The pupil, Arjuna, after imbibing the teaching of Krishna, said, "Karishye Vachanam thava", "I shall do as you command." He threw away now, not his bow named Gaandeeva, but this great big ego itself, the Ahamkara that was deluding him. The Guru was the Sutradhaari - the Director of the play. The sishya, Arjuna, was the Paathradhaari (the character in the play). The Sishya should not be proud that he has been entrusted with a duty; for, as long as you are conceited, you cannot get a Guru. When the Guru accepts you, your pride will disappear.

One should not feel great or be proud when he gives his all and boasts of his sense of renunciation. The real renunciation is to give oneself away. Then the Guru will grant him freedom to follow his own will, as Krishna did. "Beloved Arjuna! Yathechchasi, thathaa kuru" "As you will, so you act. Think well. And do as you like," Krishna told him. He meant that He had given him all the advice he needed and He had also accepted the ego Arjuna has discarded. And so Arjuna could now be granted freedom to act as he willed, for his will had become His. The individual who has reached that level has to be given freedom. The Guru should not mercilessly order his sishya about simply because the sishya has dedicated himself and his all to him. The greedy Guru and the indolent disciple - both fall into perdition. The Guru should not turn into Vitthaapahaari, a person who steals wealth; he should be a Hrdayaapahaari, a person who steals hearts! The Guru has to be an alarm timepiece. He must wake up those who are enveloped in the sleep of ignorance and reward them with teachings on Atmajnana, the knowledge of their Atmic Reality.

A traveler going through the countryside from village to village was confronted by a river in spate. The waters were rising and rushing. He was helpless because he did not know how to cross to the other bank. He cast his eyes all around. He saw two men squatting under a tree at a little distance from where he stood. He walked towards them. He found that one of them was lame and the other was blind. So he inferred that they would not know where the river was deep and where it was shallow enough to wade across. He went back without questioning them. He knew their answers should not be acted upon.