Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.10.19
यत्र यत्र च मद्भक्ता: प्रशान्ता: समदर्शिन: ।
साधव: समुदाचारास्ते पूयन्तेऽपि कीकटा: ॥ १९ ॥
yatra yatra ca mad-bhaktāḥ
[yatra yatra cha mad-bhaktaah]
praśāntāḥ sama-darśinaḥ
[prashaantaah sama-darshinah]
sādhavaḥ samudācārās
[saadhavah samudaachaaraas]
te pūyante ’pi kīkaṭāḥ
[te pooyante ’pi keekataah]
Word-for-word
yatra yatra
—
wherever and whenever
ca
—
also
mat-bhaktāḥ
—
My devotees
praśāntāḥ
—
extremely peaceful
sama-darśinaḥ
—
equipoised
sādhavaḥ
—
decorated with all good qualities
samudācārāḥ
—
equally magnanimous
te
—
all of them
pūyante
—
are purified
api
—
even
kīkaṭāḥ
—
a degraded country or the inhabitants of such a place.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yatra yatra ca mad-bhaktāḥ
yatra yatra
wherever and whenever
ca
also
mat-bhaktāḥ
My devotees
praśāntāḥ sama-darśinaḥ
praśāntāḥ
extremely peaceful
sama-darśinaḥ
equipoised
sādhavaḥ samudācārās
sādhavaḥ
decorated with all good qualities
samudācārāḥ
equally magnanimous
te pūyante ’pi kīkaṭāḥ
te
all of them
pūyante
are purified
api
even
kīkaṭāḥ
a degraded country or the inhabitants of such a place.
Whenever and wherever there are peaceful, equipoised devotees who are well-behaved and decorated with all good qualities, that place and the dynasties there, even if condemned, are purified.
Purport
Wherever exalted devotees stay, not only they and their dynasties but the entire country is purified.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Peaceful, equipoised devotees who are well behaved and decorated with all good qualities purify even their place of residence, even if it is condemned.
What to speak of purifying a family, my devotees purify the place in which they live. Pūyanti means “are purified.”
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Personal Guidance
Wherever peaceful, well-behaved, equipoised devotees live, that place and its dynasties — even if condemned — are purified. Geographical purification works through the resident saint. Sacred presence rewrites the karma of place.
Reflection Questions
- Whose presence in your community has quietly rewritten the spiritual atmosphere?
- How could you become such a quiet purifier of your own neighborhood?
My note
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