Question: Are insects and animals that die during kīrtana get liberation from material bondage? and what could be the destination of a mosquito after being killed by a devotee, while chanting the holy name, and what could be the reaction to the devotee?

Jayapataka Swami: Well, Śrīla Prabhupāda would scold the devotees in Calcutta, for placing a dark blue velvet curtain, which attracted many mosquitoes, and then devotees would kill the mosquitoes. Śrīla Prabhupāda would say, you are attracting them and then killing...