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Canto 10 · Chapter 10: The Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees
10.10.4010.10.42

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.10.41

साधूनां समचित्तानां सुतरां मत्कृतात्मनाम् ।

दर्शनान्नो भवेद् बन्ध: पुंसोऽक्ष्णो: सवितुर्यथा ॥ ४१ ॥

sādhūnāṁ sama-cittānāṁ

sutarāṁ mat-kṛtātmanām

darśanān no bhaved bandhaḥ

puṁso ’kṣṇoḥ savitur yathā

Translation

When one is face to face with the sun, there is no longer darkness for one’s eyes. Similarly, when one is face to face with a sādhu, a devotee, who is fully determined and surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one will no longer be subject to material bondage.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Sādhu’s Association Removes Material Bondage

  1. 1

    Just as facing the sun removes darkness from the eyes, meeting a fully surrendered devotee frees one from material bondage.

  2. 2

    A pure devotee is equipoised toward everyone and ready to give Kṛṣṇa consciousness without discrimination. Even a brief meeting with a sādhu can make one’s life successful.

  3. 3

    Offenses to a sādhu delay one’s rectification. The purport therefore highlights both the power of saintly association and the danger of offending devotees.

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