1414 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 29

satan prasangan mama virya-samvido
bhavanti hrt-karna-rasdyanah kathah

taj-josandd asv apavarga-vartmani
Sraddhé ratir bhaktir anukramisyati

“In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activi-
ties of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very pleasing and satisfying
to the ear and to the heart. By cultivating such knowledge one gradually
becomes advanced on the path of liberation, and thereafter he is freed, and
his attraction becomes fixed. Then real devotion and devotional service
begin.” (Bhag. 3.25.25) In the association of pure devotees, one becomes
attached to hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord. In this way one
can cultivate Krsna consciousness, and as soon as this cultivation is
advanced, one can become faithful to the Lord, devoted to the Lord and
attached to the Lord, and thus one can very quickly attain full Krsna
consciousness. The secret of success in the cultivation of Krsna conscious-
ness is hearing from the right person. A Krsna conscious person is never
disturbed by the bodily necessities—namely, eating, sleeping, mating and
defending.

TEXT 41
vaeaga fat siesta: aaa: |
a wilt stad Barsaat aT ez

etair upadruto nityam
jiva-lokah svabhdavajaih

na karoti harer niinarh
kathamrta-nidhau ratim

etaih—by these; upadrutah—disturbed; nityam—always; jiva-lokah—the
conditioned soul in the material world; sva-bhava-jath—natural; na karoti—
does not do; hareh—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ninam—
certainly; katha—of the words; amrta—of nectar; nidhau—in the ocean;
ratim—attachment.

TRANSLATION

Because the conditioned soul is always disturbed by the bodily necessi-
ties such as hunger and thirst, he has very little time to cultivate attachment
to hearing the nectarean words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
