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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

sat-saṅgān mukta-duḥsaṅgo hātuṁ notsahate budhaḥ kīrtyamānaṁ yaśo yasya sakṛd ākarṇya rocanam

tasmin nyasta-dhiyaḥ pārthāḥ saheran virahaṁ katham darśana-sparśa-saṁlāpa- śayanāsana-bhojanaiḥ

[SB 1.10.11-12]

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sat-saṅgāt---by association of pure devotees; mukta-duḥsaṅgaḥ---freed from bad materialistic association; hātum---to give up; na utsahate---never attempts; budhaḥ---one who has understood …

[02:25]

Translation = "The intelligent, who have understood the Supreme Lord in association with pure devotees and have become freed from …

Prabhupāda:

satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani śraddhā ratir bhaktir prasīdati

[SB 3.25.25]

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