ततः सत्सङ्गस्यैव तत्र निदानत्वं सिद्धम् । तच्च युक्तम्, अनादिसिद्धतदज्ञानमयतद्वैमुख्यवतामन्यथा हि तदसम्भवः ।
tataḥ sat-saṅgasyaiva tatra nidānatvaṁ siddham | tac ca yuktam, anādi-siddha-tad-ajñānamaya-tad-vaimukhyavatām anyathā hi tad-asambhavaḥ |
(Bhakti Sandarbha: 180)
“Thus, sat-saṅga’s alone being the fundamental cause in this regard [i.e., of intentness (sāmmukhyatā) upon Bhagavān in the form of bhakti coming into being] is established. That, furthermore, is befitting because of the impossibility of that otherwise [coming about] for those possessed of obliviousness (vaimukhyatā) of him based on beginninglessly existent non-awareness of him [i.e., of Bhagavān].”