kona bhÄgye kÄro saá¹sÄra ká¹£ayonmukha haya
sÄdhu-saá¹…ge tabe kṛṣṇe rati upajaya
kona bhÄgye - by fortune; kÄro - of someone; saá¹sÄra - conditioned life; ká¹£aya-unmukha - on the point of destruction; haya - is; sÄdhu-saá¹…ge - by association with devotees; tabe - then; kṛṣṇe - to Lord Kṛṣṇa; rati - attraction; upajaya - awakens.
“By good fortune one becomes eligible to cross the ocean of nescience, and when one’s term of material existence decreases, one may get an opportunity to associate with pure devotees. By such association, one’s attraction to Kṛṣṇa is awakened.
ÅšrÄ«la Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura explains this point. Is this bhÄgya (fortune) the result of an accident or something else? In the scriptures, devotional service and pious activity are considered fortunate. Pious activities can be divided into three categories: pious activities that awaken one’s dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness are called bhakty-unmukhÄ« suká¹›ti, pious activities that bestow material opulence are called bhogonmukhÄ« suká¹›ti, and pious activities that enable the living entity to merge into the existence of the Supreme are called moká¹£onmukhÄ« suká¹›ti. These last two awards of pious activity are not actually fortunate. Pious activities are fortunate when they help one become Kṛṣṇa conscious. The good fortune of bhakty-unmukhÄ« is attainable only when one comes in contact with a devotee. By associating with a devotee willingly or unwillingly, one advances in devotional service, and thus one’s dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness is awakened.
