हरिभक्तिपराणां तु सङ्गिनां सङ्गमात्रतः ।
मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो महापातकवानपि ॥
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.”