Sri mad Bhagavatam - Prabhupada

Text 9] The Glories of Devotional Service 1009tive, then by His grace one can be delivered from the mire of ignorance. Thespiritual master is therefore worshiped as one who delivers the disciplefrom the mire of ignorance with the light of the torch of knowledge. Theword paragam is very significant. Piiragam means one who can take thedisciple to the other side. This side is conditioned life; the other side is thelife of freedom. The spiritual master takes the disciple to the other side byopening his eyes with knowledge. We are suffering simply because ofignorance. By the instruction of the spiritual master, the darkness ofignorance is removed, and thus the disciple is enabled to go to the side offreedom. It is stated in Bhagavad-gitii that after many, many births onesurrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, if, aftermany, many births, one is able to find a bona fide spiritual master andsurrender to such a bona fide representative of Kr!J.a, he can be taken tothe side of light.TEXT93TTQ) I : : IIQ..IIya iidyo bhagaviin pumsiimisvaro vai bhaviin kilalokasya tamasiindhasyacak§u surya ivoditaya- He who; iidya- the origin; bhagaviin- the Supreme Personality ofGodhead; pumsiim- of all living entities; i8vara-the Lord; vai-in fact;bhaviin- You; kila- indeed; lokasya-of the universe; tamasii-by the darknessof ignorance; andhasya-blinded; caku-eye; surya-the sun; ivalike;udita- risen.TRANSLATIONYou are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the origin and SupremeLord of all living entities. You have arisen to disseminate the rays of thesun in order to dissipate the darkness of the ignorance of the universe.PURPORTKapila Muni is accepted as an incarnation of the Supreme Personality ofGodhead, Kr!J.a. Here the word iidya means the origin of all living entities,and pumsiim tsvara means the Lord, or isvara, of the living entities(iSvara parama kn'.la ). Kapila Muni is the direct expansion of Kr!J.a, who