So simply manasaiva viśvaṁ sṛjaty avaty atti. This creation, bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate (BG 8.19). The whole creation by the will of the purāṇaḥ puruṣaḥ, the Supreme Lord, is coming into existence, manifested, again becoming nonmanifest. Guṇair asaṅgaḥ. How it is becoming manifested and nonmanifested? By the interaction of the three material modes of nature. But He is apart from that. Guṇair asaṅgaḥ.
- tvaṁ paryaṭann arka iva tri-lokīm
- antaś-caro vāyur ivātma-sākṣī
- parāvare brahmaṇi dharmato vrataiḥ
- snātasya me nyūnam alaṁ vicakṣva
- (SB 1.5.7)
"So you are a devotee of such Personality of Godhead. You are recognized devotee. Therefore I request you to find out what is the defect in me that after inquiring, after doing so many books and literatures, I am not happy. So you . . ."
The same thing, as Arjuna surrendered to Kṛṣṇa that, "The disturbance which I am feeling in this battlefield, that can be solved by You only. Therefore I am surrendering unto You as my spiritual master. No more friendly talks. And You just teach me."
So this is the, I mean to say, eternal process. Even Vyāsadeva is surrendering to Nārada. Such a great scholar. Even Arjuna is surrendering to Kṛṣṇa. So why? Either you have to surrender to Kṛṣṇa or Kṛṣṇa's representative. Then there is solution. Otherwise there is no solution.
- tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta
- jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam
- śābde pare ca niṣṇātaṁ
- brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam
- (SB 11.3.21)
One who has taken shelter of the Supreme Lord, upaśama, finishing all, I mean to say, material desires . . . vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ (BG 7.19) "Vāsudeva is everything." Sa mahātmā.
So we have to search out a mahātmā, a person who is simply a surrendered soul to Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva, and we have to surrender unto him.