Guest (2): How far is saṁskāra powerful like . . .?
Prabhupāda: Well, saṁskāra you can change in a second. Saṁskāra may be powerful . . . (indistinct) . . . Kṛṣṇa assures you, ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi. He will give you protection. Saṁskāra means you did some sinful activities and you are suffering. But He gives you protection. Sarva-pāpebhyo. Then what is the meaning of saṁskāra? You can change your saṁskāra immediately by surrendering to Kṛṣṇa. Why you are so much concerned with saṁskāra? He says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ . . . ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣa . . . (BG 18.66) The saṁskāra as effects of sinful activities, that is troublesome. So He gives you protection. Mā śucaḥ, "Don't worry."
Why don't you take this? You don't want to change your saṁskāra, and who can help you? That is a different thing. You don't want to change. Otherwise, Kṛṣṇa is ready to give you all help. How their saṁskāra is changed? From the very beginning of their life they are addicted to these principles: illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication, gambling. How they have changed? They don't touch it. How it has become possible?
Guest (2): I believe they were great yogīs in their past lives.
Prabhupāda: And why you not?
Guest (2): I don't know that.
Prabhupāda: Because you don't surrender. That is the fact. If you surrender, you become also great yogī.