But Sanátan consoled him saying, "Who else is your equal? Among the Master's followers you are the most fortunate. The work of His incarnation is the preaching of the Name, and that work He does through you. Daily do you chant the Name three hundred thousand times. Before all do you hold forth on the glory of the Name." The Bengal _bhaktas_ came on pilgrimage, as before, on the occasion of the Car festival, and stayed with the Master for the four months of the monsoon. The Master introduced to them Sanátan who bowed at their feet and they favoured him. His excellent character and [deep] scholarship endeared Sanátan to all. In the month of Jyaishtha the Master went to Yameshwar Tota (garden) to dine at the entreaty of His _bhaktas_. At noon He called for Sanátan, who delighted to hear of it, and went to Him by way of the sea-beach. He reached the Master with his two feet blistered [by the hot sand]. The Master asked "By what route have you come, Sanátan?" He replied, "By the sea-side." Then the Master said, "Why did you come over the hot sand? Why did you not take the cool path before the Lion Gate (_singhá-dwár_)? The hot sand has blistered your feet. You cannot walk; how could you bear the journey?" Sanátan replied, "It was no great hardship. I did not feel that my feet were being blistered. I am not entitled to pass by the _singhá-dwár_ road, especially, as the servitors of the god Jagannáth frequently pass along it and it would be a disaster if I touch any of them." The Master's heart was pleased to hear of it, and He began to tell Sanátan, "Though you are the saviour of the world and your touch can purify even the gods and sages, yet it is the sign of a [true] _bhakta_ to respect the dignity [of rank or caste]. It is an ornament to a _sadhu's_ character to observe distinctions (_maryádá_) of rank. Not to do so is to court public ridicule and to destroy one's own earthly life and spiritual welfare as well." Sanátan's body was covered with running eruptions. The Master embraced him in spite of prohibition, and His body was stained with the exudation, at which Sanátan grieved. But the Master said, "The body of a Vaishnav is not material. It is supra-physical and full of the _chit_ and _ánanda_ of _bhakti_. At the time of his initiation the _bhakta_ surrenders himself to Krishna, who then renders him equal to his own self, and fills the body with his own _chit_ and _ánanda_. The Lord Krishna has visited Sanátan's body with sores only to test me. If I had in disgust refused to embrace him, I should have been guilty in the eyes of Krishna." So saying, He embraced Sanátan again, and lo! the sores disappeared and his body assumed a golden hue!