Text 20] Pṛthu Mahārāja's Meeting with the Four Kumāras
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clusion is that if one participates in a discussion of devotees, he is both materially and spiritually benefited. The speaker and the audience are both benefited, and the  karmīs  and  jñānīs  are benefited. The discussion of spiritual matters amongst devotees is beneficial for everyone without exception. Consequently the Kumāras admitted that not only was the King benefited by such a meeting, but the Kumāras were as well.
TEXT 20
अस्त्येव राजन् भवतो मधुद्विषः
पादारविन्दस्य गुणानुवादने ।
रतिर्दुरापा विधुनोति नैष्ठिकी
कामं कषायं मलमन्तरात्मनः ॥२०॥
asty eva rājan bhavato madhu-dviṣaḥ
pādāravindasya guṇānuvādane
ratir durāpā vidhunoti naiṣṭhikī
kāmam kaṣāyam malam antarātmanaḥ
asti —there is;  eva —certainly;  rājan —O King;  bhavataḥ —your;  madhu-dviṣaḥ —of the Lord;  pāda-aravindasya —of the lotus feet;  guṇa-anuvādane —in glorifying;  ratiḥ —attachment;  durāpā —very difficult;  vidhunoti —washes;  naiṣṭhikī —unflinching;  kāmam —lusty;  kaṣāyam —embellishment;  malam —dirty;  antarātmanaḥ —from the core of the heart.
TRANSLATION
Sanat-kumāra continued: My dear King, you already have an inclination to glorify the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such attachment is very difficult to achieve, but when one has attained such unflinching faith in the Lord, it automatically cleanses lusty desires from the core of the heart.
PURPORT
satām prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido
bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ
taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani
śraddhā-ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati (Bhāg. 3.25.25)
By association with devotees, dirty things within the heart of a materialistic man are gradually washed away by the grace of the Supreme Personality.