Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.6.63
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyInsulting Fellow Disciples Displeases the Guru
“Addressed thus, the spiritual master Vaiśampāyana became angry and said: Go away from here! Enough of you, O disciple who insults brāhmaṇas! Furthermore, you must immediately give back everything I have taught you.”
What the purport teaches
- Vaiśampāyana became angry because Yājñavalkya insulted the other disciples, who were qualified brāhmaṇas.
- He ordered Yājñavalkya to leave and immediately give back everything he had been taught.
- A spiritual master is very displeased when a proud disciple insults or mistreats the guru’s other disciples. The purport compares this to a father disturbed by one son mistreating his other children.
Try this today
Speak respectfully to one fellow student today, taking care not to belittle them.
Ask yourself
Does the way I treat fellow students show respect for our teacher?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.