132 Sti Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 15

TRANSLATION

After returning to his home, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya consulted with his
wife, the mother of Sathi. After personally condemning himself, he began to
speak as follows.

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caitanya-gosahira ninda sunila yahd haite
tare vadha kaile haya papa-prayascitte

SYNONYMS
caitanya-gosanira—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ninda—blasphemy; sunila—l
have heard; yaha haite—from whom; tare vadha kaile—if he is killed; haya—
there is; papa-prayascitte—atonement for the sinful act.

TRANSLATION

“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 con-
cerning the blaspheming of a Vaisnava:

yo hi bhagavatarh lokam
upahdsam nrpottama

karoti tasya nasyanti
artha-dharma-yasah-sutah

nindam kurvanti ye mddha
vaisnavanam mahatmanam

patanti pitrbhih sardharm
mahd-raurava-samjnite

hanti nindati vai dvesti
vaisnavan nabhinandati

krudhyate yati no harsarn
darsane patandni sat
