The immediate symptom of a Krsna conscious man

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As there are symptoms for each and every man, in terms of his particular

situation, similarly one who is Krsna conscious has his particular

nature-talking, walking, thinking, feeling, etc. As a rich man has his

symptoms by which he is known as a rich man, as a diseased man has his

symptoms by which he is known as diseased, or as a learned man has his

symptoms, so a man in transcendental consciousness of Krsna has specific

symptoms in various dealings. One can know his specific symptoms from the

Bhagavad-gita. Most important is how the man in Krsna consciousness speaks;

for speech is the most important quality of any man. It is said that a fool

is undiscovered as long as he does not speak, and certainly a well-dressed

fool cannot be identified unless he speaks, but as soon as he speaks, he

reveals himself at once. The immediate symptom of a Krsna conscious man is

that he speaks only of Krsna and of matters relating to Him. Other symptoms

then automatically follow, as stated below.

 

>From Srila Prabhupada's purport to Bg 2.54