nÄrada kahe, — 'yadi dhara ÄmÄra vacana
tabe se karite pÄri tomÄra mocana'

 nÄrada kahe - NÄrada Muni replied; yadi dhara - if you accept; ÄmÄra vacana - my instruction; tabe - then; se - this; karite pÄri - I can do; tomÄra - your; mocana - liberation.


Text

“NÄrada Muni assured the hunter, ‘If you listen to my instructions, I shall find the way you can be liberated.’

Purport

GaurÄá¹…gera bhakta-gaṇe jane jane Å›akti dhare. The purport of this song is that the devotees of Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu are very powerful, and each and every one of them can deliver the whole world. What, then, to speak of NÄrada Muni? If one follows the instructions of NÄrada Muni, one can be delivered from any number of sinful reactions. This is the process. One must follow the instructions of a spiritual master; then one will certainly be delivered from all sinful reactions. This is the secret of success. Yasya deve parÄ bhaktir yathÄ deve tathÄ gurau. If one has unflinching faith in Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master, the result is tasyaite kathitÄ hy arthÄḥ prakÄÅ›ante mahÄtmanaḥ: all the conclusions of the revealed scriptures will be open to such a person. A pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa can make the same demands that NÄrada Muni is making. He says, “If you follow my instructions, I shall take responsibility for your liberation.†A pure devotee like NÄrada can give assurance to any sinful man because by the grace of the Lord such a devotee is empowered to deliver any sinful person if that person follows the principles set forth.