The Roads of the Foolish and the Wise = 51
tasya kartaram api mam
viddhy akartaram avyayam

“According to the three modes of material nature
and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of
human society were created by Me. And, although I
am the creator of this system, you should know that
I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.”
(Bg. 4.13)

It is not that this system refers to the perverted
caste system in India. Sri Krsna specifically states:
guna-karma-vibhagasah: men are classified according
to the guna or the mode under which they are oper-
ating, and this applies to men all over the universe.
When Krsna speaks, we must understand that what-
ever He says is not limited but is universally true. He
claims to be the father of all living entities—even the
animals, the aquatics, the trees, plants, worms, birds
and bees are all claimed to be His sons. Sri Krsna
asserts that the entire universe is illusioned by the
interactions of the three qualities of material nature,
and we are under the spell of that illusion; therefore
we cannot understand what God is.

What is the nature of this illusion, and how can it
be overcome? That is also explained in Bhagavad-
Bila: daivi hy esa gunamayi

mama maya duratyaya

mam eva ye prapadyante

mayam etam taranti te
“This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three
modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome.
