Nityananda Caritamrta
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ÇRÉ NITYÄNANDA CARITÄMÅTA<br />
¡naitat samäcarej jätu manasäpi hy anéçvaraù<br />
vinaçyaty äcaran mauòhyäd yathärudro ’bdhi-jaà viñam<br />
“One who is not a great controller should never<br />
imitate the behavior of ruling personalities, even mentally.<br />
If out of foolishness an ordinary person does imitate<br />
such behavior, he will simply destroy himself, just<br />
as a person who is not Rudra would destroy himself if<br />
he tried to drink an ocean of poison.<br />
eteke ye nä janiyä ninda täna karma<br />
nija dose sei duùkha päya janma janma<br />
garhito karaye yadi mahä adhikäré<br />
nindäya ki däya tänre häsilei mari<br />
bhagavata haite se e sava tattva jäni<br />
täho yadi vaiñëava-gurura murkhe çuni<br />
“Those criticizing an exalted person without knowing<br />
his glories suffer miseries life after life from this<br />
fault. Even if an exalted person does something improper,<br />
what to speak of criticizing him, if one even laughs<br />
at him, he is doomed.<br />
“Çrémad-Bhägavatam describes all these truths. One can<br />
also hear this from the mouth of a bona fide spiritual master.<br />
Listen attentively to the results of laughing at the behavior of an<br />
exalted person that are described in Çrémad-Bhägavatam:<br />
“Once, Kåñëa and Balaräma went to the äçrama of Sändépani<br />
Muni to study. After completing Their studies, They wanted<br />
to go home. They asked Their teacher, ‘What dakñiëä should<br />
We give?’ After consulting his wife, the teacher asked Kåñëa<br />
and Balaräma to bring back his dead son. Kåñëa and Balaräma<br />
started at once for the abode of Yamaräja. After destroying all<br />
the child’s karma, They brought the boy back to Their teacher<br />
from the abode of Yamaräja. When Devaké heard of this most<br />
wonderful incident, she too asked Kåñëa to bring back her dead<br />
sons.<br />
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