SB 1.19.33

Synonyms

[“How is it that we have become appropriately pure (lit., ‘an abode of sanctity,’ tīrtha-bhūtatā) simply by your coming to us in the form of a guest?” (katham atithi-rūpeṇāsmad-āgamana-rūpeṇa vas tīrtha-bhūtatā). This is answered in the following verse by the application of a fortiori reasoning, the logic of “How much more?” (ity atra tat-kaimutya-nyāyena darśayati).²⁵³]; saṁsmaraṇāt [eva] — simply by the remembrance; yeṣām — of whom [i.e., of you (bhavatām)]; puṁsām — people’s; gṛhāḥ — homes; śuddhyanti vai — are indeed purified; sadyaḥ — immediately [sadya eva²⁵⁴]; kim punaḥ [vaktavyam] — what more need be said; [of the purification they obtain (śuddhyanti)]; darśana — by seeing [you (bhavatām)]; sparśa — touching [you]; pāda-śauca — washing [your] feet; āsana-ādibhiḥ — offering [you] a seat, or other such forms of direct service.

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