of the Guru, who is the seer of the Self, is the secret of progress in spiritual life. Inquiry and surrender are a good combination for becoming a spiritual person. Without surrender and service, questions asked of the Guru will not be effective. A person must pass the test of the Guru. When he sees the true desire of the disciple, he naturally bestows true spiritual realization on him as a boon. Blind following and meaningless inquiries are both condemned in this verse. One should not only listen humbly to the Guru but also gain clear understanding from Him through humility, service and inquiry. A true Guru is by nature extremely compassionate towards the disciple. Therefore, when the disciple is ready to serve with humility, the mutual exchange of knowledge and inquiry becomes perfect.
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Purport: The result of gaining knowledge from the seer of the Self, that is, from the one who truly knows everything, is to know all living beings as parts and parcels of Lord Krishna. The idea of existence separate
The Pandavas, who were filled with the knowledge of the world, were again filled with the desire for knowledge. They were the ones who were filled with the knowledge of the world, the one who was filled with the knowledge of the world.
yat – by which; jnātva – knowing; puṇa – back; moham – to delusion; evam – in this way; na yasyasi – you do not experience; Pāṇḍava, O son of Pāṇḍava; yena – by which; bhūtāni – living beings; asesāni – in all; drakṣyasi – you see; ātmāni – in the Supreme Soul; athaḥ – in other words; mayi – in me.
When you receive true knowledge from a great soul who is a seer of the Self, you will never fall into such delusion again. Because through that knowledge you will be able to see all living beings as parts of the Supreme Soul, that is, as mine.
Purport: The result of gaining knowledge from the seer of the Self, that is, from the one who truly knows everything, is to know all living beings as parts and parcels of Lord Krishna. The idea of existence separate from Lord Krishna is called Maya (not Ma, but Ya, this). It is said that we have no connection with
historical spiritual person, and the Supreme Being is the formless Brahman as the bodily light. As the God of gods, Sri Krishna is the cause of everything. It is clearly stated in the Brahma Samhita that Sri Krishna is the God of all causes. Even if there are incarnations, they are only His various expansions. Similarly, the living entities are also expansions of Krishna. The Yanada philosophers are mistaken in thinking that Sri Krishna loses His separate existence in the various expansions. That idea is only material. When even one eye is cut into pieces, it loses its original form. But the Mayavada philosophers cannot understand that the complete is one, that one is one when added to another, and that one is one when subtracted from another. The situation in the perfect world is like this.
separate entities of God. Forgetting that purpose for eternity, they have been existing in various forms, such as humans, animals, and demigods. Such bodily separations arise only because of the forgetfulness of the divine service of the Lord. But when a man is established in divine service through Krishna consciousness, he is immediately freed from illusion. Only through authentic thirst can he attain such pure knowledge and be free from the delusion that the living entity is equal to Krishna. The Supreme Soul, Lord Krishna, is the ultimate shelter of all living entities. Leaving such shelter, all living entities become bewitched by nature, imagining that they have a separate existence. In that way, they forget Krishna with various forms of material existence. However, when such bewitched living entities are established in Krishna consciousness, they are known to be on the path of
