Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 15.261

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 the Skanda Purana concerning the blaspheming of a Vaishnava:

yo hi bhagavatam lokam upahasam nripottama

karoti tasya nasyanti artha-dharma-yasah-sutah

nindam kurvanti ye mudha vaishnavanam mahatmanam

patanti pitribhih sardham maha-raurava-samjnite

hanti nindati vai dveshti vaishnavan nabhinandati

krudhyate yati no harsham darsane patanani shat

In a conversation between Markandeya and Bhagiratha, it is said, "My dear King, one who derides an exalted devotee loses the results of his pious activities, his opulence, his reputation and his sons. Vaishnavas are all great souls. Whoever blasphemes them falls down to the hell known as Maharaurava, accompanied by his forefathers. Whoever kills or blasphemes a Vaishnava and whoever is envious of a Vaishnava or angry with him, or whoever does not offer him obeisances or feel joy upon seeing him, certainly falls into a hellish condition."

Also, the Hari-bhakti-vilasa (10.314) gives the following quotation from the Dvaraka-mahatmya:

kara-patrais ca phalyante su-tivrair yama-sasanaih

nindam kurvanti ye papa vaishnavanam mahatmanam

In a conversation between Prahlada Maharaja and Bali Maharaja, it is said, "Those sinful people who blaspheme Vaishnavas, who are all great souls, are subjected very severely to the punishment offered by Yamaraja."

In his Bhakti-sandarbha (313), Jiva Gosvami quotes this statement concerning the blaspheming of Lord Vishnu:

ye nindanti hrishikesam tad-bhaktam punya-rupinam

sata-janmarjitam punyam tesham nasyati niscitam

te pacyante maha-ghore kumbhipake bhayanake

bhakshitah kita-sanghena yavac candra-divakarau

sri-vishnor avamananad gurutaram sri-vaishnavollanghanam

tadiya-dushaka-janan na pasyet purushadhaman

taih sardham vancaka-janaih saha-vasam na karayet

"'One who criticizes Lord Vishnu 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 Vishnu and His devotees. Never try to associate with such persons.'"

In his Bhakti-sandarbha (265), Jiva Gosvami further quotes from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.74.40):

nindam bhagavatah srinvams tat-parasya janasya va

tato napaiti yah so 'pi yaty adhah sukritac cyutah

"'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 asrinibhir nribhir asyamane

chindyat prasahya rusatim asatim prabhus cej

jihvam asun api tato visrijet sa dharmah

"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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