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Bhagavad-ਯਾਂਗ As It Is
[Ch.11]
behavior of Arjuna. Although Arjuna has seen the opulence in the universal form, he could not forget his friendly relationship with Krsna.
TEXT 43
पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान् । न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यन्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमग्रभाव ॥४३॥
pitāsi lokasya carācarasya  
 tvam asya pūjyaś ca gurur garīyān  
 na tvat-samo 'sty abhyadhikaḥ kuto 'nyo  
 loka-traye 'py apratima-prabhāva
pitā —father;  asi —You are;  lokasya —of all the world;  cara —moving;  acarasya —nonmoving;  tvam —You are;  asya —of this;  pūjyaḥ —worshipable;  ca —also;  guruḥ —master;  garīyān —glorious;  na —never;  tvat-samaḥ —equal to You;  asti —there is;  abhyadhikaḥ —greater;  kutaḥ —how is it possible;  anyaḥ —other;  loka-traye —in three planetary systems;  api —also;  apratima —immeasurable;  prabhāva —power.
TRANSLATION
You are the father of this complete cosmic manifestation, the worshipable chief, the spiritual master. No one is equal to You, nor can anyone be one with You. Within the three worlds, You are immeasurable.
PURPORT
The Lord Kṛṣṇa is worshipable as a father is worshipable for his son. He is the spiritual master because He originally gave the Vedic instructions to Brahmā, and presently He is also instructing  Bhagavad-gītā  to Arjuna; therefore He is the original spiritual master, and any bona fide spiritual master at the present moment must be a descendant in the line of disciplic succession stemming from Kṛṣṇa. Without being a representative of Kṛṣṇa, one cannot become a teacher or spiritual master of transcendental subject matter.