Indeed, devotional service is offered to all without discrimination, confirming that it will be suitable for anyone who follows its path.
Devotional service offered to the Lord, performed with perfect knowledge and under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, is therefore recommended for all, not even reserved for human beings alone. Even worms, birds, and wild animals are assured of attaining the highest perfection of existence if they surrender to the service of absolute love offered to the Lord.
What then should be said of those among mankind who have mastered spiritual philosophy?
Therefore, there is no point in seeking qualified applicants. Whether well-educated or uneducated, learned or foolish, basely self-interested or completely renounced, already liberated or aspiring to liberation, clumsy or skillful in devotional service, all can be elevated to the highest level of perfection through the practice of devotional service, under the tutelage of a qualified master.
Lord Krishna confirms this in these words: Even if he commits the worst acts, anyone engaged in devotional service must be considered a holy man, for he is on the perfect path.
Swiftly, he becomes blameless and finds eternal peace. You can proclaim it loudly: My devotee will never perish. Whoever takes refuge in me, even if he is of low birth, a woman, a merchant, or even a laborer, can attain the supreme goal.
What then can we say of the wise scholars, the righteous, the devotees and the holy kings, who, in this ephemeral world, in this world of suffering, serve me with love and devotion. Always fill your mind with me, become my devotee, offer me your homage and devote your adoration to me. Perfectly absorbed in me, you will come to me.
Meeting an authentic spiritual master, an intimate servant of God, purifies one's existence, is that true?
Indeed, through his position as a servant of God, the Lord granted him the power to purify the existence of the souls who turn to him, to spiritualize their bodies, to restore their sight, to place God in their minds and hearts, and to instantly free every soul from material slavery and conditioning by matter.
In truth, it is not thanks to a father or a mother that a living being, an incarnating being, comes into being. This being has an identity entirely distinct from its so-called parents. It is by the laws of nature that it is forced to enter the seed of a father and then be introduced into the womb of a mother. It does not have the power to choose who will become its father or mother.