Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.15.4

ya ātma-vidyām ākhyāya svayam samśuddho mahā-purusham anusasmāra

SYNONYMS

yah — who (King Pratīha); ātma-vidyām ākhyāya — after instructing many people about self-realization; svayam — personally; samśuddhah — being very advanced and purified in self-realization; mahā-purusham — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu; anusasmāra — perfectly understood and always remembered.

TRANSLATION

King Pratīha personally propagated the principles of self-realization. In this way, not only was he purified, but he became a great devotee of the Supreme Person, Lord Vishnu, and directly realized Him.

PURPORT

The word anusasmāra is very significant. God consciousness is not imaginary or concocted. The devotee who is pure and advanced realizes God as He is. Mahārāja Pratīha did so, and due to his direct realization of Lord Vishnu, he propagated self-realization and became a preacher. A real preacher cannot be bogus; he must first of all realize Lord Vishnu as He is. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (4.34), upadekshyanti te jñānam jñāninas tattva-darśinah: "one who has seen the truth can impart knowledge." The word tattva-darśī refers to one who has perfectly realized the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a person can become a guru and propound Vaishnava philosophy all over the world. The paragon of bona fide preachers and guru is King Pratīha.

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