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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 24 ]
being free of ignorance one cannot control the creation of different types of living entities. As stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ,  daiva-netreṇa —bodies are awarded under the supervision of superior powers. How can these superior powers control the evolutionary process of the living entity if they are not free from all imperfection? The followers of the Vedic instructions cannot accept the Darwinian theory of evolution, for it is marred by imperfect knowledge.
TEXT 74
अथेदं नित्यदा युक्तो जपञ्चवहितः पुमान् । अचिराञ्छ्रेय आम्नोति वासुदेवपरायणः ॥७४॥
athedaṁ nityadā yukto japann avahitaḥ pumān acirāc chreya āpnoti vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ
atha—thus; idam—this; nityadā—regularly; yuktaḥ—with great attention; japan—by murmuring; avahitaḥ—fully attentive; pumān—a person; acirāt—without delay; śreyaḥ—auspiciousness; āpnoti—achieves; vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ—one who is a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
A devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa whose mind is always absorbed in Him, who with great attention and reverence chants this stotra [prayer], will achieve the greatest perfection of life without delay.
PURPORT
Perfection means becoming a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. As stated in the First Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam :  vāsudeva-parā vedā vāsudeva-parā makhāḥ (Bhāg. 1.2.28) . The ultimate goal of life is Vāsudeva, or Kṛṣṇa. Any devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa can attain all perfection, material gains and liberation simply by offering prayers to Him. There are many varieties of prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa chanted by great sages and great personalities such as Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. Lord Kṛṣṇa is known as  śiva-viriñci-nutam  (Bhāg. 11.5.33).  Śiva  means Lord Śiva, and  viriñci  means Lord Brahmā. Both of these demigods are engaged in offering prayers to Lord Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa. If we follow in the footsteps of such great personalities and become devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa, our lives become successful. Unfortunately people do not know this secret.  Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum  (Bhāg. 7.5.31). “They do not know that the real interest and the highest perfection of life