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advancing toward the perfectional platform (sédhaka). The sadhakas are gradually
becoming free from fruitive reaction. Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.1.17) describes
the symptoms of bhakti-yoga thus:

klesa-ghni subhada moksa-
laghutakrt sudurlabha

sandrananda-visesatma
sri-krsnakarsini ca sa

Devotional service is klesa-ghni even for beginners. This means that it reduces or
nullifies all kinds of suffering. The word subhadé indicates that devotional service
bestows all good fortune, and the words krsna-dkarsini indicate that devotional
service gradually attracts Krsna toward the devotee. Consequently a devotee is
not subject to any sinful reaction. In Bhagavad-gitad (18.66) Krsna says:

sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja

aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah

“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. | shall deliver you
from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.”

Thus a fully surrendered, sincere devotee immediately receives relief from all
kinds of sinful reaction. There are three stages of fructification for sinful activity.
At one stage, one commits the sinful act. Before that, the seed of this act exists,
and before that there is ignorance whereby one commits the sin. Suffering is in-
volved in all three stages. However, Krsna is merciful to His devotee, and conse-
quently He immediately nullifies all three stages—the sin, the seed of sin and the
ignorance that leads one to sin. Padma Purana confirms this:

aprarabdha-phalarn papam
kdtam bijarn phalonmukham

kramenaiva praliyeta
visnu-bhakti-ratatmanam

For a further explanation of this, The Nectar of Devotion should be consulted.

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