prabhu kahe, — pĹŤrve siddha kṛṣṇe tomāra prÄŤti
tomā-saṅge āmā-sabāra haila kṛṣṇe mati

 prabhu kahe - the Lord said; pĹŤrve - previously; siddha - perfected; kṛṣṇe - in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; tomāra - your; prÄŤti - love for Kṛṣṇa; tomā-saṅge - by your association; Ämā-sabāra - of all of us; haila - there was; kṛṣṇe - unto Kṛṣṇa; mati - consciousness.


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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, “From your previous birth you have been in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Thus you love Kṛṣṇa so much that simply by your association we are all developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”

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