For a person who is suffering in the fire of countless miseries and who desires to cross the insurmountable ocean of material existence, there is no suitable boat except that of cultivating devotion to the transcendental taste for the narrations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s pastimes.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
संसारसिन्धुमतिदुस्तरमुत्तितीर्षो- र्नान्यः प्लवो भगवतः पुरुषोत्तमस्य । लीलाकथारसनिषेवणमन्तरेण पुंसो भवेद्विविधदुःखदवार्दितस्य
saṃsārasindhumatidustaramuttitīrṣo- rnānyaḥ plavo bhagavataḥ puruṣottamasya | līlākathārasaniṣevaṇamantareṇa puṃso bhavedvividhaduḥkhadavārditasya
SB 12.4.40