“Next, the sixth quality: ‘ācāryopāsana’. Just as a guru is needed for worldly duties, this is needed for the learning of Vedānta too. The affection for the disciple that Bhakti to the guru awakens in the guru can raise the disciple to the highest state. But guruhood without an aim is lost and falls to ruin. As a cow lets down her milk on seeing her calf, so the guru, on seeing the disciple, must pour out his grace. For those who seek to reach God and to attain Mokṣa, the guru's teachings alone are the support,” He declared.