Hyutkale purusottamat

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> I seek the verse from which this pada is quoted, with diacritical marks

> and translation. It is from Padma Purana and is cited in Prameya

> Ratnavali.

 

In the Padma Purana it is stated:

 

sampradaya-vihina ye, mantras te nisphala matah;

atah kalau bhavisyanti, catvarah sampradayinah.

 

sri-brahma-rudra-sanaka,vaisnavah ksiti-pavanah;

catvaras te kalau bhavya, hy utkale purusottamat.

 

ramnujam srih svi-cakre, madhvacaryam caturmukhah;

sri-visnu-svaminam rudro, nimbadityam catuhsanah.

 

In the Padma Pur€Ša it is stated:

 

sampr€daya-vih…n€ ye, mantr€s te niphal€ mat€ƒ;

ataƒ kalau bhaviyanti, catv€raƒ samprad€yinaƒ.

 

r…-brahma-rudra-sanak€,vaiŠav€ƒ kiti-p€van€ƒ;

catv€ras te kalau bh€vy€, hy utkale puruottam€t.

 

r€mŠujaˆ r…ƒ sv…-cakre, madhv€c€ryaˆ caturmukhaƒ;

r…-viŠu-sv€minaˆ rudro, nimb€dityaˆ catuƒsanaƒ.

 

"Unless one is initiated by a bona-fide spiritual master in a bonafide and

authentic disciplic succession, the mantra he might have received is without

any effect. For this reason the Lord will reveal the four authorized

Vaisnava disciplic successions, inaugurated by Lord Brahma, Laksmi-devi,

Lord Siva, and the four Kumaras. The message of these four sampradayas will

be spread from the holy place of Jagannatha Puri in Orissa and thus purify

the entire earth during the age of Kali. Anyone accepting initiation outside

these four sampradayas is cheating himself and others. Any self-proclaimed

guru outside these four sampradayas is also not bonafide and is also

cheating himself and others. Lord Brahma chose Madhvacarya to represent her

disciplic succession. In the same way Laksmi-devi chose Ramanujacarya, Lord

Siva chose Visnu Svami, and the four Kumaras chose Nimbarka." (Translation

by Bhaktiratna Sadhu Swami from the book Maha-Mantra Yoga)