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Compassion is something different. It comes from Above. It is a state of sympathy for the suffering of man and the suffering that is on earth and there is an idea of helping it as far as one can, whenever one can in his own way. It is not like pity. It is like the Gods who look upon human suffering from above, unmoved. That compassion can also destroy and it destroys with compassion, – Daya, – as Durga does the Rakshasas, the hostile beings. There can be no pity there. Many times the Rakshasa may come and ask you to save him, he may even ask you to transform him...If you try that, all the power goes to the Rakshasa and you may become powerless. When these vital beings incarnate in men then the compassion would not prevent you from killing them. AB Purani, Evening Talks with Sri Aurobindo<ref>https://motherandsriaurobindo.in/#/home4/vbamba/public_html/newsaa.com/_StaticContent/SriAurobindoAshram/-09%20E-Library/-03%20Disciples/Purani,%20A.%20B./-01%20English/Evening%20Talks%20with%20Sri%20Aurobindo_Second%20Series/-03_Non%20Violence.htm</ref>