34 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 1
nindam bhagavatah srmvams
tat-parasya janasya va
tato napaiti yah so ‘pi
yaty adhah sukrtac cyutah
One who hears blasphemy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His
devotees should immediately take action or should leave. Otherwise he
will be put into hellish life perpetually. There are many such injunctions.
Therefore as a regulative principle one should not be unfavorable toward
the Lord but always favorably inclined toward Him.

Sisupala’s achievement of oneness with the Supreme Lord was dif-
ferent because Jaya and Vijaya, from the very beginning of their ma-
terial existence, were ordained to treat the Supreme Lord as an enemy
for three lives and then return home, back to Godhead. Jaya and Vijaya
inwardly knew that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but
they purposely became His enemies to be delivered from material life.
From the very beginning of their lives they thought of Lord Krsna as an
enemy, and even though blaspheming Lord Krsna, they chanted the holy
name of Krsna constantly along with their inimical thoughts. Thus they
were purified because of chanting the holy name of Krsna. It is to be
understood that even a blasphemer can be freed from sinful activities by
chanting the holy name of the Lord. Certainly, therefore, freedom is
assured for a devotee who is always favorable to the service of the Lord.
This will be clear from the following verse. By rapt attention fixed upon
Krsna, one is purified, and thus one is delivered from material life.

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has very nicely explained the
word bhayena, which means “by fear.” When the gopis went to Krsna in
the dead of night, they certainly feared chastisement by their relatives—
their husbands, brothers and fathers—but nonetheless, not caring for
their relatives, they went to Krsna. There was certainly fear, but this
fear could not check their devotional service to Krsna.

One should not mistakenly think that Lord Krsna must be worshiped
by an inimical attitude like that of Sisupala. The injunction is
Gnukiilyasya grahanam pratikiilyasya varjanam: one should give up
unfavorable activities and accept only favorable conditions in devotional
service. Generally, if one blasphemes the Supreme Personality of God-
head he is punished. As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (16.19):
