Mantra Thirteen 65

MANTRA THIRTEEN

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AACA! TAN AAIGPT |
fa aya inet 68 = 6amafrafat ni 23

anyad evahuh sambhavad
anyad ahur asambhavat
iti Susruma dhiranam

ye nas tad vicacaksire.

anyat—different; eva—certainly; adhufi—it is said; sambhavat—by wor-
shiping the Supreme Lord, the Cause of all causes; anyat—different;
ahuh—it is said; asambhavat—by worshiping what is not the Supreme;
iti_thus; Susruma—I heard it; dhiranadm—from the undisturbed authorities;
ye—those; nah—unto us; tat—about that subject matter; vicacaksire—
perfectly explained.

TRANSLATION

It is said that one result is obtained by worshiping the Supreme
Cause of all causes, and that another is obtained by worshiping
what is not supreme. All this was heard from the undisturbed
authorities who clearly explained it.

PURPORT

In this mantra of Sri [sopanisad the system of hearing from
the undisturbed authorities is confirmed. Unless one hears
from the bona fide dcdrya, who is never disturbed by the
changes of the material world, one cannot have the real key to
transcendental knowledge. The bona fide spiritual master, who
has also heard the Sruti mantras, or Vedic knowledge, from his
undisturbed dcearya, never manufactures or presents anything
which is not mentioned in the Vedic literature. In the Bhagavad-
gila it is clearly said that the worshipers of the Pitrs, or fore-
fathers, reach the forefathers, the gross materialists who make
