यदि मां प्राप्तुमिच्छन्ति प्राप्नुवन्त्येव नान्यथा ।
कलौ कलुषचित्तानां वृथायुःप्रभृतीनि च ।
भवन्ति वर्णाश्रमिणां न तु मच्छरणार्थिनाम् ॥
yadi māṁ prāptum icchanti prāpnuvanty eva nānyathā |
kalau kaluṣa-cittānāṁ vṛthāyuḥ-prabhṛtīni ca |
bhavanti varṇāśramiṇāṁ na tu mac-charaṇārthinām ||
(Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa: cited in Bhakti Sandarbha 99; Prīti Sandarbha: 51)
“If anyone desires to attain me, they certainly attain me. This cannot be otherwise. In [the Age of] Kali, the life and so forth [i.e., the present actions and future destiny] of those of polluted heart who adhere to varṇāśrama are fruitless, but such is not so for those who seek my shelter.”