Hungary existed at the time of the writing of Bhagavatam 5000 years ago!
Srila Bhaktivinoda; Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.7.46) describes how to engage in sadhu-sanga:
te vai vidanty atitaranti ca deva-mayam
stri-sudra-huna-sabara api papa-jivah
yady adbhuta-krama-parayana-sila-sikshas
tiryag-jana api kim u sruta-dharana ye
"The word adbhuta-krama denotes Sri Krishna, whose pure devotees are adbhuta-krama-parayana, or dedicated to Him. Only those who make a great endeavour to seek training and instruction from the sila, or nature and spotless character, of such pure devotees can understand the illusory potency of the Lord. They alone become capable of fully crossing the ocean of maya. Even souls who are born as women, sudras, hunas (a hill tribe originating from Eastern Germany and part of Russia ), sabaras (a tribe of hunters who keep and sell pigs )or other sinful kinds of human beings, or as animals and birds, can learn from the character of a Krishna-bhakta and thereby effortlessly cross the ocean of birth and death. Thus, what doubt can there be that scholars with profuse knowledge of the scriptures will not also easily cross the ocean of material bondage by following the spotless conduct and character of a pure devotee."
Translated from Sri Gaudiya Patrika, Year 2, Issue 7 (1950). Originally published in Sri Sajjana-toshani in 1917.
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