1412
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 29]
TRANSLATION
O best of kings, one who is faithful, who is always hearing the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is always engaged in the culture of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and in hearing of the Lord's activities, very soon becomes eligible to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face.
PURPORT
Constant engagement in the transcendental loving service of Vāsudeva means constantly hearing the glories of the Lord. The principles of  bhakti-yoga — śravaṇam   kīrtanam   viṣṇoḥ   smaraṇam   pāda-sevanam /  arcanam   vandanam   dāsyam   sakhyam   ātma-nivedanam —are the only means by which perfection can be attained. Simply by hearing of the glories of the Lord, one is elevated to the transcendental position.
TEXTS 39-40
यत्र भागवता राजन् साधवो विशदाशयाः ।
भगवद्गुणानुकथनश्रवणव्यग्रचेतसः ॥३९॥
तस्मिन्महन्मुखरिता मधुभिच्चरित्र-
पीयूषशेषसरितः परितः स्रवन्ति ।
ता ये पिबन्त्यवितृषो नृप गाढकर्णै-
स्तान्न स्पृशन्त्यशनतृड्भयशोकमोहाः ॥४०॥
yatra bhāgavatā rājan sādhavo viśadāśayāḥ bhagavad-guṇānukathana- śravaṇa-vyagra-cetasaḥ
tasmin mahan-mukharitā madhubhic-caritra- pīyūṣaśeṣa-saritaḥ paritaḥ sravanti tā ye pibanty avitṛṣo nṛpa gādha-karṇais tān na spṛśanty aśana-tṛḍ-bhaya-śoka-mohāḥ
yatra —where;  bhāgavatāḥ —great devotees;  rājan —O King;  sādhavaḥ —saintly persons;  viśada-āśayāḥ —broad-minded;  bhagavat —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  guṇa —the qualities;  anukathana —to regularly