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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.272
নারদ কহে, — “ব্যাধ, এই না হয় আশ্চর্য ।
হরিভক্ত্যে হিংসা-শূন্য হয় সাধুবর্য ॥ ২৭২ ॥
nārada kahe, — “vyādha, ei nā haya āścarya
hari-bhaktye hiṁsā-śūnya haya sādhu-varya
“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.
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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.
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Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this regard, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated a story about how the great sage Nārada converted a hunter into a great Vaiṣṇava, and how this was appreciated by Nārada’s friend Parvata Muni. Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where can your treatment of living beings better reflect your devotional aspirations?
If you encounter an insect today, let it move safely away rather than harming it.
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