Text 4] The Advent of Lord Krsna: Introduction 25
standing of life. For topics concerning Uttamasloka, the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, the spiritual master speaks, and the disciple hears
with attention. Unless both of them are free from material desires, they
cannot be interested in topics of Krsna consciousness. The spiritual
master and disciple do not need to understand anything more than Krsna
because simply by understanding Krsna and talking about Krsna, one be-
comes a perfectly learned person (yasmin vijnidte sarvam evam vijnatarn
bhavati). The Lord sits within everyone’s heart, and by the grace of the
Lord the devotee receives instructions directly from the Lord Himself,
who says in Bhagavad-gita (15.15):
sarvasya caéham hrdi sannivisto
mattah smrtir jidnam apohanam ca
vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedanta-krd veda-vid eva caham

“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance,
knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known; in-
deed, I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.”
Krsna consciousness is so exalted that one who is perfectly situated in
Krsna consciousness, under the direction of the spiritual master, is fully
satisfied by reading krsna-katha as found in Srimad-Bhagavatam,
Bhagavad-gita and similar Vedic literatures. Since merely talking about
Krsna is so pleasing, we can simply imagine how pleasing it is to render
service to Krsna.

When discourses on krsna-katha take place between a liberated spiri-
tual master and his disciple, others also sometimes take advantage of
hearing these topics and also benefit. These topics are the medicine to
stop the repetition of birth and death. The cycle of repeated birth and
death, by which one takes on different bodies again and again, is called
bhava or bhava-roga. If anyone, willingly or unwillingly, hears krsna-
katha, his bhava-roga, the disease of birth and death, will certainly stop.
Therefore krsna-kathd is called bhavausadha, the remedy to stop the
repetition of birth and death. Karmis, or persons attached to material
sense enjoyment, generally cannot give up their material desires, but
krsna-katha is such a potent medicine that if one is induced to hear
krsna-kirtana, he will certainly be freed from this disease. A practical
