Devanagari
न विक्रिया विश्वसुहृत्सखस्यसाम्येन वीताभिमतेस्तवापि
महद्विमानात् स्वकृताद्धि मादृङ्नङ्क्ष्यत्यदूरादपि शूलपाणि: ॥ २५ ॥
Verse text
na vikriyā viśva-suhṛt-sakhasya
sāmyena vītābhimates tavāpi
mahad-vimānāt sva-kṛtād dhi mādṛṅ
naṅkṣyaty adūrād api śūlapāṇiḥ
Synonyms
na
—
not
;
vikriyā
—
material transformation
;
viśva
—
suhṛt — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is a friend to everyone
;
sakhasya
—
of you, the friend
;
sāmyena
—
because of your mental equilibrium
;
vīta
—
abhimateḥ — who has completely forsaken the bodily concept of life
;
tava
—
your
;
api
—
indeed
;
mahat
—
vimānāt — of insulting a great devotee
;
sva
—
kṛtāt — from my own activity
;
hi
—
certainly
;
mādṛk
—
a person like me
;
naṅkṣyati
—
will be destroyed
;
adūrāt
—
very soon
;
api
—
certainly
;
śūla
—
pāṇiḥ — even though as powerful as Lord Śiva (Śūlapāṇi) .
Translation
O my dear lord, you are the friend of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the friend of all living entities. You are therefore equal to everyone, and you are free from the bodily conception. Although I have committed an offense by insulting you, I know that there is no loss or gain for you due to my insult. You are fixed in your determination, but I have committed an offense. Because of this, even though I may be as strong as Lord Śiva, I shall be vanquished without delay due to my offense at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Because of the great offense I have committed to you who are the friend of the Lord who is the friend of all, to you who are free of false identity and see all beings as your own self, persons like me and even Śiva are quickly destroyed, even if you are not disturbed by the offense.
“But I do not suffer becomes of your offense. What is the question of counteracting it?” Even though you are not disturbed (tavāpi na vikriyā), persons like me get destroyed. Even persons like Śiva are affected.
nāścaryam etad yad asatsu sarvadā
mahad-vinindā kuṇapātma-vādiṣu
serṣyaṁ mahāpūruṣa-pāda-pāṁsubhir
nirasta-tejaḥsu tad eva śobhanam
It is not surprising that the materialists, claiming that the gross body is the soul, constantly criticize the devotees with envy and become deprived of their powers by the dust from the feet of the great devotees. That glory of that criticism is the result it gives. SB 4.4.13
Thus ends the commentary on the Tenth Chapter of the Fifth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Eleven
The Teachings of Jaḍa Bharata
Purport
Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa was very intelligent and conscious of the inauspicious effects arising from insulting a Vaiṣṇava. He was therefore very anxious to be excused by Jaḍa Bharata. Following in the footsteps of Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa, everyone should be very cautious not to commit an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura in the
Caitanya-bhāgavata
(
Madhya
13) says:
śūlapāṇi-sama yadi bhakta-nindā kare
bhāgavata pramāṇa — tathāpi śīghra mare
hena vaiṣṇavere ninde sarvajṣa ha-i
se janera adhaḥ-pāta sarva-śāstre ka-i
“Even if one is as strong as Lord Śiva, who carries a trident in his hand, one will nonetheless fall down from his spiritual position if he tries to insult a Vaiṣṇava. That is the verdict of all Vedic scriptures.” He also says this in
Caitanya-bhāgavata
(
Madhya
22):
vaiṣṇavera nindā karibeka yāra gaṇa
tāra rakṣā sāmarthya nāhika kona jana
śūlapāṇi-sama yadi vaiṣṇavere ninde
tathāpiha nāśa yāya — kahe śāstra-vṛnde
ihā nā māniyā ye sujana nindā kare
janme janme se pāpiṣṭha daiva-doṣe mare
“One who blasphemes a Vaiṣṇava cannot be protected by anyone. Even if a person is as strong as Lord Śiva, if he blasphemes a Vaiṣṇava he is sure to be destroyed. This is the verdict of all
śāstras.
If one does not care for the verdict of the
śāstras
and dares blaspheme a Vaiṣṇava, he suffers life after life because of this.”
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
entitled “The Discussion Between Jaḍa Bharata and Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa.”