“How does a true devotee of God understand God’s greatness? Well, he believes, ‘God, who possesses a definite form, forever resides in His luminous Akshardhãm. He is the cause and controller of everything, the antaryãmi within all and the supreme master of countless millions of brahmãnds. Moreover, His form is divine, blissful, and free from the gunas of mãyã.’ Understanding the manifest God in this way, he believes that with the exception of God, all other worldly objects are absolutely vain and perishable. In addition, he has love only for God, and he engages in the nine types of bhakti. He also believes, ‘Kãl, mãyã, Brahmã, Shiv, Surya, Chandra, etc., are powerful, yet even they act according to the commands of that extremely great God.’ Understanding this, he always behaves within the disciplines of dharma established by God in order to please Him; never does he transgress those disciplines.”

[Gadhadã III-32]