Text 7] The Cause of All Causes 227
sa bhavan acarad ghoram
yat tapah su-samahitah
tena khedayase nas tvarh
para sankam ca yacchasi
sah—he; bhavan— your good self; acarat— undertook; ghoram— severe;
yat tapah—meditation; su-samahitah—in perfect discipline; tena—for that
reason; khedayase—gives pain; nah—ourselves; tvam—your good self; para—
the ultimate truth; satkdm—doubts; ca—and; yacchasi~giving us a chance.
TRANSLATION
Yet we are moved to wonder about the existence of someone more
powerful than you when we think of your great austerities in perfect
discipline, although your good self is so powerful in the matter of creation.
PURPORT
Following in the footsteps of Sri Narada Muni, one should not blindly
accept his spiritual master as God Himself. A spiritual master is duly
respected on a par with God, but a spiritual master claiming to be God
Himself should at once be rejected. Narada Muni accepted Brahma as the
Supreme due to Lord Brahma’s wonderful acts in creation, but doubts
arose in him when he saw that Lord Brahma also worshiped some superior
authority. The Supreme is supreme, and He has no worshipable superior.
The ahangrahopdsand, or the one who worships himself with the idea of
becoming God Himself, is misleading, but the intelligent disciple can at
once detect that the Supreme God does not need to worship anyone,
including Himself, in order to become God. Ahangrahopdsand may be one
of the processes for transcendental realization, but the ahangrahopasana
can never be God Himself. No one becomes God by undergoing a process of
transcendental realization. Narada Muni thought of Brahmaji as the Su-
preme Person, but when he saw Brahmaji engaged in the process of
transcendental realization, doubts arose in him. So he wanted to be clearly
informed.
