Srila Prabhupada explained at a college lecture in Calcutta, January 29, 1973 that in previous times the Brahmanas used to advise the kings and leaders:
“The brāhmanas did not take part in politics, but they gave advice, instruction to the kings, rājarṣi. Imaṁ rājarṣayoḥ viduḥ. The rājarṣi used to understand what is the values of life under the instruction of brāhmanas, and they execute the order of the brāhmanas. The people were happy. And because at the present moment such system is lost, people are confused and they are in frustration. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is all-embracing. It can solve all the problems of the world—political, social, economical, religious, everything. It is all-embracing.”
See my article on Engaged Vaishnavism
https://iskconnews.org/engaged-vaishnavism-sharing-the-universal-principles-of-dharma/
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