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HE IS
ALWAYS PUNISHED
IN
THE WAY MENTIONED ABOVE
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When
an envious person commits an offense before a great personality, he
is always punished in the way mentioned above.
(S.B. 5.9.19)
TRANSLATION:
Intolerant of the offenses committed, the infuriated goddess Kali
flashed her eyes and displayed her fierce, curved teeth. Her reddish
eyes glowed, and she displayed her fearsome features. She assumed a
frightening body, as if she were prepared to destroy the entire
creation. Leaping violently from the altar, she immediately
decapitated all the rogues and thieves with the very sword with
which they had intended to kill Jada Bharata. She then began to
drink the hot blood that flowed from the necks of the beheaded
rogues and thieves, as if this blood were liquor. Indeed, she drank
this intoxicant with her associates, who were witches and female
demons. Becoming intoxicated with this blood, they all began to sing
very loudly and dance as though prepared to annihilate the entire
universe. At the same time, they began to play with the heads of the
rogues and thieves, tossing them about as if they were balls.
PURPORT:
It is evident from this verse that the devotees of goddess Kali are
not at all favored by her. It is goddess Kali's work to kill
and punish the demons. Goddess Kali (Durga) engages in decapitating
many demons, dacoits and other unwanted elements in society.
Neglecting Krsna consciousness, foolish people try to satisfy the
goddess by offering her many abominable things, but ultimately when
there is a little discrepancy in this worship, the goddess punishes
the worshiper by taking his life. Demoniac people worship goddess
Kali to obtain some material benefit, but they are not excused of
the sins performed in the name of worship. To sacrifice a man or
animal before the deity is specifically forbidden.
(S.B.
5.9.18)
MOST
DANGEROUS ELEMENTS IN HUMAN SOCIETY
By a
false display of religious sentiments, they present a show of
devotional service while indulging in all sorts of immoral
activities. In
this way they pass as spiritual masters and devotees of God. Such
violators of religious principles have no respect for the
authoritative acaryas, the holy teachers in the strict disciplic
succession; and to mislead the people in general they themselves
become so-called acaryas, but they do not even follow the
principles of the acaryas.
These
rogues are the most dangerous elements in human society. Because
there is no religious government, they escape punishment by the
law of the state. They cannot, however, escape the law of the
Supreme, who has clearly declared in the Bhagavad-gita
that envious demons in the garb of religious propagandists
shall be thrown into the darkest regions of hell (Bg.
16.19-20). Sri Isopanisad confirms that these pseudo
religionists are heading toward the most obnoxious place in the
universe after the completion of their spiritual master business,
which they conduct simply for sense gratification.
(Sri
Isopanisad Mantra 12)
PUNISHED
AT LAST
When the
dacoits brought Bharata Maharaja before the goddess Kali and raised
a chopper to kill him, the goddess Kali became immediately alarmed
due to the mistreatment of a devotee. She came out of the deity and,
taking the chopper in her own hands, killed all the dacoits there.
Thus a pure devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can remain
silent despite the mistreatment of nondevotees. Rogues and
dacoits who misbehave toward a devotee are punished at last by the
arrangement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
(S.B. 5.9.
intro)
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