Srila Prabhupada Letter to Hamsaduta, 8th June 1969

“I understand that you are feeling some inconvenience due to police interruption, but we have to make the best of a bad bargain. There is a Sanskrit proverb: sathe sathyamacareta, and this means if somebody is cunning, we must also become cunning. To a cunning person we must not be a simpleton. Krsna consciousness devotees are expected to be very intelligent, so we have to work very intelligently to prove our advancement in Krsna consciousness. I think you should keep a table by the sankirtana party, a table with a charity box and our books and literature for sale. You go on with your work as usual and when the police come, you say you are not canvassing. You have simply kept a table and whoever wishes to purchase may do so. This is called sathe sathyamacareta.”