Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.272
Devotional Service Naturally Brings Nonviolence
“Nārada Muni said, ‘My dear hunter, such behavior is not at all astonishing. A man in devotional service is automatically nonviolent. He is the best of gentlemen.
What the purport teaches
- Nārada Muni was not astonished by the hunter’s care for the ants. A person in devotional service is automatically nonviolent.
- Sādhu-varya means “the best of gentlemen.” According to Nārada Muni and Vedic culture, killing animals and birds is incompatible with being a true gentleman or religious person.
- A devotee of the Lord must be nonviolent. Claiming to be religious while practicing violence is hypocrisy rejected by Nārada Muni and the disciplic succession.
Try this today
If you encounter an insect today, let it move safely away rather than harming it.
Ask yourself
Where can your treatment of living beings better reflect your devotional aspirations?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.