2 / The Goal of Yoga

In the Bhagavad-gita, the Sanskrit word mam is frequently
used. This word means “unto me.” Krsna, the Supreme Person-
lily of Godhead says, “unto Me’’—Krsna. We cannot interpret
thisin a different way. When I say, “Bring me a glass of water,”
it means that I am the person in want of the glass of water, and
if you supply to me and not to others, then it is right. When
Krsna says, “unto Me,” that means Krsna. But philosophers are
sill interpreting—they say “unto something else.” Even gram-
matically this is wrong.

One who has developed attachment to Krsna is Krsna con-
scious. They say if you have attachment for your lover you
always think of her. That is lover consciousness. It is natural.
It is stated that a woman who has another lover besides her
husband shows herself very attentive to her household duties,
hut is always thinking, ‘When shall my lover and I meet in the
night?” This is an example: It is possible, in. spite of our false
engagement, if we love somebody, to think of him always. If
materially it is possible, why not spiritually? That is the whole
leaching of the Bhagavad-gita.

In the Gita, Krsna says to Arjuna, “As a fighter, you have to
fight. You cannot step away from the fighting. It is your duty.”
Nowadays I have practical experience that the draft board of
your country is calling for boys to join the army, but they are
not willing. They are not willing because they are not trained
us ksatriyas, warriors. They are trained as Siidras, laborers.
Therefore the caste system is very scientific. A section of
