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This human body is durlabhaṁ. Labdhvā sudurlabhaṁ idam bahu sambhavānte [SB 11.9.29]. This human form of body is a great …

So therefore in the human society there must be a system of division. That is called varṇāśrama-dharma. That is Vedic …

So here, Arjuna is explaining, putting himself = "Yes, kārpaṇya-doṣo. Because I am forgetting my duty, therefore upahata-svabhāvaḥ, I am …

[aside:] You can stand this side, not in front.

He's forgetting his duty, kṣatriya duty. Therefore he's admitting, "Yes," kārpaṇya-doṣa, kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ [Bg. 2.7], "my natural duty I am forgetting. …

Now, when you become miser, that is a diseased condition. Then what is your duty? Then go to a person …

Tad vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. This is the Vedic duty. Everyone is perplexed. Everyone is suffering in …

So you have to approach the Supreme Person, means Kṛṣṇa or His representative. All others are rascals and fools. If …

So here we have to learn from Arjuna that when we are perplexed, when we forget our real duty, and …

So we consider..., we take Brahmā. Because he's the first creature within this universe, he's accepted as the guru. He …

So Brahmā is mahājana. You'll find Brahmā's picture with Veda in his hand. So he's the..., he gave the first …

When Brahmā was created, he was perplexed = "What is my duty? Everything is dark." So he meditated, and Kṛṣṇa …

Here is the example given by Arjuna. Pṛcchāmi tvām. Who is that tvām? Kṛṣṇa. "Why you are asking Me?" Dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ …

And preya means he must take education so that in future his life will be settled up. That is preya..., …

So... "Kindly speak to me that." "So why shall I speak to you?" Here says, śiṣyas te 'ham [Bg. 2.7] …

So this knowledge required, how to find out real guru and how to surrender unto Him. The guru does not …

Who is..., who requires a guru?

tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsu śreya uttamam śābde pare ca niṣṇātaṁ brahmaṇy upasamāśrayam

[SB 11.3.21]

Who requires a guru? Guru is not a fashion, "Oh, I have got a guru. I shall make a guru." …