Out of twelve authorities, Sukadeva Gosvami is authority. Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah (CC Madhya 17.186). We have to follow the authority

Expressions researched:
"Out of twelve authorities, Śukadeva Gosvāmī is authority. Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ" |"We have to follow the authority"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Out of twelve authorities, Śukadeva Gosvāmī is authority. Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ (CC Madhya 17.186). We have to follow the authority. So he says by . . . simply by performing these processes, śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ, then what you are? Lokasya sadyo vidhunoti kalmaṣam (SB 2.4.15): "This material contamination will be washed off." Lokasya sadyaḥ. When washed off? Immediately, sir. Immediately. No waiting. Sadya. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.

741015 - Lecture SB 01.08.35 - Mayapur

Lokasya sadyo vidhunoti kalmaṣam. These processes, śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ van . . . (SB 7.5.23), so perfect that as soon as you take them—not all of them; either all of them or some of them or at least one of them—then what happens? Lokasya sadyo vidhunoti kalmaṣaṁ tasmai subhadra-śravase namo namaḥ: "I am offering worship to that Supreme Personality of Godhead. Simply by remembering Him, simply by glorifying Him, simply by seeing You, so many things happen." So Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the authority . . . he is one of the authority, Vaiyāsaki. Bali . . . balir vaiyāsakiḥ. Out of twelve authorities, Śukadeva Gosvāmī is authority. Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ (CC Madhya 17.186). We have to follow the authority. So he says by . . . simply by performing these processes, śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ, then what you are? Lokasya sadyo vidhunoti kalmaṣam (SB 2.4.15): "This material contamination will be washed off." Lokasya sadyaḥ. When washed off? Immediately, sir. Immediately. No waiting. Sadya. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.