kathyatam me pitah ko'yam
sambhramo va upagatah
kim phalam kasya coddesah
kena va sadhyate makhah
etad bruhi mahan kamo
mahyam susrusave pitah
"My dear father, I very respectfully and humbly I am inquiring. What is this arrangement? Why you are busy in making some sacrificial ceremony, and what is the reason, and what is the result?" Kim phalam: "What is the result of doing this?" Kim phalam kasya ca uddesah: "By whom... Whom you are trying to satisfy?" Kena va sadhyate: "And what is the purpose of this sacrifice? So I cannot understand. Will you kindly explain to Me?" Etad bruhi mahan kamo: "I am very much anxious. Kindly explain to me." Etad mahan kamo mahyam susrusave pitah: "Oh, I am your most obedient son, so you kindly explain to Me." This question was posed.
na hi gopyam hi sadhunam
krtyam sarvatmanam iha
asya-svapara-drstinam
amitro-dasastad visam
"Now, if you think that it is very confidential, it cannot be disclosed, then I think for a person like you who is doing publicly such sacrifice, you should not explain to Me." Na hi gopyam hi sadhunam: "Sadhu, those who are saintly person, for them there is no secret." There is no secret. There is no privacy. A sadhu, sadhu has no privacy. Just now in our ordinary social affairs, there is difference between private life and his public life. Now, if somebody is teacher... Now, he is very good teacher. He can very good... He can explain very nicely a subject matter, but his private life is not very good. Then he is not a teacher. He is not a sadhu. That is Vedic conception. One must be a teacher according to his own behavior in life. There is no secrecy or privacy. Now, we think that "We don't mind what is private character. We don't mind. We are concerned with his teaching." No. That sort of teaching will not have any effect. Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, apani acari prabhu jiveri siksaya: a teacher must demonstrate in his practical life what he is teaching. That is the meaning of acarya. Acarya means the teacher must demonstrate things by applying the same thing in his own life. That is called acarya. Therefore Krsna said that "You cannot disclose anything. You cannot keep anything private. Please disclose." Udasino 'rivad varyam atmavat suhrd ucyate: "And even if it is very confidential, I am your son. You can explain to Him. I am your well-wisher."
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