Exclusive surrender to Krishna alone is the root of all genuine welfare; all other service is merely watering the leaves.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: What is good action? First of all you know, what is good action? Peter: Good action by doing something for somebody else.
Prabhupāda: Everyone is doing. Peter: Pardon?
Prabhupāda: What is speciality? Everyone is doing? Peter: No, I’m just… It’s… The question is about karma.
Prabhupāda: Eh? Peter: Whether it is possible for me to dedicate it to somebody else, and they can experience… Prabhupāda: Yes. That dedication should be to Kṛṣṇa. Just like water is to be poured to the root of the tree, not to the leaves.
So they are trying to water the leaves, the twigs, the branches, the trunk. It is uselessly wasted. That is not the system. Just like foodstuff.
Foodstuff is to be given to the stomach. If you get a rasagullā and push it in the eyes, it is useless. The eyes will be blinded. So that is going on.
They do not know where to give service. They do not know. That we are teaching. That is Kṛṣṇa teaching: sarva-dharmān parityaja mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja [Bg 18.66]. The people are not ready to serve God.