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IF HE
BLASPHEMES A VAISNAVA,
HE IS
SURE TO BE DESTROYED
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HE
SUFFERS LIFE AFTER LIFE
BECAUSE
OF THIS
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O my dear lord,
you are the friend of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the
friend of all living entities. You are therefore equal to everyone,
and you are free from the bodily conception. Although I have committed
an offense by insulting you, I know that there is no loss or gain for
you due to my insult. You are fixed in your determination, but I have
committed an offense. Because of this, even though I may be as strong
as Lord Siva, I shall be vanquished without delay due to my offense at
the lotus feet of a Vaisnava.
PURPORT
Maharaja Rahugana was very intelligent and conscious of the
inauspicious effects arising from insulting a Vaisnava. He was
therefore very anxious to be excused by Jada Bharata. Following in the
footsteps of Maharaja Rahugana, everyone should be very cautious not
to commit an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaisnava. Srila Vrndavana
dasa Thakura in the Caitanya-bhagavata (Madhya 13) says:
sulapani-sama yadi bhakta-ninda kare
bhagavata pramana----tathapi sighra mare
hena vaisnavere ninde sarvajna ha-i
se janera adhah-pata sarva-sastre ka-i
"Even if one is as strong as Lord Siva, who carries a trident in
his hand, one will nonetheless fall down from his spiritual position
if he tries to insult a Vaisnava. That is the verdict of all Vedic
scriptures." He also says this in Caitanya-bhagavata (Madhya 22):
vaisnavera ninda karibeka yara gana
tara raksa samarthya nahika kona jana
sulapani-sama yadi vaisnavere ninde
tathapiha nasa yaya----kahe sastra-vrnde
iha na maniya ye sujana ninda kare
janme janme se papistha daiva-dose mare
"One who blasphemes a Vaisnava cannot be protected by anyone.
Even if a person is as strong as Lord Siva, if he blasphemes a
Vaisnava, he is sure to be destroyed. This is the verdict of all
sastras. If one does not care for the verdict of the sastras and dares
blaspheme a Vaisnava, he suffers life after life because of
this."
(S.B.5.10.25)
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