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to the pure love of Kṛṣṇa, because in the next verse Nārada confirms that by, the gradual process of hearing from the great sages he developed love of Godhead. In that connection, Nārada continues to say in the First Canto, 5th Chapter, 28th verse, of the  Bhāgavatam : “First I passed my days in the association of the great sages during the rainy autumn season. Every morning and evening I heard them while they were singing and chanting the  Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra , and thus gradually my heart became purified. As soon as I heard them with great attention, the influence of the modes of material ignorance and passion disappeared, and I became firmly fixed in devotional service to the Lord.”
These are practical examples of how one can develop to the stage of ecstatic love simply by the association of pure devotees. It is essential, therefore, that one constantly associate with pure devotees who are engaged morning and evening in chanting the  Hare Krṣṇa mantra . In this way one will get the chance to purify his heart and develop this ecstatic pure love for Krṣṇa.
This statement is also confirmed in the Third Canto, 25th Chapter, 22nd verse, of the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , where Lord Kapila says, “My dear Mother, when a person is actually in association with pure devotees, the sublime potency of My devotional service can be experienced.” In other words, when a pure devotee speaks, his words act upon the hearts of the audience. What is the secret of hearing and chanting? A professional speaker cannot impress transcendental ecstasy within the hearts of the listeners. However, when a realized soul who is engaged in the service of the Lord is speaking, he has the potency to inject spiritual life within the audience. One should, therefore, seek the association of such pure unalloyed devotees, and by such association and service a neophyte devotee will certainly develop attachment, love and devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
In the  Padma Purāṇa  there is the story of a neophyte devotee who, in order to raise himself to the ecstatic platform, danced all night to invoke the Lord's grace upon him.
Sometimes, however, it is found that without undergoing any devotional process, one all of a sudden develops devotion for Lord