Love must be demonstrated through action; bhakti is the practical exhibition of devotion to Krishna.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — April 12, 1974, Bombay 740412MW-BOMBAY [57:03 Minutes] Walk_740412MW-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: [indistinct] ...but in different ways. Mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha... Ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham [Bg. 4.11]. So proportionately they realize the Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, in a different way.
But He advises that "Why don't you take the direct way?" Therefore He says at the last chapter, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja [Bg. 18.66]: "Directly become Kṛṣṇa conscious." Dr. Ghosh: That doesn't need any pūjā, then. Just take His śaraṇa and everything will be okay?
Prabhupāda: No. That śaraṇa means... That includes.That is bhakti. Dr.
Ghosh: Even a tulasī dala and a little water is not necessary?
Prabhupāda: No, necessary, necessary, necessary, because mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja. That is the path of bhakti. It is also confirmed, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti [Bg. 18.55]. Dr.
Ghosh: Bhakti is in the mind, in the heart.
Prabhupāda: No, not in the mind. No, no. Bhakti is in the heart, but there must be... Just like if you have got love for me in the heart, it must be demonstrated.