Serving Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with love and devotion is the highest perfection of existence.
The Supreme Lord cannot be perceived by any means other than devotion. He Himself confirms this: Only through devotional service, and thus alone, can one know Me as I am. And the being who, through such devotion, becomes fully conscious of Me, can then enter My absolute kingdom.
Only by serving Me with undivided love and devotion can one know Me as I am, standing before you, and likewise, truly see Me. Thus, and thus alone, can one penetrate the mystery of My Person.
For one who worships Me and surrenders all his actions to Me and devotes himself to Me undividedly, absorbed in devotional service and constantly meditating on Me, for him I am the liberator, who will soon rescue him from the ocean of death and rebirth.
What is their role, what are their functions, what are their duties?
Let us understand that Krishna, God, the Supreme Personality, is the creator of everything that exists in the spiritual world and the material cosmos combined. He is the Master and the Supreme Judge.
All living beings, celestial beings, and human beings owe Him obedience. They must respect and apply His divine laws and commandments.
Judges must judge based solely on divine laws. Their primary role is to administer justice with honesty and impartiality, without discrimination of any kind. For the judge, all citizens are equal.
They settle disputes between individuals and punish offenders and all those who violate divine laws and commandments, for their own good.
Monarchs and heads of state must ensure that no one harms the life and integrity of all citizens, human, animal, and plant alike.
They must imperatively ensure that all human beings, without exception—white, black, yellow, red, and mixed—who make up the people are treated equally, with fairness, justice, and impartiality.
They must ensure that no form of discrimination or injustice is tolerated, and that racism, resentment, contempt, revenge, and hatred are not tolerated, much less expressed. And, as a measure of justice, that all those who spread them are immediately and severely punished.
They also ensure that no terrestrial or aquatic animal is killed, or destroyed, in the case of plants. They ensure that all terrestrial and aquatic animals, as well as all plants, are protected.
Leaders who do not respect these codes must be severely punished, because all living beings, without exception—human, animal, and plant—all have the right to live peacefully.
No wrongful leader who violates divine rules and codes, who causes suffering to the people, even a tiny minority, should under any circumstances benefit from any immunity. This would be an injustice.
Woe to the judges who illegally protect them, for they will be severely punished.