Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 30
Nimi Questions the Yogendras: Māyā, Cosmic Dissolution, Guru-Śaraṇāgati, Bhakti, and Deity Worship
परस्परानुकथनं पावनं भगवद्यश: । मिथो रतिर्मिथस्तुष्टिर्निवृत्तिर्मिथ आत्मन: ॥ ३० ॥
parasparānukathanaṁ pāvanaṁ bhagavad-yaśaḥ mitho ratir mithas tuṣṭir nivṛttir mitha ātmanaḥ
On doit apprendre à s’associer aux dévots en se réunissant avec eux pour chanter et raconter les gloires du Seigneur; ce procédé est des plus purifiants. Ainsi, l’amitié aimante grandit, et ils éprouvent une joie et une satisfaction mutuelles. En s’encourageant les uns les autres, ils parviennent à renoncer à la jouissance matérielle des sens, cause de toute souffrance.
According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, those who are advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness should not envy one another or quarrel among themselves. Giving up all such mundane feelings, they should gather together and chant the glories of the Supreme Lord for mutual purification. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has pointed out that glorification of the Supreme Lord is especially potent when performed in the association of pure devotees. When devotees engage in saṅkīrtana, chanting the glories of the Lord together, they experience the highest transcendental bliss and satisfaction. Thus they encourage one another to give up material sense gratification, which is based on illicit sexual connections with women. One devotee will say to another, “Oh, you have given up sense gratification. Starting today, I shall also give it up.”
FAQs
This verse says that mutual discussion of the Lord’s fame is inherently purifying and naturally strengthens devotion within a community of devotees.
Because the Bhagavatam teaches bhakti grows most effectively in saintly association: shared hearing and speaking produces affection, satisfaction, and detachment from selfish material life.
Join or create regular satsanga—study Bhagavatam together, chant and speak about the Lord—so relationships become spiritually nourishing and habits shift away from self-centered distractions.