ज्ञानवैराग्ययोर्भक्तिप्रवेशायोपयोगिता ।
ईषत्प्रथममेवेति नाङ्गत्वमुचितं तयोः ॥
jñāna-vairāgyayor bhakti-praveśāyopayogitā |
īṣat prathamam eveti nāṅgatvam ucitaṁ tayoḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.248)
“Because jñāna and vairāgya are somewhat useful only at first for entrance into bhakti, their being limbs [of bhakti] is not acceptable.”