NOI 05 krsneti yasya giri tam manasadriyeta... cited

Expressions researched:
"krsneti yasya giri tam manasadriyeta" |"One should mentally honor the devotee who chants the holy name of Lord Krsna"

Notes from the compiler: VedaBase query: "NOI 5" or "krsneti yasya giri tam manasadriyeta" or "One should mentally honor the devotee who chants the holy name of Lord Krsna"

CC Madhya-lila

CC Madhya 12.195, Purport:

A Vaiṣṇava, a devotee, should simply discard intimate association with nondevotees. In his Upadeśāmṛta (4), Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has described the symptoms of intimate relationships in this way:

dadāti pratigṛhṇāti guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati

bhuṅkte bhojayate caiva ṣaḍ-vidhaṁ prīti-lakṣaṇam

The words bhuṅkte bhojayate indicate that one should eat with devotees. One should carefully avoid eating food offered by nondevotees. Indeed, a devotee should be very strict in not accepting food from a nondevotee, especially food prepared in restaurants or hotels or on airplanes. Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu's reference in this connection is meant to emphasize that one should avoid eating with Māyāvādīs and covert Māyāvādīs like the sahajiyā Vaiṣṇavas, who are materially affected.