Faithful to whom?

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....sraddadhanah: faithful. Faithful to whom? To the spiritual master.

Whatever he says, the brahmacari should take it: "Yes, it is my life and

soul." That is the explanation given by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura. He is

explaining with reference to the verse vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha

kuru-nandana [bg. 2.41]. He very nicely explains. You have perhaps read it,

Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura's... Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has taught

very, very nicely about guru. Therefore he has written in Gurvastaka, yasya

prasadad bhagavat-prasadah. He is example, practical example of guru-bhakti,

Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura. He accepted his guru, Narottama dasa Thakura.

So he said that "I am not interested for my salvation or going back to

Godhead. I am not interested." Interested means it may come; it may not

come. "That I don't mind. But I am interested only with the words of my

guru." Visvanatha Cakravarti said. "That is my life. Whether I will be

successful or not successful, it doesn't matter. I must take the words of my

Guru Maharaja as my life and soul."

 

Actually, that is the secret of success. Yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve

tatha gurau.

 

yasya deve para bhaktir

yatha deve tatha gurau

tasyaite kathita hy arthah

prakasante...

[sU 6.23]

 

So that is the secret of success, sraddadhana, to accept the words of guru

very, very faithfully. Sraddha. This is brahmacari's...