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in terms of the sastric injunctions. Sri Jiva Gosvami advises that one not accept a
spiritual master in terms of hereditary or customary social and ecclesiastical con-
ventions. One should simply try to find a genuinely qualified spiritual master for
actual advancement in spiritual understanding.

TEXT 36

Bart, Aatea, SHG |
Grats, catiriey, MATIN 1 ow ti

$ri-rupa, sanatana, bhatta-raghunatha
$ri-jiva, gopala-bhatta, dasa-raghunatha
SYNONYMS
$ri-ripa—Srila Ripa Gosvami; sandtana—Sanatana Gosvami; bhatta-raghunatha—
Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami; Sri-jiva—Srila_ Jiva Gosvami, gopdla-bhatta—
Gopala Bhatta Gosvam/i; ddsa-raghunatha—Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.
TRANSLATION

_ The instructing spiritual masters are Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami,
Sri Bhatta Raghunatha, Sri Jiva Gosvami, Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami and Srila
Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.

TEXT 37
o8 Gy Os— fipTey Ca BAA |
Srrata AieocM CHG TABS 109 1
ei chaya guru——siksd-guru ye amara
tan’ sabara pada-padme koti namaskara
SYNONYMS

ei—these; chaya—six; guru—spiritual masters; siksa-guru—instructing spiritual
masters; ye—who are; dmara—my; tan’ sabadra—of all of them; pdda-padme—unto the
lotus feet; Roti—ten million; namaskdra—respectful obeisances.

TRANSLATION

These six are my instructing spiritual masters, and therefore | offer millions of
respectful obeisances unto their lotus feet.

PURPORT

By accepting the six Gosvamis as his instructing spiritual masters, the author
specifically makes it clear that one should not be recognized as a Gaudtya Vaisnava
if he is not obedient to them.
