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develop attachment for Kṛṣṇa’s name, fame, form, qualities and so forth. When one has developed such attachment, he can spontaneously serve the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa even without following the regulative principles. This stage is called  rāga-bhakti , or devotional service in spontaneous love. At that stage the devotee can follow in the footsteps of one of the eternal associates of Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana. This is called  rāgānuga-bhakti .  Rāgānuga-bhakti , or spontaneous devotional service, can be executed in the  śānta-rasa  when one aspires to be like Kṛṣṇa’s cows or the stick or flute in the hand of Kṛṣṇa, or the flowers around Kṛṣṇa’s neck. In the  dāsya-rasa  one follows in the footsteps of servants like Citraka, Patraka or Raktaka. In the friendly  sakhya-rasa  one can become a friend like Baladeva, Śrīdāmā or Sudāmā. In the  vātsalya-rasa , characterized by parental affection, one can become like Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā, and in the  mādhurya-rasa , characterized by conjugal love, one can become like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī or Her lady friends such as Lalitā and Her serving maids ( mañjarīs ) like Rūpa and Rati. This is the essence of all instruction in the matter of devotional service.”
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वैकुण्ठाज्जनितो क्रा मधुपुरी तत्रापि रासोत्सवाद्
बृन्दारण्यमुदारपाणिरमणात्तत्रापि गोवर्धनः   ।।
राधाकुण्डसिंहापि गोकुलपतेः प्रेमासृताप्लवनात्
कुर्यादस्य विराजतो गिरितटे सेवां विवेकी न कः  ॥ ९ ॥