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TEXT 75 vyasa-prasadac chrutavan
SYNONYMS  vyasa-prasadat--by
the mercy of Vyasadeva; srutavan--heard; etat--this; guhyam--confidential;
aham--I; param--the supreme; yogam--mysticism; yoga-isvarat--from
the master of all mysticism; krsnat--from Krsna; saksat--directly;
kathayatah--speaking; svayam--personally.
TRANSLATION By the mercy
of Vyasa, I have heard these most confidential talks directly from the
master of all mysticism, Krsna, who was speaking personally to Arjuna.
PURPORT Vyasa was the
spiritual master of Sanjaya, and Sanjaya admits that it was by his mercy
that he could understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This means
that one has to understand Krsna not directly but through the medium of
the spiritual master. The spiritual master is the transparent medium, although
it is true that the experience is direct. This is the mystery of the disciplic
succession. When the spiritual master is bona fide, then one can hear Bhagavad-gita
directly, as Arjuna heard it. There are many mystics and yogis all
over the world, but Krsna is the master of all yoga systems. Krsna's
instruction is explicitly stated in Bhagavad-gita--surrender unto
Krsna. One who does so is the topmost yogi. This is confirmed in
the last verse of the Sixth Chapter. Yoginam api sarvesam.
Narada is
the direct disciple of Krsna and the spiritual master of Vyasa. Therefore
Vyasa is as bona fide as Arjuna because he comes in the disciplic succession,
and Sanjaya is the direct disciple of Vyasa. Therefore by the grace of
Vyasa, his senses were purified, and he could see and hear Krsna directly.
One who directly hears Krsna can understand this confidential knowledge.
If one does not come to the disciplic succession, he cannot hear Krsna;
therefore his knowledge is always imperfect, at least as far as understanding
Bhagavad-gita is concerned.
In Bhagavad-gita,
all the yoga systems, karma-yoga, jnana-yoga and bhakti-yoga,
are explained. Krsna is the master of all such mysticism. It is to
be understood, however, that as Arjuna was fortunate enough to understand
Krsna directly, similarly, by the grace of Vyasa, Sanjaya was also able
to hear Krsna directly. Actually there is no difference between hearing
directly from Krsna or hearing directly from Krsna via a bona fide spiritual
master like Vyasa. The spiritual master is the representative of Vyasadeva
also. According to the Vedic system, on the birthday of the spiritual master,
the disciples conduct the ceremony called Vyasa-puja.
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