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If someone falls down from the principles of devotional service, he need not take to the prāyaścitta performances for reformation. He has simply to execute the rules and regulations for discharging devotional service, and this is sufficient for Sri Rūpa Gosvami also says that if anyone is regularly discharging devotional service there will be no question of a falldown. But even if circumstantially there is some falldown, the Vaisnava need have nothing to do with the prayascitta, the ritualistic ceremony for purification. If someone falls down from the principles of devotional service, he need not take to the prayascitta performances for reformation. He has simply to execute the rules and regulations for discharging devotional service, and that is sufficient for his reinstatement. This is the mystery of the Vaisnava (devotional) cult.
(More...) Similarly, in the Eleventh Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, 5th Chapter, Karabhajana Muni addresses King Nimi and says, "My dear King, a person who has given up the worship of the demigods and has completely concentrated his energy in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead has become very, very dear to the Lord. As such, if by chance or mistake he does something which is forbidden, there is no need for him to perform any purificatory ceremonies. Because the Lord is situated within his heart, He takes compassion for the devotee's accidental mistake and corrects him from within." It is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita in many places that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, takes a special interest in His devotees and declares emphatically that nothing can cause His devotees to fall down. He is always protecting them.
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