Vedic knowledge must be understood from the guru. That is injunction. They defy that. They... The Vedic injunction is... Kathopanisad. Tad-vijyanartham sa gurum eva abhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. You... To understand the Vedas, you must approach a guru. Otherwise, you cannot understand. Just like it is forbidden that without becoming a brahmana, nobody should read Vedas. Because he cannot understand. Unless one is qualified brahmana, unless one has approached another qualified brahmana who knows, there is no question of understanding Vedas. Just like Max Muller translated Veda. What does he know about Veda? Such kinds of translation, understanding, is useless. Tad-vijyanartham sa gurum eva abhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. Abhigacchet means "He must!" There is not that "I may go or I may not." No, you must. If you really serious.
So in a position of perplexity, one must approach a bona fide spiritual master. That is the process, Vedic process. Otherwise, it is not possible. And our Sanatana Gosvami, our predecessor, Caitanya Mahaprabhu's direct disciple, he gives his direction that avaisanva-mukhodgirna-puta-hari-kathamrtam, sravanam na kartavyam. He says. He says, "Do not hear from a person who is not a Vaisnava." He must, one must become a Vaisnava. Otherwise his so-called ideas and interpretation has no value. Has no value.
Just like in your country, South India, Dr. Radhakrishnan, he has done so many works. But to tell you frankly, it is useless labor. Because he has said in one of his writings that Bhagavad-gita is mental speculation. He is surpassing all the acaryas who came, who appeared in South India. Ramanujacarya appeared in South India, Madhvacarya appeared in South India. Nimbarka appeared in South India. Visnu Svami appeared in South India. Sankaracarya appeared in South India. South India is so blessed. And he also appeared in South India. He's decrying all the acaryas.
Just see the position. He says, "Bhagavad-gita is a mental speculation." And he has interpreted in a different way. Krsna says that man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]. And if you have seen Dr. Radhakrishnan's translation of Bhagavad-gita, he says, "It is not to Krsna ." Krsna says directly that man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah. He says, "Not to Krsna." You'll see. So this defect will be there, unless one is sadacara-sampanna-vaisnava, self-realized. Therefore Sanatana Gosvami says, avaisanva-mukhodgirna-puta-hari-kathamrtam. Our first guru is Krsna. To understand Bhagavad-gita... Arjuna is understanding that Bhagavad-gita from Krsna directly. So after understanding Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna accepts Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan, purusam sasvatam adyam [Bg. 10.12]. These are the words. And Arjuna also accepted "It is very, very difficult to understand Your personality."
Srila Prabhupada is amaizing
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