PURPORT

Maharaja Rahugana was very intelligent and conscious of the inauspicious effects arising from insulting a Vaisnava. He was therefore very anxious to be excused by Jada Bharata. Following in the footsteps of Maharaja Rahugana, everyone should be very cautious not to commit an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava. Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura in the Caitanya-bhagavata (Madhya ) says:

sulapani-sama yadi bhakta-ninda kare
bhagavata pramana-tathapi sighra mare

hena vaisnavere ninde sarvajna ha-i
se janera adhah-pata sarva-sastre ka-i

"Even if one is as strong as Lord Siva, who carries a trident in his hand, one will nonetheless fall down from his spiritual position if he tries to insult a Vaisnava. That is the verdict of all Vedic scriptures." He also says this in Caitanya-bhagavata (Madhya ).

vaisnavera ninda karibeka yara gana
tara raksa samarthya nahika kona jana

sulapani-sama yadi vaisnavere ninde
tathapiha nasa yaya-kahe sastra-vrnde

iha na maniya ye sujana ninda kare
janme janme se papistha daiva-dose mare

"One who blasphemes a Vaisnava cannot be protected by anyone. Even if a person is as strong as Lord Siva, if he blasphemes a Vaisnava, he is sure to be destroyed. This is the verdict of all sastras. If one does not care for the verdict of the sastras and dares blaspheme a Vaisnava, he suffers life after life because of this."

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled, "The Discussion Between Jada Bharata and Maharaja Rahugana."