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One should not remain a  kaniṣṭha-adhikārī , one who is situated on the lowest platform of devotional service and is interested only in worshiping the Deity in the temple. Such a devotee is described in the Eleventh Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (11.2.47):
arcāyām eva haraye  
 pūjāṁ yaḥ śraddhayehate  
 na tad-bhakteṣu cānyeṣu  
 sa bhaktaḥ prākṛtaḥ smṛtaḥ
“A person who is very faithfully engaged in the worship of the Deity in the temple, but who does not know how to behave toward devotees or people in general is called a  prākṛta-bhakta , or  kaniṣṭha-adhikārī .”
One therefore has to raise himself from the position of  kaniṣṭha-adhikārī  to the platform of  madhyama-adhikārī . The  madhyama-adhikārī  is described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.2.46) in this way:
īšvare tad-adhīneṣu bālišeṣu dviṣatsu ca prema-maitrī-kṛpopekṣā yaḥ karoti sa madhyamaḥ
“The  madhyama-adhikārī  is a devotee who worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the highest object of love, makes friends with the Lord’s devotees, is merciful to the ignorant and avoids those who are envious by nature.”