सत्सङ्ग एव तत्साम्मुख्ये द्वारमित्युक्तम् । ते च सन्तस्तत्सम्मुखा एवात्र गृह्यन्ते, न तु वैदिकाचारमात्रपरा अनुपयोगित्वात् ।
sat-saṅga eva tat-sāmmukhye dvāram ity uktam | te ca santas tat-sammukhā evātra gṛhyante, na tu vaidikācāra-mātra-parā anupayogitvāt |
(Bhakti Sandarbha: 186)
“It has been said that sādhu-saṅga is the only gateway to intentness upon tat [i.e., Bhagavān; alt., the Para-tattva]. And in this regard only those who are intent upon tat are accepted as sādhus, and not, rather, those who are merely adherent to Vedic conduct, because of their being unsuitable [i.e., intentness upon tat (i.e., Bhagavān, or the Para-tattva in general) is the primary characteristic of sādhutva (being a sādhu); those who lack this characteristic, regardless of whether they are formally observant of Vedic conduct or not, are not sādhus in the true sense, and thus their association is unsuitable for those seeking intentness tat because it will not give rise to such intentness].”