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<div class="heading">But if we execute the supreme order, then you are rewarded. The same action. We are requesting therefore everywhere, not only in India, all over the world, that act according to the order of the supreme, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Conversation with Seven Ministers of Andhra Pradesh -- August 22, 1976, Hyderabad|Conversation with Seven Ministers of Andhra Pradesh -- August 22, 1976, Hyderabad]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
We are dependent under the laws of material nature. So we should properly utilize this human form of life, and government or king means to guide the citizens how to make progress of life. That is the duty of the government. They should be given all chances to make progress. Formerly, all the kings were responsible for the progress of the citizens, progress of life. The same principle should be followed. That is the statement of the ''śāstra''. The ''brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra'' . . . to maintain the body, just like we require the head, the arms, the belly and the legs, similarly, we must maintain the brain of the society, the ''brāhmaṇa''; and the arms of the society, ''kṣatriyas''; and the belly of the society, the ''vaiśyas''; and the legs of the society, the ''śūdra''. Everything is required. Not that simply brain is required and leg is not required. No, everything is required under proper guidance for the total benefit of the society. So direction is there. That is ''śāstra. Yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya'' . . . if we do not care for the ''śāstra'', whimsically manufacture our own ways of life, ''na siddhiṁ sa avāpnoti'', it will never be successful. ''Na sukham.'' And there will be no happiness. ''Na parāṁ gatim.'' Therefore the whole process is ''yajñārthāt karmaṇa. Yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ'' ([[Vanisource:BG 3.9 (1972)|BG 3.9]]). ''Yajñārthāt. Yajña'' means the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu. ''Yajña'' means ''yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ.'' After performing ''yajña'', if we enjoy life, then there is no sinful reaction. Otherwise, ''bhuñjate te tv aghaṁ pāpā ye pacanty ātma-kāraṇāt'' ([[Vanisource:BG 3.13 (1972)|BG 3.13]]). 

So all directions are there in the ''śāstra'', and the essence of all Vedic literature is the ''Bhagavad-gītā''. So at the present moment, our this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is that it doesn't matter what kind of state it is, but it should follow the principle of ''yajña. Yajñārthe karmaṇa''. Otherwise, we shall be responsible. Just like, for example, a military man, what is his business? His business is killing. So by the government order he is killing, and the more number of enemies he kills, he gets medal, reward. But the same man, if he kills one man, he'll be hanged—for his own sense gratification. He cannot argue that "In the military camp I have killed so many men, and I was rewarded, and now I have killed one man and I am going to be hanged. Why?" The question may be raised. No foolish man will raise the question. That means that killing is under the superior order, and this killing is for your sense gratification. So if you do anything for our sense gratification then it will be ''stena eva sa ucyate'' ([[Vanisource:BG 3.12 (1972)|BG 3.12]]). He is punishable. But if we execute the supreme order, then you are rewarded. The same action. 

We are requesting therefore everywhere—not only in India; all over the world—that act according to the order of the Supreme, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And gradually they are accepting the principle. So why not in India? In India . . . the ''Bhagavad-gītā'' was spoken in India. Still, in India there are many devotees, many Kṛṣṇa conscious persons. Especially in this province, you are very great devotees of Bālajī. Bālajī is Kṛṣṇa, Bāla Kṛṣṇa. So I wish that the government may be conducted under the guide of Bālajī, Lord Kṛṣṇa. That is my request. And the codes and the orders and the rules and regulations, they're all stated in the ''Bhagavad-gītā''. So if we follow the instruction of ''Bhagavad-gītā'' and accept . . . we accept, consciously or unconsciously. That is our Indian culture, Vedic culture. Still, hundreds and thousands of people go to see Bālajī, and they contribute their hard-earned money for worshiping the Lord. This is the principle. ''Yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ'' ([[Vanisource:BG 3.9 (1972)|BG 3.9]]). I have seen in Bālajī temple, mostly cultivators, they come, stand whole day there just to offer something, ''yajñārthe'', for the satisfaction of the Lord. It's a great culture. ''Yajñārthe karmaṇo 'nyatra''. 

So ''karma'', ordinary fruitive activities, should be carried on for ''yajñārthe'', for the satisfaction of Bālajī, or Kṛṣṇa. Not otherwise. The same, what is gathered as contribution, it should be utilized for ''yajña''. Because the money is given for ''yajña'', not for other purposes. That is a fact. Of course, the money is there. The innocent villagers, they have given the money in good faith that Kṛṣṇa, or Bālajī, will accept it and their hard labor will be successful. ''Yajñārthe karmaṇa.'' Now that money should be properly utilized for ''yajñārthe''. Actually, everything belongs to God, Bālajī. ''Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam'' ([[Vanisource:ISO 1|ISO 1]]). We are claiming unnecessarily, "This is mine." That is called ''māyā''. Nothing belongs to us. Everything belongs to the Supreme Lord. But we have claimed the Lord's property as our own. That is misgiving. Therefore ''yajña'' is recommended. Return to the Supreme voluntarily.