🪷 ŚB 3.23.55

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

सङ्गो य: संसृतेर्हेतुरसत्सु विहितोऽधिया । स एव साधुषु कृतो नि:सङ्गत्वाय कल्पते ॥ ५५ ॥

Transliteration

saṅgo yaḥ saṁsṛter hetur asatsu vihito ’dhiyā sa eva sādhuṣu kṛto niḥsaṅgatvāya kalpate
Synonyms
saṅgaḥ — association; yaḥ — which; saṁsṛteḥ — of the cycle of birth and death; hetuḥ — the cause; asatsu — with those engaged in sense gratification; vihitaḥ — done; adhiyā — through ignorance; saḥ — the same thing; eva — certainly; sādhuṣu — with saintly persons; kṛtaḥ — performed; niḥsaṅgatvāya — to liberation; kalpate — leads.

Translation

Association for sense gratification is certainly the path of bondage. But the same type of association, performed with a saintly person, leads to the path of liberation, even if performed without knowledge.

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ŚB 3.23.55requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.23parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 3parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā reading pathway inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

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