Foolish souls reject Krishna's direct offer of complete protection through pride, sinfulness, and false independence.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Hari-śauri: ...He has all wealth, all strength, everything that you could possibly ever want. And He's offering to everyone, "So just surrender to Me, and I will take complete charge of you." But people are so foolish that they don't do it. They don't take any notice.
Prabhupāda: Why...? Suppose a big man, Rockefeller, says, "You simply surrender to me. I will take charge of you." Immediately one takes up. So why the man does not take Kṛṣṇa's word?
Prabhupāda: Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekam... [Bg 18.66]. Haṁsadūta: Envious of Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupāda: No, no. Envious... Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: They're ignorant.
Prabhupāda: Mean, are such a great fool, they have been described as mūḍhās. That is perfect word. Na māṁ duṣkṛtiṇo mūḍhāḥ prapadyante [Bg 7.15]. Duskṛtino mūḍhāḥ, the most sinful rascal, he does not surrender.
That is a fact. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: So for one who gives up sinful activities, does his sense of God consciousness become awakened? Prabhupāda: Yes, there is chance. Sinful activities means covering intelligence. Just like animals.
A tiger is always engaged in sinful activity, but he does not know it is sinful. There are so many animals, they're simply engaged in sinful activities. Therefore they are excused, that "This tiger... His business is to act sinfully." Therefore God has given him place in a jungle: "You live there, and your sinful activities will not be taken into account." Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Yesterday this man was finding difficulty discriminating between good and bad. Prabhupāda: Who? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: The gentleman who came yesterday. Prabhupāda: [laughs] He is a rascal.