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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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A spiritual master is honored. Not only honored—in the śāstra it is said, nāvamanyeta karhicit. Ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān nāvamanyeta karhicit (SB 11.17.27). The spiritual master should not be, I mean to say, taken as ordinary human being. And the king also, practically we see that we do not treat a king or a president like ordinary human being. What is the reason? What is the reason? The reason is that the king . . . King's another name is naradeva, "God in human form." Naradeva. So king is honored because a king is supposed to be representative of God. Therefore he's honored.
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[[Vanisource:730505 - Lecture SB 01.08.43 - Los Angeles|730505 - Lecture SB 01.08.43 - Los Angeles]]
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Vṛṣṇy-ṛṣabha. Ṛṣabha, the chief. The best man is called ṛṣabha. So in the Vṛṣṇi dynasty, Kṛṣṇa is the chief. Because Kṛṣṇa appeared in the Vṛṣṇi dynasty, therefore the dynasty become famous. That is already discussed previously. Malaya-candana. Candana. Just the sandalwood. Because sandal is produced in the Malaya—Malaysia now, the name—therefore it is called malaya-candana. Or sometimes it is produced in the Malaya Hill. There is hill, another.

So ṛṣabhāvani-dhrug rājanya. Avani-dhruk. Dhruk means rebellious. Actually a . . . a king should be representative of God. Representative of . . . the king's honor, in every country, kings, king is honored very gorgeously. Why? He's also human being, and the citizens are also human being. Why the king is so honored? Just like spiritual master. A spiritual master is honored. Not only honored—in the śāstra it is said, nāvamanyeta karhicit. Ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān nāvamanyeta karhicit ([[Vanisource:SB 11.17.27|SB 11.17.27]]).

The spiritual master should not be, I mean to say, taken as ordinary human being. And the king also, practically we see that we do not treat a king or a president like ordinary human being. What is the reason? What is the reason? The reason is that the king . . . King's another name is naradeva, "God in human form." Naradeva. So king is honored because a king is supposed to be representative of God. Therefore he's honored.
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