### CC Antya 4.129-130

> “যদ্যপিও তুমি হও জগৎপাবন ।\
> তোমা-স্পর্শে পবিত্র হয় দেব-মুনিগণ ॥১২৯॥\
> তথাপি ভক্ত-স্বভাব — মর্যাদা-রক্ষণ ।\
> মর্যাদা-পালন হয় সাধুর ভূষণ ॥১৩০॥

> "yadyapio tumi hao jagat-pāvana\
> tomā-sparśe pavitra haya deva-muni-gaṇa

> tathāpi bhakta-svabhāva—maryādā-rakṣaṇa\
> maryādā-pālana haya sādhura bhūṣaṇa

*yadyapio*—although; *tumi*—you; *hao*—are; *jagat-pāvana*—the deliverer of the entire universe; *tomā*—you; *sparśe*—by touching; *pavitra*—purified; *haya*—becomes; *deva-muni-gaṇa*—the demigods and great saintly persons; *tathāpi*—still; *bhakta-svabhāva*—the nature of a devotee; *maryādā*—etiquette; *rakṣaṇa*—to protect or observe; *maryādā pālana*—to maintain etiquette; *haya*—is; *sādhura bhūṣaṇa*—ornament of devotees.

**"My dear Sanātana, although you are the deliverer of the entire universe and although even the demigods and great saints are purified by touching you, it is the characteristic of a devotee to observe and protect the Vaiṣṇava etiquette. Maintenance of the Vaiṣṇava etiquette is the ornament of a devotee.**