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Šššš  Calitanva-caritāmrta
[[Madhva-lilā Ch 24
TBANSIATIONI
“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.
PURPORT
In this verse the word  sādhu-varya  means “the best of gentlemen.” At the present moment there are many so-called gentlemen who are expert in killing animals and birds. Nonetheless, these so-called gentlemen profess a type of religion that strictly prohibits killing. According to Nārada Muni and Vedic culture, animal killers are not even gentlemen, to say nothing of being religious men. A religious person, a devotee of the Lord, must be nonviolent. Such is the nature of a religious person. It is contradictory to be violent and at the same time call oneself a religious person. Such hypocrisy is not approved by Nārada Muni and the disciplic succession.
TEXT 273
এতে ন হ্ম্ভূত। ব্যাধ তবাহিংসাদয়ো গুণা: । হরিভক্তৌ প্রবত্তা যে ন তে স্ব্য: পরতাপিন: ॥ ২৭৩ ॥
ete na hy adbhutā vyādha tavāhiṁsādayo guṇāḥ hari-bhaktau pravṛttā ye na te syuḥ paratāpinaḥ
SYNONYMS
ete—all these;  na —not;  hi —certainly;  adbhutāḥ —wonderful;  vyādha —O hunter;  tava —your;  ahirṅsā-ādayaḥ —nonviolence and others;  guṇāḥ —qualities;  hari-bhaktau —in devotional service;  pravṛttāḥ —engaged;  ye —those who;  na —not;  te —they;  syuḥ —are;  paratāpinaḥ —envious of other living entities.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘O hunter, good qualities like nonviolence, which you have developed, are not very astonishing, for those engaged in the Lord’s devotional service are never inclined to give pain to others because of envy.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from the  Skanda Purāṇa .