and devotion. Due to ignorance, materialists know nothing of their true interest, of the path that leads to success in life; their lustful desires chain them to material enjoyment and all their plans are designed for this purpose. For the fleeting satisfaction of their senses, these individuals create a society based on envy. This state of mind causes them to sink into an ocean of suffering, and in their foolishness they do not even realize it.
I never show Myself to fools or fools; by My internal power, I am veiled for them. This lost world therefore does not know Me, I the Unborn, the Imperishable. How can a truly erudite being, merciful and advanced in spiritual knowledge, incite to self-interested action the ignorant attached to the materialistic path and thus entangle him even more in the traps of material existence?
If a good man sees a blind man walking a dangerous path, how can he let him go on his way?
How can he encourage him in his error?
No wise or benevolent man can tolerate this.
He who cannot deliver those who depend on him from the cycle of death and rebirth, should never become a spiritual master, father, husband, or celestial being.
Whatever you do, what you eat, what you sacrifice and lavishness, whatever austerity you practice, whether to offer it to Me.
My spiritual and absolute Body resembles in all points the human form, but it is not a material body; it is inconceivable. I am not forced by nature to accept any particular type of body; it is of my own free will that I choose the form in which I appear. My heart is spiritual too, and I am always kind to My devotees. So one can discover in My heart the way of devotional service intended for holy beings, while I have rejected its irreligion and non-devotional activities; they have no attraction on Me. Because of all these divine attributes, prayers are generally addressed to Me under the name of Rsabhadeva, the Sovereign Lord, the best of all living beings.
Fools denigrate me when, in human form, I descend into world. They know nothing of My spiritual and absolute nature, nor of My total supremacy.
My dear children, you are all born of my heart, which is the seat of all spiritual qualities. So do not be like materialists and envious beings; rely on your older brother, who is highly accomplished in devotional service. If you are to serve him, you will serve Me at the same time, and you will automatically rule your subjects.
Among the creations produced by the two manifested energies [spirit and inert matter], those which possess the vital force [vegetables, grass, trees and plants in general] dominate over inert matter stone, earth, etc. In turn, reptiles, worms, and snakes, which are able to move, outperform still plants, and animals with developed