Commentary introduction to Chapter 13

“Having paid homage to God Ganesh, who is identical with Self I bow at the feet of the good preceptor, which is the abode of all lores, thinking about which, the art of composition is mastered, and the store of learning gets on the tip of the tongue. Eloquence out-matches even nectar in point of sweetness, while the nine Rasas (sentiments) bend low for service to every letter. The interpretations come out spontaneously and these are impressed on the mind, making it attain complete knowledge of the Supreme Self. Were the very feet of the good preceptor to be meditated upon, with devotion, that would make the glorious knowledge dawn fully.”

Bowing at the preceptor’s feet Jnanadev [Jnanadeva] said that Lord Krishna—husband of Lakshmi and the father of Brahmadev [Brahmadeva] spake thus:—