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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .3.57

dharmotsāha-ratir dhīraiḥ sthāyī bhāva ihocyate |
[dharmotsaaha-ratir dheeraih sthaayee bhaava ihochyate |]
dharmaikābhiniveśas tu dharmotsāho mataḥ satām ||57||
[dharmaikaabhiniveshas tu dharmotsaaho matah sataam ||57||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dharmotsāha-ratir dhīraiḥ sthāyī bhāva ihocyate |
dharmaikābhiniveśas tu dharmotsāho mataḥ satām ||57||
The wise say that dharmotsāha-rati is the sthāyi-bhāva of the dharma-vīra. Dharmotsāha means to be absorbed only in the subject of dharma.

… whereas persons who execute religious rituals without intending to please Kṛṣṇa are only called pious.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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