Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 22.49

sādhu-sańge kṛṣṇa-bhaktye śraddhā yadi haya

bhakti-phala 'prema' haya, saḿsāra yāya kṣaya

SYNONYMS

sādhu-sańge — by the association of devotees; kṛṣṇa-bhaktye — in discharging devotional service to Kṛṣṇa; śraddhā — faith; yadi — if; haya — there is; bhakti-phala — the result of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa; prema — love of Godhead; haya — awakens; saḿsāra — the conditioned life in material existence; yāya kṣaya — becomes vanquished.

TRANSLATION

"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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