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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 2]
Bhṛgu;  pratyasṛjat —made;  śāpam —a curse;  brahma-daṇḍam —the punishment of a  brāhmaṇa ;  duratyayam —insurmountable.
TRANSLATION
When all the hereditary  brāhmaṇas  were thus cursed by Nandīśvara, the sage Bhṛgu, as a reaction, condemned the followers of Lord Śiva with this very strong brahminical curse:
PURPORT
The word  duratyaya  is particularly used in reference to a  brahma-daṇḍa , or curse by a  brāhmaṇa . A curse by a  brāhmaṇa  is very strong; therefore it is called  duratyaya , or insurmountable. As the Lord states in  Bhagavad-gītā , the stringent laws of nature are insurmountable; similarly, if a curse is uttered by a  brāhmaṇa , that curse is also insurmountable. But  Bhagavad-gītā  also says that the curses or benedictions of the material world are, after all, material creations. The  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  also confirms that that which is accepted in this material world to be a benediction and that which is taken to be a curse are both on the same platform because they are material. To get out of this material contamination, one should take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as recommended in  Bhagavad-gītā :  mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etām taranti te . The best path is to transcend all material curses and benedictions and take shelter of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, and remain in a transcendental position. Persons who have taken shelter of Kṛṣṇa are always peaceful; they are never cursed by anyone, nor do they attempt to curse anyone. That is a transcendental position.
TEXT 28
मवम्रतधरा ये च ये च तान् समनुव्रताः । पाषण्डिनस्ते मवन्तु सञ्छास्त्रपरिपन्थिनः ॥२८॥
bhava-vrata-dharā ye ca ye ca tān samanuvratāḥ pāṣaṇḍinas te bhavantu sac-chāstra-paripanthinaḥ
bhava-vrata-dharāḥ—taking a vow to satisfy Lord Śiva; ye—who; ca—and; ye—who; ca—and; tān—such principles; samanuvratāḥ—following; pāṣaṇḍinaḥ—atheists; te—they; bhavantu—let them become; sat-śāstra-paripanthinaḥ—diverted from transcendental scriptural injunctions.