How do we digest this

Madhya 24.277
TEXT 277
TEXT
dekhiya vyadhera prema parvata-mahamuni
naradere kahe,��tumi hao sparsa-ma�i


�When Parvata Muni saw the ecstatic loving symptoms of the hunter, he told Narada, �Certainly you are a touchstone.�
PURPORT
When a touchstone touches iron, it turns the iron to gold. Parvata Muni called Narada Muni a touchstone because by his touch the hunter, who was lowest among men, became an elevated and perfect Vaisnaava. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura said that the position of a Vaisnava can be tested by seeing how good a touchstone he is�that is, by seeing how many Vaisnavas he has made during his life. A Vaisnava should be a touchstone so that he can convert others to Vaisnavism by his preaching, even though people may be fallen like the hunter. There are many so-called advanced devotees who sit in a secluded place for their personal benefit. They do not go out to preach and convert others into Vaisnavas, and therefore they certainly cannot be called sparsa-ma�i, advanced devotees. Kanistha-adhikari devotees cannot turn others into Vaisnavas, but a madhyama-adhikari Vaisnava can do so by preaching. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised His followers to increase the numbers of Vaisnavas.


Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura said that the position of a Vaisnava can be tested by seeing how good a touchstone he is�that is, by seeing how many Vaisnavas he has made during his life.

How do we digest this statement. When we know the are many Acharryas in our line had only one or two disciples

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