सदाचारं विना पापेन चित्ते मलिने सति भक्तौ प्रवृत्तिरपि न स्याद् ।
sadācāraṁ vinā pāpena citte maline sati bhaktau pravṛttir api na syād |
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta-ṭīkā: 2.3.171)
“Without sadācāra, when the mind is contaminated by pāpa, then even inclination for bhakti cannot come about.”