sādhu-saṅge kṛṣṇa-bhaktye śraddhā yadi haya
bhakti-phala 'prema' haya, saᚁsāra yāya kᚣaya

 sādhu-saṅge - by the association of devotees; kṛṣṇa-bhaktye - in discharging devotional service to Kṛṣṇa; Ĺ›raddhā - faith; yadi - if; haya - there is; bhakti-phala - the result of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa; prema - love of Godhead; haya - awakens; saᚁsāra - the conditioned life in material existence; yāya kᚣaya - becomes vanquished.


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“By associating with a devotee, one awakens his faith in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. Because of devotional service, one’s dormant love for Kṛṣṇa awakens, and thus one’s material, conditioned existence comes to an end.

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