Knowing Kṛṣṇa's Energies
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the stage of  karmī  or fruitive laborer, to the stage of  jñānī  or philosopher, to the stage of  yogī  or meditator, but in any case one finally has to come to the platform of  bhakti , or devotional service. This is the real evolutionary process. It is indicated in  Bhagavad-gītā  in this way:
bahūnām janmanām ante jñānavān mām prapadyate vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ
“After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes, and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.” (Bg. 7.19)
Surrender to Kṛṣṇa is the point; that is the aim of life, and the  bhaktas , the intelligent men of the world, take to this stage immediately. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says that they are wise men. If, after many, many births one has to come to this point of surrender, then why not immediately?
The blazing fire of material nature is supervised by Durgā. Often she is portrayed with weapons in her hands. She has ten hands, and each holds a different type of weapon. This indicates that she is ruling all ten directions of this universe. She wields the different weapons to chastise the demons. There is one famous picture of a demon struggling with a lion, and the goddess Durgā is pulling the demon's hair and pushing her trident against his chest. If we study this picture we can determine that we are the