how to understand sastra

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that quote was from Cc Madhya 9.102, ppt by HDG Srila Prabhupada:

 

which sastras? does anyone know?

 

According to the çästras: bhaktyä bhägavataà grähyaà na buddhyä na ca

öékayä. One should understand the Bhagavad-gétä and Çrémad-Bhägavatam by

hearing them from a real devotee. One cannot understand them simply by

erudite scholarship or sharp intelligence. It is also said:

gétädhétä ca yenäpi bhakti-bhävena cetasä

veda-çästra-puräëäni tenädhétäni sarvaçaù

To one who reads the Bhagavad-gétä with faith and devotion, the essence of

Vedic knowledge is revealed. And according to the Çvetäçvatara Upaniñad

(6.23):

yasya deve parä bhaktir yathä deve tathä gurau

tasyaite kathitä hy arthäù prakäçante mahätmanaù

[ÇU 6.23]

“Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and

the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically

revealed.”

All Vedic literatures are to be understood with faith and devotion, not by

mundane scholarship. We have therefore presented Bhagavad-gétä As It Is.

There are many so-called scholars and philosophers who read the

Bhagavad-gétä in a scholarly way. They simply waste their time and mislead

those who read their commentaries.

Madhya 9.102