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''dekhiyā'' | ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dekhiyā&tab=syno_o&ds=1 dekhiyā]'' — seeing; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vyādhera&tab=syno_o&ds=1 vyādhera]'' — of the hunter; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prema&tab=syno_o&ds=1 prema]'' — the ecstatic love; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=parvata&tab=syno_o&ds=1 parvata]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mahā&tab=syno_o&ds=1 mahā]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=muni&tab=syno_o&ds=1 muni]'' — the great sage Parvata Muni; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nāradere&tab=syno_o&ds=1 nāradere] [//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kahe&tab=syno_o&ds=1 kahe]'' — spoke to Nārada Muni; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tumi&tab=syno_o&ds=1 tumi] [//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=hao&tab=syno_o&ds=1 hao] [//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sparśa&tab=syno_o&ds=1 sparśa]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=maṇi&tab=syno_o&ds=1 maṇi]'' — you are certainly a touchstone. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:06, 19 February 2024
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 277
- dekhiyā vyādhera prema parvata-mahāmuni
- nāradere kahe,—tumi hao sparśa-maṇi
SYNONYMS
dekhiyā — seeing; vyādhera — of the hunter; prema — the ecstatic love; parvata-mahā-muni — the great sage Parvata Muni; nāradere kahe — spoke to Nārada Muni; tumi hao sparśa-maṇi — you are certainly a touchstone.
TRANSLATION
"When Parvata Muni saw the ecstatic loving symptoms of the hunter, he told Nārada, 'Certainly you are a touchstone.'
PURPORT
When a touchstone touches iron, it turns the iron to gold. Parvata Muni called Nārada Muni a touchstone because by his touch the hunter, who was the lowest among men, became an elevated and perfect Vaiṣṇava. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura said that the position of a Vaiṣṇava can be tested by seeing how good a touchstone he is—that is, by seeing how many Vaiṣṇavas he has made during his life. A Vaiṣṇava should be a touchstone so that he can convert others to Vaiṣṇavism by his preaching, even though people may be fallen like the hunter. There are many so-called advanced devotees who sit in a secluded place for their personal benefit. They do not go out to preach and convert others into Vaiṣṇavas, and therefore they certainly cannot be called sparśa-maṇi, advanced devotees. Kaniṣṭha-adhikārī devotees cannot turn others into Vaiṣṇavas, but a madhyama-adhikārī Vaiṣṇava can do so by preaching. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised His followers to increase the numbers of Vaiṣṇavas.
- yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa
- āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa
It is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s wish that everyone should become a Vaiṣṇava and guru. Following the instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His disciplic succession, one can become a spiritual master, for the process is very easy. One can go everywhere and anywhere to preach the instructions of Kṛṣṇa. The Bhagavad-gītā is Kṛṣṇa’s instructions; therefore the duty of every Vaiṣṇava is to travel and preach the Bhagavad-gītā, either in his country or a foreign country. This is the test of sparśa-maṇi, following in the footsteps of Nārada Muni.