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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
śikṣā-guru —the spiritual master who instructs;  haya —appears;  kṛṣṇa —Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  mahānta —the topmost devotee;  sva-rūpe —in the form of.
TRANSLATION
Since one cannot visually experience the presence of the Supersoul, He appears before us as a liberated devotee. Such a spiritual master is no one other than Kṛṣṇa Himself.
PURPORT
It is not possible for a conditioned soul to directly meet Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but if one becomes a sincere devotee and seriously engages in devotional service, Lord Kṛṣṇa sends an instructing spiritual master to show him favor and invoke his dormant propensity for serving the Supreme. The preceptor appears before the external senses of the fortunate conditioned soul, and at the same time the devotee is guided from within by the  caittya-guru , Kṛṣṇa, who is seated as the spiritual master within the heart of the living entity.
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ততো দুঃসঙ্গম্ংস্ত্র্য সংস্ত্র সজ্জেত বুদ্ধিমান্। সম্ভ এবাস্তু ছিন্দস্তি মনোব্যাসঙ্গম্ ক্তিভি: ॥ ৫৯ ॥
tato duḥsaṅgam utsṛjya   satsu sajjeta buddhimān   santa evāsya chindanti   mano-vyāsaṅgam uktibhiḥ
SYNONYMS
tataḥ —therefore;  duḥsaṅgam —bad association;  utsṛjya —giving up;  satsu —with the devotees;  sajjeta —one should associate;  buddhimān —an intelligent person;  santaḥ —devotees;  eva —certainly;  asya —one's;  chindanti —cut off;  manaḥ-vyāsaṅgam —opposing attachments;  uktibhiḥ —by their instructions.
TRANSLATION
“One should therefore avoid bad company and associate only with devotees. With their realized instructions, such saints can cut the knot connecting one with activities unfavorable to devotional service.”
PURPORT
This verse, which appears in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (11.26.26), was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava in the text known as the  Uddhava-gītā . The discussion relates to the story of Purūravā and the heavenly courtesan Urvasī. When Urvasī left