What does it mean to approach a spiritual master and inquire from him?

The word pranipat means to surrender, to hear something with full attention. Without pranipat the hearing process is incomplete. Without pranipaat there is no way to understand the transcendental Absolute Truth and topics about the spiritual master, Vaishnavas, and the sastras.

​ The word pariprashna means “honest inquiry,” or to humbly inquire from the spiritual master. We should be prepared to hear the reply to our inquiry. Inquiring with a doubtful mind is not honest inquiry. To make a show of inquiring while under the control of false ego is also not honest inquiry. Unless we are fully surrenderred, we cannot make honest inquiry. But unless a subject matter is clarified through honest inquiry we cannot begin our service.