Madhya-līlā

Chapter 23: Life's Ultimate Goal—Love of Godhead

Verse 16 of 111
Cc Madhya 23.16

সতাং প্রসংগান্মম বীর্যসংবিদো ভবন্তি হৃত্কর্ণরসাযনাঃ কথাঃ তজ্জোষণাদাশ্বপবর্গবর্ত্মনি শ্রদ্ধা রতির্ভক্তিরনুক্রমিষ্যতি

सतां प्रसंगान्मम वीर्यसंविदो भवन्ति हृत्कर्णरसायनाः कथाः तज्जोषणादाश्वपवर्गवर्त्मनि श्रद्धा रतिर्भक्तिरनुक्रमिष्यति

satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati

Synonyms

satāmof the devotees; prasaṅgātby the intimate association; mamaof Me; vīrya-saṁvidaḥtalks full of spiritual potency; bhavantiappear; hṛtto the heart; karṇaand to the ears; rasa-āyanāḥa source of sweetness; kathāḥtalks; tatof them; joṣaṇātfrom proper cultivation; āśuquickly; apavargaof liberation; vartmanion the path; śraddhāfaith; ratiḥattraction; bhaktiḥlove; anukramiṣyatiwill 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 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.25.25).

Verse 16 of 111
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