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  • ata ātyantikaṁ kṣemaṁ pṛcchāmo bhavato’naghāḥ |
    saṁsāre’smin kṣaṇārdho’pi sat-saṅgaḥ śevadhir nṛṇām ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.2.30; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 59; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.22.85)

    “Therefore, O sinless ones, I ask you all about the highest good. For human beings here in saṁsāra, even half a moment of association with the sat is a treasury.”

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  • saṁsāra-viṣa-vṛkṣasya dve eva madhure phale |
    subhāṣitaṁ ca susvādu sadbhiś ca saha saṅgamaḥ ||
    (Unknown Source)

    “On the poisonous tree of saṁsāra there are only two sweet fruits: highly relishable subhāṣitas and association with the sādhus.”

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  • saṁsāra-kaṭu-vṛkṣasya dve phale amṛtopame |
    subhāṣita-rasāsvādaḥ saṅgatiḥ sujane jane ||
    (Subhāṣita-ratnākara)

    “On the poisonous tree of saṁsāra only two fruits are like nectar: tasting the rasa of subhāṣitas and association with sādhus.”

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  • saṁsāra-viṣa-vṛkṣasya dve phale hy amṛtopame |
    mayi kṛṣṇe parā bhaktir mad-bhaktaiś ca samāgamaḥ ||
    (Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa-saṁhitā: 3.56.72)

    “On the poisonous tree of saṁsāra only two fruits are like nectar: pure bhakti to me, Kṛṣṇa, and association with my bhaktas.”

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  • api sahavasatām asatāṁ jalarūha-jalavad bhavaty asaṁśleṣaḥ |
    dūre’pi satāṁ vasatāṁ prītiḥ kumudenduvad bhavati ||
    (Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 2078)

    “Even by living together with the impious, like water on a lotus leaf, there is no connection [i.e., no real bond or friendship], yet even by residing afar from the sādhus, like a lily afar from the moon, amity [i.e., friendship, affection, love, and joy] develops.”

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  • rasāyanamayī śītā paramānanda-dāyinī |
    nānandayati kaṁ nāma sādhu-saṅgati-candrikā ||
    (Padma Purāṇa: 5.98.58)

    “Being enriched with elixir [to cure the disease of saṁsāra], cooling [so as to relieve the three miseries], and yielding of the highest bliss [i.e., the bliss of prema], indeed who does the moonlight of association with a sādhu not delight?”

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