You Are Sons of Nectar

By Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda dev-Goswami Maharaj

Actually we are all spiritual entities, and because we are part and
parcel of our Lord, our home is eternally existing in the
transcendental abode of the Lord. You have heard of the Upanisads,
Vedas, Vedanta, and the other scriptures which were revealed in India
in written form five thousand years ago. Previously, this knowledge
existed as sruti-mantram, spoken words, and it was transmitted
by rsis and munis to their disciples through sruti-mantram. At that
time there were no books. Vedavyas has very mercifully given us the
written form of sruti-mantram: the Veda. He divided the Veda (sruti)
into four parts: Rg, Sama, Yajur, and Atharva. He also composed the
corollary literatures (smrti) like the Mahabharata, which is called the
fifth Veda. The gist of the Vedas can also be found in the hundreds
of Upanisads he wrote. The great rsis, Vedic research scholars, have
also presented the Vedic knowledge in the Puranas. Thus, through the
great rsis, this transcendental knowledge is being revealed in this
mundane world, and when necessary, from time to time, an
incarnation of the Lord manifests by whose divine mercy we get a
connection with that transcendental knowledge.
These Vedic literatures mainly try to give us transcendental
knowledge, and for our benefit they have proclaimed, “Srnvantu visve
amrtasya putra: you are all the sons of nectar, transcendental nectar;
you are from the nectarean ocean. Dive deep into that nectar!” We are
all parts and parcels of the Lord, therefore we are spiritual relatives.