eta bali' gelÄ prabhu karite gaá¹…gÄ-snÄna
sei pÄpÄ« duḥkha bhoge, nÄ yÄya parÄṇa

 eta bali' - saying this; gelÄ - went away; prabhu - the Lord; karite - to take; gaá¹…gÄ-snÄna - a bath in the Ganges; sei - that; pÄpÄ« - sinful man; duḥkha - pains; bhoge - suffers;  - not; yÄya - go away; parÄṇa - the life.


Text

After saying this, the Lord left to take His bath in the Ganges, and that sinful man did not give up his life but continued to suffer.

Purport

It appears that an offender to a Vaiṣṇava continues to suffer and does not give up his life. We have actually seen that a great vaiṣṇava-aparÄdhÄ« continuously suffered so much that it was difficult for him to move, and yet he did not die.