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“The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental
parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six
senses, which include the mind.” (Bg. 15.7)

Every living entity is part and parcel of God. There is no reason for the
living entity’s being put into the miserable threefold condition of material
existence but that he voluntarily accepts material existence on the false
pretext of becoming an enjoyer. To save him from this horrible condition,
the Lord has given all the Vedic literatures in His incarnation of Vyasadeva.
It is therefore said:

krsna bhuli’ sei jiva anddi-bahirmukha

ataeva maya tare deya samsdra-duhkha
“By forgetting Krsna, the living entity has become materialistic since time
immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy of Krsna is giving him different
types of miseries in material existence.” (Cc. Madhya 20.117)

mayd-mugdha jivera nahi svatah krsna-jnana

jivere krpaya kaila krsna veda-purana
“When a living entity is enchanted by the external energy, he cannot revive
his original Krsna consciousness independently. Due to such circumstances,
Krsna has kindly given him the Vedic literatures, such as the four Vedas
and eighteen Purdnas.”’ (Cc. Madhya 20.122)

Every human being should therefore take advantage of the Vedic instruc-
tions; otherwise one will be bound by his whimsical activities and will be
without any guide.

The word manaridhah is also very significant in this verse. Under the
pretext of becoming great philosophers and scientists, men throughout the
whole world are working on the mental platform. Such men are generally
nondevotees, due to not caring for the instructions given by the Lord
to the first living creature, Lord Brahma. The Bhagavatam therefore says:

harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-guna
mano-rathendsati dhavato bahih (Bhag. 5.18.12)
A person who is a nondevotee has no good qualifications because he acts
on the mental platform. One who acts on the mental platform has to change
his standard of knowledge periodically. We consequently see that one
philosopher may disagree with another philosopher, and one scientist may
