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of all sins accumulated by mundane association. A neophyte devotee must
faithfully serve the pure devotee, and he should be very much obedient
and strictly follow the instructions. These are the signs of a devotee who is
determined to achieve success even in the existing duration of life.
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at gaat qacargrdtcay |
HATTA MATA: HTT AATAT| o|
jnanam guhyatamam yat tat
saksad bhagavatoditam
anvavocan gamisyantah
krpaya dina-vatsalah

jnanam—knowledge; guhyatamam—most confidential, yat—what is; tat
—that; sak sat—directly; bhagavata uditam—propounded by the Lord Him-
self; anvavocan—gave instruction; gamisyantah—while departing from;
krpayad—by causeless mercy; dina-vatsalah—those who are very kind to the
poor and meek.

TRANSLATION
As they were leaving, those bhakti-vedantas, who are very kind to
poor-hearted souls, instructed me in that most confidential subject, which
is instructed by the Personality of Godhead Himself.
PURPORT

A pure Vedantist, or a bhakti-veddnta, instructs followers exactly ac-
cording to the instructions of the Lord Himself. The Personality of
Godhead, both in the Bhagavad-gita and in all other scriptures, has
definitely instructed men to follow the Lord only. The Lord is the
creator, maintainer and annihilator of everything. The whole manifested
creation is existing by His will, and by His will when the whole show will
be finished He will remain in His eternal abode with all His paraphernalia.
Before the creation He was there in the eternal abode, and after the
annihilation He will continue to remain. He is not, therefore, one of the
created beings. He is transcendental. In the Bhagavad-gitd the Lord says
