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pious that he is giving up his claim for a kingdom and
refusing to kill his relatives, but Krsna did not ap-
prove of this because the principle for Arjuna’s de-
cision was to satisfy his own senses. One’s business
or occupation need not be changed—as Arjuna’s was
not changed—but one does have to change his con-
sciousness. In order to change this consciousness,
however, knowledge is required. That knowledge is
knowing “I am part and parcel of Krsna, the su-
perior energy of Krsna.” That is real knowledge.
Relative knowledge may teach us how to repair a
machine, but real knowledge is knowing our position
as being integral with Krsna. Being part of Him, our
pleasure, which is partial, is dependent on the whole.
For instance, my hand can take pleasure when it is
attached to my body and serves it. It does not take
pleasure in serving another’s body. Because we are
part of Krsna, our pleasure is in serving Him. “I can-
not be happy serving you,” everyone is thinking. “I
can only be happy serving myself.” But no one knows
who the self is. That self is Krsna.

mamaivamso jiva-loke
jiva-bhutah sanatanah
manah sasthanindriyani
prakrti-sthani karsati
“The living entities in this conditioned world are My
eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life,
they are struggling very hard with the six senses,
which include the mind.” (Bg. 15.7)
The jivas, or living entities, are now detached
from the whole due to material contact. It is there-
