Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.29.41

etair upadruto nityam

jiva-lokah svabhavajaih

na karoti harer nunam

kathamrita-nidhau ratim

SYNONYMS

etaih -- by these; upadrutah -- disturbed; nityam -- always; jiva-lokah -- the conditioned soul in the material world; sva-bhava-jaih -- natural; na karoti -- does not do; hareh -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nunam -- certainly; katha -- of the words; amrita -- of nectar; nidhau -- in the ocean; ratim -- attachment.

TRANSLATION

Because the conditioned soul is always disturbed by the bodily necessities such as hunger and thirst, he has very little time to cultivate attachment to hearing the nectarean words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

Unless one is associated with devotees, he cannot cultivate Krishna consciousness. Nirjana-bhajana -- cultivating Krishna consciousness in a solitary place -- is not possible for the neophyte, for he will be disturbed by the bodily necessities (eating, sleeping, mating and defending). Being so disturbed, one cannot cultivate Krishna consciousness. We therefore see that devotees known as sahajiya, who make everything very easy, do not associate with advanced devotees. Such persons, in the name of devotional activities, are addicted to all kinds of sinful acts -- illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating. There are many so-called devotees passing themselves off as devotees while engaging in these sinful activities. In other words, one who is influenced by sinful activity cannot be accepted as a person in Krishna consciousness. A person addicted to sinful life cannot develop Krishna consciousness, as indicated in this verse.

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