स्वच्छ: प्रकृतित: स्निग्धो माधुर्यस्तीर्थभूर्नृणाम् । मुनि: पुनात्यपां मित्रमीक्षोपस्पर्शकीर्तनै: ॥ ४४ ॥
svacchaḥ prakṛtitaḥ snigdho mādhuryas tīrtha-bhūr nṛṇām muniḥ punāty apāṁ mitram īkṣopasparśa-kīrtanaiḥ
- svacchaḥ
- pure
- prakṛtitaḥ
- by nature
- snigdhaḥ
- soft or softhearted
- mādhuryaḥ
- sweet or gentle speech
- tīrtha-bhūḥ
- a place of pilgrimage
- nṛṇām
- for human beings
- muniḥ
- a sage
- punāti
- sanctifies
- apām
- of the water
- mitram
- the exact counterpart
- īkṣā
- by being seen
- upasparśa
- by being respectfully touched
- kīrtanaiḥ
- and by being glorified verbally
O King, a saintly person is just like water because he is free from all contamination, gentle by nature, and by speaking creates a beautiful vibration like that of flowing water. Just by seeing, touching or hearing such a saintly person, the living entity is purified, just as one is cleansed by contact with pure water. Thus a saintly person, just like a holy place, purifies all those who contact him because he always chants the glories of the Lord.