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- Read on →: sadbhiḥ kṣiṇoti taṁ tarṣaṁ tata ārād viśuddhyati
sadbhiḥ kṣiṇoti taṁ tarṣaṁ tata ārād viśuddhyati |
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.10.17)“Because of [association with] sādhus, that desire [i.e., desire for the mundane] wanes, and then one quickly becomes pure.”
- Read on →: gaṅgā pāpaṁ śaśī tāpaṁ dainyaṁ kalpa-tarur haret
gaṅgā pāpaṁ śaśī tāpaṁ dainyaṁ kalpa-tarur haret |
pāpaṁ tāpaṁ ca dainyaṁ sadyaḥ sādhu-samāgamaḥ ||
(Garga-saṁhitā: 10.62.9)“The Gaṅgā removes sin, the moon suffering [alt., heat], and the desire-tree dejection [i.e., poverty]. Meeting with a sādhu [however] immediately removes sin, suffering, and dejection.”
- Read on →: na hy am-mayāni tīrthāni na devā mṛc-chilā-mayāḥ
na hy am-mayāni tīrthāni na devā mṛc-chilā-mayāḥ |
te punanty uru-kālena darśanād eva sādhavaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.84.11; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.204, Bhakti Sandarbha 184)[Kṛṣṇa:] “Are places made of water not tīrthas? [They are.] Are figures made of earth and stone are not [deities of] devas? [They are.] They [certainly] purify [a living being] over the course of a long time. Sādhus [however] purify just by sight [i.e., immediately, and should thus be considered the greatest of tīrthas and the greatest of devas].”
- Read on →: hari-bhakti-parāṇāṁ tu saṅgināṁ saṅga-mātrataḥ
hari-bhakti-parāṇāṁ tu saṅgināṁ saṅga-mātrataḥ |
mucyate sarva-pāpebhyo mahā-pātakavān api ||
(Bṛhan Nāradīya Purāṇa: 1.36.61; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.252 Bhakti Sandarbha: 148)“Even a great sinner is liberated from all sins just by the association of those who associate with those who are engaged in Hari-bhakti.”