kṛpāsya dainyādi-yuji prajāyate
kṛpāsya dainyādi-yuji prajāyate
yayā bhavet prema-viśeṣa-lakṣaṇā |
bhaktir hy ananyādhipater mahātmanaḥ
sā cottamā sādhana-rūpikāparā ||
(Nimbārkācārya’s Daśa-ślokī: 9)
“His grace, by which unalloyed bhakti possessed of the special characteristic of prema to [him,] the Supreme Lord, the Great Ātmā, can come to be, manifests upon one endowed with humility (dainya) and so forth. That [i.e., prema-bhakti] is most excellent [i.e., the superlative form of bhakti manifest within siddhas]. The other [i.e., bhakti devoid of prema] is the sādhana form [i.e., the form of bhakti manifest within sādhakas].”