na yat-prasādāyuta-bhāga-leśam
na yat-prasādāyuta-bhāga-leśam
anye ca devā guravo janāḥ svayam
kartuṁ sametāḥ prabhavanti puṁsas
tam īśvaraṁ tvāṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye
Neither the devatās, parents nor kings, independently or together, can offer mercy that equals even one ten-thousandth of your mercy. Therefore I wish to take shelter of the Supreme Lord.
One should not reject you and instead worship devatās for quick mercy. The devatās, parents (guru) or kings desiring to give happiness (janaḥ) either together or separately, cannot produce even one ten-thousandth of your mercy--not even one particle of your mercy.
|| 8.24.50 ||
acakṣur andhasya yathāgraṇīḥ kṛtas
tathā janasyāviduṣo 'budho guruḥ
tvam arka-dṛk sarva-dṛśāṁ samīkṣaṇo
vṛto gurur naḥ sva-gatiṁ bubhutsatām
Just as a blind man accepts another blind man to lead him, ignorant people accept another ignorant man as their guru. We, desiring bhakti, accept you, who are like the sun, who reveal all senses and all knowledge, as our guru.
Since one cannot give up ignorance except by service to you, one should not service gurus who do not teach service to you. The ignorant person accepts a person who does not know about bondage and liberation (abudhaḥ) as a guru. One who teaches bhakti for you is intelligent, as you have said:
daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā |
mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te ||
My māyā made of the guṇas, fit for the jīva’s pleasure, is hard to surpass, but those who surrender to me alone can cross over this māyā. BG 7.14
This intelligent person is guru and not others who simply cause obstacles to progress. We who desire bhakti (sva-gatim) accept you, who appear like the sun (arka-dṛk) as guru. You are the revealer (samīkṣaṇaḥ) of all eyes, all senses and all types of knowledge. Sarva-dṛśām stands for these three items.
|| 8.24.51 ||
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