साम्येन वीताभिमतेस्तवापि ।
महद्विमानात् स्वकृताद्धि मादृङ्
नङ्क्ष्यत्यदूरादपि शूलपाणिः ॥२५॥
na vikriyÄ viÅ›va-suhá¹›t-sakhasya
sÄmyena vÄ«tÄbhimates tavÄpi
mahad-vimÄnÄt sva-ká¹›tÄd dhi mÄdṛṅ
naá¹…ká¹£yaty adÅ«rÄd api śūlapÄṇiḥ
na - not; vikriyÄ - material transformation; viÅ›va-suhá¹›t - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is a friend to everyone; sakhasya - of you, the friend; sÄmyena - because of your mental equilibrium; vÄ«ta-abhimateḥ - who has completely forsaken the bodily concept of life; tava - your; api - indeed; mahat-vimÄnÄt - of insulting a great devotee; sva-ká¹›tÄt - from my own activity; hi - certainly; mÄdá¹›k - a person like me; naá¹…ká¹£yati - will be destroyed; adÅ«rÄt - very soon; api - certainly; śūla-pÄṇiḥ - even though as powerful as Lord Åšiva (ŚūlapÄṇi).
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.
MahÄrÄja RahÅ«gaṇa was very intelligent and conscious of the inauspicious effects arising from insulting a Vaiṣṇava. He was therefore very anxious to be excused by Jaá¸a Bharata. Following in the footsteps of MahÄrÄja RahÅ«gaṇa, everyone should be very cautious not to commit an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava. ÅšrÄ«la Vá¹›ndÄvana dÄsa ṬhÄkura in the Caitanya-bhÄgavata (Madhya 13) says:
śūlapÄṇi-sama yadi bhakta-nindÄ kare
bhÄgavata pramÄṇa — tathÄpi śīghra mare
hena vaiṣṇavere ninde sarvajña ha-i
se janera adhaḥ-pÄta sarva-Å›Ästre ka-i
“Even if one is as strong as Lord Åšiva, 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-bhÄgavata (Madhya 22):
vaiṣṇavera nindÄ karibeka yÄra gaṇa
tÄra raká¹£Ä sÄmarthya nÄhika kona jana
śūlapÄṇi-sama yadi vaiṣṇavere ninde
tathÄpiha nÄÅ›a yÄya — kahe Å›Ästra-vá¹›nde
ihÄ nÄ mÄniyÄ ye sujana nindÄ kare
janme janme se pÄpiá¹£á¹ha daiva-doá¹£e mare
“One who blasphemes a Vaiṣṇava cannot be protected by anyone. Even if a person is as strong as Lord Åšiva, if he blasphemes a Vaiṣṇava he is sure to be destroyed. This is the verdict of all Å›Ästras. If one does not care for the verdict of the Å›Ästras and dares blaspheme a Vaiṣṇava, he suffers life after life because of this.â€
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “The Discussion Between Jaá¸a Bharata and MahÄrÄja RahÅ«gaṇa.â€
