All pilgrims on pilgrimage are not alike. But when a rare hermit of higher spiritual state enjoins them, the sins of all of them perish.
As all soldiers in a king's army are not equally valiant, but together under a brave and courageous general they become a force to reckon with.
Just as a ship leads the other ships to the safety of the shore through tumultuous ocean, many passengers of these ship also reach the safety of the other end.
Similarly, there are numerous teachers and disciples at the worldly level, but one who has taken the refuge of the True Guru, an embodiment of the Lord, millions sail across the worldly ocean with his support. (362)