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Teachings of Lord Chaitanya
In this connection, Lord Chaitanya cited a verse from the  Srimad Bhagwatam  which was delivered by Narada as the path of Bhagavat cultivation. He said that the four divisions of human social life, as well as the four different orders of life, are born out of the gigantic Form of the Lord: the  Brahmins  are born out of the mouth of the Universal Form of the Lord, the  Kshatriyas  are born out of the arms of His Personality, the  Vaishyas  are born out of His waist, and the  Sudras  are born from the legs of that Personality. As such, they are qualified in different modes of material Nature, within the Form of  Virata Purusha . Out of these four orders of life, or social divisions, if anyone is not engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, then in spite of his being in his prescribed occupational, functional duty, he falls from his position.
Lord Chaitanya says that those of the  Mayavadi , or impersonalist, school may artificially think themselves as one with God, or liberated, but according to Him and to  Srimad Bhagwatam , they are not actually liberated. In this connection, He quoted a verse from the  Srimad Bhagwatam , Tenth Canto, Second Chapter, in which it is said: “Those who think that they are liberated in the Mayavadi philosophical way, but who do not take to the devotional service of the Lord, even after undergoing the severest type of penance or austerity, and even after sometimes approaching the Supreme post, still, for want of devotional service, fall.”
The Lord explained that Krishna is just like the Sun, and Maya, or the illusory material energy, is just like darkness. Therefore, one who is constantly in the sunshine of Krishna does not have any chance of being deluded by the darkness of material energy. This is very nicely explained in the four prime verses of  Srimad Bhagwatam , and is also confirmed in the Second Canto of  Srimad Bhagwatam , Fifth Chapter, which states: “The illusory energy, or Maya, is ashamed to stand before the Lord.”
But the living entities are constantly being bewildered by the same illusory energy. The living entity in his conditioned state discovers many kinds of word-jugglery for getting apparent liberation from the clutches of Maya; but actually a person who sincerely surrenders unto Krishna even by saying only once, “My dear Lord Krishna, from this day, I am yours,” at once gets out of the clutches of the material energy.
This is confirmed in the  Ramayan ,  Lankakanda . There the Lord says, “It is My duty and vow that if somebody surrenders unto Me without any reservation, then I give him all protection.” Somebody may develop the idea of enjoying fruitive activities, or liberation, or  Jnana , or perfection in the Yoga system, but if such a person by chance becomes very intelligent, then he will