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[SB 1.7.44]

This is also another Vedic civilization, that if you are benefited by somebody, you should always remain obliged to him. …

So this is Vedic civilization. Draupadī advising Arjuna that "You have learned this military art, by his grace, by guru's …

Pradyumna: "Dhanur-veda, or military science, was taught by Droṇācārya with all its confidential secrets of throwing and controlling by Vedic …

Prabhupāda: It is called śabda-vedī-bhat[?]. He who... Just like I cannot see where is the bird. He's chirping. But śabda-vedī-bhat, …

Pradyumna: "So this is a finer military science than that of the gross material military weapons used nowadays. Arjuna was …

Prabhupāda: So there is nothing especial to be explained. The only important part of this verse is, that don't learn …

So anyway, this guru-māra-vidyā should be avoided. That is the instruction in this verse we can get, and that is …

yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau tasyaite hi kathitā arthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ

[ŚU 6.23]

Things become revealed by devotion, not by so-called education. No. Ciraṁ vicinvan. Na cānya eko 'pi ciraṁ vicinvan, prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva …

Therefore Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says, yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. Not that bhagavat-prasāda is achieved by education and grammar. No. Yasya prasādād …

tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api nāmāny anantasya yaśo 'ṅkitāni gṛṇanti śṛṇvanti gāyanti sādhavaḥ

[SB 1.5.11]

The sādhu, they are not interested about rhetorical or grammatical adjustment. The sādhu wants to see who has spoken. If …

So here Draupadī is reminding that yad-anugrahāt śikṣito bhavatā: "You are neglecting his..., satisfying him. Do you think if you …

A similar argument was given by Duryodhana to Droṇācārya. Droṇācārya and this Draupadī's father, they became inimical. So he got …

Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Devotees: Jaya Prabhupāda. [end]

Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [chants verse]