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Bhagavata Purana 5.5.17

Srimad Bhagavatam · 5 · Verse 17

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Sanskrit Original

कस्तं स्वयं तदभिज्ञो विपश्चिद् अविद्यायामन्तरे वर्तमानम् । दृष्ट्वा पुनस्तं सघृण: कुबुद्धिं प्रयोजयेदुत्पथगं यथान्धम् ॥ १७ ॥

kas taṁ svayaṁ tad-abhijño vipaścid avidyāyām antare vartamānam dṛṣṭvā punas taṁ saghṛṇaḥ kubuddhiṁ prayojayed utpathagaṁ yathāndham

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If someone is ignorant and addicted to the path of saṁsāra, how can one who is actually learned, merciful and advanced in spiritual knowledge engage him in fruitive activity and thus further entangle him in material existence? If a blind man is walking down the wrong path, how can a gentleman allow him to continue on his way to danger? How can he approve this method? No wise or kind man can allow this.