अथ सैव भजनविषया रुचिः परमप्रौढितमा सती यदा भजनीयं भगवन्तं विषयीकरोति तदेयमासक्तिरित्याख्यायते ।
atha saiva bhajana-viṣayā ruciḥ parama-prauḍhitamā satī yadā bhajanīyaṁ bhagavantaṁ viṣayīkaroti tadeyam āsaktir ity ākhyāyate |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 6.1)
“When ruci related to bhajana reaches its full-blown development and makes worshippable Bhagavān its focus, then it becomes known as āsakti.”