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Music: “Gurudeva” by Gaurangi devi dasi
Prabhupada, Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 20.105, New York, July 11, 1976:
krsna-sakti dhara tumi, jana tattva-bhava jani’ dardhya lagi’ puche,—sadhura svabhava
So Sanatana Gosvami is guru. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is authorizing him to become guru. This is parampara system. Nobody can become guru all of a sudden. Self-made guru, that is not guru. Here Caitanya, er, Sanatana Gosvami is presented as the disciple, ideal disciple.
He is asking, ke ami kene amaya jare tapa-traya, process how to approach guru, how to ask him question. Tad viddhi pranipatena pariprasnena [Bg. 4.34]. Pariprasna means question. That is also required. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu is authorizing him. Therefore He says, krsna-sakti dhara tumi. Here Krishna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He is authorizing Sanatana Gosvami.
Unless he has got the power to receive the instruction, Caitanya Mahaprabhu is not going to waste His time. He has the power. He is empowered. Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s mission is that to preach Krishna consciousness all over the world.
So He is empowering Sanatana Gosvami to take this task and spread Krishna consciousness. That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s mission. There is… You’ll find in the Caitanya-caritamrta the verse, krsna-sakti vina nahe nama pracarana. Without being empowered by Krishna, nobody can preach the holy name of the Lord. Krishna-sakti vina nahe nama pracarana.
So without getting the power of attorney… Just like even one is qualified lawyer, he must get the power of attorney from his client, and then he can speak. That is the law. Similarly, without being endowed with the power of attorney from Krishna, it is not possible to preach.
So our business is… Because we are preparing ourselves to preach Krishna consciousness, we must be qualified to get the power of attorney. Sometimes we speak that “I’ll preach.” What you will preach?
First of all get the power of attorney; then preach. Preaching is not so easy that anyone and anyone can preach without… Krishna-sakti vina nahe nama pracarana. So to get that power of attorney one has to qualify himself, not that the power of attorney is hanging in the tree and you can take it. No.
So how this power of attorney can be achieved? That is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. You are singing daily day, daily guru. Now, today is guru-purnima. Especially we should understand what is the power of attorney. Anyone can recite this verse, sri-guru-carana?
Dhrstadyumna: Sri-guru-carana-padma, kevala-bhakti-sadma, vando mui savadhana mate.
Prabhupada: So this is the beginning, that if you want to be devotee, then you must approach the spiritual master who has got the power. Sri-guru-carana-padma, kevala-bhakti-sadma, vando mui savadhana mate. Savadhana means very carefully, not whimsically. Then?
Dhrstadyumna: Yanhara prasade bhai
Prabhupada: Yanhara prasade bhai, ei bhava toriya yai. Huh? Krishna-prapti hoy yaha hoite. So why one should go to spiritual master? Because yanhara prasade bhai: “My dear brother, if you get the benediction from the spiritual master…” Yanhara prasade bhai, ei bhava toriya yai. What is that benediction?
The benediction is not that “Cure my disease.” They do not know, generally. Therefore they are cheated. The other day in Washington, one lady came with backache. So she came for curing the leg trouble. That is going on. “So you should approach a spiritual master? There is so many doctors, hospital. You go there.” “No. Here you show me your miracles.” And people are also cheating like that—some miracles and he becomes God.
This is going on. But the miracle of spiritual master is yanhara prasade bhai, ei bhava toriya yai. This is miracle: no more material existence. Then ei bhava toriya yai. So real thing is one can cross over the ocean of nescience. That is real gain. That is the real favor of spiritual master, not that cure your leg and again walk here and again become, break your leg, and again come. Not like that. Ei bhava toriya yai. Then?
Dhrstadyumna: Krishna-prapti hoy yaha
Prabhupada: Krishna-prapti hoy yaha haite. That is spiritual master, one who can give you Krishna. Krishna se tomare, Krishna dite para, dhai tava pache pache—Bhaktivinoda Thakura. “Krishna… I am seeking after Krishna, Vaisnava Thakura, my spiritual master. So Krishna is your property.” Krishna is not independent. He is the property of the devotee.
Krishna se tomara, Krishna dite para, dhai tava pache pache: “I am just following you, sir. Because Krishna is your property, if you like, you can deliver: ‘Take it immediately.’ ” So it is not flattering; it is in the sastras. Vedesu durlabha adurlabha atma-bhaktau. You cannot get Krishna by studying all the Vedas. Vedesu durlabha.
Durlabha means it is not possible. Athapi te deva padambuja-dvaya-prasada-lesanugrhita eva hi, janati tattvam. Prasada-lesa. Prasada-lesa. One who has got little favor of Krishna, he knows Krishna-tattva. Yat-karunya-kataksa-vaibhavavatam gauram eva stumah.
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