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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-lilā, Ch. 17]
PURPORT
Gandhi is known for having started the movement of nonviolent civil disobedience in India, but about five hundred years before him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started His movement of nonviolent civil disobedience to the order of Chand Kazi. It is not necessary to commit violence to stop the opposition from hindering a movement, for one can kill their demoniac behavior with reason and argument. Following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, whenever there are obstacles the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement should kill the opposition with reason and argument and thus stop their demoniac behavior. If we became violent in every case, it would be difficult for us to manage our affairs. We should therefore follow in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who disobeyed the order of Chand Kazi but subdued him with reason and argument.
TEXT 131
যন্ত্রে গিয়া সব লোক করমে কীর্তন ।
কাজীর ভয়ে স্বচ্ছন্দ মহে, চমকিত মন ॥ ১৩১ ॥
ghare giyā saba loka karaye kīrtana
kājīra bhaye svacchanda nahe, camakita mana
SYNONYMS
ghare giyā —returning home;  saba —all;  loka —citizens;  karaye —performed;  kīrtana — saṅkīrtana ;  kājīra —of the Kazi;  bhaye —from fear;  svacchanda —carefree;  nahe —not;  camakita —always full of anxieties;  mana —the mind.
TRANSLATION
Returning home, all the citizens began performing  saṅkīrtana , but because of the order of the Kazi, they were not carefree but always full of anxiety.
TEXT 132
তা-সভার অন্তরে ভয় প্রভু মনে আমি ।
কহিতে লাগিল। লোকে শীঘ্র ডাকি’ আমি’ ॥ ১৩২ ॥
tā-sabhāra antare bhaya prabhu mane jāni kahite lāgilā loke śīghra ḍāki’ āni’
SYNONYMS
tā-sabhāra —of all of them;  antare —in the mind;  bhaya —fear;  prabhu —the Lord;  mane —in the mind;  jāni —understanding;  kahite —to speak;  lāgilā —began;  loke —to the people;  śīghra —very soon;  ḍāki’ —calling;  āni’ —bringing them.