Vaiṣṇava-aparādha – Page 3

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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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.”

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hanti nindati vai dveṣṭi

hanti nindati vai dveṣṭi vaiṣṇavān nābhinandati |
krudhyate yāti no harṣaṁ darśane patanāni ṣaṭ ||
(Skanda Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 10.312, Bhakti Sandarbha: 265)

“Striking, defaming, despising, not respectfully greeting, getting angry with, and not being joyful upon seeing Vaiṣṇavas are six causes of falling [into Naraka].”

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