इत्थं गुरोर्लब्धमन्त्रो गुरुभक्तिपरायणः ।
सेवमानो गुरुं नित्यं तत्कृपां भावयेत्सुधीः ॥
सतां धर्मांस्ततः शिक्षेत्प्रपन्नानां विशेषतः ।
स्वेष्टदेवधिया नित्यं वैष्णवान्परितोषयेत् ॥
itthaṁ guror labdha-mantro guru-bhakti-parāyaṇaḥ |
sevamāno guruṁ nityaṁ tat-kṛpāṁ bhāvayet sudhīḥ ||
satāṁ dharmāṁs tataḥ śikṣet prapannānāṁ viśeṣataḥ |
sveṣṭa-deva-dhiyā nityaṁ vaiṣṇavān paritoṣayet ||
(Sanat-kumāra-saṁhitā: 110–111)
“A wise person who has thus received a mantra from a guru, is engaged in bhakti to the guru, and is regularly serving the guru should meditate on his grace. He should learn the dharmas of the sādhus, in particular, those of the surrendered, and with awareness of his own Iṣṭa-deva [i.e., with awareness of the presence of, and with the intent to please, his Iṣṭa-devata], he should always satisfy the Vaiṣṇavas.”