Devotee Of God's Devotee - Prabhupada 0404

750417 - Lecture BG 09.01 - Vrndavana

We should never be envious to Kṛṣṇa and his devotee. If you think that "I will become . . . I am envious to the devotees, but I am not envious to Kṛṣṇa," no, no, Kṛṣṇa does not accept that kind of business. You . . . first of all, you should be nonenvious to the devotee. Mad-bhaktaḥ pūjābhyadhikā. "If you are envious to My devotee and if you become a devotee, that is not." That is stated, that one who is directly devotee of Kṛṣṇa, he is not devotee. One who is devotee through His devotee, he is devotee.

This philosophy you should learn. You cannot say, "But why shall I go through guru or through Vaiṣṇava to Kṛṣṇa? I can go directly. I am so qualified." No, you are not qualified.