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Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.17
He explains: Yes, Arjuna’s idea not to fight is good, but then Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Consciousness, instructs If we follow Arjuna, give up good and bad, and act for Kṛṣṇa, not for our sense gratification, then that is perfect – because Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Consciousness.
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.19
Keith: I saw Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra. Arjuna was inquiring from Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa was reciting the Bhagavad-gītā to him. I had the understanding that now is the time, and Swamiji is presenting the same thing as Kṛṣṇa, and we are all in the position of Arjuna. The dream made it very clear that hearing from Swamiji was as good as hearing from Kṛṣṇa.
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 2.41
“Do you think Arjuna was simply meditating on Kṛṣṇa on the battlefield of Kurukṣetra?” “Do you think Arjuna was sitting in yogic trance, while on the battlefield Kṛṣṇa worked? He was killing for Kṛṣṇa. He was thinking of all the soldiers he had to kill for Kṛṣṇa.
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.22
Pictures of Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes flashed onto the wall: Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna riding together on Arjuna’ s chariot, Kṛṣṇa eating butter, Kṛṣṇa subduing the whirlwind demon, Kṛṣṇa playing the flute.
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.30
“Kṛṣṇa has played a great trick.” In the Mahābhārata also, he said, there are incidents where Kṛṣṇa plays tricks. The two opposing generals, Arjuna and Duryodhana, had both come to Kṛṣṇa’s tent early in the morning as Kṛṣṇa slept. Duryodhana chose to stand by Kṛṣṇa’s head, while Arjuna chose His feet. Kṛṣṇa awoke and saw Arjuna.
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
Now today, we shall begin the Fourth Chapter – what Lord Kṛṣṇa says to Arjuna.
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 2.52
“I was praying to Kṛṣṇa, ‘What is this slow death?’ ” Prabhupāda told Tamāla Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa ordered Arjuna, and I am Arjuna’s servant. Why should I limit Kṛṣṇa?”
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 2.41
You should not worry about thinking of Kṛṣṇa directly. Arjuna wasn’t sitting before Kṛṣṇa in a trance, meditating on His form.
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 2.56
begins by the tongue,” Prabhupāda said in one of his December ’67 lectures, “by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa , and by the taste of kṛṣṇa-prasādam. just like Kṛṣṇa is revealing Himself to Arjuna. Arjuna is a devotee, he is a friend: ‘I am speaking to you that old system of yoga, bhakti-yoga.’ Only one who has developed the service spirit with love and devotion, he can understand Kṛṣṇa.”
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 2.49
Prabhupāda: “The real aim is that you have to become the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa. The ultimate aim is how to reach Kṛṣṇa. Arjuna achieved the favor of Kṛṣṇa by fighting and killing. Hare Kṛṣṇa.”
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.17
But what about Vietnam – does Kṛṣṇa say to fight there? No, Swamiji answers. In the Battle of Kurukṣetra, Kṛṣṇa was personally present asking Arjuna to fight.
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.16
“I am just surrendering unto You, and You accept me as Your disciple,” Arjuna says. So here, Arjuna accepts Kṛṣṇa as the spiritual master. This means that whatever Kṛṣṇa will dictate, he has to accept.