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The Process of Devotional Service
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maivaṁ mamādhamasyāpi syād evācyuta-darśanam hriyamāṇaḥ kāla-nadyā kvacit tarati kaścana
SYNONYMS
mā —not;  evam —thus;  mama —of me;  adhamasya —who is the most fallen;  api —although;  syāt —there may be;  eva —certainly;  acyuta-darśanam —seeing of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  hriyamāṇaḥ —being carried;  kāla-nadyā —by the stream of time;  kvacit —sometimes;  tarati —crosses over;  kaścana —someone.
TRANSLATION
“‘“Because I am so fallen, I shall never get a chance to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” This was my false apprehension. Rather, by chance a person as fallen as I am may get to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although one is being carried away by the waves of the river of time, one may eventually reach the shore.’
PURPORT
Thiis is a quotation from  Shimad-Bhāgavatam  (10.38.5)..
TEXT 45
কোন ভাগ্যে কারো সংসার ক্ষয়োন্মুখ হয় । সাধুসঙ্গে তবে কৃষ্ণে রতি উপজয় ॥ ৪৫ ॥
kona bhāgye kāro saṁsāra kṣayonmukha haya sādhu-saṅge tabe kṛṣṇe rati upajaya
SYNONYMS
kona bhāgye —by fortune;  kāro —of someone;  saṁsāra —conditioned life;  kṣaya-unmukha —on the point of destruction;  haya —is;  sādhu-saṅge —by association with devotees;  tabe —then;  kṛṣṇe —to Lord Kṛṣṇa;  rati —attraction;  upajaya —awakens.
TRANSLATION
“By good fortune, one becomes eligible to cross the ocean of nescience, and when one’s term of material existence decreases, one may get an opportunity to associate with pure devotees. By such association, one’s attraction to Kṛṣṇa is awakened.