That I already know.

One day during the massage, Srutakirti expressed it to Prabhupada. "Srila Prabhupada, all these devotees have such love for you. It makes me feel so bad. I have none of this love. When I am with you, I can see everyone dancing and chanting and crying, but I have so much association and yet I don't feel that this is there." He was hoping that Prabhupada would say something or do something, but Prabhupada said nothing. He went on massaging and finished. Then Prabhupada went and bathed. After putting on his tilaka and chanting his gayatri, Prabhupada called Srutakirti into the room. "So, do you like serving me?" said Prabhupada. "Oh, yes, Prabhupada," said Srutakirti. "I like serving you very much." "Then," said Prabhupada, "that is love. Everyone can do so many things singing, dancing, jumping up and down, but you are actually doing something. Isn't this love?" "I guess so, Srila Prabhupada." "So you just do your service," said Prabhupada. "That is all that is necessary. That is what love means to do service."

Srila Prabhupada used the expression "dandavat devotee" to describe a devotee who made a profuse show of respect and worship of the spiritual master but did not follow it up with a real service attitude. Especially the pious Hindu will always bow down or offer dandavats before the guru. If the service begins and ends with formal dandavats, however, then Prabhupada considered such a person not a very important devotee, but a "dandavat devotee." On another occasion, I was present when a devotee felt moved to make a spontaneous expression of love in Prabhupada's presence: "Prabhupada, I am giving my whole life to you." Prabhupada replied to this in a matter-of-fact way, saying, "That I already know." In other words, devotional service really begins when a disciple says, "Now I accept you as my spiritual master. Please instruct me." To feel or state to the guru that you want to follow him completely is auspicious, but it must be accompanied by practical service.