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Nārada Bhakti Sūtra 43-44
duḥsańgaḿ sarvathaiva tyājyaḥ
kāma-krodha-moha-smṛti-bhraḿśa-buddhi-nāśa-sarva-nāśa-kāraṇatvāt

duḥsańgam — bad association; sarvathā — in all its aspects; eva — indeed; tyājyaḥ — to be given up.
kāma — of lust; krodha — anger; moha — bewilderment; smṛti-bhraḿśa — failure of memory; buddhi-nāśa — loss of intelligence; sarva-nāśa — and total loss; kāraṇatvāt — because of being the cause.

TRANSLATION

One should give up all kinds of degrading association. Material association is the cause of lust, anger, confusion, forgetfulness, loss of intelligence, and total calamity.