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puṇya-kṣuṇṇa-śubhāśaye samuditā sat-saṅga-jaṅkurā
śraddhā-vāribhir u kṣitā pratidinaṃ vairāgya-vistāritā
ārūḍhā bhagavat-prabodha-tarukaṃ prīti-prasūnāñcitā
sāndrānanda-rasaṃ hi bhakti-latikā dhatte 'ti-saukhyaṃ phalam

puṇya—pious deeds; kṣuṇṇa—performed; ṣubha—auspicious; āśaye—in the heart; samuditā—arisen; sat—of the saintly devotees; saṅga—of the association; bīja—a seed; aṅkura—a sprout; śraddhā—of faith; vāribhiḥ—with the waters; ukṣitā—sprinkled; pratidinam—every day; vairāgya—renunciation; vistārita—expanded; ārūḍhā—grown; bhagavat—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prabodha—of awareness; tarukam—tree; prīti—of pure love of God; prasūna—with flowers; añcitā—endowed; sāndra—intense; ānanda—of bliss; rasam—with the nectar; hi—certainly; bhakti—of devotional service; latikā—the creeper; dhatte—bears; ati—great; saukhyam—happiness—phalam—fruit.

The creeper of devotional service (bhakti) may grow in the heart of one who has performed pious deeds. Planted as a seed by the association of devotees, that creeper begins to sprout when it is daily sprinkled by the waters of faith. With the appearanceof renunciation, that creeper expands, and it climbs the trunk and branches of the tree of awareness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That creeper blossoms with flowers of pure love of God. From them come the fruits of great transcendental happinesswhich are full of the nectar of intense spiritual bliss.