Caitanya-bhāgavata

mūrkho vadati viṣṇāya

mūrkho vadati viṣṇāya dhīro vadati viṣṇave |
ubhayos tu samaṁ puṇyaṁ bhāva-grāhī janārdanaḥ ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 1.11.108)

“[When making offerings with mantras to Bhagavān Viṣṇu:] An uneducated persons says, “Viṣṇāya,” and a learned person says, “Viṣṇave,” but their merit is the same [i.e., they both attain the same benefit from performing the offering even though one uses correct grammar and the other does not], as Janārdana [i.e., “the instigator of the people”] is a partaker of bhāva.”

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baḍa kīrti haile caitanya nāhi pāi

baḍa kīrti haile caitanya nāhi pāi |
‘bhakti-vaśa sabe prabhu’—cāri-vede gāi ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 2.10.279)

“[Even] If one acquires great renown, one does not attain Caitanya. The four Vedas sing, ‘Prabhu is completely captivated [only] by bhakti.’”

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