यन्नामानि च गृह्णाति लोको भृत्ये कृतागसि ।
सो ऽसाधुवादस्तत्कीर्तिं हन्ति त्वचमिवामयः ॥ ५ ॥
so 'sadhu-vadas tat-kirtim
yat-of whom; namani-the names; ca-and; grhnati-take; lokah-people in general; bhrtye-when a servant; krtagasi-has committed something wrong; sah-that; asadhu-vadah-blame; tat-of that person; kirtim-the reputation; hanti-destroys; tvacam-the skin; iva-as; amayah-leprosy.
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.
A Vaisnava, therefore, should be fully qualified. As stated in the Bhagavatam, anyone who has become a Vaisnava has developed all the good qualities of the demigods. There are twenty-six qualifications mentioned in the Caitanya-caritamrta. A devotee should always see that his Vaisnava qualities increase with the advancement of his Krsna 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.