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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.26.34
SYNONYMS
santah -- the devotees; disanti -- bestow; cakshumshi -- eyes; bahih -- external; arkah -- the sun; samutthitah -- when it is fully risen; devatah -- worshipable deities; bandhavah -- relatives; santah -- the devotees; santah -- the devotees; atma -- one's very soul; aham -- Myself; eva ca -- as well.
TRANSLATION
My devotees bestow divine eyes, whereas the sun allows only external sight, and that only when it is risen in the sky. My devotees are one's real worshipable deities and real family; they are one's own self, and ultimately they are nondifferent from Me.
PURPORT
Foolishness is the wealth of the impious, who place great value on their treasure and firmly make up their minds to remain in the darkness of ignorance. Saintly devotees of the Lord are just like the sun. By the light of their words, the living entities' eyes of knowledge are opened and the darkness of ignorance is destroyed. Thus the saintly devotees are one's real friends and relatives. They are the proper recipients of service -- not the gross material body, which merely clamors for sense gratification.
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