Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: On one lecture tape you said that man is durācāra, very difficult to. . . When he's misbehaved?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
(break) (on walk)
. . .by chanting mantra and herb. But a crooked man cannot be controlled any way. Therefore he is more dangerous than the snake. Sarpāt krūrataraḥ khalaḥ (Cāṇakya Paṇḍita).
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Why is it that the man cannot be tamed and the unintelligent animal can be tamed?
Prabhupāda: Because man is more intelligent. He can misuse his independence and intelligence, whereas animal cannot do that; he is not so intelligent. He has. . . That is the defect of the modern civilization. They have been described as duṣkṛtina. Duṣkṛtina means he has got brain more intelligent than the animal, but the brain is being utilized for mischievous activities. Therefore they are called duṣkṛtina. Brain should be utilized for some benevolent work for the good of the living entities. But this brain, modern educated brain, is being misused for discovering something which is very dangerous to the human society. Therefore duṣkṛtina. And he is getting Nobel Prize because he has discovered this atomic weapon, which is so dangerous, and he is glorified, "Oh, you have done so nice scientific discovery." What is that discovery? "That you can kill. . . Instead of one man with gun, you can kill one thousand men. Therefore you must be offered Nobel Prize." This is man's appreciation.