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The word Guḍākeśa has great significance which itself describe a devotee of Lord Krishna.
In this verse (1.24) Arjuna is referred to as Guḍākeśa.
Guḍākā means sleep, and one who conquers sleep is called guḍākeśa
Why Arjuna has been referred as Guḍākeśa : Sleep also means ignorance. So Arjuna conquered both sleep and ignorance because of his friendship with Kṛṣṇa.
Significance of word- Guḍākeśa for a devotee: It has been described by Srila Prabhupad in Purport that As a great devotee of Kṛs
Spiritual knowledge descends through the disciplic succession from Krishna. The representatives of the disciplic succession can not change anything, add anything or subtract anything. Otherwise the disciplic succession will be broken and their preaching will have no potency. Many times in the history this disciplic succession has been broken because the representatives of the disciplic succession did not correctly pass on the knowledge to their students.
We can understand how perfect knowledge ca
The Sanskrit word sanatana means "eternal" and the word dharma means "occupation." Therefore the term "Sanatana Dharma" can be taken to mean our eternal occupation.
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