Krishna Katha - Verse for meditation - 19/04/2011 - 25/04/2011

SB 11.17.27

acaryam mam vijaniyan

navanmanyeta karhicit

na martya-buddhyasuyeta

sarva-deva-mayo guruh

 

acaryam—the spiritual master; mam—Myself; vijaniyat—one should know; na avamanyeta—one should never disrespect; karhicit—at any time; na—never; martya-buddhya—with the idea of his being an ordinary man; asuyeta—one should be envious; sarva-deva—of all demigods; mayah—representative; guruh—the spiritual master.

 

One should know the acarya as Myself and never disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him, thinking him an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the demigods.

Lord Krsna

 

SB 11.20.9

tavat karmani kurvita

na nirvidyeta yavata

mat-katha-sravanadau va

sraddha yavan na jayate

 

tavat—up to that time; karmani—fruitive activities; kurvita—one should execute; na nirvidyeta—is not satiated; yavata—as long as; mat-katha—of discourses about Me; sravana-adau—in the matter of sravanam, kirtanam and so on; va—or; sraddha—faith; yavat—as long as; na—not; jayate—is awakened.

 

As long as one is not satiated by fruitive activity and has not awakened his taste for devotional service by sravanam kirtanam visnoh one has to act according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions.

Lord Krsna

 

SB 11.20.17

nr-deham adyam su-labham su-durlabham

plavam su-kalpam guru-karnadharam

mayanukulena nabhasvateritam

puman bhavabdhim na taret sa atma-ha

 

nr—human; deham—body; adyam—the source of all favorable results; su-labham—effortlessly obtained; su-durlabham—although impossible to obtain even with great endeavor; plavam—a boat; su-kalpam—extremely well suited for its purpose; guru—having the spiritual master; karna-dharam—as the captain of the boat; maya—by Me; anukulena—with favorable; nabhasvata—winds; iritam—impelled; puman—a person; bhava—of material existence; abdhim—the ocean; na—does not; taret—cross over; sah—he; atma-ha—the killer of his own soul.

 

The human body, which can award all benefit in life, is automatically obtained by the laws of nature, although it is a very rare achievement. This human body can be compared to a perfectly constructed boat having the spiritual master as the captain and the instructions of the Personality of Godhead as favorable winds impelling it on its course. Considering all these advantages, a human being who does not utilize his human life to cross the ocean of material existence must be considered the killer of his own soul.

Lord Krsna