PARABRAHMA SUTRAS (146-148)

146. Ubhayaphalam satgurau gurau tu pramaadah syaat.

Translation: In the case of Satguru both the fruits are achieved but in the case of guru there may be the danger of slip.

Explanation: Satguru is the human form of God, who shows the correct path and also clarifies all your doubts with perfect analysis. Hence, the importance of Satguru is very much in the spiritual path. In the case of Satguru, He is also the goal of your spiritual effort. If you have attained Satguru, you have already reached the goal. With the help of His knowledge and sharp analysis, you have to only identify Satguru as the goal. The case of Guru is different. Sometimes, he may err and mislead you to the wrong goal. If the guru gives correct knowledge, you can identify Satguru with the help of such sharp knowledge. Sometimes, the guru may appear as Satguru and you may be stuck-up with such guru and not reach the goal.

147. Purnajnasya na jnaanam nishchayadhaaraagopyah saphalaah.

Translation: If the spiritual knowledge is complete, there is no need of preaching even from Satguru as in the case of Gopikas, who could maintain the determination and succeeded.

Explanation: The spiritual aspirant having complete knowledge from all sides by achieving it through sharp analysis will straightly catch Satguru and serve Him with full determination and there is no need of any spiritual knowledge even from Satguru. The spiritual knowledge helps only to detect the Satguru. If Satguru is detected by your sharp analysis of spiritual knowledge, there is no need of spiritual knowledge from Satguru also. Gopikas were divine sages, who have already detected the human form of God as Krishna. They straightly loved and served Him with full determination and Krishna did not preach them any spiritual knowledge as there was no need of it. They were only tested by the Lord in the strength of their determination that has to be maintained forever. Those sages who maintained the same strong determination could withstand the tests and succeeded to get the eternal grace of the Lord. Some of them could not maintain the same strength of determination during the tests and hence failed.

148. Yantraputraaviva srashtuh paramaatmanopi.

Translation: Like the machine and son of an engineer, the creation and son of God exist.

Explanation: All the human beings are part of the creation of God. A liberated soul is one of the human beings and when he is blessed by God, God enters in to him to make him the human incarnation of God on the earth. Such a blessed liberated soul is mentioned as the son of God. The son of God differs from all the other human beings and the rest of creation by having God in him. The entire creation including all the other human beings is also the product of God and the son of God is also the product of God. But the difference between the son of God and the rest of creation is the presence of God in the son of God and the absence of God in the rest of creation. A machine invented by the engineer is said to be his product. Similarly, the son of the engineer is also said to be the product of the same engineer. But the difference is that the blood of engineer exists in the son, where as, the blood of engineer is absent in the machine. Thus one has to clearly understand the meaning of the son of God.