17.54
eta bali’ gela prabhu karite ganga-snana
sei papi duhkha bhoge, na yaya parana
SYNONYMS
eta bali’-saying this; gela—went away; prabhu—the Lord; karite—to take; ganga-snana—a bath in the Ganges; sei—that; papi—sinful man; duhkha—pains; bhoge—suffers; na—not; yaya—go away; parana—the life.
After saying this, the Lord left to take His bath in the Ganges, and that sinful man did not give up his life but continued to suffer.
PURPORT
It appears that an offender to a Vaisnava continues to suffer and does not give up his life.
We have actually seen that a great vaisnava-aparadhi is continuously suffering so much that it is difficult for him to move, and yet he does not die.