Text 23 ] Pṛthu Mahārāja's Meeting with the Four Kumāras
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One should take shelter of a pure devotee, who has nothing to do with this material world but is simply engaged in devotional service. By serving him only, one can transcend the qualitative material condition. In this verse it is recommended ( yogeśvara-upāsanayā ) that one serve the lotus feet of the topmost  yogī , or the devotee. To serve the topmost devotee means to hear from him about the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To hear the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead from the mouth of a pure devotee is to acquire a pious life. In  Bhagavad-gītā  it is also said that without being pious one cannot engage in devotional service.
yeṣām tv anta-gatam pāpam janānām puṇya-karmaṇām te dvandva-moha-nirmuktā bhajante mām dṛḍha-vratāḥ  (Bg. 7.28)
To become fixed in devotional service one has to become completely cleansed from the contamination of the material modes of nature. For work in devotional service the first item is  ādau gurvāśrayam : one should accept a bona fide spiritual master, and from the bona fide spiritual master ( sad-chirma-pṛcchā ) inquire about his transcendental occupational duties ( sādhu-mārga-anugamanam ) and follow in the footsteps of great saintly persons, devotees. These are the instructions given in  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  by Rūpa Gosvāmī.
The conclusion is that to increase attachment for the Supreme Personality of Godhead one has to accept a bona fide spiritual master and learn from him the methods of devotional service and hear from him about the transcendental message and glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this way one has to increase his conviction about devotional service. Then it will be very easy to increase attachment for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 23
अर्थेन्द्रियारामसगोष्ठ्यनृष्णया
तत्सम्मतानामपरिग्रहेण च ।
विविक्तरूप्या परितोष आत्मानि
विना हरेर्गुणपीयूषपानात् ॥२३॥
arthendriyārāma-sagoṣṭhy-atṛṣṇayā
tat-sammatānām aparigraheṇa ca
vivikta-rucyā paritoṣa ātmani
vinā harer guṇa-pīyūṣa-pānāt