CC Madhya 23.10

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 23, Text 10

সাধুসঙ্গ হৈতে হয় ‘শ্রবণ-কীর্তন’ ।
সাধনভক্ত্যে হয় ‘সর্বানর্থনিবর্তন’ ॥ ১০ ॥

sādhu-saṅga haite haya ‘śravaṇa-kīrtana’
sādhana-bhaktye haya ‘sarvānartha-nivartana’

Word by word

sādhu-saṅga haite — from association with devotees; haya — there is; śravaṇa-kīrtana — hearing, chanting and so on; sādhana-bhaktye — by devotional service; haya — there is; sarva — all; anartha-nivartana — disappearance of unwanted things.

Translation

“When one is encouraged in devotional service by the association of devotees, one becomes free from all unwanted contamination by following the regulative principles and chanting and hearing.”