Toward a Peaceful Society Al

Bhagavad-gita clearly explains that this catur-
varnyam system was established by Krsna, but He is
outside of this system. When Krsna comes as an
incarnation, He does not come as a member of any
social order, not as a brahmana or anything else.
When Krsna came, He came as the son of Devaki and
Vasudeva. Vasudeva belonged to the royal family
and was therefore a ksatriya. As such, Krsna played
the part of a ksatriya, but this does not mean that
Krsna belonged to the ksatriya class. There are many
incarnations of Krsna in many forms of life. In one
incarnation He appeared as a fish, as a member of the
community of fishes, but this does not mean that
Ile is a fish. If we think upon seeing a fish that it
belongs to Krsna’s family, we are mistaken. Of
course, from another point of view, everything is
Krsna, but Krsna is aloof from everything. This is
the transcendental nature of Krsna, and if we under-
sland it, we will be liberated from birth and death.
Although Krsna has established the four divisions of
human society, He is not in anyone of them (tasya kar-
laram api mam viddhy akartaram avyayam). As soon
as we understand that although Krsna was born into
aksatriya family, He is not a ksatriya, we actually be-
come liberated. If we think that because Krsna acts
in a particular way—as on the battlefield He gave
instructions to Arjuna to fight—He is bound by the
reactions of His activities, we are mistaken. “Works
do not defile Me,” Sri Krsna says (na mam karmani
limpanti). In conclusion, we must accept the fact
that when Krsna comes as one of us, He is not in
actuality “cone of us.” He is transcendental. This
