What are the ultimate effects of devotion on a person's sins and worldly attachments as described in the text?

The practice of devotion, specifically through listening to the Guru's stories with love, has a powerful purifying effect. Chapter 3 states that this devotion will 'burn the sins of the devotees' and that the five great sins, or 'Pancha-maha-pap,' will be completely destroyed. Furthermore, it addresses the problem of worldly attachment by explaining that we are bound by the 'ropes of worldly existence' which have surrounded our true self. By listening to these stories, those binding wraps will loosen, allowing the 'original self' to be regained, leading to liberation and detachment from worldly concerns.