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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.56

य एते पितृदेवानामयने वेदनिर्मिते । शास्त्रेण चक्षुषा वेद जनस्थोऽपि न मुह्यति ॥ ५६ ॥
ya ete pitṛ-devānām
[ya ete pitri-devaanaam]
ayane veda-nirmite
[ayane veda-nirmite]
śāstreṇa cakṣuṣā veda
[shaastrena chakshushaa veda]
jana-stho ’pi na muhyati
[jana-stho ’pi na muhyati]
Word-for-word
yaḥ — one who ete — on this path (as recommended above) pitṛ-devānām — known as pitṛ-yāna and deva-yāna ayane — on this path veda-nirmite — recommended in the Vedas śāstreṇa — by regular study of the scriptures cakṣuṣā — by enlightened eyes veda — is fully aware jana-sthaḥ — a person situated in a material body api — even though na — never muhyati — is bewildered.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ya ete pitṛ-devānām
yaḥ
one who
ete
on this path (as recommended above)
pitṛ-devānām
known as pitṛ-yāna and deva-yāna
ayane veda-nirmite
ayane
on this path
veda-nirmite
recommended in the Vedas
śāstreṇa cakṣuṣā veda
śāstreṇa
by regular study of the scriptures
cakṣuṣā
by enlightened eyes
veda
is fully aware
jana-stho ’pi na muhyati
jana-sthaḥ
a person situated in a material body
api
even though
na
never
muhyati
is bewildered.
Even though situated in a material body, one who is fully aware of the paths known as pitṛ-yāna and deva-yāna, and who thus opens his eyes in terms of Vedic knowledge, is never bewildered in this material world.
Purport

Ācāryavān puruṣo veda: one who is guided by the bona fide spiritual master knows everything as stated in the Vedas, which set forth the standard of infallible knowledge. As recommended in Bhagavad-gītā, ācāryopāsanam: one must approach the ācārya for real knowledge. Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet: one must approach the ācārya, for then one will receive perfect knowledge. When guided by the spiritual master, one attains the ultimate goal of life.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
A person situated in the body, who knows through the eyes of scripture these paths of the pitṛyāna and deva-yāna mentioned in the Vedas, is not bewildered. Veda-nirmite means mentioned in the Vedas with words like te janā dhūmam abhisaṁbhavanti (they go to smoke) and te ’rcir abhisambhavanti (they go to the sun). (Bṛhad-ārāṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.15) Janasthaḥ means “though situated in a body.”
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Personal Guidance
Even while embodied, one who knows pitṛ-yāna and deva-yāna through the bona fide ācārya is never bewildered. The map taken from the right teacher is itself protection. Without ācārya, the same body is lost in a maze.
Reflection Questions
  • Where in your life are you traveling without an ācārya's map and feeling the bewilderment?
  • Whose teaching most reliably orients you when you lose your bearings?
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