If someone is a worshipper of Vishnu, is brahmin by caste, worships (stone) and listens to the recitation of Geeta and Bhagwat in a secluded place;
Have the auspicious time and date worked out by learned brahmins before proceeding on religious places or visiting the temples of gods and goddesses located on banks of rivers;
But when he sets out of the house and faces a dog or a donkey, he regards it inauspicious and a doubt arises in his mind forcing him to return home.
Despite belonging to a Guru like a faithful wife, if a person does not acknowledge the support of his Guru firmly and wanders at the door of one god or the other, he cannot reach the supreme state of Oneness with God having been caught in duality. (447)