Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti states that since the women of Mathura immediately experienced symptoms of conjugal attraction when they saw Krishna, they were the most advanced devotees in the city. The ten effects of Cupid are described as follows: cakshu-ragah prathamam cittasangas tato 'tha sankalpah nidra-cchedas tanuta vishaya-nivrittis trapa-nasah/ unmado murccha mritir ity etah smara-dasa dasaiva syuh. "First comes attraction expressed through the eyes, then intense attachment in the mind, then determination, loss of sleep, becoming emaciated, disinterest in external things, shamelessness, madness, becoming stunned and death. These are the ten stages of Cupid's effects."

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti also points out that devotees who possess pure love of Godhead generally do not exhibit the symptom of death, since this is inauspicious in relation to Krishna. They do, however, manifest the other nine symptoms, culminating in becoming stunned in ecstasy.