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Devotees: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda. [end]

So these are Vedic instructions, and Sanātana Gosvāmī, although he was a minister in Muhammadan government, Nawab Hussain Shah's, but …

So one has to learn the philosophy of life from the person superior, spiritual master. Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet [MU …

So here Sanātana Gosvāmī, he is also born in a very well-to-do brāhmaṇa family. He was well situated as minister …

Yes:

nīca jāti nīca-saṅgī patita adhāma kuviṣaya-kūpe paḍi' goṅāinu janama

If we remain puffed-up, that "I am born in such and such family. I am educated such and such, and …

But actually, nobody is God here. Everyone is servant. He's simply falsely thinking that he's God, he's master, he's this …

īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam

[Bs. 5.1]

Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam [SB 1.3.28]. These are the Vedic evidences. So actually nobody can be master; everyone is servant. …

So actually this is the position of all living entities. Everyone is servant. But in the material sense, he is …

So this is intelligence, how to become servant of Kṛṣṇa. That is the perfection of life. That means mukti. Mukti …

prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate

[Bg. 3.27]

Everyone is under the clutches of these material laws. You cannot violate even an inch. And still the rascal, ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā, …

I was asking this morning that what is this independence meaning. Actually, where is independence? This independence, has it meaning? …

So in order to know all these problems of life... Just like Arjuna submitted, and anyone has to submit. One …

tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam śābde pare ca niṣṇātaṁ brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam

[SB 11.3.21]