Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15

Sanskrit:

पुत्रांश्च शिष्यांश्च नृपो गुरुर्वामल्लोककामो मदनुग्रहार्थ: ।इत्थं विमन्युरनुशिष्यादतज्ज्ञान्न योजयेत्कर्मसु कर्ममूढान् ।कं योजयन्मनुजोऽर्थं लभेतनिपातयन्नष्टद‍ृशं हि गर्ते ॥ १५ ॥

ITRANS:

putrāṁś ca śiṣyāṁś ca nṛpo gurur vāmal-loka-kāmo mad-anugrahārthaḥitthaṁ vimanyur anuśiṣyād ataj-jñānna yojayet karmasu karma-mūḍhānkaṁ yojayan manujo ’rthaṁ labhetanipātayan naṣṭa-dṛśaṁ hi garte

Translation:

If one is serious about going back home, back to Godhead, he must consider the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead the summum bonum and chief aim of life. If he is a father instructing his sons, a spiritual master instructing his disciples, or a king instructing his citizens, he must instruct them as I have advised. Without being angry, he should continue giving instructions, even if his disciple, son or citizen is sometimes unable to follow his order. Ignorant people who engage in pious and impious activities should be engaged in devotional service by all means. They should always avoid fruitive activity. If one puts into the bondage of karmic activity his disciple, son or citizen who is bereft of transcendental vision, how will one profit? It is like leading a blind man to a dark well and causing him to fall in.

Purport:

It is stated in Bhagavad-gītā (3.26): “Let not the wise disrupt the minds of the ignorant who are attached to fruitive action. They should be encouraged not to refrain from work but to work in the spirit of devotion.”