An elderly Indian gentleman who visited Prabhupada in his room became gradually critical of Shrila Prabhupada’s preaching.
Gentleman: Swamiji, you should not criticize so many persons. You should see everyone equally. The Bhagavad-gita says, pandita sama darshina: you should see everybody equally.
Prabhupada: That is a higher stage. I am not on that stage. I distinguish. On the higher stage you don’t distinguish between pious activity and sinful activity. But I distinguish. I say, ‘You are sinning and you should stop.
As the discussion continued, Prabhupada kept referring to the previous acaryas in order to support his viewpoint. I have my Bhagavad-gita, I have my acaryas. I stand on their authority.
Gentleman: What have you done beyond that? You are just repeating what they’ve done. What have you done?
Prabhupada: I’ve not done anything. I’m simply repeating. So my contribution is that I have made this knowledge available to people all over the world. Without discrimination, I have given Krishna consciousness to everyone. That is my contribution and that is my version of pandita sama darshina
Prabhupada concluded the interview with those words, and the man expressed gratefulness.
Later in the hall, while leaving, the man was remarking out loud to himself, “Very interesting … He sees everyone equally … ”