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<div class="heading">A Vaisnava feels for others. A Vaisnava understands that "Those who are not Krsna conscious, those who have forgotten Krsna, they are rotting under the spell of maya. Let us do something for them." That is Vaisnava.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.8.29 -- Mayapura, October 9, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.8.29 -- Mayapura, October 9, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
Nowadays it has become the custom that unless you have got a university degree, either you may be in knowledge . . . ''māyayā apahṛta-jñānāḥ'', you are not recognized as a ''paṇḍita''. But in the Vedic scripture, the ''paṇḍita'' is different person. Anyone . . . this is the moral instruction by Cāṇakya Paṇḍita.

:''mātṛvat para-dāreṣu''
:''para-dravyeṣu loṣṭravat''
:''ātmavat sarva-bhūteṣu''
:''yaḥ paśyati sa paṇḍitaḥ''
:(Cāṇakya Paṇḍita)

He is giving the description of ''paṇḍita'' in three ways, "One who sees all women except his wife as mother—he is ''paṇḍita''. One who takes others' money as garbage on the street—he is ''paṇḍita''. And one who sees everyone, even to the ant, like himself that, 'If I . . . if somebody pin, pricks pin on my body, I get, I suffer. I feel pain. So why shall I give pain even to an ant?' " ''Ātmavat sarva-bhūteṣu''.

In a higher sense . . . just like Vaiṣṇava. Vaiṣṇava, Prahlāda Mahārāja, he is feeling for . . . ''para-duḥkha-duḥkhī''. This is Vaiṣṇava's business, because a Vaiṣṇava, when he comes to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, he can understand that, "What I was previously and what I am now." Actually one is . . . he's happy. He feels that . . . ''yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ'' ([[vanisource:BG 6.20-23 (1972)|BG 6.22]]). "So why these people should suffer without Kṛṣṇa consciousness?" That is ''samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu''. Therefore preaching required. He preaches. ''Kaniṣṭha-adhikārī ''Vaiṣṇava, he remains compact in temple worship, that's all, to show the Deity and get some money and fill up the belly. My Guru Mahārāja condemned this process. Of course, it is condemned in this sense, that those who are thinking that, "I have got this temple. Let people come here out of sentiment and they'll pay, and it will be a source of income for my filling up belly . . ." This is most condemned. My Guru Mahārāja used to say that ''ṭhākura dekhiye payesara ujgarache, rastaya jara diye jivika bharyam kara bhalo'', one should be honest. He should work for getting some money. Just like Arjuna. Kṛṣṇa never said that, "Arjuna, you sit down. I am your friend. I shall do everything for you. You sleep." No. Arjuna was a ''kṣatriya''. He should fight. That was the instruction of . . . so ''kaniṣṭha-adhikārī ''is different.

And ''madhyama-adhikārī'', they feel for others, that . . .

:''īśvare tad-adhīneṣu''
:''bāliśeṣu dviṣatsu ca''
:''prema-maitrī-kṛpopekṣā''
:''yaḥ karoti sa madhyamaḥ''
:([[vanisource:SB 11.2.46|SB 11.2.46]])

And ''uttama-adhikārī'', they have no such distinction. They see, "Everyone is engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service. That is all right." But ''madhyama-adhikārī ''has to make distinction. ''Kṛpā upekṣā''. He is very kind to the innocent, but those who are envious, he does not care for them. Those who are envious, he does not care for them. He rejects them, "Let them become envious," these ''madhyama-adhikārī''. And ''īśvare'', unto the Supreme Lord—''prema''. They learn how to love Kṛṣṇa and how to make friendship with Kṛṣṇa's devotee. So this is ''madhyama-adhikārī'' and ''kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, uttama-adhikārī''. There are different types of devotees—not all the same—according to the stages.

So ''ātmavat sarva-bhūteṣu''. A Vaiṣṇava feels for others. A Vaiṣṇava understands that, "Those who are not Kṛṣṇa conscious, those who have forgotten Kṛṣṇa, they are rotting under the spell of ''māyā''. Let us do something for them." That is Vaiṣṇava. Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja said, ''naivodvije para duratyaya, duratyaya-vaitaraṇyāḥ'' ([[vanisource:SB 7.9.43|SB 7.9.43]]): "I am not afraid of the indefatigable ''vaitaraṇī''." It is said in the ''śāstra'' that you have to cross the ''vaitaraṇī'' before going to the spiritual world. So Prahlāda Mahārāja said that, "I am not afraid of this ''vaitaraṇī''. It is very easy." ''Tvad-vīrya-gāyana-mahāmṛta-magna-cittaḥ'' ([[vanisource:SB 7.9.43|SB 7.9.43]]): "Because I know simply by glorifying Your Lordship, I am . . . I can do that." ''Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam'' ([[vanisource:CC Adi 17.21|CC Adi 17.21]]). That is quite possible. ''Paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam''. So a pure Vaiṣṇava like Haridāsa Ṭhākura can simply chant. Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised anyone, especially His confidential devotees . . . just like Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī: he was advised that, "You chant and don't eat very palatable food. Don't dress yourself very gorgeously." This instruction . . . but the chanting. Everyone was advised, whoever went to Caitanya Mahāprabhu that, "You chant."