Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda told—„ To seek the satisfaction of common public and to seek the satisfaction of Supreme Lord is not the same.” If I want to seek my personal satisfaction by the help of getting some vote (support from public), Śrīla Prabhupāda speaking that this is one kind of personal enjoyment.
I like to ensure my personal pratiṣṭhā by the help of getting popularity. That is not hari-bhajan. To seek the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, to dedicate whole heartily the life, even if the whole world is going against you, but if we always ready to seek the total satisfaction of the Supreme Lord then this is called bhakti. To declare this secret siddhanta-vichar in front of all very loudly is called jīve doyā. To speak about that absolute truth, absolute way standing on absolute platform is not at all enmity or envious attitude, in fact this is called causeless mercy for jīva.
Actually Śrīla Prabhupāda sometimes used to express his strong grief by saying that—“Maybe it is my own inability, I have no eligibility, maybe that is why I could not help them to come out of maya. I am responsible for that; it is my fault.” Common people like to bring some defame (bad name) in the life of a pure sādhu-guru-vaiṣṇava, those who are always looking for the absolute benefit of the whole world.
Those who are great personalities who like to save the whole Universe become a target of attack of common people. Tulsi das who was a Ram bhakta was always criticized by someone, but he never felt any reaction inside heart, he used to say that—“Well, I cannot see my own fault, so I can get the chance to rectify myself, if somebody can criticize me.”