Text 9] The Glories of Devotional Service 1009

tive, then by His grace one can be delivered from the mire of ignorance. The
spiritual master is therefore worshiped as one who delivers the disciple
from the mire of ignorance with the light of the torch of knowledge. The
word pdragam is very significant. Paragam means one who can take the
disciple to the other side. This side is conditioned life; the other side is the
life of freedom. The spiritual master takes the disciple to the other side by
opening his eyes with knowledge. We are suffering simply because of
ignorance. By the instruction of the spiritual master, the darkness of
ignorance is removed, and thus the disciple is enabled to go to the side of
freedom. It is stated in Bhagavad-gita that after many, many births one
surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, if, after
many, many births, one is able to find a bona fide spiritual master and
surrender to such a bona fide representative of Krsna, he can be taken to

the side of light.
TEXT 9

FM ATA FATT S HATA Few |
Ra THAT AG: a aa: 121

ya adyo bhagavan pumsam
isvaro vai bhavan kila

lokasya tamasandhasya
caksuh siirya ivoditah

yah—He who; adyah—the origin; bhagavan— the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; purmsam—of all living entities; ifvarah—the Lord; vai—in fact;
bhavan— You; kila—indeed; lokasya—of the universe; tamasi—by the dark-
ness of ignorance; andhasya—blinded; caksuh—eye; siryah—the sun; iva—
like; uditah—risen.
TRANSLATION

You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the origin and Supreme
Lord of all living entities. You have arisen to disseminate the rays of the
sun in order to dissipate the darkness of the ignorance of the universe.

PURPORT

Kapila Muni is accepted as an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Krsna. Here the word adya means the origin of all living entities,
and pumsdm isvara means the Lord, or isvara, of the living entities
(isvarah paramah krsnah ). Kapila Muni is the direct expansion of Krsna, who
