18 / Character
of One in Ecstatic Love

Riipa Gosvami next describes the characteristics of a person who
has actually developed his ecstatic love for Krsna. The characteristics
are as follows:

1) He is always anxious to utilize his time in the devotional ser-
vice of the Lord. He does not like to be idle. He wants service always,
twenty-four hours a day without deviation.

2) He is always reserved and perseverant.

3) He is always detached from all material attraction.

4) He does not long for any material respect in return for his’
activities.

5) He is always certain that Krsna will bestow His mercy upon
Him.

6) He is always very eager to serve the Lord faithfully.

7) He is very much attached to the chanting of the holy names of
the Lord.

8) He is always eager to describe the transcendental qualities of
the Lord.

9) He is very pleased to live in a place where the Lord’s pastimes
are performed, e.g., Mathura, Vrndavana, or Dvaraka.

Utilization of Time
An unalloyed devotee who has developed ecstatic love —_ Krsna is
always engaging his words in reciting prayers to the Lord. Within the

mind he is always thinking of Krsna, and with his body he is either

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