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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] …

gurur na sa syāt sva-jano na sa syāt pitā na sa syāj jananī na sa syāt daivaṁ na tat syān …

[SB 5.5.18]

[01:27]

Translation = "One who cannot deliver his dependents from the path of repeated birth and death should never become a …

Prabhupāda:

gurur na sa syāt sva-jano na sa syāt pitā na sa syāj jananī na sa syāt daivaṁ na tat syān …

[SB 5.5.18]

So in the previous verse it has been described that kas taṁ svayaṁ tad-abhijño vipaścid [SB 5.5.17]. The guardian should …

First of all, it is said about guru, anyone who takes care of his subordinate, he is guru. The first …

Who requires a guru? Everything is there in the śāstra. Tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam [SB 11.3.21].

tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet samit-pāniḥ śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham

[MU 1.2.12]

tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā upadekṣyanti tad-jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ

[Bg. 4.34]

This is qualification of guru, tattva-darśi. What is that tattva?

vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayaṁ brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate

[SB 1.2.11]

One who knows what is Paramātmā, what is Brahman, what is Bhagavān, he is tattva-darśi. Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj …

But śāstra says that you should not..., you are rascal. You should not become a guru because you have no …