अहङ्कारनिवृत्तानां केशवो नहि दूरगः ।
अहङ्कारयुतानां हि मध्ये पर्वतराशयः ॥
ahaṅkāra-nivṛttānāṁ keśavo nahi dūragaḥ |
ahaṅkāra-yutānāṁ hi madhye parvata-rāśayaḥ ||
(Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 236)
“Keśava is not far from those who are free from egotism, but there are mountain ranges between [him and] those who are possessed of egotism.”