SB 1.19.34
सान्निध्यात्ते महायोगिन्पातकानि महान्त्यपि ।
सद्यो नश्यन्ति वै पुंसां विष्णोरिव सुरेतराः ॥ ३४ ॥
सद्यो नश्यन्ति वै पुंसां विष्णोरिव सुरेतराः ॥ ३४ ॥
sānnidhyāt te mahā-yogin pātakāni mahānty api
sadyo naśyanti vai puṁsāṁ viṣṇor iva suretarāḥ
sadyo naśyanti vai puṁsāṁ viṣṇor iva suretarāḥ
Synonyms
mahā-yogin — O great yogī [he mahā-yogin255]; sānnidhyāt [eva] — simply by proximity; te — to you [tava]; mahānti pātakāni api — even the vilest sins; puṁsām — [committed] by human beings [like me (mādṛṣāṇām)]; vai — [are] indeed; sadyaḥ [eva] — instantly; naśyanti — destroyed; iva — just as; [by proximity (sānnidhyāt)256]; viṣṇoḥ — to Viṣṇu; sura-itarāḥ — the antigods [asurāḥ257]; [meet with destruction (naśyanti)258].
Translation
O great yogī, simply by proximity to you even the vilest sins committed by human beings are indeed instantly destroyed, just as by proximity to Viṣṇu the asuras meet with destruction.