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[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 20]]
tachment. The only remedy is to revert to the service of the Lord and thus be saved from material nature's unwanted harassment.
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সাধু-শাস্ত্র-কৃপা র  যদি কুষ্ণোয়ুখ হয় ।।
সেই জীব নিস্তরে, মায়া তাহারে ছাড়য় ॥ ২২০ ॥
sādhu-śāstra-kṛpāya yadi kṛṣṇonmukha haya sei jīva nistare, māyā tāhāre chāḍaya
SYNONYMS
sādhu —of saintly persons;  śāstra —of scriptures;  kṛpāya —by the mercy;  yadi —if;  kṛṣṇa-unmukha haya —one becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious;  sei —that;  jīva —living entity;  nistare —becomes liberated;  māyā —the illusory energy;  tāhāre —him;  chāḍaya —gives up.
TRANSLATION
“If the conditioned soul becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious by the mercy of saintly persons who voluntarily preach scriptural injunctions and help him to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, the conditioned soul is liberated from the clutches of māyā, who gives him up.
PURPORT
A conditioned soul is one who has forgotten Kṛṣṇa as his eternal master. Thinking that he is enjoying the material world, the conditioned soul suffers the threefold miseries of material existence. Saintly persons ( sādhus ), Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord, preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness on the basis of Vedic literature. It is only by their mercy that the conditioned soul is awakened to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When awakened, he is no longer eager to enjoy the materialistic way of life. Instead, he devotes himself to the loving transcendental service of the Lord. When one engages in the Lord's devotional service, he becomes detached from material enjoyment.
b  bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra caiṣa trika eka-kālaḥ
( Bhāg.  11.2.42)
This is the test by which one can tell whether he is advancing in devotional service. One must be detached from material enjoyment. Such detachment means