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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 10]
sādhavaḥ samudācārās te pūyante 'pi kīkaṭāḥ
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.
PURPORT
Wherever exalted devotees stay, not only they and their dynasties but the entire country is purified.
TEXT 20
सर्वात्मना न हिंसन्ति भूतग्रामेषु किञ्चन । उच्चावचेषु दैत्येन्द्र मद्भावविगतस्पृहाः ॥२०॥
sarvātmanā na hiṁsanti bhūta-grāmeṣu kiñcana uccāvaceṣu daityendra mad-bhāva-vigata-spṛhāḥ
sarva-ātmanā—in all respects, even in the modes of anger and jealousy; na—never; hiṁsanti—they are envious; bhūta-grāmeṣu—among all species of life; kiñcana—toward any one of them; ucca-avaceṣu—the lower and higher living entities; daitya-indra—O my dear Prahlāda, King of the Daityas; mat-bhāva—because of devotional service unto Me; vigata—given up; spṛhāḥ—all material modes of anger and greed.