প্রভু কহে,—তুমি মহাভাগবতোত্তম তোমার দর্শনে সবার দ্রব হৈল মন
प्रभु कहे,—तुमि महाभागवतोत्तम तोमार दर्शने सबार द्रव हैल मन
prabhu kahe,—tumi mahā-bhāgavatottama tomāra darśane sabāra drava haila mana
Synonyms
prabhu kahe—the Lord replied; tumi—you; mahā-bhāgavata-uttama—the best of the topmost devotees; tomāra darśane—by seeing you; sabāra—of everyone; drava—melted; haila—became; mana—the heart..
Translation
The Lord replied to Rāmānanda Rāya: "Sir, you are the best of the topmost devotees; therefore upon seeing you everyone's heart has melted.
Purport
Unless one is a first-class devotee, he cannot be a preacher. A preacher is generally a topmost devotee, but in order to meet the general populace, he has to come to distinguish between devotees and nondevotees. Otherwise, an advanced devotee makes no such distinctions. Indeed, he always sees everyone engaged in the service of the Lord. When one engages in preaching work, he must distinguish between people and understand that some people are not engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. The preacher then has to take compassion upon such innocent people who do not know how to worship the Lord. In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.2.45), the symptoms of a topmost devotee are described as follows:
sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ paśyed
bhagavad-bhāvam ātmanaḥ
bhūtāni bhagavaty ātmany
eṣa bhāgavatottamaḥ
"The advanced devotee sees that all living entities are part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everyone is in Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa is also within everyone. Such a vision is possible only for a person who is very advanced in devotional service."