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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 5]
may take shelter at the lotus feet of Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa. When this happens, one actually becomes wise and surrenders unto Him. That is the only way to stop the repetition of birth and death. This is confirmed in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  ( Madhya  19.151) in the instructions given by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī at Daśāśvamedha-ghāṭa.
brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
The living entity wanders throughout different planets in different forms and bodies, but if by chance he comes in contact with a bona fide spiritual master, by the grace of the spiritual master he receives Lord Kṛṣṇa's shelter, and his devotional life begins.
TEXT 7
यदा न पश्यत्ययथा गुणेहां स्वार्थे प्रमत्तः सहसा विपश्चित् । गतस्मृतिर्विन्दति तत्र तापा- नासाद्य मैथुन्यमगारमज्ञः ॥ ७ ॥
yadā na paśyaty ayathā guṇehām svārthe pramattaḥ sahasā vipaścit gata-smṛtir vindati tatra tāpān āsādya maithunyam agāram ajñaḥ
yadā—when; na—not; paśyati—sees; ayathā—unnecessary; guṇa-īhām—endeavor to satisfy the senses; sva-arthe—in self-interest; pramattaḥ—mad; sahasā—very soon; vipaścit—even one advanced in knowledge; gata-smṛtiḥ—being forgetful; vindati—gets; tatra—there; tāpān—material miseries; āsādya—getting; maithunyam—based on sexual intercourse; agāram—a home; ajñaḥ—being foolish.
TRANSLATION
Even though one may be very learned and wise, he is mad if he does not understand that the endeavor for sense gratification is a