jatih sastram japas tapah
apranasyaiva dehasya
mandanam loka-rañjanam
Without devotion to the Lord, good birth, knowledge of scripture, chanting mantras, and doing austerities are like decorating a dead body to please the common people.
Hari-bhakti-vilasa
tatas caiva mamarcanam
kurvan siddhim avapnoti
hy anyatha nisphalam bhavet
Sri Krsna says: "A devoteee who worships the guru first and then worships Me attains perfection. It is fruitless to worship Me alone."
SB 1.5.12
naiskarmyam apy acyuta-bhava-varjitam
na sobhate jñanam alam nirañjanam
kutah punah sasvad abhadram isvare
na carpitam karma yad apy akaranam
Knowledge of self-realization, even though free from all material affinity, does not look well if devoid of a conception of the Infallible [God]. What, then, is the use of fruitive activities, which are naturally painful from the very beginning and transient by nature, if they are not utilized for the devotional service of the Lord?
Narada Muni
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