Satyam, truthfulness, means that facts should be presented as they are, for the benefit of others. Facts should not be misrepresented. According to social conventions, it is said that one can speak the truth only when it is palatable to others. But that is not truthfulness.

Ahimsa, nonviolence, means not arresting the progressive life of any living entity. Lord Krishna declares in Bhagavad Gita that all living entities are His part and parcel and He is their seed giving father in this material world. One should not think that only humans are cognizant and have right to live and other living entities like animals, insects, trees etc.

All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vaasudeva.