Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore says that gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsa-dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ. You have to become the servant of the servant of the servant of the servant of servant (CC Madhya 13.80). Then Kṛṣṇa will be pleased. If you jump over Kṛṣṇa, "Kṛṣṇa, I have come to You . . ." Kṛṣṇa is not so easy. Therefore guru-kṛṣṇa kṛpāya pāya. If you are sincere, if you're sincere, that Kṛṣṇa will be merciful, first of all. Then Kṛṣṇa will guide you. If you're sincere, Kṛṣṇa will direct you that, "Approach such-and-such guru," and if guru is pleased, then you'll get Kṛṣṇa, that guru-kṛṣṇa kṛpāya, both, parallel line.
- ei rūpe bhramāṇḍa bhramite kono bhāgyavān jīva
- guru-kṛṣṇa kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
- (CC Madhya 19.151)
- Guru-kṛṣṇa—both wanted.
- yasya deve parā bhaktir
- yathā deve tathā gurau
- tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ
- prakāśante mahātmanaḥ
- (ŚU 6.23)
This is Vedic injunction. If you want to be elevated to the . . . your real constitutional position, then you have to take these principles, guru-kṛṣṇa.
- yasya deve parā bhaktir
- yathā deve tathā gurau
- (ŚU 6.23)
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says, yasya . . . yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo. Guru.
- yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
- yasya aprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi
- dhyāyan stuvaṁs tasya (yaśas tri-sandhyaṁ)
- vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
So this is rāja-vidyā, rāja-guhyam. This is the secret, guru-kṛṣṇa kṛpāya (CC Madhya 19.151). We should take advantage of this rāja-vidyā, devotional service, and take the mercy of guru and Kṛṣṇa and make our life successful. And it is very easy.