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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 30]
ally afraid of this material existence. Some people are already disgusted with material existence, being confused and frustrated by material enjoyment, and some people, who are intelligent, are interested in understanding the Supreme Lord. Both may take advantage of the pure devotee who wanders throughout the world.
When a pure devotee goes to a place of pilgrimage, he desires to purify that holy place of pilgrimage. Many sinful men bathe in the holy waters of the places of pilgrimage. They take their baths in the waters of the Ganges and Yamunā at places such as Prayāg, Vṛndāvana and Mathurā. In this way the sinful men are purified, but their sinful actions and reactions remain at the holy places of pilgrimage. When a devotee comes to take his bath at those places of pilgrimage, the sinful reactions left by the sinful men are neutralized by the devotee.  Tīrthī-kurvanti tīrthāni svāntaḥ-sthena gadā-bhṛtā  ( Bhāg.  1.13.10). Because the devotee always carries the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart, wherever he goes becomes a place of pilgrimage, a holy place for understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is therefore the duty of everyone to associate with a pure devotee and thus attain freedom from material contamination. Everyone should take advantage of the wandering devotees whose only business is to deliver conditioned souls from the clutches of  māyā .
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वयं तु साक्षाद्भगवन् भवस्य
प्रियस्य सर्व्युः क्षणसङ्गमेन ।
सुदुश्चिकित्स्यस्य भवस्य मृत्यो-
भिषक्तमं त्वाद्य गतिं गताः स्म ॥३८॥
vayam tu sākṣād bhagavan bhavasya priyasya sakhyuḥ kṣaṇa-saṅgamena suduścikitsyasya bhavasya mṛtyor bhiṣaktamaṁ tvādya gatiṁ gatāḥ sma
vayam—we; tu—then; sākṣāt—directly; bhagavan—O Lord; bhavasya—of Lord Śiva; priyasya—very dear; sakhyuḥ—Your friend; kṣaṇa—for a moment; saṅgamena—by association; suduścikitsyasya—very difficult to cure; bhavasya—of material existence; mṛtyoḥ—of death; bhiṣak-tamam—the most expert physician; tvā—You; adya—today; gatiṁ—destination; gatāḥ—have achieved; sma—certainly.