Verse 2.3.171

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.171:

तन्-नाम-सङ्कीर्तन-मात्रतोऽखिला भक्ता हरेः स्यूर् हत-दुःख-दुषनाः ।
केचित् तथापि प्रभुवत् कृपाकुला लोकान् सद्-आचारम् इमं प्रशासति ॥ १७१ ॥

tan-nāma-saṅkīrtana-mātrato'khilā bhaktā hareḥ syūr hata-duḥkha-duṣanāḥ |
kecit tathāpi prabhuvat kṛpākulā lokān sad-ācāram imaṃ praśāsati || 171 ||

tan–of Him; nāma-saṅkīrtana-mātrataḥ–merely by collective chanting of holy names; akhilāḥ–all; bhaktāḥ–devotees; hareḥ–of Śrī Hari; syuḥ–are; hata-duḥkha-dūṣaṇāḥ–free from the bad results of sufferings; kecit–some; tathāpi–nevertheless; prabhuvat–like the Lord; kṛpā-ākulāḥ–eagerly absorbed in compassion; lokān–to the people; sat-ācāram–pure conduct; imam–this; praśāsati–instruct.

Although merely by performance of saṅkīrtana of the names of Śrī Bhagavān, the sufferings and faults of all devotees are destroyed, still, some devotees who are merciful just like the Supreme Lord accept distress or exhibit flaws just to instruct ordinary people about proper conduct.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might object, “Is it not their duty to manifest that great treasure of nāma-saṅkīrtana for the deliverance of the whole world?”

The Vaikuṇṭha associates reply in this verse beginning with tannāma. They say, “All the faults and distresses of the devotees of Hari are indeed destroyed by the chanting of the name of the Lord (nāmasaṅkīrtana). However, being merciful like Bhagavān, some devotees give instruction on virtuous conduct (sadācāra), for instance, in the form of rejecting bad association. If one does not adopt proper behavior, one’s heart will be tainted by sin, and the inclination for devotional service will not arise naturally.”