c

Pramanam ±cÆnderstandingcEvidential
Truths.c
namaùpramäëa-müläyacc
kavayeçästra-yonayecc
pravåttäyanivåttäyacc
nigamäyanamonamaùcc
SYNONYMScc
namaù²obeisances; pramäëa²of authoritative evidence; müläya²to the basis;
kavaye²to the author; çästra²of the revealed scripture; yonaye²to the source;
pravåttäya²which encourages sense gratification; nivåttäya ²which encourages
renunciation; nigamäya²to Him who is the origin of both kinds of scripture;
namaùnamaù²repeated obeisances.cc
TRANSLATIONcc
Œe offer our obeisances again and again to You, who are the basis of all
authoritative evidence, who are the author and ultimate source of the
revealed scriptures, and who have manifested Yourself in those Vedic
literatures encouraging sense gratification as well as in those encouraging
renunciation of the material world.ÑSrimadBhagavatam 10:16:44.)cc
 RORTcc
³If we did not have the powers of perception and cognition, evidence could not be
transmitted, and if we had no tendency to believe in particular modes of evi dence,
persuasion could not take place. All of these processes ²perception, cognition,
persuasion and transmission²take place through the various potencies of the
Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord Kåñëa is Himself the greatest scholar and
intellectual being. He manifests the transcendental scriptures within the hearts of
great devotees like Brahmä and Närada, and in addition He incarnates as
Vedavyäsa, the compiler of all Vedic knowledge. In multifarious ways the Lord
generates a variety of religious scriptures, which gradually bring the conditioned
souls through the various phases of re-entry into the kingdom of God.´ ÑA.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami rabhupada.SrimadBhagavatam 10:16:44. urport.) 

³As described in the ataïjali yoga system,

pramäëa-viparyaya-vikalpa-nidra-småtyaù. By intelligence only one can
understand things as they are.´ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
rabhupada.SrimadBhagavatam 3:26:30. urport.) 
³No one should attempt to create or manufacture answers. One must refer to the
çästras and give answers according to Vediccunderstanding. The words
yathä-çrutamrefer to Vedic knowledge. The Vedas are known as çruti because
this knowledge is received from authorities. The statements of the Vedas are
known as çruti-pramäëa. One should quote evidence from the çruti ²the Vedas or
Vedic literature²and then one¶s statements will be correct. Otherwise one¶s
words will proceed from mental concoction.´ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
rabhupada.SrimadBhagavatam 7:13:23. urport.)c

³Vedic knowledge is called çabda-pramäëa. Another name is çruti. Çruti means

that this knowledge has to be received simply by aural reception. The Vedas
instruct that in order to understand transcendental knowledge, we have to hear
from the authority.´ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami rabhupada.Sri Ishopanishad
Introduction.)c

³«the word vaiñëava-çästra refers to çruti, or the Vedas, which are called
çabda-pramäëa, the evidence of transcendental sound. One who strictly follows
the Vedic literature and chants the holy name of the Supreme ersonality of
Godhead will actually be situated in the transcendental disciplic succession.
Those who want to attain life¶s ultimate goal must follow this principle. In
Çrémad-Bhägavatam Ñ11:19:17), it is said:

cçrutiùpratyakñamaitihyamcc
anumänaàcatuñöayamcc
pramäëeñvanavasthänädcc
vikalpätsavirajyatecc

µVedic literature, direct perception, history and hypothesis are the four kinds of
evidential proofs. Everyone should stick to these principles for the realization of
the Absolute Truth.¶ ³ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami rabhupada. Sri
ChaitanyaCharitamrita Madhya-lila 9:362.
urport.)pramäëäntarasyänapekñatvätsvayaàpramäëatvät cc

SYNONYMScc
pramäëa²means of valid knowing; antarasya ²another;
an-apekñatvät²because of not being dependent on; svayam ²in its own right;
pramäëatvät²because of being a valid authority.cc
TRANSLATIONcc
The reason devotional service is the easiest of all spiritual processes is that
it does not depend on any other authority for its validity, being itself the
standard of authority.cÑNBS 59.)cc
 RORT:cc
³ramäëa means proof. Vaiñëava philosophers condense all the different types of
pramäëas into three: pratyakña, anumäna, and çabda. ratyakña means direct
evidence by the senses. But since the senses are imperfect, pratyakña often has
to be corrected by higher knowledge. Anumäna refers to deductive and inductive
logic, which depends on the validity of its premises and reasons, and so cannot
prove anything with final certainty. Çabda means receiving knowledge from
authoritative sources. Vedic knowledge is çabda -pramäëa. This is particularly
applicable to transcendental subject matter, which cannot be understood by the
empirical and theorizing methods. Even in ordinary affairs, there are many things
we have to accept on authority. We can learn the identity of our father from our
mother, the only foolproof authority. Aside from the mother there is no way to
know for sure who our father is. When the source of information is perfect, as in
Vedic knowledge, then çabda-pramäëa, or çabda-brahma, becomes the ultimate
proof.´ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami rabhupada.Narad Bhakti  Sutras. 59.
Commnetary by SatswarupdasaGoswami.)c

³If you can substantiate your statements by quotations from the Vedas, then they
are accepted. You are not required to substantiate them in other ways. There are
different kinds of pramäëas, or evidences. roof by Vedic quotation is called
çruti-pramäëa. As in the legal court if you can give statements from the law book
your statement is accepted, so all statements you give, if supported by
çruti-pramäëas, are accepted by scholars. I think you know the Vedas are known
as çrutis.´ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami rabhupada.The Science of Self
Realization.Discussion with rof. Kotovsky.SSR 6.)c

³There are three kinds of proofs. According to Vedic system, they accept three
kinds. For establishing truth, they, they take three kinds of proofs: pratyakña,
anumäna,caitihya. In logic also, these three kinds of proofs are accepted. What is
that? Now, direct perception. You are seeing. I am sitting here. That is direct
knowledge. I am seeing that you are sitting here. That is direct knowledge,
pratyakña.cc
cAnumäna.Anumäna means just like the children are playing there. We are
hearing their sound. So we can conjecture that there are some children. We don¶t
see the children. But we can conjecture, we can think, we can imagine that there
are some children who are playing there. This is called anumäna.cc
cratyakña, anumäna andcaitihya, or çabda-pramäëa.Çabda-pramäëa means to
take the truth from the highest authority. That is called çabda -pramäëa. Just like
³Man is mortal.´ Now, this ³Man is mortal,´ nobody knows wherefrom this sound
has come first. Who has experienced that man is mortal? But we are accepting
this. We are accepting this. By tradition, we know man is mortal. Now if we, if
somebody says, ³Who found this truth first? Who discovered that man is mortal?´
That is very difficult to say. But it is coming down. The knowledge is coming down,
³Man is mortal,´ and we accept everything. There are so many examples. So out
of these three, the Vedic knowledge, they say that this caitihya, or the knowledge
received from the authority, is the most perfect.cc
Neither, I mean to say, imagination or hypothesis nor direct. Direct perception is
always imperfect, especially in the conditioned stage of life. Just like direct
perception²with our eyes we see the sun just like a disc, not more than your plate
on which you take your meals. But from authority,caitihya, we understand the sun
is so many millions times greater than this earth. So which of them is right? By
seeing your direct perception, sun just like a disc ²is it right? Or you take it from
authority that sun is such and such times bigger than the earth? Which one of
them you¶ll accept? But you are not going to prove it that the sun is so great. You
do not know. You accept from some scientist, from some astronomer, from some
authority, that sun is so great. But you have no capacity to see yourself whether
the sun is so great or not. Therefore the knowledge received from authority
actually we are accustomed and we are accepting this type of knowledge in every
field of our activities.cc
Now, what is this newspaper? Oh, you, from newspaper you understand that ³In
China such and such things have taken place. And in India such and such things
have taken place.´ Or from radio message you understand that ³Such and such
things have taken place.´ But you are not experiencing them directly, whether
such and such things have actually taken place. But you accept the authority of
the newspaper. You accept the authority of newspaper and you believe it, that in
China such and such things have taken place and in India such and such things
have taken place, which is far beyond the range of your direct perception.
Similarly, there are many instances. We have to believe the authority to take
knowledge. And the more the authority is perfect, your knowledge is perfect. The
more the authority is perfect, your knowledge is perfect. Direct perception in all
cases, it is not possible to receive direct perception of everything. cc
« Hm. So there is one very good example. Now, if somebody wants to know,
³Who is my father? Who is my father?´ And how he can know? There is no
possibility of direct perception to know the father. It is not possible. Then who is
the authority? The mother is the authority. When the mother says, ³My dear son,
here is your father,´ we have to accept it. If you say, ³No, I don¶t believe you,
mother,´ then you have no other source of knowledge who is your father. You
have no other alternative; excepting the authority of your mother, you cannot know
who is your father. Because he was your father before your birth, so how you can
have direct perception? It is not possible. So many things there are that direct
perception is not possible. Therefore in the Vedic process of knowledge the
authority has been accepted as the perfect source of knowledge.´ ÑA.C .
Bhaktivedanta Swami rabhupada. 18th July 1966. Bhagavad Gita class. 4:3 -6.
New York, SA.)c

³A speculator cannot give you truth. That is not possible. By speculation you
cannot say, ³Two plus two equal to five.´ That is not science. ³Two plus two equal
to four,´ that is everywhere. And if you speculate, ³No, two plus two equal to five,´
or ³two plus two equal to three,´ that is not science. So scientific basis means it
should be fact, not speculation, mano-dharma. Mano-dharma means speculation.cc
Therefore
çästrasays,harävabhaktasyakutomahad -guëämano-rathenäsatidhävatobahiù.
Harävabhaktasya, one who is not a divine nature or devotee of the Lord, he has
no qualification. ³Oh, he¶s MA, hD.´ No, he has no qualification. ³Why?´ Now,
mano-rathena, he is simply speculating. He has no truth. How by speculation...?
Every one of us, we are imperfect. We are very much proud of our eyes: ³Can you
show me?´ What qualification your eyes have got that you can see? He does not
think that, that ³I have no qualification; st ill, I want to see.´ These eyes, oh, they
are dependent on so many condition. Now there is electricity, you can see. As
soon as there is electricity off, you cannot see. Then what is the value of your
eyes? You cannot see what is going on beyond this wall. cc
So don¶t believe your so-called senses as the source of knowledge. No. The
source of knowledge should be by hearing. That is called çruti. Therefore Vedas¶
name is çruti. Çruti-pramäëa, çruti-pramäëa. Just like a child or a boy wants to
know who is his father. So what is the evidence? That evidence is çruti, hearing
from the mother. Mother says, ³He is your father.´ So he hears; he does not see
how he became his father. Because before his body was constructed the father
was there, how could he see? So by seeing, you cannot ascertain who is your
father. You have to hear from the authority. The mother is the authority. Therefore
çruti-pramäëa: the evidence is hearing, not by seeing. Seeing... Our imperfect
eyes... There are so many obstacles. So similarly, b y direct perception, you
cannot have the truth.cc
Direct perception is speculation. Dr. Frog. Dr. Frog is speculating what is Atlantic
Ocean. He is in the well, three feet well, and some friend inform him, ³Oh, I have
seen vast water.´ ³What is that vast water?´ ³Atlantic Ocean.´ ³How big it is?´
³Very, very big.´ So the Dr. Frog is thinking, ³Maybe four feet. This well is three
feet. It may be four feet. All right, five feet. Come on, ten feet.´ So in this way,
speculating, how the frog, Dr. Frog, will understand Atlantic Ocean or acific
Ocean? Can you estimate the length and breadth of the Atlantic, acific Ocean,
by speculation? So by speculation, you cannot have. They are speculating so
many years about this universe, how many stars are there, what is th e length and
breadth, where is the... Nobody knows anything even of the material world, and
what to speak of the spiritual world? That is beyond, far beyond.´ ÑA.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami rabhupada. 3rd February 1975. Bhagavad Gita Class 16:7.
Hawaii, SA.)c

³That is the proof. Çruti. This is hearing, disciplic succession hearing from the
Supreme. This is one proof. One proof is by logic, nyäya -pramäëa. You can get
your knowledge by logic, argument, philosophical research. This is all right also.
But another, çruti, by hearing from the authorities. That is also knowledge. And
småti.Småti means statement derived from çruti. Just like Bhagavad -gétä is called
småti, the uräëas are called småti. But paniñad is called çruti, and Vedänta is
called nyäya. So three ways, nyäya-pramäëa, çruti-pramäëa and småti-pramäëa.
So of all these, the çruti-pramäëa, or the evidence by the çruti, is very important.
ratyakña, anumäna and çruti.ratyakña: direct perception. Direct perception has
no value because our senses are all imperfect. So what is the value of direct
perception?´ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami rabhupada. 2nd May 1973.
SrimadBhagavatam lecture 1:8:40. Los Angeles. SA.)c

³A scholar will not speak anything as he is thinking. No. He will give authoritative
quotation to support. That is Vedic system. When you support your proposition
with the Vedic version, then it is accepted. Otherwise not.Veda pramäëa. cc
ccc So VåndävanaDäsaÖhäkura said bhägavatakahe. He doesn¶t say, ³In my
opinion.´ Nowadays it has become a very good fashion, ³I think.´ ³In my opinion.´
Without knowing his own value, he gives his opinion. He does not know that he¶s
imperfect. He¶s imperfect in his senses, he¶s liable to commit mistake, he¶s
illusioned, and he¶s a cheater. Everyone knows that ³How I am c heating the other
party.´ Especially amongst businessmen, when there is conference, so each one
is trying, ³Now how much I have cheated him.´ So this cheating, vipralipsä, is one
of the qualification of the conditioned soul.
Bhramapramädavipralipsäkaraëäpäöava. So a person, authorized person in the
line of disciplic succession, he does not speak by his own authority. Immediately
he¶ll quote from the Vedic literature to support his proposition. So
VåndävanaDäsaÖhäkura says bhägavatakahe. He doesn¶t say that, ³I say´ or ³In
my opinion.´ No. Bhägavatakahetahaparipurëachole.´ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
rabhupada. 9th October 1976. SrimadBhagavatam 1:2:5. Aligarh, India.) c

³We follow real philosophy. What is that real philosophy? Çruti -pramäëam,
evidence from the Vedas, history, aitihya -pramäëa, history.And
anumäna-pramäëa. There are many, pratyakña, anumäna, aitihya... So out of that,
there are so many evidential processes, but according to followers of the Vedic
principle, their process is  çruti-pramäëam. Çruti-pramäëam means if it is
mentioned in the Vedas, paniñad, then it is pramäëam. Çruti -pramäëam. So
Vedas, there are four Vedas and 108 paniñads, and then eighteen uräëas,
then this Mahäbhärata. So all these are Vedic literatures.Çrémad Madhväcärya
describes them, these are Vedic literatures. Not only the four Vedas ²Säma,
Yajur, Åg, Atharva²but expansion of Vedas. uräëas, they are also Vedas. So in
the uräëa, in the history, in the Vedas, by the authorities.´ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami rabhupada. 16th August 1974. SrimadBhagavatam class 1:5:35.
Vrindavana, India.)c

Jegative:cc
TEXTctärekahe²²kenekarakutarkänumänacc
çästra-viruddhärthakabhunähayapramäëacSYNONYMScc
täre²to him; kahe²one says; kene²why; kara²you make; ku-tarka²of a
fallacious argument; anumäna²conjecture; çästra-viruddha²contrary to
scripture; artha²a meaning; kabhu²at any time; nä²not; haya²is;
pramäëa²evidence.cc
TRANSLATIONcc
To such a misguided interpreter we may reply, ³Œhy should you suggest
such fallacious logic? An interpretation is never accepted as evidence if it
opposes the principles of scripture.cÑSri ChaitanyaCharitamritaAdi-lila 2:73.)cc
ccihärapramäëaçuna²²çästreravyäkhyänacc
mahad-anubhavayätesudåòhapramäëacSYNONYMScc
ihära²of this; pramäëa²evidence; çuna²please hear; çästreravyäkhyäna²the
description in the revealed scriptures; mahat -anubhava²the conception of great
souls; yäte²by which; su-dåòha²strong; pramäëa²evidence.cc
TRANSLATIONcc
±or evidence, please listen to the examples described in the revealed
scriptures, which are also corroborated by the realization of great souls.cÑSri
ChaitanyaCharitamritaAdi-lila 6:54.)c
³«there are three prasthänas on the path of advancement in spiritual
knowledge²namely, nyäya-prasthäna ÑVedänta philosophy), çruti-prasthäna Ñthe
paniñads and Vedic mantras) and småti-prasthäna Ñthe Bhagavad-gétä,
Mahäbhärata, uräëas, etc.). nfortunately, Mäyävädé philosophers do not
accept the småti-prasthäna. Småti refers to the conclusions drawn from the Vedic
evidence. Sometimes Mäyävädé philosophe rs do not accept the authority of the
Bhagavad-gétä and the uräëas, and this is called ardha -kukkuöé-nyäya, ³the
logic of half a hen.´ ÑA foolish farmer once thought he would save money by
cutting off his hen¶s head, which he had to feed, and leaving its tail, which
produced the eggs.) If one believes in the Vedic literature, one must accept all the
Vedic scriptures recognized by the great äcäryas, but these Mäyävädé
philosophers accept only the nyäya-prasthäna and çruti-prasthäna, rejecting the
småti-prasthäna. Here, however, ÇréCaitanyaMahäprabhu cites evidence from
the Gétä, Viñëuuräëa, etc., which are småti-prasthäna. No one can avoid the
ersonality of Godhead in the statements of the Bhagavad -gétä and other Vedic
scripttures such as the Mahäbhärata a nd the uräëas. Lord Caitanya therefore
quotes a passage from the Bhagavad-gétä Ñ7.5).´ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
rabhupada. Sri ChaitanyaCharitamrita. Adi±lila 7:117.purport.)c

³Foolish people try to concoct knowledge by manufacturing something in their

brains. That is not the real way of knowledge. Knowledge is çabda -pramäëa,
evidence from Vedic literature. ÇrélaVyäsadeva is called Mahämuni. He is also
known as Vedavyäsa because he has compiled so many çästras. He has divided
the Vedas into four divisions²Säma, Åg, Yajur and Atharva. He has expanded
the Vedas into eighteen uräëas and has summarized Vedic knowledge in the
Vedänta-sütra. He also compiled the Mahäbhärata, which is accepted as the fifth
Veda. Bhagavad-gétä is contained within the Mahäbhärata. Therefore
Bhagavad-gétä is also Vedic literature Ñsmåti). Some of the Vedic literatures are
called çrutis, and some are called småtis. ÇrélaRüpaGosvämé recommends in
the Bhakti-rasämåta-sindhu Ñ1.2.101):cçruti-småti-puräëädi-cc
païcarätra-vidhiàvinäcc
aikäntikéharerbhaktircc
utpätäyaivakalpatecc

nless one refers to çästra Ñçruti, småti and puräëädi), one¶s spiritual activity
simply disturbs society. There is no king or government to check people, and
therefore society has fallen into a chaotic condition as far as spiritual
understanding is concerned. Taking advantage of this chaotic condition, many
rascals have appeared and proclaimed themselves incarnations of God. As a
result, the entire population is indulging in sinful activities such as illicit sex,
intoxication, gambling and meat -eating. Out of many sinful people, many
incarnations of God are emerging. This is a very regrettable situation, especially in
India.´ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami rabhupada. Sri ChaitanyaCharitamrita
Madhya-lila 20:353. urport.)cc
ccyasyadeveparäbhaktircc
yathädevetathäguraucc
tasyaitekathitähyarthäùcc
prakäçantemahätmanaùcc

³Our process is descending process. We are not trying to understand by the

ascending process. Inductive or deductive. We accept the statements of the
Vedas. Therefore we haven¶t got to make much effort to understand a thing.
Veda-vacana, çruti, çruti-pramäëa. There are three kinds of evidences: direct
perception, and evidence from the Vedas, and evidence from history.
Aitihya.ratyakña, aitihya, çruti.Three kinds of evidences. So pratyakña and
aitihya is neglected. According to our Vedic system, çruti -pramäëa, if it is
statement, the statement is there in the çruti, in the Vedas, then we accept. We
have got a society in India. They call veda -pramäëa. ³We cannot accept without it
is not mentioned in the Vedas.´ That¶s a, that¶s nice. But there is another class
who are described in the Bhagavad-gétä by Kåñëa Himself: veda-väda-ratäù.
They are simply unnecessarily fight on the basis of so -called Vedic knowledge.
Vedic knowledge must be understood from the guru. That is injunction. They defy
that. They... The Vedic injunction is... Kaöhopaniçad. cc
cccc Tad-vijïänärthaàsagurumevaabhigacchet. You... To understand the Vedas,
you must approach a guru. Otherwise, you cannot understand. Just like it is
forbidden that without becoming a brähmaëa, nobody should read Vedas.
Because he cannot understand. nless one is qualified brähmaëa, unless one
has approached another qualified brähmaëa who knows, there is no question of
understanding Vedas. Just like Max Muller translated Veda. What does he know
about Veda? Such kinds of translation, understanding, is useless.
Tad-vijïänärthaàsagurumevaabhigacchet. Abhigacchet means ³He must!´ There
is not that ³I may go or I may not.´ No, you must. If you really serious. In our
vaiñëava-paramparä also... vaiñëava-paramparä is actually Vedic paramparä.
That ädaugurväçrayam... Ädaugurväçrayam: ³To enter into the spiritual life, first
thing is first of all to accept a guru.´´ ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta S wami rabhupada.
30th November 1972. Bhagavad Gita Lecture 2:26. Hyderabad, India.) c
³So these things should be taken very seriously instruction. Therefore
çrémad-bhägavatamamalaàpuräëam. This is pramäëa.
ramäëi-grantha.ramäëi-grantha means çabda-pramäëa. Çabda-pramäëa,
anumänapramäëa, and anumäna... Just like a sound is going on. One who knows,
that¶s all right. But we can... Hypothesis. We can think that some machine is
running on. We may not know what is that machine. So this is anumäna. I¶m not
seeing the machine, what kind of machine is running, but I can think of, imagine
that it may be some machine is running on. That is also another pramäëa.
Hypothesis, inductive, deductive. They are also... Analogy. There are so many
processes. So here, Kåñëa and guru, they should be accepted on the same level.´
ÑA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami rabhupada. 5th October 1976. SrimadBhagavatam
lecture 1:7:45-46. Vrindavan, India.)c

³So we have to accept like that. So Veda-väëé. Veda-väëé means you cannot
deny it. You cannot argue on it. You have to accept as it is. Therefore learned
scholar, when he speaks something, he gives evidence from the Vedas, çruti,
çruti-pramäëa. That is the best evidence. Go on. cc
Pradyumna:c³There are certain prescribed methods for employing our sense s
and mind in such a way that our dormant consciousness for loving Kåñëa will be
invoked, as much as the child, with a little practice, can begin to walk.´ cc
Prabhupäda:cThe Gosvämés, or in the aïcarätra system, in the çästras , the
regulative principles are so made that, if we practice it, gradually our dormant
Kåñëa consciousness will be awakened. Therefore these prescribed rules and
regulations, as it is given in the çästras and confirmed by the äcäryas...
NarottamadäsaÖhäkurasays,täìderacaraëa-sevi. We have to follow the footprints
of the äcäryas. Äcärya means paramparä. One äcärya is following the previous
äcärya. An äcärya does not manufacture anything, something novel. He follows
the previous äcärya. And therefore he, he¶s äcärya. And one who follows...
Äcäryavänpuruñoveda. Äcäryaupäsanam. In the Bhagavad -gétä it is said. So we
have to accept the principles laid down by the äcäryas.
Täìderacaraëa-sevi-bhakta-sane väsa.crüpa-raghunätha-padehaibeäkuticc
kabehämabujhabaçré-yugala-périticNarottamadäsaÖhäkura. These are,
NarottamadäsaÖhäkura¶s versions are accepted as Vedic versions,
çruti-pramäëa. ViçvanäthaCakravartéÖhäkura says that the statements of
NarottamadäsaÖhäkura are as good as Vedic evidences. Therefore we quote
from NarottamadäsaÖhäkura often. Not, not only
NarottamadäsaÖhäkura²KåñëadäsaKaviräjaGosvämé and the six Gosvämés,
they are authorities. So we have no difficulty. Täìderacaraëa -sevi-bhakta-sane
väsa. That¶s all. Let us follow the footprints of the äcäryas, Gosvä més, and live
together as sincere, serious devotees. Then our life is successful. It is not very
difficult. Bhakta-sane väsa.Täìderacaraëe. We should live together as devotee
and follow the footprints of the äcäryas. Don¶t manufacture concoction. Then it w ill
be spoiled. Simply try to follow. They¶ll protect. They¶ll give protection. Because
Kåñëa says, ahaàtväàsarva-päpebhyomokñayiñyämi. So if we take shelter of the
äcäryas, that means we take shelter of Kåñëa.
Yasyaprasädädbhagavat-prasädaù. If the äcärya, guru, is satisfied, then we must
know certainly that Kåñëa is satisfied.
Yasyaprasädädbhagavat-prasädaù.Äcäryaàmäàvijänéyät. So this is the principle,
and the äcäryas give us direction. It is not very difficult. Simply we have to be,
become very serious and sincere. Then everything is all right.´ ÑA.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami rabhupada. 13th November 1972. Nectar of Devotion
classes.Vrindavana, India.)cc