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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 5]
TEXT 28
इत्थं शरत्प्राष्ट्रपिकावृत् हरे- 
  विशृष्वतो मेऽनुसवं यशोऽमलम् । 
  संकीर्त्यमानं मुनिभिर्महात्मभि- 
  र्भक्तिः प्रवृत्ताऽऽत्मरजस्तमोपहा ॥२८॥
ittham śarat-prāvṛṣikāv ṛtū harer 
  viśṛṇvato me nusavam yaśo malam 
  saṁkīrtyamānam munibhir mahātmabhir 
  bhaktiḥ pravṛttātma-rajas-tamopahā
ittham—thus; śarat—autumn; prāvṛṣikau—rainy season; ṛtū—two seasons; hareḥ—of the Lord; viśṛṇvataḥ—continuously hearing; me—myself; anusavam—constantly; yaśaḥ amalam—unadulterated glories; saṁkīrtyamānam—chanted by; munibhiḥ—the great sages; mahātmabhiḥ—great souls; bhaktiḥ—devotional service; pravṛttā—began to flow; ātma—living being; rajaḥ—mode of passion; tamaḥ—mode of ignorance; apahā—vanishing.
TRANSLATION
Thus during two seasons—the rainy season and autumn—I had the opportunity to hear these great-souled sages constantly chant the unadulterated glories of the Lord Hari. As my devotional service began, the coverings of the modes of passion and ignorance vanished.
PURPORT
Transcendental loving service for the Supreme Lord is the natural inclination of every living being. The instinct is dormant in everyone, but due to the association of material nature the modes of passion and ignorance cover this from time immemorial. If, by the grace of the Lord and the great-souled devotees of the Lord, a living being becomes fortunate enough to associate with the unadulterated devotees of the Lord and gets a chance to hear the unadulterated glories of the Lord, certainly the flow of devotional service takes place like the flow of a river. As the river flows on till she reaches the sea, similarly pure devotional service flows by the association of pure devotees till it reaches the ultimate goal,