328 Sit Caitanya-caritamrta [ Adi-tila, Ch. 17
PURPORT
Gandhi is known for having started the movement of nonviolent civil disobedience
in India, but about five hundred years before him, Sit Caitanya Mahaprabhu started
His movement of nonviolent civil disobedience to the order of Chand Kazi. ft 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 Mahaprabhu, whenever there are obstacles the Hare
Krsna 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 Mahaprabhu, who disobeyed the order of Chand Kazi but subdued him
with reason and argument.
TEXT 131
aca fia He cots Vara SSS |
Bala SCH WS HCG, FAT HS Ta Od A
ghare giya saba loka karaye kirtana
kajira bhaye svacchanda nahe, camakita mana
SYNONYMS
ghare giya—returning home; saba—all;/oka—citizens; karaye—performed ; kirtana—
sankirtana; kdfira—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 sankirtana, but because of the
order of the Kazi, they were not carefree but always full of anxiety.
TEXT 132
Gi-NSTA ABA SI AB aca aT |
ware erifaren cones Ae otfa’ efi 0 see i
ta-sabhara antare bhaya prabhu mane jani
kahite lagila loke Sighra gaki" dni’
SYNONYMS
ta-sabhara—of all of them; antare—in the mind; bhaya—fear, prabhu—the Lord;
mane—in the mind; jani—understanding, kahite—to speak; /a@gifa—began; foke—to
the poeple; sighra—very soon; daki’—calling; dn/’—bringing them. ,
