CC Ādi 17.130

Adi-līlā, Chapter 17, Text 130

প্রভু আজ্ঞা দিল—যাহ করহ কীর্তন ।
মুঞি সংহারিমু আজি সকল যবন ॥ ১৩০ ॥

prabhu ājñā dila — yāha karaha kīrtana
muñi saṁhārimu āji sakala yavana

Word by word

prabhu — the Lord; ājñā dila — ordered; yāha — go; karaha — and perform; kīrtana — saṅkīrtana, chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra; muñi — I; saṁhārimu — shall kill; āji — today; sakala — all; yavana — the Muslims.

Translation

Lord Caitanya ordered, “Go perform saṅkīrtana! Today I shall kill all the Muslims!”

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.