22.49
sadhu-sange krsna-bhaktye sraddha yadi haya
bhakti-phala ’prema’ haya, samsara yaya ksaya
SYNONYMS
sadhu-sange—by the association of devotees; krsna-bhaktye—in discharging devotional service to Krsna; sraddha—faith; yadi—if; haya—there is; bhakti-phala—the result of devotional service to Krsna; prema—love of Godhead; haya—awakens; samsara—the conditioned life in material existence; yaya ksaya—becomes vanquished "By associating with a devotee, one awakens his faith in devotional service to Krsna.
Because of devotional service, one’s dormant love for Krsna awakens, and thus one’s material, conditional existence comes to an end.