88 THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION
Sankara himself offered his salutations to Lord Krsna so that some of his
intelligent followers might understand the real fact by the example set by
their great master, Sankara, the incarnation of Lord Siva. But there are
many obstinate followers of Sankara who refuse to offer their salutations
to Lord Krsna, and instead mislead innocent persons by injecting
materialism into the Bhagavad-gita and confusing innocent readers by
their commentaries, and consequently the readers never have the oppor-
tunity to become blessed by offering salutations to Lord Krsna, the cause
of all causes. The greatest disservice to humanity is to keep mankind in
darkness about the science of Krsna, or Krsna consciousness, by distort-
ing the sense of the Gitd.
—9~—
Salutations to that supreme shining one
. Whom the creator Brahma, Varuna,

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 Sama sing

And of whose glories the Upanisads

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, Krsna, 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

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sankara has indicated that Lord Krsna is worship-
able 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 Krsna, who is worshiped by Brahma, Siva, Varuna,
