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Read on →: vaiṣṇavā viṣṇuvat pūjyā
vaiṣṇavā viṣṇuvat pūjyā mama mānyā viśeṣataḥ |
teṣāṁ kṛte’pamāne’pi vināśo jāyate dhruvam ||
(Skanda Puṛāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 10.233)[Yamarāja:] “Vaiṣṇavas are worshippable like Viṣṇu, and they are honorable to me in particular. If they are even dishonored, destruction certainly ensues.”
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Read on →: janma-prabhṛti yat kiñcit
janma-prabhṛti yat kiñcit sukṛtaṁ samupārjitam |
nāśam āyāti tat sarvaṁ pīḍayed yadi vaiṣṇavān ||
(Skanda Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 10.313)“If one troubles Vaiṣṇavas, then all the sukṛti one has accumulated since birth is destroyed.”
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Read on →: prāg bhakter udayād doṣāḥ
प्राग्भक्तेरुदयाद्दोषाः क्षयावशिष्ट एव च ।
दैवोत्पन्नश्च भक्तानां नैवालोच्यः कदाचन ॥
सदुद्देश्यमृत यस्तु मृषापवादमेव च ।
दोषानालोचयत्येव स साधुनिन्दकोऽधमः ॥
prāg bhakter udayād doṣāḥ kṣayāvaśiṣṭa eva ca |
daivotpannaś ca bhaktānāṁ naivālocyaḥ kadācana ||
sad-uddeśyam ṛta yas tu mṛṣāpavādam eva ca |
doṣān ālocayaty eva sa sādhu-nindako’dhamaḥ ||
(Unknown source)“Faults on the part of bhaktas prior the appearance of bhakti [within them], residual faults, and faults arising by chance should never be discussed. One who discusses such faults without a good intention or does so as simply purposeless condemnation is a defamer of sādhus and very lowly.”
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Read on →: yo hi bhāgavataṁ lokam
yo hi bhāgavataṁ lokam upahāsaṁ nṛpottama |
karoti tasya naśyanti artha-dharma-yaśaḥ-sutā ||
nindāṁ kurvanti ye mūḍhā vaiṣṇavānāṁ mahātmanām |
patanti pitṛbhiḥ sārdhaṁ mahā-raurava-saṁjñite ||
(Skanda Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 10.310–311)“O best of kings, the wealth, dharma, glory, and children of one who laughs at a person devoted to Bhagavān are destroyed. Fools who engage in defamation of great Vaiṣṇavas fall into the place known as Mahāraurava along with their forefathers.”
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Read on →: nindāṁ bhagavataḥ śṛṇvaṁs
nindāṁ bhagavataḥ śṛṇvaṁs tat-parasya janasya vā |
tato nāpaiti yaḥ so’pi yāty adhaḥ sukṛtāc cyutaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.74.40; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.316; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.121; Bhakti Sandarbha: 265)“Upon hearing defamation of Bhagavān or persons devoted to him, even one who does not move away from there looses one’s sukṛti and falls down.”