Passage 3

In the relationship of guru and disciple between Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, even to imagine such notions is a sin. Those two have no equal but each other; there is no one else in the world like them. When it comes to guru and disciple, the lives of those who take those two alone as the chief example and the standard can become blessed. The holy disciple who took his guru's word reverently upon his head and carried it out is Arjuna! The guru who desired his disciple's good, his fame, his Ātmānanda and Dharma, and cherished and fondled him as dear as his own life, is Kṛṣṇa! That Kṛṣṇa, who is Paramātma, and Arjuna, who is jīvātma, became guru and disciple — the fruit of how many births! Kṛṣṇa the Puruṣottama, Arjuna the Narottama: the relationship of guru and disciple befits only those who have such excellent traditions. But everyone is a guru in name only, and all those who join are disciples in name only: good-for-nothing disciples, gurus heavy with a name, creatures without purpose.

The Prema of Kṛṣṇa Paramātma is boundless. Arjuna He looked upon as the heart in the body, as the eye in the face; He loved him, made him holy, made him pure. Such a guru is a guru. And was Arjuna, for his part, an ordinary man? His tyāga belongs to him alone. However difficult the times, he never went against Kṛṣṇa's word; he regarded Kṛṣṇa's body as his own body, trusted Him, looked after His welfare, and stood ready to give even his life: a man full of strength. This is how guru and disciple must conduct themselves. Paramātma, whose svarūpa is Prema, having set out the qualifications of guru and disciple, next tells of the benefits and the power of Ātmajñāna.