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yahara komala sraddha, se ’kanistha’ jana

krame krame tenho bhakta ha-ibe ’uttama’

SYNONYMS

yahara—whose; komala sraddha—soft faith; se—such a person; kanistha jana—a neophyte devotee; krame krame—by a gradual progression; tenho—he; bhakta—devotee; ha-ibe—will become; uttama—first class "One whose faith is soft and pliable is called a neophyte, but by gradually following the process, he will rise to the platform of a first-class devotee.