Shloka 16
शुश्रूषो: श्रद्दधानस्य वासुदेवकथारुचि: । स्यान्महत्सेवया विप्रा: पुण्यतीर्थनिषेवणात् ॥ १६ ॥
śuśrūṣoḥ śraddadhānasya vāsudeva-kathā-ruciḥ syān mahat-sevayā viprāḥ puṇya-tīrtha-niṣevaṇāt
O brāhmaṇas, one who desires to hear with faith and a spirit of service develops taste for the narrations of Vāsudeva by serving great devotees, who are like holy tīrthas.
The conditioned life of a living being is caused by his revolting against the Lord. There are men called devas, or godly living beings, and there are men called asuras, or demons, who are against the authority of the Supreme Lord. In the Bhagavad-gītā (Sixteenth Chapter) a vivid description of the asuras is given in which it is said that the asuras are put into lower and lower states of ignorance life after life and so sink to the lower animal forms and have no information of the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead. These asuras are gradually rectified to God consciousness by the mercy of the Lord’s liberated servitors in different countries according to the supreme will. Such devotees of God are very confidential associates of the Lord, and when they come to save human society from the dangers of godlessness, they are known as the powerful incarnations of the Lord, as sons of the Lord, as servants of the Lord or as associates of the Lord. But none of them falsely claim to be God themselves. This is a blasphemy declared by the asuras, and the demoniac followers of such asuras also accept pretenders as God or His incarnation. In the revealed scriptures there is definite information of the incarnation of God. No one should be accepted as God or an incarnation of God unless he is confirmed by the revealed scriptures.
FAQs
This verse says that a real taste for Vāsudeva-kathā arises in a faithful person who is eager to hear, especially by serving great devotees and associating with sanctified tīrthas.
Because the chapter explains the process of bhakti: spiritual attraction is not manufactured; it awakens through saintly association and service, which purifies the heart and makes Krishna-kathā naturally relishable.
Seek regular satsanga (online or in-person), hear Bhagavatam from sincere devotees with faith, render some service, and visit/associate with genuine holy places or holy persons—then taste for Krishna-kathā grows steadily.