Canto 7, Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Verse 19 (SB 7.10.19)
SB 7.10.19 • मूल श्लोक

यत्र यत्र च मद्भ‍क्ता: प्रशान्ता: समदर्शिन: । साधव: समुदाचारास्ते पूयन्तेऽपि कीकटा: ॥ १९ ॥

Transliteration

yatra yatra ca mad-bhaktāḥ praśāntāḥ sama-darśinaḥ sādhavaḥ samudācārās te pūyante ’pi kīkaṭāḥ

Synonyms (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.

Translation

“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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
Wherever exalted devotees stay, not only they and their dynasties but the entire country is purified.