English TranslationBy the mercy of Vy─Бsa, I have heard these most confidential talks directly from the master of all mysticism, Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa, who was speaking personally to Arjuna.
English Commentary Vy─Бsa was the spiritual master of Sa├▒jaya, and Sa├▒jaya admits that it was by Vy─БsaтАЩs mercy that he could understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This means that one has to understand Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa not directly but through the medium of the spiritual master. The spiritual master is the transparent medium, although it is true that the experience is still direct. This is the mystery of the disciplic succession. When the spiritual master is bona fide, then one can hear Bhagavad-g─лt─Б directly, as Arjuna heard it. There are many mystics and yog─лs all over the world, but Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa is the master of all yoga systems. Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣ЗaтАЩs instruction is explicitly stated in Bhagavad-g─лt─Б тАУ surrender unto Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa. One who does so is the topmost yog─л. This is confirmed in the last verse of the Sixth Chapter. Yogin─Бm api sarveс╣г─Бm. N─Бrada is the direct disciple of Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa and the spiritual master of Vy─Бsa. Therefore Vy─Бsa is as bona fide as Arjuna because he comes in the disciplic succession, and Sa├▒jaya is the direct disciple of Vy─Бsa. Therefore by the grace of Vy─Бsa, Sa├▒jayaтАЩs senses were purified, and he could see and hear Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa directly. One who directly hears Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa can understand this confidential knowledge. If one does not come to the disciplic succession, he cannot hear Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa; therefore his knowledge is always imperfect, at least as far as understanding Bhagavad-g─лt─Б is concerned. In Bhagavad-g─лt─Б , all the yoga systems тАУ karma-yoga, j├▒─Бna-yoga and bhakti-yoga тАУ are explained. Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa is the master of all such mysticism. It is to be understood, however, that as Arjuna was fortunate enough to understand Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa directly, so, by the grace of Vy─Бsa, Sa├▒jaya was also able to hear Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa directly. Actually there is no difference between hearing directly from Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa and hearing directly from Kс╣Ыс╣гс╣Зa via a bona fide spiritual master like Vy─Бsa. The spiritual master is the representative of Vy─Бsadeva also. Therefore, according to the Vedic system, on the birthday of the spiritual master the disciples conduct the ceremony called Vy─Бsa-p┼лj─Б.