Canto 11, Chapter 26

Chapter 26

Verse 26 (SB 11.26.26)
SB 11.26.26 • मूल श्लोक

ततो दु:सङ्गमुत्सृज्य सत्सु सज्जेत बुद्धिमान् । सन्त एवास्य छिन्दन्ति मनोव्यासङ्गमुक्तिभि: ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

tato duḥsaṅgam utsṛjya satsu sajjeta buddhimān santa evāsya chindanti mano-vyāsaṅgam uktibhiḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tataḥ — therefore; duḥsaṅgam — bad association; utsṛjya — throwing away; satsu — to saintly devotees; sajjeta — he should become attached; buddhi-mān — one who is intelligent; santaḥ — saintly persons; eva — only; asya — his; chindanti — cut off; manaḥ — of the mind; vyāsaṅgam — excessive attachment; uktibhiḥ — by their words.

Translation

“An intelligent person should therefore reject all bad association and instead take up the association of saintly devotees, whose words cut off the excessive attachment of one’s mind.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda