Anarya-justam, "not at all befitting a man who knows the progressive values of life." Aryan. Aryan means who are progressive. So this dejection of Arjuna in the battlefield is described as befitting a non-Aryan. Aryan, according to Aryan civilization as described in the Bhagavad-gita, there are four divisions inaugurated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As we have already explained, dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam [SB 6.3.19]. Any systematic religious process is to be understood: "It is given by God." Man cannot make any religious system. So this Aryan system, progressive system, is catur-varnyam maya srstam guna-karma-vibhagasah [Bg. 4.13]. Krsna says, "It is introduced by Me for very good management of the social order." Brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra. So Arjuna belonged to the ksatriya family. Therefore his hesitation to fight in the battlefield is not befitting the Aryans. For the royal order to become nonviolent, this is not good. The ksatriyas, when they are fighting in the battlefield, the killing is not a sin for them. Similarly, a brahmana, when he's offering sacrifice, sometimes animals are sacrificed; so that does not mean that he is committing sin. This animal sacrifice was made not for eating the animals. It was for testing the Vedic mantra. Whether the brahmanas who were engaged in offering sacrifice, whether they were chanting the Vedic mantra in right way, that was tested by offering one animal and again giving the animal a new youth life. That was animal sacrifice. Sometimes horses, sometimes cows were offered. But in this age, Kali-yuga, they are forbidden because there is no such yajnika-brahmana. All kinds of sacrifices are forbidden in this age.

Asvamedha sacrifice, gomedha sacrifice, sannyasa, and to get child by devara, husband's younger brother, these things are forbidden in this age.

Parantapa means one who can give trouble to the enemies. It is the duty of the ksatriya. Enemies, aggressor, they should be killed. There is no atatayi. Atatayi means one who is aggressor. One who kidnaps one's wife, one who take away by force one's wealth, one who sets fire in one's house, these are called aggressor. So aggressor should be killed. Aggressor should be given trouble. So Krsna does not teach unnecessarily nonviolence. If ksatriya becomes nonviolent, then the whole state will be in chaos. They must learn how to kill any criminal. He should be immediately killed.

"Give up this cowardice habit. You get up and prepare for your fight. This is ksatriya's business. You should not go behind." Arjuna uvaca. "Arjuna replied."

Now Krsna was encouraging to fight; Arjuna was also very intelligently replying. He addressed Krsna as Madhusudana, Arisudana. Madhusudana means "the killer of Madhu demon" or "the killer or enemy." So his purpose is that "I have to kill Bhismadeva, who is my so kind grandfather, and I have to kill Dronacarya, who is my teacher, from whom I have learned this military art. So You have killed the demons and Your enemy, and why You are inducing me to kill my guru and my grandfather?" This is his argument. Katham bhismam aham sankhye dronam ca madhusudana, isubhih pratiyotsyami: [Bg. 2.4] "They, my grandfather, my teacher, may chastise me, but how I can pierce with arrows their body?"

There are four, twelve authorities. One of them is Bhisma. Prahlado janako bhismo balir vaiyasakir vayam. So Bhisma is not ordinary person. Therefore he said, katham, gurun ahatva hi mahanubhavan sreyo bhoktum bhaiksyam apiha loke [Bg. 2.5]. "I do not like to kill my guru, who is so great, and my grandfather. Better I shall become a beggar." A ksatriya's business is not to beg. A brahmana can beg. A brahmana can accept charity, but ksatriya cannot accept any charity from anyone else. Neither he can come down to do business like the vaisyas. That is not. Everyone should stick to his own principle. If this is followed, then it is really secular government. A government must see whetheryou are claiming as a brahmanawhether you are actually discharging your duties as a brahmana. That is secular government. You are claiming as a ksatriya; whether you are discharging your duties as a ksatriya? You are a vaisya; whether you are discharging your duties as vaisya? This is government's duty. That is catur-varnyam maya srstam [Bg. 4.13]. Now they are eager to wash off this social system. They want classless society. But in the material world there cannot be any classless society. It is not possible. Classless society can be established in the spiritual world. Just like we are propagating this Krsna consciousness movement. This is classless society. Here you will find Europeans, Americans, Indians, Africans, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, but they have forgotten that they are Hindus, Muslims or Christians or Americans or Indians. They are all identifying, "We are all servant of Krsna." This is classless society. This is classless society. There is no distinction. Here a Hindu coming from very respectable brahmana family and another man is coming from the dog-eater's family. It doesn't matter. As soon as one becomes Vaisnava he is classless society. Therefore it is forbidden, vaisnave jati-buddhih. Arcye visnau sila-dhir gurusu nara-matir vaisnave jati-buddhih, naraki. Just like we should not consider this Deity before us as made of some metal or wood. No. Arcye sila-dhih. No. Here is the Supreme Personality of Godhead standing. We should take it like that. Otherwise, does it mean that we are offering our obeisances to a metal doll? We have become so fool? No. We take it, "Here is Krsna personally standing." That is the, that, if one cannot feel like that... The sastra says you should feel like that. Arcye sila-dhir gurusu nara-matih. Guru, a spiritual master, should not be considered as ordinary human being. Gurusu nara-matih. The Ganges water, one should not think that it is ordinary water. Or caranamrta. These are forbidden. Similarly, vaisnave jati-buddhih. One should not think, "He is American Vaisnava, he is brahmana Vaisnava, he is African Vaisnava, he is black Vaisnava, he is white Vaisnava." No. Vaisnava is Vaisnava, servant of God. Just like in the Ganges water. There are so many... In Calcutta I have seen so many mill water coming, sewer ditches' water is coming. But when it falls down on the Ganges water, it is no more any other water. Everything is Ganges water. Practically we accept it. In Calcutta there are many rigid Hindus, brahmanas. They are taking bath in the Ganges, but even stool is floating there, they set it aside and take bath. Ganges water. Actually, you see chemically, although so many unclean water is coming there, it is still pure. Similarly, Vaisnava, he may come from any family, it doesn't matter. He becomes immediately transcendental. Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita:

Immediately he becomes. We are trying to become, to understand aham brahmasmi. So this realization immediately become effective if one is a pure devotee. Mam ca yo 'vyabhicarena bhakti-yogena sevate, sa gunan samatityaitan [Bg. 14.26]. He is above all these three qualities.

He said that "After killing my family men..." Dhrtarastra, dhartarastrah, pandavah... Dhrtarastra and Pandu, they were two brothers, and their sons, cousin-brothers. So generally, people want to increase his material opulence to show to his friends and relatives. When one person constructs a very new, very nice house, he invites his relatives and his friends to show them that "Now I have become so opulent." So Arjuna is thinking in that term, that "Suppose I conquer over and I get the kingdom. But if my relatives and brothers are dead, whom shall I show?" This is another kind of vairagya. How this material relationship makes one foolish, Arjuna is playing the part of a foolish man, and Krsna will chastise him. We shall see later on. Thank you very much. Hare Krsna. [break]

So Krsna assumed the nara-hari, nrsimha-rupa, half-man, half-lion. So these are description in the sastras.

So there is no significance. This Hiranyakasipu wanted to become immortal. Then, when he was refused by Lord Brahma that "You cannot become immortal, that is not possible," then, in a roundabout way, he took benediction from Lord Brahma that he would not die on land, on water, on the sky, no weapon can kill him, no demigod can kill him. In this way, roundabout way, he thought now he has become immortal. So to keep the words of Brahma as it is, the Lord assumed a form which is not within his description. And instead of killing him with a weapon He killed him by the nails. Nail is not considered as a weapon. So He killed him between day and night, because he also took benediction that "I shall not die during daytime or nighttime." So God, Krsna, is so intelligent that we may try to become immortal by so many scientific brain, but there will be some flaw and he wants, must be killed. This is God's intelligence