Verse 3.6.137

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.6.137:

এত পরিহারেও যে পাপী নিন্দা করে তবে লাথি মারোঙ্ তার শিরের উপরে ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

एत परिहारेओ ये पापी निन्दा करे तबे लाथि मारोङ् तार शिरेर उपरे ॥ १३७ ॥

eta parihāreo ye pāpī nindā kare tabe lāthi māroṅ tāra śirera upare || 137 ||

eta parihareo ye papi ninda kare tabe lathi maron tara sirera upare (137)

English translation:

(137) Therefore I kick the head of any sinful person who disregards the glories of Lord Nityānanda and dares to criticize Him.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In the Hari-bhakti-kalpa-latikā (2.46) it is stated:

na sahante satāṃ nindam api sarva-sahiṣṇavaḥ kāmayante na kim api sada dāsyābhilāṣiṇaḥ

“Although the devotees are all-tolerant, they cannot tolerate the blasphemy of other devotees. Always desiring Lord Kṛṣṇa’s service, they do not desire anything else.”

And in the Hari-bhakti-kalpa-latikā (3.15) it is stated:

bhavad dāsye kāmaḥ krudh api tava nindākṛti-jane tvad ucchiṣṭe lobho yadi bhavati moho bhavati ca tadīyatve mānas tava caraṇa-pāthoja-madhunā manaś ced asmābhir niyata ṣaḍ amitrair api jitam

“O Lord, if we become lusty to attain Your devotional service, angry at those who blaspheme You, greedy to accept food, flowers, and other things offered to You, enchanted by You, proud to identify as Your devotee, and intoxicated by drinking the honey of Your lotus feet, then we may easily defeat the lust, anger, greed, enchantment, pride, and intoxication that are our enemies.”