"The father and mother of the material body are so only in one birth, and in the next birth the father and mother may be a different couple. But the bonafide spiritual master, as the representative of the Lord, is the eternal father because the spiritual master has the responsibility to lead the disciple to spiritual salvation, or the ultimate goal of life."
(Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.5.7, Purport)
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