Caitanya Mahāprabhu has preached, jīvera svarūpa haya nitya kṛṣṇa dāsa (CC Madhya 20.108-109). We living entities, we are eternally servant of Kṛṣṇa. That is our position. But if we deny this position—"Now why shall I become servant of Kṛṣṇa? I am independent"—then suffering begins. Immediate. Kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vañcha kare, as soon as you desire to enjoy independently, immediately—that means immediately he is captured by māyā.
- kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vāñchā kare
- pāśate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare
- (Prema-vivarta 6.2)
It is very easy to understand. Just like if you don't care for the government laws, if you want to live independently, that means immediately you are in the clutches of the police force. You haven't got to create; it is already there. So our position is always dependent on God. We should understand this. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has a song:
- mānasa, deho, geho, jo kichu mor
- arpilū tuwā pade, nanda-kiśor
- (from Śaraṇāgati)
This mistake is going on, that I am independent, king, and my soldiers or my society, community, family or—so many we have manufactured—but:
- dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv
- ātma-sainyeṣv asatsv api
- teṣāṁ nidhanaṁ pramattaḥ
- paśyann api na paśyati
- (SB 2.1.4)
Just like a man fights, just like Hitler declared war, or so many wars are declared, this man is declaring. Everyone is thinking, "I am independent." So, 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. If real protection is wanted, he will have to take protection of Kṛṣṇa. That is the instruction of Bhagavad-gītā: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). "You rascal, you are thinking that so many things will give you protection. That will not be possible. You will be finished, and your so-called protector and friends and soldiers, they will be finished. You don't depend on them." Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇam . . . "You just surrender unto Me. I'll give you protection." Ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ. This is real protection.
Everyone is falsely thinking independent, but he is dependent. But he is depending on false platform. That is the mistake of this material civilization. They are thinking of protection from a tiltering platform, material world. So we have to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is very friendly to all of us. Therefore He comes down from Vaikuṇṭha to inform this. That is Bhagavad-gītā. And that is elaborately explained in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. This is the only thing. So the crisis, people are faced with so many crisis, problems. That I told in the airport. The reporter asked me, "What is the solution of this crisis coming?" The solution is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is already there. But you rascal, you will not take it. Solution is already there. If the Arabians think that this oil is Kṛṣṇa's property, and the others, purchasers, they also think Kṛṣṇa's property, then they must agree also.