gurur na sa syāt sva-jano na sa syāt
pitā na sa syāj jananī na sa syāt
daivaṁ na tat syān na patiś ca sa syān
na mocayed yaḥ samupeta-mṛtyum
Mundane existence is akin to death that stands hovers around us. One who does not preach detachment from worldly affairs and reaching God, but, on the contrary propagates teachings that lead us into the whirl of mundanity is no guru at all. Neither father nor mother nor the divine nor the spouse – such gurus are our hidden enemies. One shouldn’t live trusting them.
– Shri Rushabhadeva. Bhagavata 5.5.18
