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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.16.5
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 5
- yan-nāmāni ca gṛhṇāti
- loko bhṛtye kṛtāgasi
- so 'sādhu-vādas tat-kīrtiṁ
- hanti tvacam ivāmayaḥ
yatof whom — of whom; nāmānithe names — the names; caand — and; gṛhṇātitake — take; lokaḥpeople in general — people in general; bhṛtyewhen a servant — when a servant; kṛtahas committed something wrong-āgasihas committed something wrong — has committed something wrong; saḥthat — that; asādhublame-vādaḥblame — blame; tatof that person — of that person; kīrtimthe reputation — the reputation; hantidestroys — destroys; tvacamthe skin — the skin; ivaas — as; āmayaḥleprosy — leprosy.
A wrong act committed by a servant leads people in general to blame his master, just as a spot of white leprosy on any part of the body pollutes all of the skin.
A Vaiṣṇava, therefore, should be fully qualified. As stated in the Bhāgavatam, anyone who has become a Vaiṣṇava has developed all the good qualities of the demigods. There are twenty-six qualifications mentioned in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta. A devotee should always see that his Vaiṣṇava qualities increase with the advancement of his Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A devotee should be blameless because any offense by the devotee is a scar on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The devotee's duty is to be always conscious in his dealings with others, especially with another devotee of the Lord.