Knowing Krsna’s Energies 61

Krsna cannot distribute inferior energy because
He is not inferior. He is always superior, spiritual,
and therefore His energy is always spiritual. Subhadra
is the sister of Krsna, and from her comes the incar-
nation of Durga, the personification of material ener-
gy. Subhadra is in the spiritual world and is eternally
related to Krsna as His energy, but when Durga con-
ducts her activities here in the material world, it is
not that she is to be considered inferior. In the
Bhagavad-gita as well as in Brahma-samhita it is said
that Durga or Maya is acting under Krsna’s direction,
so how can she be considered inferior? Criminals may
think that the police department is an inferior govern-
mental department, but the law-abiding citizens do
not think that this is so. It simply functions in a par-
ticular way. Similarly, the material energy has to act
to bewilder the living entity who is under the direc-
tion of Krsna.

We are the living entities within the material
energy, and we are in this position because we
wanted to dominate material nature. Krsna has
given us the facility, saying, “All right, you may try,
but you cannot be successful.” As long as we are in
ignorance of how the laws of nature are working
under the supreme direction of Krsna, we will con-
tinue to be defeated in our activities. When we
understand Krsna in perfection, we will automatic-
ally know the laws of nature and how they are act-
ing. Vaisnavas are concerned with the background of
the laws of material nature. When we understand
Krsna in perfection, we can understand that there is
