# 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.**