6 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 9
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead says:
sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam Saranam vraja
aham tvdm sarva-pdpebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah
“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall
deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.” (Be. 18.66) The
Supreme Personality of Godhead can accept the reactions of anyone’s sin-
ful deeds and neutralize them because He is pavitra, pure, like the sun,
which is never contaminated by any worldly infection. Tejiyasar na
dosaya vahneh sarva-bhujo yathé (Bhag. 10.33.29). One who is very
powerful is not affected by any sinful activity. But here we see that
mother Ganges fears being burdened with the sins of the people in
general who would bathe in her waters. This indicates that no one but the
Supreme Personality of Godhead is able to neutralize the reactions of sin-
ful deeds, whether one’s own or those of others. Sometimes the spiritual
master, after accepting a disciple, must take charge of that disciple’s past
sinful activities and, being overloaded, must sometimes suffer—if not
fully, then partially —for the sinful acts of the disciple. Every disciple,
therefore, must be very careful not to commit sinful activities after ini-
tiation. The poor spiritual master is kind and merciful enough to accept a
disciple and partially suffer for that disciple’s sinful activities, but
Krsna, being merciful to His servant, neutralizes the reactions of sinful
deeds for the servant who engages in preaching His glories. Even mother
Ganges feared the sinful reactions of the people in general and was anx-
ious about how she would counteract the burden of these sins.
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