Just like Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa-Arjuna. Arjuna was considering that killing the other party, his kinsmen, "This is pāpa. Why shall I do this pāpa?" But he did it. But how he did it? For Kṛṣṇa. So that pāpa become puṇya. Is it not? From the Bhagavad-gītā you can understand. He was hesitating to fight with his kinsmen, with his brother, nephews, grandfather. He was concerning pāpa. He said that, "I do not want this kingdom which is smeared with the blood of sinful activities." He said like that. Actually, killing is sinful. But when he did it for Kṛṣṇa's sake . . . Kṛṣṇa said that, "You must fight," and when Arjuna agreed, "Yes, kariṣye vacanaṁ tava," after hearing Kṛṣṇa perfectly, he said, kariṣye vacanaṁ tava (BG 18.73), "My illusion is over."
What is that illusion? Illusion means . . . whatever you do for Kṛṣṇa, that is not pāpa. Yat karoṣi, yat juhoṣi (BG 9.27). But you must do according to the order of Kṛṣṇa, or according to the order of Kṛṣṇa's representative. You cannot manufacture your work. That you cannot do. Arjuna did not manufacture. Arjuna acted by the order of Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, if we do by the order of Kṛṣṇa and His representative, there is no question of sinful activities. There is no question of sinful . . . so this is rāja-guhyam. We cannot understand sometimes rāja-guhyam; therefore it is very confidential.
- rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ
- pavitram paramam idam
- pratyakṣāvagamaṁ dharmyaṁ
- su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam
- (BG 9.2)
Dharma. This is real dharma. To execute the order of Kṛṣṇa, that is real dharma. We cannot manufacture dharma, I have several times explained. Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam (SB 6.3.19). Dharma means the order of Kṛṣṇa. That is dharma. Otherwise there is no dharma. All adharma. Otherwise, how Kṛṣṇa says: sarva-dharmān parityajya (BG 18.66), "Give up all nonsense dharma. Simply surrender unto Me"? This is dharma.
Therefore it is said, pratyakṣāvagamaṁ dharmyam. You are acting some religious activities, you do not know whether it is pious or impious. But when you act under the order of Kṛṣṇa and His representative, it is pratyakṣāvagamaṁ, directly to understand; that is dharma. This is dharma: pratyakṣāvagamaṁ and su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam.