26 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness
times. Such impersonalists and monists have mis-
guided their followers because they incorrectly think
that the Supreme Lord and the individual souls are
equal in all respects. True, the individual souls are
equal in quality with the Supreme Lord, but not in
quantity. If the individual soul were quantitatively
equal to the Supreme Lord, he would have never
been subjected to the laws of material nature.
Material nature is subordinate to the will of the
Supreme Lord, and therefore He cannot be subjected
to the laws of material nature. It is contradictory
for the Lord to be subjected to the laws of His own
inferior energy.
mattah parataram nanyat
kuficid asti dhanajijaya
mayi sarvam idam protam
siitre mani-gana iva
‘“O conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth
superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls
are strung on a thread.” (Bg. 7.7)
Again, Sri Krsna states:
tribhir gunamayair bhavair.
ebhih sarvam idam jagat
mohitam nabhijanati
mam ebhyah param avyayam
“Deluded by the three modes (goodness, passion,
and ignorance), the whole world does not-know Me
who am above them and inexhaustible.” (Bg. 7.13)
