Bhagavad-gita 2.15

Society Without Spiritual Leadership Is Animal Society – Knowledge Must Come from the Perfect Authority

📅 June 16, 1974 📍 Germany ⏱ 30 min
Perfect knowledge comes only from the perfect authority, not from imperfect speculation or bodily identification.
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Bhagavad-gītā 2.1–5 — June 16, 1974, Germany 740616BG-GERMANY [30:13 Minutes] Bg-02.01-05_740616BG-GERMANY Prabhupāda: [leads prema-dhvani] [00:41]

Satsvarūpa: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat]

Satsvarūpa: [leads chanting of verses] sañjaya uvāca taṁ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭam aśru-pūrṇākulekṣaṇam viṣīdantam idaṁ vākyam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ [Bg. 2.1] [01:33]

Satsvarūpa: śrī-bhagavān uvāca kutas tvā kaśmalam idaṁ viṣame samupasthitam anārya-juṣṭam asvargyam akīrti-karam arjuna [Bg. 2.2] Prabhupāda: Next verse also.

Satsvarūpa: klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayy upapadyate kṣudraṁ hṛdaya-daurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa [Bg. 2.3] Prabhupāda: Next verse.

Satsvarūpa: arjuna uvāca kathaṁ bhīṣmam ahaṁ saṅkhye droṇaṁ ca madhusūdana iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāv arisūdana [Bg. 2.4] Prabhupāda: Next verse also.

Satsvarūpa: gurūn ahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣyam apīha loke... Prabhupāda: [aside:] He could not find? So where he has gone? He could not find?

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