Verse Text
prathame (1.19.33) ca—
yeṣāṁ saṁsmaraṇāt puṁsāṁ sadyaḥ śuddhyanti vai gṛhāḥ |
kiṁ punar darśana-sparśa-pāda-śaucāsanādibhiḥ ||217||
Translation
The First Canto says: Simply by our remembering You, our houses become instantly sanctified. And what to speak of seeing You, touching You, washing Your holy feet and offering You a seat in our home? SB 1.19.33
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
A similar statement is found in the First Canto, Nineteenth Chapter, verse 33, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: “There is no doubt about one’s becoming freed from all reactions to sinful activities after visiting a devotee or touching his lotus feet or giving him a sitting place. Even by remembering the activities of such a Vaiṣṇava, one becomes purified, along with one’s whole family. And what, then, can be said of rendering direct service to him?”