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[Are we infallible due to our being in Acyuta gotra?] When we say Acyuta-gotra, it means that by taking shelter of a pure devotee and accepting a bona fide spiritual master—especially in the disciplic line of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada—and receiving dīkṣā, our gotra (lineage) changes. Now, Acyuta refers to Krishna, the infallible Lord. So does Acyuta-gotra mean that by taking shelter of Krishna, who is infallible, we also become infallible?

Category: Lord's Potencies | Speaker: CPP | Date: 2025-04-11 | Time Stamp: 1:17:18 | Shloka: SB 2.6.7
Answer
In the spiritual world, the residents are described as infallible—they do not fall down. But this does not mean they lack free will or that they are somehow forced to remain there.

It is not that someone may think, “I don’t want to serve Krishna,” but cannot leave because the doors are closed. No—the door is always open. If one genuinely desires to turn away from Krishna, the facility exists to come to the material world.

So what does “infallible” really mean? It means that the residents of the spiritual world do not choose to fall. Their love for Krishna is so pure and complete that the desire to leave Him simply does not arise.

Therefore, infallibility is not about restriction—it is about perfect alignment of free will with divine love.

When we speak of aspiring to become Acyuta (infallible), the goal is not to lose our independence, but to purify our consciousness to such an extent that we naturally and joyfully choose to serve Krishna, without deviation.