132 Sri 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
