# Cc. Madhya 24.277 ## Text > dekhiyā vyādhera prema parvata-mahāmuni > nāradere kahe,—tumi hao sparśa-maṇi ## Synonyms *dekhiyā*—seeing; *vyādhera*—of the hunter; *prema*—the ecstatic love; *parvata*-*mahā*-*muni*—the great sage Parvata Muni; *nāradere* *kahe*—spoke to Nārada Muni; *tumi* *hao* *sparśa*-*maṇi*—you are certainly a touchstone. ## Translation **"When Parvata Muni saw the ecstatic loving symptoms of the hunter, he told Nārada, 'Certainly you are a touchstone.'** ## Purport When a touchstone touches iron, it turns the iron to gold. Parvata Muni called Nārada Muni a touchstone because by his touch the hunter, who was lowest among men, became an elevated and perfect Vaiṣṇava. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura said that the position of a Vaiṣṇava can be tested by seeing how good a touchstone he is—that is, by seeing how many Vaiṣṇavas he has made during his life. A Vaiṣṇava should be a touchstone so that he can convert others to Vaiṣṇavism 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 Vaiṣṇavas, and therefore they certainly cannot be called *sparśa-maṇi,* advanced devotees. *Kaniṣṭha-adhikārī* devotees cannot turn others into Vaiṣṇavas, but a *madhyama-adhikārī* Vaiṣṇava can do so by preaching. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised His followers to increase the numbers of Vaiṣṇavas. > yāre dekha, tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa'-upadeśa > āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra' ei deśa (Cc. Madhya 7.128) It is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's wish that everyone should become a Vaiṣṇava and *guru.* Following the instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His disciplic succession, one can become a spiritual master, for the process is very easy. One can go everywhere and anywhere to preach the instructions of Kṛṣṇa. *Bhagavad-gītā* is Kṛṣṇa's instructions; therefore the duty of every Vaiṣṇava is to travel and preach *Bhagavad-gītā,* either in his country or a foreign country. This is the test of *sparśa-maṇi,* following in the footsteps of Nārada Muni.