श्रद्धा शास्त्राभिधेयावधारणस्य एवाङ्गं, तद्विश्वासरूपत्वात्। ततो नानुष्ठानाङ्गत्वे प्रविशति ।
śraddhā śāstrābhidheyāvadhāraṇasya evāṅgaṁ, tad-viśvāsa-rūpatvāt | tato nānuṣṭhānāṅgatve praviśati |
(Bhakti Sandarbha: 172)
“Śraddhā is only part of ascertaining the object to be signified (abhidheya) in śāstra because of its being a form of conviction in that. Therefore, it does not enter into being part of the practice [thereof, i.e. it is not a part of bhakti itself].”