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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 16]
everything for their benefit. The force exhibited in the Battle of Kurukṣetra by the desire of Kṛṣṇa and through the agency of Arjuna was also necessary because when people become too irreligious, force is required. Nonviolence in this respect is rascaldom.
TEXT 25
यं वानयोर्दममघीश भवान् विधत्ते 
    धृत्तिं नुवा तदनुमन्महि निर्व्यलीकम्। 
    अस्मासु वा य उचितो ध्रियतां स दण्डो 
    येऽनागसौ वयमयुङ्क्ष्महि किल्बिषेण ॥२५॥
yam vānayor damam adhīśa bhavān vidhatte 
    vṛttim nu vā tad anumanmahi nirvyatīkam 
    asmāsu vā ya ucito dhriyatām sa daṇḍo 
    ye 'nāgasau vayam ayuṅkṣmahi kilbiṣeṇa
yam—which; vā—or; anayoḥ—of both of them; damam—punishment; adhīśa—O Lord; bhavān—Your Lordship; vidhatte—awards; vṛttim—better existence; nu—certainly; vā—or; tat—that; anumanmahi—we accept; nirvyatīkam—without duplicity; asmāsu—to us; vā—or; yaḥ—whichever; ucitaḥ—is proper; dhriyatām—may be awarded; saḥ—that; daṇḍaḥ—punishment; ye—who; anāgasau—sinless; vayam—we; ayuṅkṣmahi—allotted; kilbiṣeṇa—with a curse.
TRANSLATION
O Lord, whatever punishment You wish to award to these two innocent persons or also to us we shall accept without duplicity. We understand that we have cursed two faultless persons.
PURPORT
The sages, the four Kumāras, now reject their cursing of the two doorkeepers, Jaya and Vijaya, because they are now conscious that persons who engage in the service of the Lord cannot be at fault at any stage. It is said that anyone who has implicit faith in the service of the Lord, or who actually engages in transcendental loving service, has all the good qualities of the demigods. Therefore, a devotee cannot be at fault. If sometimes it is found that he is in error by accident or by some temporary arrangement, that should not be taken very seriously. The cursing of Jaya and Vijaya is