Madhya 15.261
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চৈতন্য-গোসাঞির নিন্দা শুনিল যাহা হৈতে ।
তারে বধ কৈলে হয় পাপ-প্রায়শ্চিত্তে ॥ ২৬১ ॥ caitanya-gosanira ninda sunila yaha haite
tare vadha kaile haya papa-prayascitte
SYNONYMS
caitanya-gosanira-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ninda-blasphemy; sunila-I have heard; yaha haite-from whom; tare vadha kaile-if he is killed; haya-there is; papa-prayascitte-atonement for the sinful act.
TRANSLATION
"If the man who blasphemed Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is killed, his sinful action may be atoned."
PURPORT
The Hari-bhakti-vilasa cites the following quotation from Skanda Purana concerning the blaspheming of a Vaisnava:
yo hi bhagavatam lokam
upahasam nrpottama karoti tasya nasyanti artha-dharma-yasaḥ-sutaḥ nindam kurvanti ye mūḍha
vaisnavanam mahatmanam patanti pitrbhiḥ sardham maha-raurava-samjnite hanti nindati vai dvesti
vaisnavan nabhinandati krudhyate yati no harsam darsane patanani sat In this conversation between Markanḍeya and Bhagiratha, it is said: "My dear King, if one derides an exalted devotee, he loses the results of his pious activities, his opulence, his reputation and his sons. Vaisnavas are all great souls. Whoever blasphemes them falls down to the hell known as Maharaurava. He is also accompanied by his forefathers. Whoever kills or blasphemes a Vaisnava and whoever is envious of a Vaisnava or angry with him, or whoever does not offer him obeisances or feel joy upon seeing a Vaisnava, certainly falls into a hellish condition."
The Hari-bhakti-vilasa (10.314) also gives the following quotation from Dvaraka-mahatmya:
kara-patrais ca phalyante
sutivrair yama-sasanaiḥ nindam kurvanti ye papa vaisnavanam mahatmanam In a conversation between Prahlada Maharaja and Bali Maharaja, it is said, "Those sinful people who blaspheme Vaisnavas, who are all great souls, are subjected very severely to the punishment offered by Yamaraja."
In the Bhakti-sandarbha (313) there is a statement concerning the blaspheming of Lord Visnu.
ye nindanti hrsikesam
tad-bhaktam punya-rūpinam sata-janmarjitam punyam tesam nasyati niscitam te pacyante maha-ghore
kumbhipake bhayanake bhaksitaḥ kita-sahghena yavac candra-divakarau sri-visnor avamananad gurutaram sri-vaisnavollahghanam tadiya-dūsaka-janan
na pasyet purusadhaman taiḥ sardham vancaka-janaiḥ saha-vasam na karayet "One who criticizes Lord Visnu and His devotees loses all the benefits accrued in a hundred pious births. Such a person rots in the Kumbhipaka hell and is bitten by worms as long as the sun and moon exist. One should therefore not even see the face of a person who blasphemes Lord Visnu and His devotees. Never try to associate with such persons."
nindam bhagavataḥ srnvan
tat-parasya janasya va tato napaiti yaḥ so 'pi yaty adhaḥ sukrtac cyutaḥ "If one does not immediately leave upon hearing the Lord or the Lord's devotee blasphemed, he falls down from devotional service." Similarly, Lord Siva's wife Sati states in Srimad-Bhagavatam (4.4.17):
karnau pidhaya nirayad yad akalpa ise
dharmavitary asrnibhir nrbhir asyamane chindyat prasahya rusatim asatim prabhus cej jihvam asūn api tato visrjet sa dharmaḥ "If one hears an irresponsible person blaspheme the master and controller of religion, he should block his ears and go away if unable to punish him. But if one is able to kill, then one should by force cut out the blasphemer's tongue and kill the offender, and after that he should give up his own life."
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