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TEXT 11 yad aksaram veda-vido vadanti
SYNONYMS  yat--that
which; aksaram--inexhaustible; veda-vidah--a person
conversant with the Vedas; vadanti--say; visanti--enters;
yat--in which; yatayah--great sages; vita-ragah--in
the renounced order of life; yat--that which; icchantah--desiring;
brahmacaryam--celibacy; caranti--practices; tat--that;
te--unto you; padam--situation; sangrahena--in summary;
pravaksye--I shall explain.
TRANSLATION Persons learned
in the Vedas, who utter omkara and who are great sages in the renounced
order, enter into Brahman. Desiring such perfection, one practices celibacy.
I shall now explain to you this process by which one may attain salvation.
PURPORT Lord Krsna explains
that Brahman, although one without a second, has different manifestations
and features. For the impersonalists, the syllable om is identical
with Brahman. Krsna here explains the impersonal Brahman, in which the
renounced order of sages enter.
In the Vedic
system of knowledge, students, from the very beginning, are taught to vibrate
om and learn of the ultimate impersonal Brahman by living with the
spiritual master in complete celibacy. In this way they realize two of
Brahman's features. This practice is very essential for the student's advancement
in spiritual life, but at the moment such brahmacari (unmarried
celibate) life is not at all possible. The social construction of the world
has changed so much that there is no possibility of one's practicing celibacy
from the beginning of student life. Throughout the world there are many
institutions for different departments of knowledge, but there is no recognized
institution where students can be educated in the brahmacari principles.
Unless one practices celibacy, advancement in spiritual life is very difficult.
Therefore Lord Caitanya has announced, according to the scriptural injunctions
for this Age of Kali, that no process of realizing the Supreme is possible
except the chanting of the holy name of Lord Krsna: Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,
Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
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