SB 5.10.25

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TEXT

न विक्रिया विश्वसुहृत्सखस्य साम्येन वीताभिमतेस्तवापि ।
महद्विमानात्स्वकृताद्धि मादृङ् नङ्क्ष्यत्यदूरादपि शूलपाणिः ॥ २५ ॥

na vikriya visva-suhrt-sakhasya

samyena vitabhimates tavapi

mahad-vimanat sva-krtad dhi madrh

nahksyaty adūrad api sūlapaniḥ

na-not; vikriya-material transformation; visva-suhrt-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is a friend to everyone; sakhasya-of you, the friend; samyena-because of your mental equilibrium; vita-abhimateḥ-who has completely forsaken the bodily concept of life; tava-your; api-indeed; mahat-vimanat-of insulting a great devotee; sva-krtat-from my own activity; hi-certainly; madrk-a person like me; nahksyati-will be destroyed; adūrat-very soon; api-certainly; sūla-paniḥ-even though as powerful as Lord Siva (Sūlapani).

TRANSLATION

O my dear lord, you are the friend of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the friend of all living entities. You are therefore equal to everyone, and you are free from the bodily conception. Although I have committed an offense by insulting you, I know that there is no loss or gain for you due to my insult. You are fixed in your determination, but I have committed an offense. Because of this, even though I may be as strong as Lord Siva, I shall be vanquished without delay due to my offense at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava.

PURPORT

Maharaja Rahūgana was very intelligent and conscious of the inauspicious effects arising from insulting a Vaisnava. He was therefore very anxious to be excused by Jaḍa Bharata. Following in the footsteps of Maharaja Rahūgana, 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:

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

hena vaisnavere ninde sarvajna ha-i
se janera adhaḥ-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

sūlapani-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 Jaḍa Bharata and Maharaja Rahūgana."

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