Mad After Independence - Prabhupada 0488
731129 - Lecture SB 01.15.01 - New York
And we are thinking that, "We have got so many soldiers, so many atomic bomb, and so many aeroplanes, we shall come out victorious." Similarly, each and every one of us, we are thinking, "I am independent, and my wife, my children, my society, they are my soldiers. If I am in danger, they will help me." This is going on. This is called māyā. Pramattaḥ teṣāṁ nidhanaṁ paśyann api na paśyati. Because we have become mad after this so-called independence, independence of God, we are thinking these things will help us, will protect us. But that is māyā.
Teṣāṁ nidhanam, everyone will be destroyed. Nobody will be able to give us protection.