भक्त्युत्थास्ते च मूलशाखात उपशाखा इव भक्त्यैव धनादिलाभपूजाप्रतिष्ठाद्याः स्ववृत्तिभिः साधकचित्तमप्युपरज्य स्ववृद्ध्या मूलशाखामिव भक्तिमपि कुण्ठयितुं प्रभवन्तीति ।

bhakty-utthās te ca mūla-śākhāta upaśākhā iva bhaktyaiva dhanādi-lābha-pūjā-pratiṣṭhādyāḥ sva-vṛttibhiḥ sādhaka-cittam apy uparajya sva-vṛddhyā mūla-śākhām iva bhaktim api kuṇṭhayituṁ prabhavantīti |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 3.15)

“Anarthas arising from bhakti, that is, attainments of wealth [and the like], adoration, prestige, and so forth as a result of bhakti, taint the mind of a sādhaka, and with their growth they are able, like a weed on a host plant, to constrict [the growth of] the host plant of bhakti.”

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