The Most Confidential Knowledge Is That Spoken Directly by Bhagavan – A Guru Who Adds His Own Philosophy Is a Cheater

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.30 — August 11, 1974, Vṛndāvana 740811SB-VRNDAVAN [33:06 Minutes] SB-01.05.30_740811SB-VRNDAVAN Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [devotees repeat] jñānaṁ guhyatamaṁ yat tat sākṣād bhagavatoditam anvavocan gamiṣyantaḥ kṛpayā dīna-vatsalāḥ [SB 1.5.30] [break] [02:44] Translation: "As they were leaving, those bhakti-vedāntas, who are very kind to poor-hearted souls, instructed me in that most confidential subject which is instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself." Prabhupāda: jñānaṁ guhyatamaṁ yat tat sākṣād bhagavatoditam anvavocan gamiṣyantaḥ kṛpayā dīna-vatsalāḥ So yesterday we have been discussing the symptoms of guru and the symptoms of disciple—who is actual disciple and who is actual guru. It is stated by Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam ** So guru's position is very exalted. Exal... Why exalted?

Because he is the confidential servant of Kṛṣṇa. Kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya. One... Suppose you want to do some business and..., with some firm, and a representative comes to transact business; naturally, one tries to satisfy that representative so that the business can be done very fairly.

This is natural psychology. Similarly, kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya. Guru is very dear to Kṛṣṇa because his business is to serve Kṛṣṇa. His business is to execute the will of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore here it is said, yat tat sākṣād bhagavatoditam.

[aside:] Don't disturb in this way. Sākṣād bhagavatoditam. Sākṣāt means directly, what was spoken directly by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And that is jñānam, that is real knowledge.

Jñānaṁ guhyatamam. Guhyatamam: most confidential. Guhya, guhyatara and guhyatamam. What is that verse in the Eighteenth Chapter?

Guhyād guhyatamaṁ pravakṣyāmi... That... The conclusion is that the most confidential knowledge is that which is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly. And what it is said in the Bhagavad-gītā?

Guhyād guhyatamam. [aside:] Find out this verse. Could not? Before sarva-dharmān...

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