1368 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 28
yasya deve para bhaktir
yathda deve tatha gurau
tasyaite kathitd hy arthah
prakdsante mahatmanah
“Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord
and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge auto-
matically revealed.” (Svet. Up. 6.23) In the Chandogya Upanisad it is
said, d@caryavan puruso veda: “One who approaches a bona fide spiritual
master can understand everything about spiritual realization.”

Malayadhvaja. A nice devotee who is like sandalwood.

Paiicala. The five sense objects.

Paricchada. The total aggregate of the senses. :

Paura-jana. The seven elements that constitute the body.

Pautra. Patience and gravity.

Prajvdra. A kind of fever called visnu-juara.

Pratikriya. Counteracting agents such as mantras and medicines.

Pura-palaka. The life air.

Putra, Consciousness.

Sainika, The condition of threefold miseries.

Sapta-suta. The seven sons, namely hearing, chanting, remembering, of-
fering prayers, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, worshiping the Deity,
and becoming a servant of the Lord.

Sauhrdya. Endeavor.

Suta. The son of Vaidarbhi, or, in other words, one who is somewhat
advanced in fruitive activities and who comes in contact with a devotee
spiritual master. Such a person becomes interested in the subject matter
of devotional service.

Vaidarbhi. The woman who was formerly a man but took birth as a woman
in his next life because of too much attachment to woman. Darbha
means kusa grass. In fruitive activities, or karma-kandiya cere-
monies, one requires kusa grass. Thus vaidarbhi refers to one who
takes birth in a family of karma-kandiya understanding. However, if by
karma-kanda activities one by chance comes in contact with a devotee,
as Vaidarbhi did when she married Malayadhvaja, his life becomes suc-
cessful. He then pursues the devotional service of the Lord. The con-
