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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 5]
दृष्ट्वा पुनस्तं सघृणः कुबुद्धि प्रयोजयेदुत्पथगं यथान्यम् ॥१७॥
kas tam svayam tad-abhijño vipaścid avidyāyām antare vartamānam drṣṭvā punas tam saghṛṇaḥ kubuddhim prayojayed utpathagam yathāndham
kaḥ —who is that person;  tam —him;  svayam —personally;  tat-abhijñaḥ —knowing spiritual knowledge;  vipaścit —a learned scholar;  avidyāyām antare —in ignorance;  vartamānam —existing;  drṣṭvā —seeing;  punaḥ —again;  tam —him;  sa-ghṛṇaḥ —very merciful;  ku-buddhim —who is addicted to the path of  saṁsāra ;  prayojayet —would engage;  utpatha-gam —who is proceeding on the wrong path;  yathā —like;  andham —a blind man.
TRANSLATION
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.
TEXT 18
गुरुर्न स स्यात्स्वजनो न स स्यात् पिता न स स्याज्जननी न सा स्यात् । दैवं न तत्स्यान्न पतिश्च स स्या- न्न मोचयेद्यः समुपेतमृत्युम् ॥१८॥
gurur na sa syāt sva-jano na sa syāt pitā na sa syāj jananī na sā syāt daivam na tat syān na patiś ca sa syān na mocayed yaḥ samupeta-mṛtyum