सङ्गो य: संसृतेर्हेतुरसत्सु विहितोऽधिया । स एव साधुषु कृतो नि:सङ्गत्वाय कल्पते ॥ ५५ ॥
sango yah samsrter hetur asatsu vihito ’dhiya sa eva sadhusu krto nihsangatvaya kalpate
- sangah
- association
- yah
- which
- samsrteh
- of the cycle of birth and death
- hetuh
- the cause
- asatsu
- with those engaged in sense gratification
- vihitah
- done
- adhiya
- through ignorance
- sah
- the same thing
- eva
- certainly
- sadhusu
- with saintly persons
- krtah
- performed
- nihsangatvaya
- to liberation
- kalpate
- leads.
Association for sense gratification is certainly the path of bondage. But the same type of association, performed with a saintly person, leads to the path of liberation, even if performed without knowledge.