How does a dharma‑minded person quickly arise? From the very portions of the Lord and the gods he does. As said in the Sāmaveda, in the Śāṇḍilya branch: ‘Not idle, not of evil conduct, not faithless, not unsteady; one becomes properly devoted; someone pure‑hearted devoted to Vasudeva becomes a seer. The celestial sages and their portions become so by knowledge.’ If someone else appears, he is to be inferred as vain. Even association with ordinary sinners can produce devotion in some degree. Ordinary devotion belongs to others. One who seeks only wealth is base and cheats; he has no true devotion, says the Śrī Viṣṇu Purāṇa. The person whose faith grows is rendered detached by it; elsewhere it is said: ‘Where are the Vedas not studied by the master of the world? He has been fulfilled by austerity and earlier true speech. I ever worship the hidden God with the worship of my teachers, not deviating. I keep my secrets and am the same to friend and foe. I continually take refuge in that God, single‑mindedly devoted.’ By such practices, a purified being beholds the Infinite. On the practitioner, the Upanishads teach that enactment of conduct is an aid to knowledge; in absence of knowledge there is lack of proper devotion. Gautama says: ‘Without knowledge whence devotion? Without devotion whence knowledge?’ Devotion that is tested by distress and that produces detachment elsewhere — these three happen at one time, says the Bhagavata.