Just like spiritual master is representative of God, similarly, king is also representative of God. The father is also representative of God. These are the statements of the sastras. Because they will guide. The king will guide. The spiritual master will guide. The father will guide. What is that guidance? That guidance is how one can become Krsna conscious by education, by culture.

From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.9.49 – June 15, 1973, Mayapur