SB 1.19.36 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 36
- Anyatha te avyaktagater darsanam nah katham nrinam
- Nitaram mriyamananam samsiddhasya vaniyasah.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Anyatha—otherwise, Te—your, Avyaktagater—of one whose movements are not visible, Darsanam—meeting, Nah—for us, Katham—how, Nrinam—of the people, Nitaram—specifically, Mriyamanan—of those who are about to die, Samsiddhasya—of one who is all perfect, Vaniyasah—voluntary appearance.
TRANSLATION
Otherwise (without being inspired by Lord Krishna) how could you voluntarily appear here, although you are moving incognito for the common man and what to speak of us who are on the verge of death.
PURPORT
The great sage Sukdeva Goswami was certainly inspired by Lord Krishna to appear voluntarily before Maharaj Parikshit the great devotee of the Lord just to instruct him the teachings of Srimad Bhagwatam. One can achieve the nucleus of devotional service of the Lord by the mercy of spiritual master and the Personality of Godhead. The spiritual Master is the manifested representative of the Lord to achieve the ultimate success. One who is not authorised by the Lord cannot become the spiritual master. Srila Sukdeva Goswami is the authorised spiritual master and as such he was inspired dy the Lord to appear before Maharaj Parikshit just to instruct him the teachings of Srimad Bhagwatam. One can achieve the ultimate success of going back to home back to Godhead if he is favored by the Lord by sending His true representative. As soon as a true representative of the Lord is met with by a devotee of the Lord, he is assured a guarantee for going back to Godhead just after leaving the present body. This, however, depends on the sincerity of the devotee himself. The Lord is seated at the heart of all living beings; and as such he knows very well the movements of all individual persons. As soon as the Lord finds it that a particular soul is very eager to go back to home back Godhead, the Lord at once sends his bonafide representative to such sincere devotee. The sincere devotee is thus assured by the Lord for going back to Godheed. The conclusion is that to get the assistance and help of the bonafide spiritual master, means to receive the direct help of the Lord Himself.