Duty of the police department

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"duty of the police department"

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So just like it is the duty of the police department or law order department to protect the citizens, and sometimes violence is required, similarly, the kñatriyas also were meant for that purpose, and they were entrusted with the administration of the government

Lecture -- San Francisco, April 2, 1968: Krsna said that "Why you are deviating from your duty? You are ksatriya. Your business is to fight." Now this term ksatriya also to be understood. Ksatriya means one who protects others from being hurt by others. This material world is so made that everyone is prepared to attack another person. And one who protects that person who is attacked, he is called ksatriya. And the ksatriyas were in charge of administration. That means the person who can protect the citizen from being hurt or from suffering, they are called ksatriyas. So just like it is the duty of the police department or law order department to protect the citizens, and sometimes violence is required, similarly, the ksatriyas also were meant for that purpose, and they were entrusted with the administration of the government. So when Arjuna decided not to fight, Krsna instructed him this Bhagavad-gita. It is very interesting. He said that "You do not deviate from your duty. Do not think that you are killing your relatives, because you, Me, and all the persons who have assembled in this battlefield, they were existing before, they are existing at the present moment, and they will continue to exist. It is simply changing the dress." That means you, I, or all of us present here, we are all individual spirit souls and we are present here as in different dress. Similarly, we are present here in this world and in any other world with different kinds of bodies. According to Vedic literature there are 8,400,000's of different kinds of bodies. So He gave very nice example. If we study this example with little intelligence, we can understand this doctrine of transmigration of the soul very quickly.