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TEXT 16
satam prasangan mama virya-samvido
bhavanti hrt-karna-rasayanah kathah
taj-josanad asv apavarga-vartmani
sraddha ratir bhaktir anukramisyati
SYNONYMS
satamof the devotees; prasangatbu the intimate association; mamaof Me; virya-samvidahtalks full of spiritual potency; bhavantiappear; hrtto the heart; karnaand to the ears; rasa-ayanaha source of sweetness; kathahtalks; tatof them; josanatfrom proper cultivation; asuquickly; apavargaof liberation; vartmanion the path; sraddhafaith; ratihattraction; bhaktihlove; anukramisyatiwill follow one after another.
TRANSLATION
" 'The spiritually powerful message of Godhead can be properly discussed only in a society of devotees, and it is greatly pleasing to hear in that association. If one hears from devotees, the way of transcendental experience quickly opens to him, and gradually he attains firm faith that in due course develops into attraction and devotion.'
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.25.25).
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