Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures Guru ordered him that You read. Guru must know him, that he is illiterate. So what he will read? Why guru is ordering him? But because he had firm faith in guru and he was trying to read, Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to see him. Just see. Lecture on SB 1.15.27 -- New York, March 6, 1975 : I have narrated several times the story of a brāhmaṇa in South India. He was illiterate, and he was reading Bhagavad-gītā. So his friends, village friends, they knew that This man is illiterate. How he can read Bhagavad-gītā? So they were criticizing. Hello, brāhmaṇa. How you are reading Bhagavad- gītā? So he did not say anything because he knew that These friends are criticizing me because I am illiterate. He knows. So when Caitanya Mahāprabhu came there, Caitanya Mahāprabhu was attracted. He was illiterate, and he was reading Bhagavad-gītā, and Caitanya Mahāprabhu was attracted. Just see. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu inquired, My dear brāhmaṇa, what you are reading? So he also could understand that Here is a person who has not come to criticize me. He is serious. Yes, sir, I am reading Bhagavad-gītā, but I am illiterate. I am illiterate. Then what you are reading? No, I am simply turning the pages. I cannot read anything. Then why you are reading if you cannot? No, my Guru Mahārāja ordered me. My Guru Mahārāja asked me that You shall read Bhagavad-gītā daily, eighteen chapters. Guru mahārāja knew that he is illiterate, but still ordered. This is called guru- mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koriyā aikya, ār nā koriho mane āśā. This is called firm faith in guru. Guru ordered him that You read. Guru must know him, that he is illiterate. So what he will read? Why guru is ordering him? But because he had firm faith in guru and he was trying to read, Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to see him. Just see. How this line is important: guru-mukha-padma- vākya, cittete koriyā aikya, ār nā koriho mane āśā. Ār means anything more, you dont try to understand. Whatever your guru says, you just try to carry it out. To understand Vedic literature means one must have firm faith in Kṛṣṇa and firm faith in guru, not that My guru is not so learned, so let me capture Kṛṣṇa directly. That is useless. That is useless.
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