One has to be disillusioned, means out of illusion. So whatever we are doing in this material conception of life, that is illusion. Therefore we cannot understand God. One who is not under the spell of illusion he can understand, <i>asammūḍhai>. He can understand God. So first of all we have to understand whether we are not illusioned. <i>Asammūḍhaḥ sa martyeṣui>. <i>Martyeṣui>, in the, among, in the human society or in the society . . . not only . . . <i>Martyeṣui> means all living entities who are conditioned, or, rather, conditioned souls. <i>Asammūḍhaḥi>. <i>Sarva-pāpaiḥ pramucyatei>. He becomes at once freed from all . . . so if we want to become freed from all encumbrances of this material world, then we have to understand God. There is no question of neglecting. It is the prime duty.
Therefore in the <i>Bhagavad-gītāi> it is said, <i>manuṣyeṣui>, <i>sahasreṣui>. <i>Manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣui> (BG 7.3). This understanding, this perfect knowledge, is possible . . . out of many, many millions of human beings or living entities, one may be enlightened. <i>Manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhayei>. <i>Martyeṣu yatamāneṣu api sahasreṣu madhye yo yadṛk ca mat-tattva-viti>.
Oh, generally we are born all fools, because as soon as I take my birth, I am nourished by my parents very nicely, and I am educated in such a way that I falsely claim some land as my land, I falsely claim something which is not at all . . . but we are educated in that. This is called national education. That means to make you more foolish. That, the so-called national education, means to make you more and more foolish. I am already born foolish, and my education is given to make me more foolish. Just I am not foolish? Because I am changing my, this country, I am changing my society, I am changing my body. Still, I am claiming, "This is mine."
You have got so many "mines." You have got so many dresses. Why do you claim a particular dress as "this is yours"? Why? Don't you think that after changing so many dresses, if you are particularly situated in certain kind of nice dress, may be very nice dress, but why do you attach so much importance on that nice dress? Why don't you understand that this dress is nice. That's all ri . . . next moment I may be in a very ugly dress. <i>Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥi> (BG 3.27). As you are associating with the different kinds of material modes of nature, we have to change your dress. That is in the grip of material nature. You cannot say. You cannot dictate, "Oh, nature, please don't change my dress. Keep me American." No. She is not your order-supplier. She will see what dress you require. So she will examine what is your mentality. "Oh, your mentality is dog, doggish? Take this dog's dress. No more American dress." And if you have god's mentality, "Oh, take this god's dress."