When Kṛṣṇa says that "You surrender unto Me," it is His mercy. Out of His mercy He is asking that, "This will be good for you. You are servant of God, you are dog of . . . you are servant of māyā, dog of māyā, servant of nonsense, dog of nonsense. You just become My dog, My servant. That will be good for you." And He gives assurance also, ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi (BG 18.66)
"I shall give you protection from all sinful reaction." Suppose I am servant of a third-class nonsense. When he asks me something to do which is abominable, which I should not do, but in order to keep my service there I have to do it, and it is sinful. But from the reaction of sinful activities, he cannot give me protection. I will have to suffer.
Therefore one who is intelligent, he can understand that kāmAdināṁ katidhā na katidhā palita durnideṣaḥ (Brs. 3.2.25, quoted in CC Madhya 22.16)
"I have served throughout my whole life . . ." Serving means . . . actually I am serving not any master. I don’t like that master. I don’t wish to serve, because I know he is third-class, fourth-class man. But I am serving my lust. I think that, "By serving this man I shall get some money, so I shall be able to satisfy my senses."
So therefore I am not serving, because I am not inclined to serve him, but because I am serving his money. So kāmādināṁ katidhā na katidhā palita durnideṣaḥ (Brs. 3.2.25):
"Therefore to serve my lust, I have done so many abominable things. But in spite of doing that," teṣāṁ na karuṇā na mayi jatā, "I have served the lust," kāmādināṁ. Kāmādināṁ means not only lust—lust, anger, avarice, envy, so many things. "So I have served, throughout my whole life, but unfortunately still they are not kind to me. They are not kind to me."
One man is serving the dictation of his senses. Even if he is old, just going to die, still he is after that sense gratification. He knows that this drinking habit is not good. Nobody will say, any of his son, that "You become a drunkard like me, debauch like me," because he knows. But he cannot give it up. This is the material position. Kāmādināṁ katidhā na katidhā palita durnideṣaḥ. Always dictating.
So one who has got this sense, that "I am serving māyā. I am serving illusion. So Kṛṣṇa is demanding from me service; why not serve Kṛṣṇa?" this is intelligence. So aviduṣaḥ karuṇo vṛṇīte (SB 7.9.11). Then other thing is that I can see . . . suppose I am serving somebody in the material sense. So I am getting some money. But what I am getting if I serve Kṛṣṇa and God? I am not getting even money. It is simply I am wasting my energy. No. It says, yad yaj jano bhagavate vidadhīta mānaṁ.