Who has a Right to be a Guru?
Guru's glory has been said to be greater than even Govind (God). But this glory is of that guru who can liberate the disciple. It is said in Srimad Bhagavat -
'गुरुर्न स स्यात्स्वजनो न स स्यात
पिता न स स्याज्जननी न सा स्यात
दैवं न तत्स्यान्न पतिश्च स स्या -
न्न मोचयेद्यः समुपेतमृत्युं" ...
(Shrimad Bhagvat 5/5/18)
ie: One who does not deliver from death, that Guru is not a guru, that relative is not a relative, that father is not a father, that mother is not a mother, that Isht-dev (favorite deity) is not isht-dev, and that husband is not husband.
That is why saints have said –
'चौथे पद चीन्हे बिना शिष्य करो मत कोय'. Purport is that as long as you do not have the power to liberate your disciple, you should not become a Guru, because it is a deadly sin to be a Guru and not to lead the disciple to attain enlightenment.
'हरइ सिष्य धन सोक न हरइ, सो गुर घोर नरक महुँ परइ' (Maanas, Uttar - 99/4)
i.e. one who takes away the disciple's money, but does not take away his suffering, such a guru falls into terrible hells.
He falls into terrible hell because the disciple could have gone elsewhere to attain salvation, but by being tied up with that guru, he was unable to do so. The disciple was gifted with a human body to be enlightened, but the (fake) Guru obstructed his way.
It is like a dog entered a house, and the house owner closed the door. There was nothing to eat in the house. Now that dog did not get anything to eat in that house, and it cannot go anywhere else to get food. This is the condition of present day disciples. Neither can the Guru himself benefit the disciple, nor does he let him go elsewhere. If he tries to go elsewhere, the Guru scares him that being my disciple you are going elsewhere!
Respected Shri Karpatriji used to say- "A guru who makes disciple, but cannot liberate him, that gurubecomes a dog in his next birth and the disciples become ticks and sucks his blood.”
'मंत्रीदोषश्च राजानं जायादोषः पतिं यथा
तथा प्राप्नोत्यसंदेहं शिष्यपापं गुरुं प्रिये'
(kulaarnavatantra)
ie: 'just like a minister's wrong-doing affects the king, wife's wrong-doing affects the husband, similarly, the disciple's sin passes on to the Guru.
'दापयेत स्वकृतं दोषं पत्नी पापं स्वभर्तरि
तथा शिष्यार्जितं पापं गुरूमाप्नोति निश्चितं'
(Gandharvatantra)
i.e. 'Like wife's vices and faults are received (suffered) by her husband, likewise, sins accumulated by the disciple are certainly acquired by his Guru.'
From book in hindi "Kyaa Guru bina Mukti nahi", English, "Is there no Salvation without a Guru?" by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
If in doubt regarding the translation, please read the original Hindi message by Swamiji.
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