Devotee: So many other people, they concoct their own system, and they say, "This is the way to go to God."
Prabhupāda: Then let them suffer. What can be done? What can be done? If you don't take the laws of the state, you manufacture your own laws, then you'll suffer. If the state says, "Keep to the right," and if you make your own law, "No, keep to the left," then you'll suffer. It's a fact.
Devotee: But so many innocent people are also . . .
Prabhupāda: So innocent suffers. Intelligent never suffers. Only the rascals, innocent, they suffer. Innocent means rascal also. He does not know what is . . . what to do. The rascal is also innocent. A child is innocent, but he's a rascal. It does not mean because he's innocent, he's not rascal. Rascal means he's innocent also. The child does not know that "If I touch fire, it will burn." Therefore he's a rascal. But because he is child, innocent, he'll not be excused. These rascal and innocent on the same category. Innocence of law is not . . . no excuse. If you go to the court, if you say, "Sir, I did not know there is law like this," that does not mean . . . You must suffer. Why Kṛṣṇa comes? He gives advice that "You do this. Don't remain innocent and rascal. Then you'll be happy." Why should you stick to the rascaldom? He's personally advising. He says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). Why you are sticking to Hinduism and Muslimism and Christianism? Why? That is rascaldom. You take to His advice and you'll be happy. Hmm.
Devotee: But these religions are just material. These Hindu, Christian, Muslim, they're following these things because that is simply their destiny? They don't know how to please God, so that's simply part of their happiness and distress?
Prabhupāda: Whatever it may be, now Kṛṣṇa is asking, "You give up this rascaldom." You do it. Don't go to the history. He says, "You give up," you give up. That's all. Then you are perfect. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Why you are going to the history? History may be something else, but now He says directly, "Give up," you give up. That's all. Finish this business. Hmm. That is . . . That point is clear now?
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Oh, yes.
Prabhupāda: Then go on.