स्वातन्त्र्यात्क्रियते कर्म न च वेदोदितं महत् ।
विनैव भगवत्प्रीत्या ते वै पाषण्डिनः स्मृताः ॥
svātantryāt kriyate karma na ca vedoditaṁ mahat |
vinaiva bhagavat-prītyā te vai pāṣaṇḍinaḥ smṛtāḥ ||
(Padma Purāṇa: Uttara-khaṇḍa, 235.9a, 7a; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 312)
“One who performs [even] great acts described in the Veda independently [i.e., not out of adherence to the guidance of the Vedas] and without affinity for Bhagavān—they are known as heretics (pāṣaṇḍis).”