# Cc. Madhya 22.49 > সাধুসঙ্গে কৃষ্ণভক্ত্যে শ্রদ্ধা যদি হয় । > ভক্তিফল ‘প্রেম’ হয়, সংসার যায় ক্ষয় ॥৪৯॥ ## Text > sādhu-saṅge kṛṣṇa-bhaktye śraddhā yadi haya > bhakti-phala 'prema' haya, saṁsāra yāya kṣaya ## Synonyms *sādhu-saṅge*—by the association of devotees; *kṛṣṇa-bhaktye*—in discharging devotional service to Kṛṣṇa; *śraddhā*—faith; *yadi*—if; *haya*—there is; *bhakti-phala*—the result of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa; *prema*—love of Godhead; *haya*—awakens; *saṁsāra*—the conditioned life in material existence; *yāya kṣaya*—becomes vanquished. ## Translation **"By associating with a devotee, one awakens his faith in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. Because of devotional service, one's dormant love for Kṛṣṇa awakens, and thus one's material, conditional existence comes to an end.**