Question: I have heard that it is not good to offer praṇāma to anyone, taking japa beads in hand. But in chanting time when Vaiṣṇavas come there and then what can we do? If we stop chanting to do praṇāma to the Vaiṣṇavas then it will be tough to complete 16 rounds. Again, if I do not show respect to Vaiṣṇavas for chanting, then it will be a vaiṣṇava-aparādhā.

Jayapataka Swami: You see at the end, after tulasī-pūjā, we offer our praṇāma to all the Vaiṣṇavas, vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaścakṛpā-sindhubhyaevacapatitānāṁpāvanebhyovaiṣṇavebhyonamonamaḥ. Unless a guru or some sannyāsī comes in, we don’t have to offer obeisances again,...