Mantra Thirteen 69

lhe: established when one hears the transcendental message from
the undisturbed dcarya, with faith and love. One who has no
faith in, or love for, Lord Krsna cannot be convinced of this
simple truth. Such faithless persons are described in the
Khagavad-gitad as mitdhas, foolish as the ass. It is said that the
muidhas deride the Personality of because they don’t
have complete knowledge from the undisturbed dacdrya. One
who is disturbed by the whirlpool movements of the material
cnergy 1s not qualified to become an dcarya.

Before hearing the Gita, Arjuna was disturbed by this whirl-
pool—-the reaction of family, society and community affection—
and thus he wanted to become a philanthropist and a nonviolent
man of the world. But when he became buddha, by hearing the
Vedic knowledge of the Bhagavad-gita from the Supreme Person,
lhe changed his decision and became a worshiper of Lord Sri
Krsua, Who had Himself designed the Battle of Kuruksetra.
Arjuna worshiped the Lord by fighting with his so-called
relatives, and thus became a pure devotee of the Lord. Such
achievements are possible only by worshiping the real Krsna and
nol by worshiping some fabricated “Krsna” inaugurated by
foolish men who are without knowledge of the intricacies of the
science of Krsna described in the Gila and in the Srimad-
Bhagavatam.

According to the Veddnta-sittra, the Sambhiila is the source
of birth and sustenance, and the reservoir after annihilation.
The Srimad-Bhagavatam, the natural commentary upon the
Vedanta-stitras by the same author, comments that the source
of all emanations is not a dead stone, but is abhijfiah, or fully
conscious. Therefore, the Primeval Lord Sri Krsna says in the
Gila that Ile is fully conscious of the past, the present and the
future; and no one, including demigods such as Siva and Brahma,
knows Him fully. Those who are disturbed by the tides of
material existence cannot know Ifim fully. Such half-educated
spiritual masters try to make some compromise, and make the
mass of human beings the object of worship. They do not know
