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THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION
Śaṅkara himself offered his salutations to Lord Kṛṣṇa so that some of his intelligent followers might understand the real fact by the example set by their great master, Śaṅkara, the incarnation of Lord Śiva. But there are many obstinate followers of Śaṅkara who refuse to offer their salutations to Lord Kṛṣṇa, and instead mislead innocent persons by injecting materialism into the  Bhagavad-gītā  and confusing innocent readers by their commentaries, and consequently the readers never have the opportunity to become blessed by offering salutations to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the cause of all causes. The greatest disservice to humanity is to keep mankind in darkness about the science of Kṛṣṇa, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, by distorting the sense of the  Gītā .
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Salutations to that supreme shining one 
  Whom the creator Brahmā, Varuṇa, 
  Indra, Rudra, Marut, and all divine beings 
  Praise with hymns, 
  Whose glories are sung 
  By the verses of the  Vedas , 
  Of whom the singers of  Sāma  sing 
  And of whose glories the  Upaniṣads  
  Proclaim in full choir, 
  Whom the yogis see 
  With their minds absorbed 
  In perfect meditation, 
  And of whom all the hosts 
  Of gods and demons 
  Know not the limitations. 
  To Him, the Supreme God, Kṛṣṇa, be all salutations— 
  Him we salute! Him we salute! Him we salute!
PURPORT
By recitation of the ninth verse of his meditation, quoted from the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Śaṅkara has indicated that Lord Kṛṣṇa is worshipable by one and all, including himself. He gives hints to materialists, impersonalists, mental speculators, “void” philosophers, and all other candidates subjected to the punishment of material miseries—just offer salutations to Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is worshiped by Brahmā, Śiva, Varuṇa,