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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.22.8

కిం తస్య దుర్లభతరమిహ లోకే పరత్ర చ । యస్య విప్రా: ప్రసీదన్తి శివో విష్ణుశ్చ సానుగ: ॥ ౮ ॥
kiṁ tasya durlabhataram
[kim tasya durlabhataram]
iha loke paratra ca
[iha loke paratra cha]
yasya viprāḥ prasīdanti
[yasya vipraah praseedanti]
śivo viṣṇuś ca sānugaḥ
[shivo vishnush cha saanugah]
kim — what tasya — his durlabha-taram — very rare to achieve iha — in this world loke — world paratra — after death ca — or yasya — one whose viprāḥ — the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas prasīdanti — become pleased śivaḥ — all-auspicious viṣṇuḥ — Lord Viṣṇu ca — as well as sa-anugaḥ — going along with.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kiṁ tasya durlabhataram
kim
what
tasya
his
durlabha-taram
very rare to achieve
iha loke paratra ca
iha
in this world
loke
world
paratra
after death
ca
or
yasya viprāḥ prasīdanti
yasya
one whose
viprāḥ
the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas
prasīdanti
become pleased
śivo viṣṇuś ca sānugaḥ
śivaḥ
all-auspicious
viṣṇuḥ
Lord Viṣṇu
ca
as well as
sa-anugaḥ
going along with.
Any person upon whom the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas are pleased can achieve anything which is very rare to obtain in this world as well as after death. Not only that, but one also receives the favor of the auspicious Lord Śiva and Lord Viṣṇu, who accompany the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas.

The brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas are the bearers of Lord Viṣṇu, the all-auspicious. As confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.38) :

premāṣjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti yaṁ śyāmasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarūpaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

The devotees, out of their extreme love for Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, always carry the Lord within their hearts. The Lord is already in the heart of everyone, but the Vaiṣṇavas and the brāhmaṇas actually perceive and see Him always in ecstasy. Therefore brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas are carriers of Viṣṇu. Wherever they go, Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Śiva or the devotees of Lord Viṣṇu are all carried. The four Kumāras are brāhmaṇas, and they visited the place of Mahārāja Pṛthu. Naturally Lord Viṣṇu and His devotees were also present. Under the circumstances, the conclusion is that when the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas are pleased with a person, Lord Viṣṇu is also pleased. This is confirmed by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura in his eight stanzas on the spiritual master: yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. By pleasing the spiritual master, who is both brāhmaṇa and Vaiṣṇava, one pleases the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If the Supreme Personality of Godhead is pleased, then one has nothing more to achieve either in this world or after death.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
What cannot be achieved in the world and the next by a person who gains the grace of the brāhmaṇas, Śiva and Viṣṇu along with their followers?
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