Forsooth, the Religion of Devotion is superior (to that of Knowledge) and is very dear to Narayana. These, without passing through the three successive stages at once attain to the immutable Hari.
नूनमेकान्तधर्मोऽयं श्रेष्ठो नारायणप्रियः। अगत्वा गतयस्तिस्रो यद् गच्छत्यव्ययं हरिम्॥