52 Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers

the living entities forget Krsna, they are in this material
world. Krsna means His name, His form, His abode, His
pastimes — everything.

BOB: What was that last?

SRILA PRABHUPADA: Ah? Pastimes.

BOB: Pastimes.

SRILA PRABHUPADA: When we speak of a king, it means
the king’s government, king’s palace, king’s queen, king’s
sons, secretaries, military strength—everything. Is it not?

BOB: Yes.

SRILA PRABHUPADA: Similarly, Krsna being the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, as soon as we think of Krsna, this
means all the energies of Krsna. That is complete by saying,
“Radha-Krsna.” Radha represents all the energy of Krsna.
And Krsna is the Supreme Lord. So when we speak of
Krsna, the living entities are also included because the liv-
ing entities are energies, different energies of Krsna—
superior energy. So when this energy is not serving the en-
ergetic, that is material existence. The whole world is not
serving Krsna. They are serving Krsna in a different way.
They are serving indirectly, just as disobedient citizens
serve the government indirectly. Prisoners come to the
prison house on account of their disobedience of the laws of
the state. So, in the prison house, they are forced to obey the
laws of the state. Similarly, all the living entities here are
godless, either by ignorance or by choice. They do not like
to accept the supremacy of God. Demoniac. So we are try-
ing to bring them to their original condition. That is the
Krsna consciousness movement.

BOB: I'd like to ask you just something I talked with devo-
tees about—medicine. I walked to the river with some
