So our duty is to abide by the orders of God," the simple truth. "God is great." You can say: "Why we should abide by the orders of God?" Because you are subservient. "No, I am not subservient." That is not . . . that is you are subservient. If you don't accept your subordinate position before God, then you have to accept your subordinate position under these material stringent laws. You have to become subservient. There is no other alternative. You cannot become absolute.
It is a false notion that you are independent. You are not independent. It is a false notion. Nobody is independent. We may be puffed up, that, "We belong to an independent nation. Now we have got . . ." Just like we Indians, we are under British rules. Now we have got independence. This is all false notion. What is their independence? The nature's law is forcing starvation. What is this independence? They are now begging grains from other countries. In British time there was no begging, at least. Now their independence means they are begging.
So these are all false notions. Nobody is independent. He is dependent in some way or other under the laws of nature. The laws of nature at once can force the stringent laws, and he becomes subservient. So subservient, to become subservient, is your nature. You cannot alter it. The best thing is that instead of becoming subservient to this false, you should become servient to the Absolute Truth. Satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi (SB 1.1.1).