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Šri Caitanya  caritāmrtā
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 15
TRANSLATION
After returning to his home, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya consulted with his wife, the mother of Ṣāṭhī. After personally condemning himself, he began to speak as follows.
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চৈতন্য-গোসাঞ্জির নিন্দা শুনিল যাহা হৈতে । তারে বধ কৈলে হয় পাপ-প্রায়শ্চিত্তে ॥ ২৬১ ॥
caitanya-gosāñira nindā śunila yāhā haite tāre vadha kaile haya pāpa-prāyaścitte
SYNONYMS
caitanya-gosāñira —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  nindā —blasphemy;  śunila —I have heard;  yāhā haite —from whom;  tāre vadha kaile —if he is killed;  haya —there is;  pāpa-prāyaścitte —atonement for the sinful act.
TRANSLATION
“If the man who blasphemed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is killed, his sinful action may be atoned.”
PURPORT
The  Hari-bhakti-vilāsa  cites the following quotation from  Skanda Purāṇa  concerning the blaspheming of a Vaiṣṇava:
yo hi bhāgavataṁ lokam upahāsaṁ nṛpottama karoti tasya naśyanti artha-dharma-yaśaḥ-sutāḥ
nindāṁ kurvanti ye mūḍhā vaiṣṇavānāṁ mahātmanām patanti pitṛbhiḥ sārdhaṁ mahā-raurava-saṁjñite
hanti nindati vai dveșți vaișņavān nābhinandati krudhyate yāti no harșaṁ darśane patanāni ṣaṭ