Thinking "I Am Master" but, We Are Always Servants - Prabhupada 0874

670110 - Lecture CC Madhya 22.14-19 - New York

So to serve the material world . . . to enjoy the material world, not serve. We don't wish to serve, we want to enjoy. But actually we become servant of all these principles, kāma, krodha, lobha, bhaya. We are servant of fearfulness, we are servant of malice, we are servant of lust, we are servant of anger, although we are thinking that, "I am master."

So one who has come to the senses that, "I am acting here as servant . . . I'm servant of my society, I am servant of my family, I am servant of my senses, I am servant of my . . ." So many things I have created. Up to death I am servant of dog, I'm servant of cat, and so many things I have become servant. But I am thinking, "I am master." This is called māyā.