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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.75.21

Mukti· Liberation

Sacred Bathing Offers Profound Purification

“All the citizens belonging to the various orders of varṇa and āśrama then bathed in that place, where even the most grievous sinner can immediately be freed from all sinful reactions.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.75.21, translation

What the purport teaches

  • All the citizens belonging to the various orders of varṇa and āśrama bathed at that place.
  • The verse describes the bathing place as offering freedom from sinful reactions.
  • Even the most grievous sinner can immediately be freed there. The promise of purification is not limited to those already living purely.

Try this today

Reflect for one minute on the verse’s assurance that even a grievous sinner can be purified.

Ask yourself

How does this promise of purification give hope to someone burdened by wrongdoing?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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