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Default 11-25-2008, 10:40 PM

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it is recommended that vaiśyas and śūdras should immediately give up their bodies upon hearing blasphemy of an exalted person like Lord Śiva
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<!-- END TEMPLATE: bbcode_quote --> What a terrible suggestion!
Hearing vaisnava apardha`is far more terrible then death, Deathless.

Perhaps read the entire narrative of Sati quitting her body in the fourth canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam and see Prabhupada's comment in proper context then form your opinion.
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