Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.168, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 168 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.168:

কুম্ভিপাক হয বিষ্ণু-নিন্দন-শ্রবণে তাহা আমি বিস্তর শুনিলুঙ্ পাপ-কাণে ॥ ১৬৮ ॥

कुम्भिपाक हय विष्णु-निन्दन-श्रवणे ताहा आमि विस्तर शुनिलुङ् पाप-काणे ॥ १६८ ॥

kumbhipāka haya viṣṇu-nindana-śravaṇe tāhā āmi vistara śuniluṅ pāpa-kāṇe || 168 ||

kumbhipaka haya visnu-nindana-sravane taha ami vistara sunilun papa-kane (168)

English translation:

(168) “One who hears blasphemy of Lord Viṣṇu is sent to the hell known as Kumbhīpāka, and with my sinful ears I heard so much blasphemy of the Lord.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

It is stated in the scriptures that an atheist who hears blasphemy of the Supreme Lord but does not protest attains the most painful hell known as Kumbhīpāka after death.

In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (4.4.17) Satī spoke to Prajāpati Dakṣa as follows: “If one hears an irresponsible person blaspheme the master and controller of religion, one should block his ears and go away if unable to punish him. But if one is able to kill, then one should by force cut out the blasphemer’s tongue and kill the offender, and after that one should give up his own life.” This is the devotees’ only remedy.

In the Bhakti-sandarbha (265) it is stated: “If one hears blasphemy of Viṣṇu and the Vaiṣṇavas, he incurs great sin:

nindāṃ bhagavataḥ śṛṇvaṃs tat-parasya janasya vā tato nāpaiti yaḥ so ‘pi yāty adhaḥ sukṛtāc cyutaḥ

“‘Anyone who fails to immediately leave a place where criticism of the

Supreme Lord or His faithful devotee is heard will certainly fall down, bereft of his pious credit.’ Only an incapable person should leave that place, otherwise a capable person must cut out the tongue of one who blasphemes Viṣṇu and the Vaiṣṇavas. If one is incapable of doing either, then he should give up his body.”

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