60 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

Siksd-guru—the spiritual master who instructs; haya—appears,; krsna—Kysna, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; mahdnta—the topmost devotee; svarijpe—in the
form of.

TRANSLATION

Since one cannot visually experience the presence of the Supersoul, He appears
before us as a liberated devotee. Such a spiritual master is no one other than Krsna
Himself.

PURPORT

It is not possible for a conditioned soul to directly meet Krsna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, but if one becomes a sincere devotee and seriously engages
in devotional service, Lord Krsna sends an instructing spiritual master to show him
favor and invoke his dormant propensity for serving the Supreme. The preceptor
appears before the external senses of the fortunate conditioned soul, and at the
same time the devotee is guided from within by the ca/ttya-guru, Krsna, who is
seated as the spiritual master within the heart of the living entity.

TEXT 59
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tato duhsangam utsjya
satsu sajjeta buddhiman

santa evasya chindanti
mano-vydsangam uktibhib

SYNONYMS

tata—therefore; dufsangam—bad association; utsrjya—giving up; satsu—with the
devotees; sajjeta—one should associate; buddhiman—an intelligent person; santah—
devotees; eva—certainly; asya—one’s; chindanti—cut off; manah-vydsangam—oppos-
ing attachments; uktibhif—by their instructions.

TRANSLATION

“One should therefore avoid bad company and associate only with devotees.
With their realized instructions, such saints can cut the knot connecting one with
activities unfavorable to devotional service.”

PURPORT

This verse, which appears in the Srimad-Bhdgavatam (11.26.26), was spoken by
Lord Kysspa to Uddhava in the text known as the Uddhava-gitd. The discussion re-
lates to the story of Purtrava and the heavenly courtesan Urvasi. When Urvasi left
