gopayed devatām iṣṭāṁ gopayed gurum ātmanaḥ
gopayed devatām iṣṭāṁ gopayed gurum ātmanaḥ |
gopayec ca nijaṁ mantraṁ gopayen nija-mālikām ||
(Sammohana Tantra; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 2.147)
“One should conceal [one’s] Iṣṭa-devatā. One should conceal one’s guru. One should conceal one’s mantra. One should conceal one’s mālikā.”
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