Vaiṣṇava Nā Dekhiyā Bale Vaiṣṇava Niṣkriya

Those who have never seen a real Vaisnava devotee of the Supreme Lord say that Vaisnava are inactive, or should not perform any ordinary activities. This is a completely wrong idea because the Vaisnava pure devotees of the Lord are always engaged in various kinds of activities in devotional service for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Actually it is the lifeless, neophyte kaniṣṭha devotee of the Lord who does not perform activities in devotional service to the Supreme Lord. And instead these neophyte devotees, being influenced by material desires for recognition as a great saintly person in the eyes of the common man, go to some secluded place and engage in chanting the holy names of the Lord in an unauthorized fashion.

Take the example of Lord Śrī Nītyānanda Prabhu, who is worshipable by all the pure Vaisnava devotees of the Lord. Even though He was beaten by the very people He was preaching to, still he always remained active, distributing pure love for Kṛṣṇa (prema) anywhere and everywhere for the upliftment of the fallen souls in this material world.

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to the rescue of Lord Nītyānanda, bearing his Sudarsana cakra weapon in His hand to those envious of His devotees, thus bringing them under His control. In this way, those inimical to the Vaisnava devotees of the Lord are always defeated by the mercy of Lord Caitanya.