The scriptures represent the eternal sound manifestation of my Person. Here, the wise scholars carefully study all the holy scriptures, and because they assimilate their conclusions, they are considered to represent the personified scriptures. They are established in the supreme spiritual attribute; therefore, they possess the mastery of the mind and the senses, as well as truthfulness. They explain the scriptures according to their original meaning and, out of pure compassion, teach the ultimate purpose to all conditioned souls. They practice austerity and tolerance, and are aware of the respective position of the infinitesimal being and the Supreme Lord. These are the eight qualities of wise scholars. Thus of all living beings, no one is superior to wise scholars.

I am infinitely great and almighty, superior to Brahma and Indra the king of the heavenly planets. It is also I who bestows the happiness that we enjoy in the heavenly kingdom or that which liberation provides. Yet wise scholars do not seek from Me any material welfare; they are of great purity and desire to possess nothing. They merely serve me with devotion; what need would they then have to ask someone else for material benefits?

My dear children, you should not envy any living being, mobile or immobile. Knowing that I am in them, you should at every moment show respect to all. In doing so, you will make an offering of respect to Me.

The humble sage, enlightened by pure knowledge, sees with an equal eye the noble sage and scholar, the cow, the elephant, or the dog or the pariah. He who sees the infinitesimal soul and the Supreme Lord as always distinct from one another is very dear to the Lord. Whoever preaches that living beings are distinct from the Supreme Lord is very dear to Visnu [plenary emanation of Krishna]. The true activity of the sense organs, whether mental, eye, tongue, or any other organ of perception or action, is to serve Me fully. Unless he uses his senses in this way, the conditioned soul cannot even think of escaping the terrible gear of material existence, as powerful as Yamaraja’s rigid rope [The Lord of Death and Judge of the Guilty].

Ephemeral, joys and sorrows, like summers and winters, come and go. They are only due to the encounter of the senses with matter, and we must learn to tolerate them, without being affected.

The Supreme Lord stands in the hearts of all beings, and directs their wanderings to all, who are each as on a machine (the body) made of material energy.