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Duty of a family priest

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"duty of a family priest"

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 9

It is the duty of a family priest not to curse a disciple but to give him relief through the performance of some sort of atonement
SB 9.2.9, Tanslation and Purport: Although Prsadhra had committed the sin unknowingly, his family priest, Vasistha, cursed him, saying, "In your next life you shall not be able to become a ksatriya. Instead, you shall take birth as a sudra because of killing the cow." It appears that Vasistha was not free from tamo-guna, the mode of ignorance. As the family priest or spiritual master of Prsadhra, Vasistha should have taken Prsadhra's offense very lightly, but instead Vasistha cursed him to become a sudra. It is the duty of a family priest not to curse a disciple but to give him relief through the performance of some sort of atonement. Vasistha, however, did just the opposite. Therefore Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that he was durmati; in other words, his intelligence was not very good
Page Title:Duty of a family priest
Compiler:Syamananda, Visnu Murti
Created:6march08,
No. of Quotes:1
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0