विषयाविष्टचित्तस्य कृष्णावेशः सुदूरतः ।
वारुणीदिग्गतं वस्तु व्रजन्नैन्द्रीं किमाप्नुयात् ॥
viṣayāviṣṭa-cittasya kṛṣṇāveśaḥ sudūrataḥ |
vāruṇī-dig-gataṁ vastu vrajan naindrīṁ kim āpnuyāt ||
(Viṣṇu Purāṇa; cited in the Durgama-saṅgamanī-ṭīkā and Bhakti-sāra-pradaśinī-ṭīkā to Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.254)
“For one whose mind is absorbed in the sense objects, absorption in Kṛṣṇa is very far off. Can one attain an object situated in the West by going to the East?”