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| His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada |
It is said in Bhagavad-gītā that
simply by surrendering oneself unto the lotus feet of the Supreme
Personality Kṛṣṇa one can surmount the stringent laws of material
nature. At this point a question arises: How is it that educated
philosophers, scientists, businessmen, administrators and all the
leaders of ordinary men do not surrender to the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa,
the all-powerful Personality of Godhead? Mukti, or liberation
from the laws of material nature, is sought by the leaders of mankind in
different ways and with great plans and perseverance for a great many
years and births. But if that liberation is possible by simply
surrendering unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
then why don’t these intelligent and hard-working leaders adopt this
simple method?
The Gītā answers this
question very frankly. Those really learned leaders of society like
Brahmā, Śiva, Kapila, the Kumāras, Manu, Vyāsa, Devala, Asita, Janaka,
Prahlāda, Bali, and later on Madhvācārya, Rāmānujācārya, Śrī Caitanya
and many others – who are faithful philosophers, politicians, educators,
scientists, etc. – surrender to the lotus feet of the Supreme Person,
the all-powerful authority. Those who are not actually philosophers,
scientists, educators, administrators, etc., but who pose themselves as
such for material gain, do not accept the plan or path of the Supreme
Lord. They have no idea of God; they simply manufacture their own
worldly plans and consequently complicate the problems of material
existence in their vain attempts to solve them. Because material energy
(nature) is so powerful, it can resist the unauthorized plans of the
atheists and baffle the knowledge of “planning commissions.”
The atheistic planmakers are described herein by the word duṣkṛtinaḥ, or “miscreants.” Kṛtī
means one who has performed meritorious work. The atheist planmaker is
sometimes very intelligent and meritorious also, because any gigantic
plan, good or bad, must take intelligence to execute. But because the
atheist’s brain is improperly utilized in opposing the plan of the
Supreme Lord, the atheistic planmaker is called duṣkṛtī, which indicates that his intelligence and efforts are misdirected. -excerpt from purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to Bhagavad-gita 7.15
