The rebellious soul mimicking Krishna's independence becomes eternally trapped in maya's cycle until surrendering to Krishna.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Anantarām Śāstrījī: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtya naraṁ caiva narottamam devīṁ sarasvatīṁ vyāsaṁ tato jayam udīrayet [SB 1.2.4] [chants verse; Prabhupāda and devotees respond] [break] māyā manaḥ sṛjati karmamayaṁ balīyaḥ kālena codita-guṇānumatena puṁsaḥ chandomayaṁ yad ajayārpita-ṣoḍaśāraṁ saṁsāra-cakram aja ko 'titaret tvad-anyaḥ [SB 7.9.21] Dayānanda: [chants synonyms; devotees respond] [break] [04:09] Translation: "O my Lord, the supreme eternal, by expansion of Your plenary portion You have created a subtle body, the living entity, through the agency of Your external energy.
And thus the living entity becomes entrapped with different varieties of desires through the mind, consisting of unlimited desires to be fulfilled by the Vedic direction of karma-kāṇḍa, fruitive activity, and the sixteen elements. Who is there who can come out of this entanglement without taking shelter at Your lotus feet?" Prabhupāda: māyā manaḥ sṛjati karmamayaṁ balīyaḥ kālena codita-guṇānumatena puṁsaḥ chandomayaṁ yad ajayārpita-ṣoḍaśāraṁ saṁsāra-cakram aja ko 'titaret tvad-anyaḥ [SB 7.9.21] This is the description of material existence. So, first thing is, our mind is polluted. The simple statement of a Vaiṣṇava poet, kṛṣṇa bhuliyā jīva bhoga vāñchā kare pāsate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare [Prema-vivarta 6.2(1)] Actually our position is to serve Kṛṣṇa.
That is real position. Caitanya Mahāprabhu starts His instruction from this point, that we are eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, and because we have rebelled not to serve, therefore Kṛṣṇa, out of His unlimited mercy and compassion, He comes down and teach us, "You rascal, surrender. Why you are suffering unnecessarily?" Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ [Bg 18.66]: "You rascal, you give up all these so-called engagements. You surrender to Me." So from this point Caitanya Mahāprabhu starts His instruction.
When Sanātana Gosvāmī approached Him, that "By Your mercy I have left my this material engagement. I was minister. I was very much puffed up. So by good fortune I saw You.
Now I have retired from my so-called happy life. Now please tell me what is my position?" Ke āmi kene more jāpe tāpa traya: "Why I am? What I am? Why I am put into this condition of suffering?" [Cc Madhya 20.102] Just like one goes to the physician, a diseased man.
He submits and inquires from the physician that "Why I am suffering from this pain—some pain always in the heart, some pain in the belly, some pain in head? So what is the disease?" So Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, "The disease is that you are servant of Kṛṣṇa. You are, rascal, trying to be master of the world." This is the struggle. A servant is trying to become master.
How it is possible? It is simply entanglement. Just like in an office, a menial servant, if he wants to imitate the master, he'll be involved in so many difficulties. So that is our position. So it is possible, because a living entity is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, so he has got the qualities of Kṛṣṇa in very, very minute, fragmental portion.