3.212

yadyapi haridasa viprera dosa na la-ila

tathapi isvara tare phala bhunjaila

SYNONYMS

yadyapi—although; haridasa—Haridasa Thakura; viprera—of the brahmana; dosa—offense; na—did not; la-ila—take seriously; tathapi—still; isvara—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tare—unto him; phala—the result of insulting a Vaisnava; bhunjaila—made to suffer.

Although Haridasa Thakura, as a Vaisnava, did not take seriously the brahmana’s offense, the Supreme Personality of Godhead could not tolerate it, and thus he made the brahmana suffer the consequences.