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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees …

śrī bhagavān uvāca kutas tvā kaśmalam idaṁ viṣame samupasthitam anārya-juṣṭam asvargyam akīrti-karam arjuna

[Bg. 2.2]

[break] [leads chanting of synonyms]

śrī bhagavān uvāca---the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; kutaḥ---wherefrom; tvā---unto you; kaśmalam---dirtiness; idam---this lamentation; viṣame---this hour of crisis; samupasthitam---arrived; anārya---persons …

[02:20]

Translation = "The Supreme Person, Bhagavān, said = My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are …

Prabhupāda: So in this verse Vyāsadeva is writing. Of course, the..., the speaking is through Sañjaya, but the original writer …

So Vyāsadeva is mistaken? Actually, these Māyāvādī philosophers, they are so great rascals they sometimes say like that, that Vyāsadeva …

So there cannot be any mistake in the words of Vyāsadeva. This is the difficulty. If one does not come …

Common man within this material world, he commits mistake = "To err is human." Even big, big personalities, they commit …

Therefore purposefully Vyāsadeva is writing sri-bhagavān uvāca: where there is no cheating, no imperfection, no illusion, no mistake. Four things …

This is Vedic process. This is called paramparā system, disciplic succession. We receive knowledge perfectly from the Supreme Bhagavān. And …

Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, āmāra ājñāya guru haya tāra sarva-deśa, tāra ei deśa [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. He's asking everyone to …

Just like in our case. Our superior authority, our spiritual master, he ordered me that "You just try to preach …

vyavasāyātmikā-buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca buddhir avyavasāyinām

[Bg. 2.41]

Bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca. Vyavasāyātmikā-buddhiḥ, niścayātmikā-buddhiḥ. If one has got unflinching faith in Kṛṣṇa and guru, guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya... [Cc. Madhya 19.151]. …

You have to learn how to become servant of the servant of Kṛṣṇa. The more you become in the lower …

yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau tasyaite kathitā hy arthaḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ