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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 24]
you have worshiped me properly. Whatever instructions you took from me you have carried out, and thereby you have honored me.
PURPORT
Lord Brahmā, as the first living entity within the universe, is supposed to be the spiritual master of everyone, and he is also the father, the creator, of all beings. Kardama Muni is one of the  prajāpatis , or creators of the living entities, and he is also a son of Brahmā. Brahmā praises Kardama because he carried out the orders of the spiritual master in toto and without cheating. A conditioned soul in the material world has the disqualification of cheating. He has four disqualifications: he is sure to commit mistakes, he is sure to be illusioned, he is prone to cheat others, and his senses are imperfect. But if anyone carries out the order of the spiritual master by discipline succession or the  paramparā  system, he overcomes the four defects. Therefore, knowledge received from the bona fide spiritual master is not cheating. Any other knowledge which is manufactured by the conditioned soul is cheating only. Brahmā knew well that Kardama Muni exactly carried out the instructions received from him and that he actually honored his spiritual master. To honor the spiritual master means to carry out his instructions word for word.
TEXT 13
एतावत्येव शुभ्रेषा कार्या पितरि पुत्रकैः । राहमित्यनुमन्येत गौरवेण गुरोर्वचः ॥१३॥
etāvaty eva śuśrūṣā kāryā pitari putrakaiḥ bāḍham ity anumanyeta gauraveṇa guror vacaḥ
etāvatī—to this extent; eva—exactly; śuśrūṣā—service; kāryā—ought to be rendered; pitari—to the father; putrakaiḥ—by the sons; bāḍham iti—accepting, “yes, sir”; anumanyeta—he should obey; gauraveṇa—with due deference; guroḥ—of the guru; vacaḥ—commands.
TRANSLATION
Sons ought to render service to their father exactly to this extent. One should obey the command of his father or spiritual master with due deference, saying, “Yes, sir.”