जातिविद्यामहत्वं च रुपं यौवनमेव च |
यत्नेन परिहर्तत्य: पच्चैते भक्तकिकंटका: ||
jāti-vidyā-mahatvaṁ ca rūpaṁ yauvanam eva ca |
yatnena parihartavyaḥ pañcaite bhakti-kaṇṭakāḥ ||
(Unknown source)
“Caste, learning, greatness, beauty, and youth are to be relinquished [i.e., one should not foster any conceit because of them]. These five are thorns for [i.e., on the path of] bhakti.”
Alternate version
jāti-vidyā-mahattvaṁ ca dhana-yauvanam eva ca |
yatnena parivarjayet pañcaite bhakti-kaṇṭakāḥ ||
(Unknown source)
“One should relinquish caste, learning, greatness, wealth, and youth [i.e., one should not foster any conceit because of them]. These five are thorns for [i.e., on the path of] bhakti.”