प्रपद्य ईशं प्रतिबोधनाय ।
छिन्ध्यर्थदीपैर्भगवन् वचोभि
र्ग्रन्थीन् हृदय्यान् विवृणु स्वमोकः ॥५३॥
tvaá¹ tvÄm ahaá¹ deva-varaá¹ vareṇyaá¹
prapadya Ä«Å›aá¹ pratibodhanÄya
chindhy artha-dīpair bhagavan vacobhir
granthÄ«n há¹›dayyÄn vivṛṇu svam okaḥ
tvam - how exalted You are; tvÄm - unto You; aham - myself; deva-varam - worshiped by the demigods; vareṇyam - the greatest of all; prapadye - fully surrendering; Ä«Å›am - unto the supreme controller; pratibodhanÄya - for understanding the real purpose of life; chindhi - cut off; artha-dÄ«paiḥ - by the light of purposeful instruction; bhagavan - O Supreme Lord; vacobhiḥ - by Your words; granthÄ«n - knots; há¹›dayyÄn - fixed within the core of the heart; vivṛṇu - kindly explain; svam okaḥ - my destination in life.
O Supreme Lord, for self-realization I surrender unto You, who are worshiped by the demigods as the supreme controller of everything. By Your instructions, exposing life’s purpose, kindly cut the knot from the core of my heart and let me know the destination of my life.
Sometimes it is argued that people do not know who is a spiritual master and that finding a spiritual master from whom to get enlightenment in regard to the destination of life is very difficult. To answer all these questions, King Satyavrata shows us the way to accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the real spiritual master. The Supreme Lord has given full directions in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ about how to deal with everything in this material world and how to return home, back to Godhead. Therefore, one should not be misled by so-called gurus who are rascals and fools. Rather, one should directly see the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the guru or instructor. It is difficult, however, to understand Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ without the help of the guru. Therefore the guru appears in the paramparÄ system. In Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (4.34) the Supreme Personality of Godhead recommends:
tad viddhi praṇipÄtena
paripraÅ›nena sevayÄ
upadeká¹£yanti te jñÄnaá¹
jñÄninas tattva-darÅ›inaḥ
“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.†Lord Kṛṣṇa directly instructed Arjuna. Arjuna is therefore tattva-darśī or guru. Arjuna accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead (paraá¹ brahma paraá¹ dhÄma pavitraá¹ paramaá¹ bhavÄn). Similarly, following in the footsteps of ÅšrÄ« Arjuna, who is a personal devotee of the Lord, one should accept the supremacy of Lord Kṛṣṇa, as supported by VyÄsa, Devala, Asita, NÄrada and later by the ÄcÄryas RÄmÄnujÄcÄrya, MadhvÄcÄrya, NimbÄrka and Viṣṇu SvÄmÄ« and still later by the greatest ÄcÄrya, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. Where, then, is the difficulty in finding a guru? If one is sincere he can find the guru and learn everything. One should take lessons from the guru and find out the goal of life. MahÄrÄja Satyavrata, therefore, shows us the way of the mahÄjana. MahÄjano yena gataḥ sa panthÄḥ. One should surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead (daÅ›ÄvatÄra) and learn from Him about the spiritual world and the goal of life.
