यस्य साक्षाद्भगवति ज्ञानदीपप्रदे गुरौ । मर्त्यासद्धी: श्रुतं तस्य सर्वं कुञ्जरशौचवत् ॥ २६ ॥
yasya saksad bhagavati jnana-dipa-prade gurau martyasad-dhih srutam tasya sarvam kunjara-saucavat
- yasya
- one who
- saksat
- directly
- bhagavati
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- jnana-dipa-prade
- who enlightens with the torch of knowledge
- gurau
- unto the spiritual master
- martya-asat-dhih
- considers the spiritual master to be like an ordinary human being and maintains such an unfavorable attitude
- srutam
- Vedic knowledge
- tasya
- for him
- sarvam
- everything
- kunjara-sauca-vat
- like the bath of an elephant in a lake
The spiritual master should be considered to be directly the Supreme Lord because he gives transcendental knowledge for enlightenment. Consequently, for one who maintains the material conception that the spiritual master is an ordinary human being, everything is frustrated. His enlightenment and his Vedic studies and knowledge are like the bathing of an elephant.