Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.20.144, 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 144 of Madhya-khanda chapter 20—“The Glories of Murari Gupta”.
Verse 2.20.144
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.20.144:
সাধু-নিন্দাশুনিলে সুকৃতি হয ক্ষয জন্ম জন্ম অধঃপাত—বেদে এই কয ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
साधु-निन्दाशुनिले सुकृति हय क्षय जन्म जन्म अधःपात—वेदे एइ कय ॥ १४४ ॥
sādhu-nindāśunile sukṛti haya kṣaya janma janma adhaḥpāta—vede ei kaya || 144 ||
sadhu-nindasunile sukrti haya ksaya janma janma adhahpata—vede ei kaya (144)
English translation:
(144) By hearing blasphemy of saintly persons, one’s piety is exhausted. The Vedas declare that such people live in hellish conditions birth after birth.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
On the pretext of compromise, many people remain silent even after hearing blasphemy of sadhu, guru, and Vaiṣṇava. Such people fall into hellish conditions for many lifetimes. All their good fortune becomes exhausted. It is stated in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.74.40):
nindāṃ bhagavataḥ śṛṇvaṃs tat-parasya janasya vā tato nāpaiti yaḥ so ‘pi
yāty adhaḥ sukṛtāc cyutaḥ
“Anyone who fails to immediately leave the place where he hears criticism of the Supreme Lord or His faithful devotee will certainly fall down, bereft of his pious credit.” (One should see Bhakti-sandarbha 265.)