Text 981
Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse in the Antiquity of the Arab Country are as follows:
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ei cāri sukṛti haya mahā-bhāgyavān tat-tat-kāmādi chādi’ hava śuddha-bhaktimān
SYNONYMS
ei cāri —these four persons;  sukṛti —pious men;  haya —are;  mahā-bhāgyavān —highly fortunate;  tat-tat —those respective;  kāma-ādi —aspirations;  chāḍi’ —giving up;  haya —become;  śuddha-bhaktimān —pure devotees.
TRANSLATION
“Because they have a pious background, all four types of people are to be considered greatly fortunate. Such people gradually give up material desires and become pure devotees.
TEXT 97
সাধুসঙ্গ-কৃপা কিষা কৃষ্ণের কৃপায় । কামাদি ‘তুঃসঙ্গ’ ছাড়ি’ শুদ্ধভক্তি পায় ॥ ৯৭ ॥
sādhu-saṅga-kṛpā kimvā kṛṣṇera kṛpāya kāmādi ‘duḥsaṅga’ chāḍi’ śuddha-bhakti pāya
SYNONYMS
sādhu-saṅga-kṛpā —by the mercy of association with devotees;  kimvā —or;  kṛṣṇera kṛpāya —by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa;  kāma-ādi —material desires and so on;  duḥsaṅga —unwanted association;  chāḍi’ —giving up;  śuddha-bhakti pāya —one obtains the platform of pure devotional life.
TRANSLATION
“One is elevated to the platform of devotional life by the mercy of a Vaiṣṇava, the bona fide spiritual master, and by the special mercy of Kṛṣṇa. On that platform, one gives up all material desires and the association of unwanted people. Thus one is elevated to the platform of pure devotional service.
TEXT 9B
সংসঙ্গান্মুক্ত-ছুঃসঙ্গে। হাতুং নোংসহতে বুধঃ । 
কীর্ত্যমানং যশো যশ্ৰ সক্বদাৰ্কণ্য রোচনম্ ॥ ৯৮ ॥
sat-sangān mukta-duḥsango hātum notsahate budhaḥ