Devanagari
आदिश त्वं द्विजश्रेष्ठ विधिं तदुपधावनम् ।
आशु तुष्यति मे देव: सीदन्त्या: सह पुत्रकै: ॥ २३ ॥
Verse text
ādiśa tvaṁ dvija-śreṣṭha
vidhiṁ tad-upadhāvanam
āśu tuṣyati me devaḥ
sīdantyāḥ saha putrakaiḥ
Synonyms
ādiśa
—
just instruct me
;
tvam
—
O my husband
;
dvija
—
śreṣṭha — O best of the brāhmaṇas
;
vidhim
—
the regulative principles
;
tat
—
the Lord
;
upadhāvanam
—
the process of worshiping
;
āśu
—
very soon
;
tuṣyati
—
becomes satisfied
;
me
—
unto me
;
devaḥ
—
the Lord
;
sīdantyāḥ
—
now lamenting
;
saha
—
with
;
putrakaiḥ
—
all my sons, the demigods .
Translation
O best of the brāhmaṇas, kindly instruct me in the perfect method of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead in devotional service, by which the Lord may very soon be pleased with me and save me, along with my sons, from this most dangerous condition.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O best of the brāhmaṇas! Kindly instruct me in the method of worshiping the Lord, so that he will be quickly satisfied with me, now lamenting because of my sons.
Purport
Sometimes less intelligent men ask whether one has to approach a
guru
to be instructed in devotional service for spiritual advancement. The answer is given here — indeed, not only here, but also in
Bhagavad-gītā,
where Arjuna accepted Kṛṣṇa as his
guru
(
śiṣyas te ’haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam
). The
Vedas
also instruct,
tad-vijṣānārthaṁ sa guruṁ evābhigacchet:
one must accept a
guru
for proper direction if one is seriously inclined toward advancement in spiritual life. The Lord says that one must worship the
ācārya,
who is the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (
ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyāt
). One should definitely understand this. In
Caitanya-caritāmṛta
it is said that the
guru
is the manifestation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, according to all the evidence given by the
śāstra
and by the practical behavior of devotees, one must accept a
guru.
Aditi accepted her husband as her
guru,
so that he would direct her how to advance in spiritual consciousness, devotional service, by worshiping the Supreme Lord.