84. He who believes and reveres this declared by Nārada, by the command of Śiva, he becomes possessed of Love, he gains that Dearest.
The names of Sages given here are the names of those who gave rise to various lines of doctrinal descent. They all taught in one way or another what has been declared in these verses. This line of descent from teacher to disciple, who in his turn becomes teacher and hands down to a disciple, goes on through ages and is deemed of great importance. It is known as guru-paramparā. The thoughts and words of a sage go on echoing and re-echoing through the world for ages: more especially in the hearts of those who by initiation (dīkṣā) stand in sympathy with that teaching.
True teachers of Christ are in the guru-paramparā of Christ. With His words (which have nothing to do with language merely) is handed down such portion of the irresistible spiritual will of the Great and Pure Teacher as the modern day exponent may be able to find in himself. So also with the true followers of Buddha, the teachers of the Good Law. So also with those who have “taken dīkṣā” in any of the lines of descent mentioned in the verse. This taking dīkṣā does not limit a man, does not prevent him thinking for himself or learning through other teachers, but there is deemed to come down to him a special influence, a wave of the spiritual thought of the ancient teacher (guru), kept alive and perhaps increased by those through whom it has come.
The names of Sages given here are the names of those who gave rise to various lines of doctrinal descent. They all taught in one way or another what has been declared in these verses. This line of descent from teacher to disciple, who in his turn becomes teacher and hands down to a disciple, goes on through ages and is deemed of great importance. It is known as guru-paramparā. The thoughts and words of a sage go on echoing and re-echoing through the world for ages: more especially in the hearts of those who by initiation (dīkṣā) stand in sympathy with that teaching.
True teachers of Christ are in the guru-paramparā of Christ. With His words (which have nothing to do with language merely) is handed down such portion of the irresistible spiritual will of the Great and Pure Teacher as the modern day exponent may be able to find in himself. So also with the true followers of Buddha, the teachers of the Good Law. So also with those who have “taken dīkṣā” in any of the lines of descent mentioned in the verse. This taking dīkṣā does not limit a man, does not prevent him thinking for himself or learning through other teachers, but there is deemed to come down to him a special influence, a wave of the spiritual thought of the ancient teacher (guru), kept alive and perhaps increased by those through whom it has come.