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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 3]
“O best among the Bharatas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me—the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.”
Initiation into  bhakti  begins when one is in a distressed condition or in want of money, or when one is inquisitive to understand the Absolute Truth. Nonetheless, people who approach the Supreme Lord in this way are not actually devotees. They are accepted as pious ( sukṛtinaḥ ) due to their inquiring about the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Not knowing the various activities and engagements of the Lord, such people unnecessarily disturb the Lord for material gain. However, the Lord is so kind that even though disturbed, He fulfills the desires of such beggars. The pure devotee is  anyābhilāṣitā-śūnya ; he has no motive behind his worship. He is not conducted by the influence of  māyā  in the form of  karma  or  jñāna . The pure devotee is always prepared to execute the order of the Lord without personal consideration. The  ṛtvijaḥ , the priests at the sacrifice, knew very well the distinction between  karma  and  bhakti , and because they considered themselves under the influence of  karma , fruitive activity, they begged the Lord’s pardon. They knew that the Lord had been invited to come for some paltry reason.
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श्रीशुक उवाच
इति निगदेनाभिष्ट्यमानो भगवाननिमिषर्षभो वर्षधराभिवादिताभिवन्दित- चरणः सदयमिदमाह ।१६।
śrī-śuka uvāca
iti nigadenābhiṣṭūyamāno bhagavān animiṣarṣabho varṣa- dharābhivāditābhivandita-caraṇaḥ sadayam idam āha.
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  iti —thus;  nigadena —by prayers in prose;  abhiṣṭūyamānaḥ —being worshiped;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  animiṣa-ṛṣabhaḥ —the chief of all the demigods;  varṣa-dhara —by King Nābhi, the Emperor of Bhārata-varṣa;  abhivādita —worshiped;  abhivandita —were bowed down to;  caraṇaḥ —whose feet;  sadayam —kindly;  idam —this;  āha —said.