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 “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-yasah-sutah
nindam kurvanti ye mudha
vaisnavanam mahatmanam
patanti pitrbhih sardham
maha-raurava-samjnite
hanti nindati vai dvesti
vaisnavan nabhinandati
krudhyate yati no harsam
darsane patanani sat In this conversation between Markandeya 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-sasanaih
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-rupinam
sata-janmarjitam punyam
tesam nasyati niscitam
te pacyante maha-ghore
kumbhipake bhayanake
bhaksitah kita-sanghena
yavac candra-divakarau
sri-visnor avamananad
gurutaram sri-vaisnavollanghanam
tadiya-dusaka-janan
na pasyet purusadhaman
taih sardham vancaka-janaih
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.” In his Bhakti-sandarbha (265), Jiva Gosvami further quotes from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.74.40):
nindam bhagavatah srnvan
tat-parasya janasya va
tato napaiti yah so ’pi
yaty adhah sukrtac 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 asrnibhir nrbhir asyamane
chindyat prasahya rusatim asatim prabhus cej
jihvam asun api tato visrjet 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.