Volume 3 - Prabhupada Books

Text 68) The Lord's Tour of South India 33
"To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the
understanding by which they can come to Me." (Bg. 10.10)
The Vedas are considered to have been spoken by the Supreme Lord. They
were first realized by Brahma, who is the first created being within the universe
(tene brahma hrda ya adi-kavaye). Our process is to receive knowledge through
the parampara system, from Kr�Qa to Brahma, to Narada, Vyasa, Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu and the six Gosvamis. By disciplic succession, Lord Brahma was en­
lightened from within by the original person, Kr�rya. Our knowledge is fully perfect
due to being handed from master to disciple. A Vai�ryava is always engaged in the
transcendental loving service of the Lord, and as such neither karmis nor jnanis
can understand the activities of a Vai�ryava. It is said, vai$Qavera kriya-mudra vijfle
na bujhaya: even the most learned man depending on direct perception of
knowledge cannot understand the activities of a Vai�ryava After being initiated
into Vai�Qavism by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Bhanacarya realized what a mistake
he had made in trying to understand Rarnananda Ray a, who was very learned and
whose endeavors were all directed to rendering transcendental loving service to
the Lord.
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