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ទំព័រ Calitanya-caritāmṛṭa
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 22]
PURPORT
This verse and the following two verses are found in  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  (1.2.90-92).
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শ্রীমদ্ভাগবতার্থানামাস্বাদো রসিকৈ: সহ।
শক্তীতীক্ষা শরে  স্নিকে  শর্তের  দক্ষ : স্বতো বরে  ॥ ১৩১ ॥
śrīmad-bhāgavatārthānām  
 āsvādo rasikaiḥ saha  
 sajātīyāśaye snigdhe  
 sādhau saṅgaḥ svato vare
SYNONYMS
śrīmad-bhāgavata —of the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ;  arthānām —of the meanings;  āsvādaḥ —enjoying the taste;  rasikaiḥ saha —with the devotees;  sa-jātīya —similar;  āśaye —endowed with a desire;  snigdhe —advanced in devotional affection;  sādhau —with a devotee;  saṅgaḥ —association;  svataḥ —for one's self;  vare —better.
TRANSLATION
“‘One should taste the meaning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the association of pure devotees, and one should associate with the devotees who are more advanced than oneself and endowed with a similar type of affection for the Lord.
PURPORT
The words  sajātīyāśaye snigdhe sādhau saṅgaḥ   svato vare  are very important items. One should not associate with professional  Bhāgavatam  reciters. A professional  Bhāgavatam  reciter is one who is not in the disciplic succession or one who has no taste for  bhakti-yoga . Simply on the strength of grammatical knowledge and word jugglery, professional reciters maintain their bodies and their desires for sense gratification by reading  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . One should also avoid those who are averse to Lord Viṣṇu and His devotees, those who are Māyāvādīs, those who offend the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra , those who simply dress as Vaiṣṇavas or so-called  gosvāmīs , and those who make a business by selling Vedic  mantras  and reciting  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  to maintain their families. One should not try to understand  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  from such materialistic people. According to the Vedic injunctions:  yasya deve parā bhaktiḥ . The  Śrīmad-