The effects of bad association

Satsvarupa Dasa: A devotee named Hrishikesananda once seriously deviated and even got himself reinitiated by another guru. But then he came to his senses and returned to Prabhupada's shelter. In a lecture, while Prabhupada was describing the effects of bad association, he said in a gentle way, "And here is the example, Hrishikesananda. He associated with some asat persons, but after a while, he could not bear it anymore and so he came back to our association." Prabhupada told it as a nice story and described Hrishikesananda as a faithful person. So when you tried to do the right thing, you were forgiven.