परोदयेनार्पितहृद्रुजोऽनिशम् ।
परान्दुरुक्तैर्वितुदन्त्यरुन्तुदा
स्तान्मावधीद्दैववधान्भवद्विधः ॥४७॥
pá¹›thag-dhiyaḥ karma-dṛśo durÄÅ›ayÄḥ
parodayenÄrpita-há¹›d-rujo 'niÅ›am
parÄn duruktair vitudanty aruntudÄs
tÄn mÄvadhÄ«d daiva-vadhÄn bhavad-vidhaḥ
pá¹›thak - differently; dhiyaḥ - those who are thinking; karma - fruitive activities; dṛśaḥ - observer; durÄÅ›ayÄḥ - mean minded; para-udayena - by others' flourishing condition; arpita - given up; há¹›t - heart; rujaḥ - anger; aniÅ›am - always; parÄn - others; duruktaiḥ - harsh words; vitudanti - gives pain; aruntudÄḥ - by piercing words; tÄn - unto them; mÄ - not; avadhÄ«t - kill; daiva - by providence; vadhÄn - already killed; bhavat - you; vidhaḥ - like.
Persons who observe everything with differentiation, who are simply attached to fruitive activities, who are mean-minded, who are always pained to see the flourishing condition of others and who thus give distress to them by uttering harsh and piercing words have already been killed by providence. Thus there is no need for them to be killed again by an exalted personality like you.
Persons who are materialistic and always engaged in fruitive activities for material profit cannot endure seeing the flourishing life of others. Except for a few persons in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the entire world is full of such envious persons, who are perpetually full of anxieties because they are attached to the material body and are without self-realization. Since their hearts are always filled with anxiety, it is understood that they have already been killed by providence. Thus Lord Åšiva, as a self-realized Vaiṣṇava, was advised not to kill Daká¹£a. A Vaiṣṇava is described as para-duḥkha-duḥkhÄ« because although he is never distressed in any condition of life, he is distressed to see others in a distressed condition. Vaiṣṇavas, therefore, should not try to kill by any action of the body or mind but should try to revive the Kṛṣṇa consciousness of others out of compassion for them. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has been started to deliver the envious persons of the world from the clutches of mÄyÄ, and even though devotees are sometimes put into trouble, they push on the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement in all tolerance. Lord Caitanya advises:
tṛṇÄd api sunÄ«cena
taror api sahiṣṇunÄ
amÄninÄ mÄnadena
kÄ«rtanÄ«yaḥ sadÄ hariḥ
“One can chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street. One should be more tolerant than the tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and ready to offer all respects to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.†(Åšiká¹£Äá¹£á¹aka 3)
A Vaiṣṇava should follow the examples of such Vaiṣṇavas as HaridÄsa ṬhÄkura, NityÄnanda Prabhu and also Lord Jesus Christ. There is no need to kill anyone who has already been killed. But it should be noted herewith that a Vaiṣṇava should not tolerate the blaspheming of Viṣṇu or Vaiṣṇavas, although he should tolerate personal insults to himself.
