Gosvāmī: Renunciation that is indifferent towards śuddha - bhakti can be called pretentious renunciation (phalgu-vairāgya), and

knowledge that is indifferent towards śuddha - bhakti can be

called dry speculation (śuṣka-jñāna). Those who are not favorable to śuddha-bhakti are all unqualified for the subject of rasa, for

example, false renunciants, dry speculators, those who are

dedicated to mundane logic, those who follow karma-mīmāṁsā and who praise the dry knowledge (śuṣka-jñāna) section of the

uttara-mīmāṁsā, those who are averse to relishing bhakti, and

those who follow the mundane philosophical system of kevala-

advaita-vāda. Rasika-bhaktas will protect kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa from these unqualified people just as one protects a valuable treasure

from thieves.

Vrajanātha: Today we have been blessed. We will obey the instructions that we have received from your divine lips in all

respects.

Vijaya: Prabhu, I support myself with whatever wealth I acquire from reciting Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in an open assembly of

general people, but Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is rasa-grantha. Is there

any aparādha in collecting money by reciting it to common

people?

Gosvāmī: Aho! Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the crest-jewel of all śāstra, and it is the embodiment of the fruit of all the Vedic

śāstras. One should simply follow the instructions in the First Canto (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.1.3):