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Prabhupāda:

[SB 1.5.24]

These are the qualification how to receive favor of the devotee. He was, Nārada Muni, in his previous birth, a …

So he was a boy, but he gave up all these things. Arbhaka. Arbhaka means not experienced very much. Or …

Sa vai... There is a verse about Ambarīṣa Mahārāja, sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayor vacāṁsi vaikuṇṭha-guṇānuvarṇane [SB 9.4.18]. Manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ. If …

So these are the primary qualification. And alpa-bhāṣiṇi. Alpa-bhāṣiṇi. Munayaḥ alpa-bhāṣiṇi śuśrūṣamāṇe. At the same time, service must be there. …

Cakruḥ kṛpām. Then... Cakruḥ means "did"; kṛpām, "mercy." Naturally... If anyone follows without any hesitation whatever the spiritual master says, …

There is a verse of Cāṇakya Paṇḍita, na hi harate jyotsnaṁ candraś caṇḍāla-veśmani. Caṇḍāla. Caṇḍāla means the low caste, lower …

But still, if one is inclined to give service, śuśrūṣamāṇe, specially. That is not, I mean to say, partiality. That …

Just like government. Government is not anyone's enemy or anyone's friend, but if anyone gives special service to the government, …

So if we acquire these qualities... Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ [Brs. 1.2.234]. The main basic principle is …

Devotee: "Having controlled the senses."

Prabhupāda: Having controlled the senses. This is dānte. We have to control these things, then the special favor will be …

Sambandha means, "First of all, what is my relationship with God." That is called sambandha. Just like first of all …

Why this relationship? Why these are activities? Now, there is prayojana. What is that prayojana? To get son. Marriage means …

So it is the duty of the son, śrāddha ceremony. And Advaita, Advaitācārya, He was also performing the śrāddha ceremony, …

So Advaitācārya said, "No, no, no. I'm not doing anything against the śāstras, so nobody can criticize. I'm doing nothing …

So [reading], "Such vedānta-vādīs or the bhaktivedāntas are impartial in distributing..." This Bhaktivedanta title was given on this vedānta-vādī because …

So unless one is disciplined... This is the only qualification, that Nārada Muni was disciplined---so much disciplined that he's a …

So Nārada Muni is the original spiritual master of Vyāsadeva, and from Vyāsadeva our disciplic succession is coming. Therefore guru …