Actions become divine service when performed with Krishna consciousness and surrendered to His will.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Room Conversation With Satish Kumar [Editor of Resurgence Magazine] — July 30, 1973, London 730730R1-LONDON [86:11 Minutes] Conv_730730R1-LONDON Prabhupāda: ...things are there, how you can reject one and accept another? It must be properly utilized. Satish Kumar: Yes, yes.
Prabhupāda: Just like if one has got money, he cannot... He can utilize it for good purposes, and he can utilize it for bad purposes. So money is not bad. It is bad when the purpose is bad.
It is good when the purpose is good. Satish Kumar: Yes, yes.
Prabhupāda: Similarly hiṁsā, when it is used for... Just like in Manu-saṁhitā it is said that the murderer should be hanged. So this is also hiṁsā, to get a man hanged. But Manu-saṁhitā says that this kind of hiṁsā is necessary.
Because the man who has committed murder, if he's hanged, then in this life all his sinful activities finished. Otherwise, from next life he has to suffer so many things. So it is the duty of the king to take his life so that he may be relieved from other sinful reaction. So according to śāstra, hiṁsā..., ahiṁsā is good, but when there is necessity, hiṁsā is also good.
Satish Kumar: Yes. When there is right hiṁsā, then it becomes a right action.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Satish Kumar: And a right action is inherently inspired with love and devotion to Kṛṣṇa.