Text 1851]
The Lord Travels to Vrndāvana
103
prāyeņa veda tad idaṁ na mahājano ‘yaṁ devyā vimohita-matir bata māyayālam trayyāṁ jaḍī-kṛta-matir madhu-puṣpitāyāṁ vaitānike mahati karmaṇi yujyamānaḥ
In this material world,  karmīs  (fruitive actors) are accepted as  mahājanas  by foolish people who do not know the value of devotional service. Their mundane intelligence and mental speculative methods are under the control of the three modes of material nature. Consequently they cannot understand unalloyed devotional service. They are attracted by material activities, and they become worshipers of material nature. Thus they are known as fruitive actors. They even become entangled in material activities disguised as spiritual activities. In  Bhagavad-gītā , such people are described as  veda-vāda-ratā . They do not understand the real purpose of the  Vedas , yet they think of themselves as Vedic authorities. People versed in Vedic knowledge must know  Kṛṣṇa  as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ . (Bg. 15.15)
A man covered by illusion cannot understand the proper way; therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says:  dharma-sthāpana-hetu sādhura vyavahāra . The behavior of a devotee is the criterion for all other behavior. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself followed the devotional principles and taught others to follow them.  Purī-gosāñira ye ācaraṇa, sei dharma sāra . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally followed the behavior of Mādhavendra Purī and advised others to follow his principles. Unfortunately, people have been attracted to the material body since time immemorial.
yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tridhātuke sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ
“A human being who identifies this body made of three elements with his self, who considers the by-products of the body to be his kinsmen, who considers the land of birth worshipable, and who goes to the place of pilgrimage simply to take a bath rather than meet men of transcendental knowledge there is to be considered like an ass or a cow.” ( Bhāg.  10.84.13) Those who accept the logic of  gaḍ-ḍalikā-pravāha  and follow in the footsteps of pseudo- mahājanas  are carried away by the waves of  māyā . Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura therefore warns:
miche māyāra vaśe, yāccha bhese', khāccha hābuḍubu, bhāi jīva kṛṣṇa-dāsa, e´višvasa, ka‘rle ta’ āra duḥkha nāi