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Elevation to Krṣṇa Consciousness
us is just like the relationship of a father to a son. The son may insist upon getting something from the father, and the father may try to convince him that what he wants is not for his good, saying, “My dear son, don’t touch this. This is not good for you.” But when the boy insists upon it, the father will allow him to have it. The affectionate father gives the son just what he wants. Similarly, the Supreme Father gives His sons and daughters just what they want. It is stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  that all beings, in all species of life, are his children.
sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ tāsām brahma mahad yonir aham bīja-pradaḥ pitā
“It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kuntī, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving Father.” (Bg.14.4)
In this material world, the mother,  prakṛti , which is material nature, supplies us with the body, and the Supreme Father impregnates this matter with living souls. There is an erroneous theory current that only human beings have souls and that other living entities do not, but we understand from Vedic authority that there are over 8,000,000 species of bodies, including plants and trees, and that they all have souls, otherwise they would not be able to develop and grow. In this verse Śrī Krṣṇa claims that all living entities, regardless of the forms they take in