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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.15.4

य आत्मविद्यामाख्याय स्वयं संशुद्धो महापुरुषमनुसस्मार ॥ ४ ॥
ya ātma-vidyām ākhyāya svayaṁ saṁśuddho mahā-puruṣam anusasmāra.
[ya aatma-vidyaam aakhyaaya svayam samshuddho mahaa-purusham anusasmaara.]
Word-for-word
yaḥ — who (King Pratīha) ātma-vidyām ākhyāya — after instructing many people about self-realization svayam — personally saṁśuddhaḥ — being very advanced and purified in self-realization mahā-puruṣam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu anusasmāra — perfectly understood and always remembered.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ya ātma-vidyām ākhyāya svayaṁ saṁśuddho mahā-puruṣam anusasmāra.
yaḥ
who (King Pratīha)
ātma-vidyām ākhyāya
after instructing many people about self-realization
svayam
personally
saṁśuddhaḥ
being very advanced and purified in self-realization
mahā-puruṣam
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu
anusasmāra
perfectly understood and always remembered.
King Pratīha personally propagated the principles of self-realization. In this way, not only was he purified, but he became a great devotee of the Supreme Person, Lord Viṣṇu, and directly realized Him.
Purport

The word anusasmāra is very significant. God consciousness is not imaginary or concocted. The devotee who is pure and advanced realizes God as He is. Mahārāja Pratīha did so, and due to his direct realization of Lord Viṣṇu, he propagated self-realization and became a preacher. A real preacher cannot be bogus; he must first of all realize Lord Viṣṇu as He is. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (4.34) , upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ: “One who has seen the truth can impart knowledge.” The word tattva-darśī refers to one who has perfectly realized the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a person can become a guru and propound Vaiṣṇava philosophy all over the world. The paragon of bona fide preachers and gurus is King Pratīha.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
King Pratīha taught the principles of self-realization and, becoming purified, realized the Supreme Lord. Anusasmāra means he realized or attained the Lord.
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Personal Guidance
Mahārāja Pratīha not only practiced self-realization but propagated it. Direct realization is the basis of genuine preaching; without it, teaching becomes secondhand confusion. Realize first; speak from realization, not from theory.
Reflection Questions
  • Where are you teaching what you have not yet realized, and what would deepen the realization first?
  • Whose preaching shows the unmistakable mark of direct experience, and what can you learn from how they live?
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