Devotional Service in Attachment
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tional service as that of the residents of Vrajabhumi, and tries to follow in their footsteps, he does not care for the restrictions or regulations of the revealed Scriptures. That is the characteristic of discharging  Raga Bhakti .
Devotional service with attachment is a natural inclination. One who has been attracted by such a natural inclination does not accept any argument against his conviction, even though such arguments are presented according to Scriptural injunction. This natural inclination is also based on injunction, and so a person who has attachment for that particular type of devotional service toward the Supreme Lord is not required to change it simply on the strength of Scriptural argument. In this connection we should note that the class of so-called devotees known as  Prakrita-sahajia  follow their own concocted ideas and represent themselves as Krishna and Radha, and indulge in debauchery. This kind of devotional service and attachment is false. They are actually gliding down the hellish path. This is not the standard of  Ragatmika , or devotion. This  Prakrita sahajia  community is actually cheated and very unfortunate.
Devotional service with attachment can be executed in two ways: externally and internally. Externally, the devotee strictly follows the regulative principles, beginning with chanting and hearing and other regulations, while internally he always thinks of the attachment which attracts him to serve the Supreme Lord. He always thinks of his special devotional service and attachment. Such a real devotee's attachment does not violate the regulative principles of devotional service, but he adheres to them strictly; and yet, within his mind, he always thinks of his particular attachment.
All the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi, Vrindaban, are very dear to Krishna. A devotee in attachment selects one of the inhabitants and follows in his footsteps in order to be successful in his own devotional service. A pure devotee in attachment always follows such a personality of Vrajabhumi within himself. It is advised in  Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu  that a pure devotee in devotional service with attachment, should always remember the activities of a particular inhabitant of Vraja, even though he is not able to live directly in Vrajabhumi or Vrindaban. Thus he may always think of Vrajabhumi and Vrindaban.
Such confidential devotees in attachment are divided into several categories: some of them are servants, some of them are friends, some of them are parents and some of them are conjugal lovers. In devotional service with attachment one has to follow a particular type of devotee of Vrajabhumi.
In the  Srimad Bhagwatam , Third Canto, Twenty-fifth Chapter, it is stated: "The word  Matpara  is used only for persons who are satisfied with the idea