Bali Mardana: ...that the disciple should not let outsiders touch the feet of his spiritual master.
Prabhupāda: Hm?
Bali Mardana: In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, in the purport. But in India so many people try to touch. Should they be restrained?
Prabhupāda: No, that is... Spiritual master should be respected. Where it is said that?
Nitāi: The Seventeenth Chapter, one purport where it talks about a brāhmaṇa woman who came to touch the feet of Lord Caitanya; immediately He went and jumped in the Ganges. You remember that section?
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. That is... He's not a devotee. He's not a, he was not a disciple.
Bali Mardana: But in India there are so many people. They're not disciples; they're not initiated by you. So are they in the same category?
Prabhupāda: No, that case was different.
Bali Mardana: So it is all right.
Prabhupāda: Then the spiritual master has to go every time, to fall down? Because people will touch. That is natural. And he has to jump over the water every time?
Nitāi: In the purport you gave recommendation that generally it is not a good practice to let them, unless they are at least your devotees.
Prabhupāda: Generally, it is not practiced, but if people come, how can you check them? (pause)