BHAGAVAD-GITA 6:42

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 6:42

 

atha va yoginam eva

kule bhavati dhimatam

etad dhi durlabhataram-

loke janma yad idrsam

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

atha va--or; yoginam--of learned transcendentalists; eva--certainly;

kule--in the family; bhavati--takes birth; dhi-matam--of those who are

endowed with great wisdom; etat--this; hi--certainly;

durlabha-taram--very rare; loke--in this world; janma--birth;

yat--that which; idrsam--like this.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Or [if unsuccessful after long practice of yoga] he takes his birth in

a family of transcendentalists who are surely great in wisdom.

Certainly, such a birth is rare in this world.

 

PURPORT

 

Birth in a family of yogis or transcendentalists--those with great

wisdom--is praised herein because the child born in such a family

receives a spiritual impetus from the very beginning of his life. It

is especially the case in the acarya or gosvami families. Such

families are very learned and devoted by tradition and training, and

thus they become spiritual masters. In India there are many such

acarya families, but they have now degenerated due to insufficient

education and training. By the grace of the Lord, there are still

families that foster transcendentalists generation after generation.

It is certainly very fortunate to take birth in such families.

Fortunately, both our spiritual master, Om Visnupada Sri Srimad

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja, and our humble self had

the opportunity to take birth in such families, by the grace of the

Lord, and both of us were trained in the devotional service of the

Lord from the very beginning of our lives. Later on we met by the

order of the transcendental system.

 

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