mora mukhe vaktÄ tumi, tumi hao Å›rotÄ
atyanta rahasya, Å›una, sÄdhanera kathÄ
mora mukhe - in my mouth; vaktÄ - speaker; tumi - You are; tumi - You; hao - are; Å›rotÄ - the hearer; atyanta rahasya - extremely mysterious; Å›una - now please hear; sÄdhanera kathÄ - the discussion of the process.
“Actually You are speaking through my mouth, and at the same time You are listening. This is very mysterious. Anyway, kindly hear the explanation of the process by which the goal can be attained.
ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« has advised us to hear about Kṛṣṇa from a Vaiṣṇava. He has explicitly forbidden us to hear from an avaiṣṇava.
avaiṣṇava-mukhodgÄ«rṇaá¹ pÅ«taá¹ hari-kathÄmá¹›tam
Å›ravaṇaá¹ naiva kartavyaá¹ sarpocchiá¹£á¹aá¹ yathÄ payaḥ
Thus quoting from Padma PurÄṇa, ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« warns that one should not hear anything about Kṛṣṇa from an avaiṣṇava, however great a mundane scholar he may be. Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects; similarly, talks about Kṛṣṇa given by an avaiṣṇava are also poisonous. However, because a Vaiṣṇava is surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his talks are spiritually potent. In the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (10.10) the Supreme Lord says:
teá¹£Äá¹ satata-yuktÄnÄá¹ bhajatÄá¹ prÄ«ti-pÅ«rvakam
dadÄmi buddhi-yogaá¹ taá¹ yena mÄm upayÄnti te
“To those who are constantly devoted to worshiping Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.†When a pure Vaiṣṇava speaks, he speaks perfectly. How is this? His speech is managed by Kṛṣṇa Himself from within the heart. ÅšrÄ«la RÄmÄnanda RÄya accepts this benediction from ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; therefore he admits that whatever he was speaking was not derived from his own intelligence. Rather, everything was coming from ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. According to the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (15.15):
sarvasya cÄhaá¹ há¹›di sanniviá¹£á¹o
mattaḥ smá¹›tir jñÄnam apohanaá¹ ca
vedaiÅ› ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedÄnta-ká¹›d veda-vid eva cÄham
“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed I am the compiler of the VedÄnta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.â€
All intelligence emanates from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul within the heart of everyone. Nondevotees want to ask the Supreme Lord for sense gratification; therefore nondevotees come under the influence of mÄyÄ, the illusory energy. A devotee, however, is directed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and comes under the influence of yogamÄyÄ. Consequently there is a gulf of difference between statements made by a devotee and those made by a nondevotee.
