20.123
’sastra-guru-atma’-rupe apanare janana
’krsna mora prabhu, trata’--jivera haya jnana
SYNONYMS
sastra-guru-atma-rupe—in the form of Vedic literature, the spiritual master and the Supersoul; apanare janana—informs about Himself; krsna—Lord Krsna; mora—my; prabhu—Lord; trata—deliver; jivera—of the conditioned soul; haya—there is; jnana—knowledge "The forgetful conditioned soul is educated by Krsna through the Vedic literatures, the realized spiritual master and the Supersoul.
Through these, he can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is, and he can understand that Lord Krsna is his eternal master and deliverer from the clutches of maya.
In this way one can acquire real knowledge of his conditioned life and can come to understand how to attain liberation.
PURPORT
Being forgetful of his real position, the conditioned soul may take help from sastra, guru and the Supersoul within his heart.
Krsna is situated within everyone’s heart as the Supersoul.
As stated in Bhagavad-gita:
isvarah sarva-bhutanam
hrd-dese ’rjuna tisthati
bhramayan sarva-bhutani
yantrarudhani mayaya “The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.” (Bg.18.61) As the saktyavesa-avatara Vyasadeva, Krsna teaches the conditioned soul through Vedic literatures.
Krsna externally appears as the spiritual master and trains the conditioned soul to come to Krsna consciousness.
When his original Krsna consciousness is revived, the conditioned soul is delivered from the material clutches.
Thus a conditioned soul is always helped by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in three ways-by the scriptures, the spiritual master and the Supersoul within the heart.
The Lord is the deliverer of the conditioned soul and is accepted as the Supreme Lord of all living entities.
Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (18.66):
sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah This same instruction is found throughout all Vedic literature.
Sadhu, sastra and guru act as the representatives of Krsna, and the Krsna consciousness movement is also taking place all over the universe.
Whoever takes advantage of this opportunity becomes liberated.