Text 20] | Prthu Maharaja’s Meeting with the Four Kumaras 909

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 karmis and janis are benefited. The discussion of
spiritual matters amongst devotees is beneficial for everyone without ex-
ception. Consequently the Kumaras admitted that not only was the King
benefited by such a meeting, but the Kumaras were as well.

TEXT 20

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asty eva rajan bhavato madhu-dvisah
padaravindasya gunanuvadane
ratir durapa vidhunoti naisthiki
kamam kasayam malam antaratmanah

asti—there is; eva—certainly; rajan—O King; bhavatah—your; madhu-
dvisah—of the Lord; pada-aravindasya—of the lotus feet; guna-anuvadane—
in glorifying; ratih—attachment; durapa—very difficult; vidhunoti—washes;
naisthiki—unflinching; kamam—lusty; kasayam—embellishment; malam—
dirty ; antar-atmanah—from the core of the heart.

TRANSLATION

Sanat-kumiara 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

salam prasangan mama virya-samvido
bhavanti hrt-karnea-rasayanah kathah
taj-josanad asv apavarga-vartmani
Sraddha-ratir bhaktir anukramisyati (Bhag. 3.25.25)

By association with devotees, dirty things within the heart of a materialis-
tic man are gradually washed away by the grace of the Supreme Person-
