Only devotion reveals the personal Lord; impersonalism is like beating empty husks—endless labor with no fruit.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — February 19, 1974, Bombay 740219MW-BOMBAY [16:58 Minutes] Walk_740219MW-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: ...impersonalist or personalist. Impersonalist or personalist. Mr. Sar: Yes.
Prabhupāda: That is explained, that personalists are better posted than the impersonalists. Gatir duḥk..., avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ dehavadbhir avāpyate [Bg. 12.5]. Mr. Sar: Yes.
Prabhupāda: They simply suffer, that's all. It is already explained. The impersonalists, they cannot concentrate their mind upon the Supreme, and simply hodgepodge. Therefore they suffer.
Prabhupāda: Māyāvādīs, they suffer only. Teṣāṁ kleśala eva śiṣyate [SB 10.14.4]. In Bhāgavata it is explained, "Their gain is only suffering." That's all. Mr.
Prabhupāda: Huh? Bhaktim udasya te vibho kliśyanti ye kevala-bodha-labdhaye [SB 10.14.4]. Kevala-bodha-labdhaye. Mr.
Prabhupāda: Simply trying to know, know, know. Mr. Sar: Know.
Prabhupāda: You see? So, teṣāṁ kleśala eva śiṣyate: "Their gain is simply their trying for, that labor." Nānyad yathā sthūla-tuṣāvaghātinām: "It is exactly like one is beating the husk." Mr. Sar: Yes, and not getting that thing.