SB 12.10.25 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रवणाद् दर्शनाद् वापि महापातकिनोऽपि व: । शुध्येरन्नन्त्यजाश्चापि किमु सम्भाषणादिभि: ॥ २५ ॥

Verse text

śravaṇād darśanād vāpi mahā-pātakino ’pi vaḥ śudhyerann antya-jāś cāpi kim u sambhāṣaṇādibhiḥ

Synonyms

śravaṇāt — by hearing about ; darśanāt — by seeing ; vā — or ; api — also ; mahā — pātakinaḥ — those who commit the worst kinds of sins ; api — even ; vaḥ — you ; śudhyeran — they become purified ; antya — jāḥ — outcastes ; ca — and ; api — even ; kim u — what to speak of ; sambhāṣaṇa — ādibhiḥ — by directly speaking with, and so on .

Translation

Even the worst sinners and social outcastes are purified just by hearing about or seeing personalities like you. Imagine, then, how purified they become by directly speaking with you.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Even the worst sinners and social outcastes are purified just by hearing about or seeing personalities like you. Imagine, then, how purified they become by directly speaking to you.