SB 10.38.05 - comparison

SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)

SB 10.38.5, Translation:

But enough of such thoughts! After all, even a fallen soul like me can have the chance to behold the infallible Supreme Lord, for one of the conditioned souls being swept along in the river of time may sometimes reach the shore.

CC Madhya-lila

CC Madhya 22.44, Translation and Purport:

“""Because I am so fallen, I shall never get a chance to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead." This was my false apprehension. Rather, by chance a person as fallen as I am may get to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although one is being carried away by the waves of the river of time, one may eventually reach the shore."

This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.38.5) was spoken by Akrūra.

Teachings of Lord Caitanya

Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 11:

There is a verse in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 10.38.5) which encourages every conditioned soul in this way: "No one should be depressed by thinking that he will never be out of the clutches of matter, for there is every possibility of being rescued, exactly as it is possible for a log, which is floating down a river, to come to rest on the bank."