Text 15] The Manus, Administrators of the Universe 25
cocoons. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, appears in order
to teach us how to work so that we will not be entangled in this material
world. Our real problem is that we are entangled in materialistic ac-
tivities, and because we are conditioned, our struggle continues through
punishment in material existence in one body after another in different
forms of life. As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (15.7):
mamaivamso jiva-loke

jiva-bhitah sandétanah

manah sasthanindriyani

prakrti-sthani karsati
“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.” The living entities are actually minute
forms who are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord
is full in everything, and the small particles of the Lord are also
originally qualified like Him, but because of their minute existence, they
are infected by material attraction and thus entangled. We must
therefore follow the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
and then, like Krsna, who is never entangled by His material activities of
creation, maintenance and annihilation, we will have nothing for which
to lament (névasidanti ye ‘nu tam). Krsna personally gives instructions
in Bhagavad-gitd, and anyone who follows these instructions is liberated.
Following Krsna’s instructions is possible when one is a devotee, for
Krsna instructs that one should become a devotee. Man-mand bhava
mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru: “Always think of Me and be-
come My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me.”
(Bg. 18.65) Always thinking of Krsna means chanting the Hare Krsna
mantra, but unless one is an initiated devotee he cannot do this. As soon
as one becomes a devotee, he engages in Deity worship (mad-yaji). A de-
votee’s business is to offer obeisances to the Lord and the spiritual master
constantly. This principle is the recognized way to come to the platform
of bhakti. As soon as one comes to this platform, he gradually under-
stands the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and simply by understand-

ing Krsna one is liberated from material bondage.
