Text 6]
The Doorkeepers Cursed by the Sages
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yan-nāmāni ca grhṇāti loko bhṛtye kṛtāgasi so 'sādhu-vādas tat-kīrtim hanti tvacam ivāmayaḥ
yat—of whom; nāmāni—the names; ca—and; grhṇāti—take; lokaḥ—people in general; bhṛtye—when a servant; kṛtāgasi—has committed something wrong; saḥ—that; asādhu-vādaḥ—blame; tat—of that person; kīrtim—the reputation; hanti—destroys; tvacam—the skin; iva—as; āmayaḥ—leprosy.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
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.
TEXT 6
यस्यामृतामलयशःश्रवणावगाहः
सद्यः पुनाति जगदा श्वपचाद्विकुण्ठः ।
सोऽहं मवद्भय उपलब्धसुतीर्थकीर्ति-
श्छिन्द्यां स्वबाहुमपि वः प्रतिकूलघृचिम्॥ ६ ॥
yasyāmṛtāmala-yaśaḥ-śravaṇāvagāhaḥ
sadyaḥ punāti jagad ā śvapacād vikuṇṭhaḥ
so 'ham bhavadbhya upalabdha-sutīrtha-kīrtiś
chindyām sva-bāhum api vaḥ pratikūla-vṛttim
yasya—of whom; amṛta—nectar; amala—uncontaminated; yaśaḥ—glories; śravaṇa—hearing; avagāhaḥ—entering into; sadyaḥ—immediately; punāti—purifies; jagat—the universe; ā śvapacāt—including even the dog-eaters; vikuṇṭhaḥ—without anxiety; saḥ—that person; aham—I am; bhavadbhyaḥ—