Declaration Of War - Prabhupada 0519
660919 - Lecture BG 06.40-43 - New York
The material energy is very strong, so to adopt spiritual life is more or less declare war against the material energy.
The material . . . the illusory energy, she is trying to curb this conditioned soul as far as possible. Now, when the conditioned soul tries to get out of her clutches by spiritual advancement of knowledge, oh, she becomes more stringent. Yes. She wants to test, "How much this person is sincere?" So there will be so many allurement offered by the material energy.